The View Point

Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Naledi Pandor, scooped her PhD in Education from the University of Pretoria a few weeks ago. She registered for her degree in person, diligently attended lectures and defended her proposal after waiting in the queue like all other students. We engage her on the subject of her PhD thesis - “The contested meaning of transformation in higher education in post- apartheid South Africa”.
Songezo Mabece engaged Dr Naledi Pandor on her PhD thesis about Transformation in Universities and how it forms an integral part of the conversation on decolonization in universities

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Gavin MacGregor - Director at Umthombo Youth Development Foundation
www.umthomboyouth.org.za

Umthombo Youth Development Foundation was formed to try and address some of the challenges faced by rural hospital. Rural hospitals often find it difficult to recruit and retain health care professionals for a number of reasons, including rural hospitals not being seen as attractive work places by city dwellers and city-trained graduates.

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Marjorie Jobson – Director at the Khulumani Support Group www.khulumani.net
Together with the Khulumani Support Group, the Dutch Reformed Church have held several meetings and embarked on projects with victims of the apartheid-era regime as the first steps to make concrete contributions to the country

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Mr Karabo Moiloa – Director at Aristo Intellico Communications, a writer and analyst - @AIntellico - @KaraboMoiloa - www.aristointellico.co.za

Election season 2019 has come to an end, the results are out and political parties know how they’ve performed. Who was biggest looser and who was the biggest winner? And who sneaked in when we least expected? What do results of last week’s election tell us about voter patterns and things to be cognisant of in future? What do they tell us about voter loyalty?

Guest:;: Dr Siyabonga Cwele - Minister of Home Affairs
Over the past couple of days, the Department of Home Affairs made a call to all SA citizens to who had not collected their IDs and to those who did not have IDs, to come forward and get help. The Home Affairs offices have extended their working hours to accommodate people who had problems with their ID.

We get an update from the Department about the number for people who headed this call and how many, of those hundreds of thousands uncollected IDs, have been collected?

Guest: Mightie Jamie – Political Analyst and social commentator
Was the youth voter turnout satisfactory? Did political parties do enough to convince the youth that their interests are noted?

Guest: Raymond Perrier - Director of the Denis Hurley Centre
The Denis Hurrley Centre working together with the Department of Home Affairs has issued ID documents to a group of homeless people to enable them to vote for the first time in Wednesday’s elections through a US government funded programme to increase political access to the homeless. Bishop Denis Hurley performed a pivotal role in the fight against apartheid - he was an outspoken opponent of apartheid, as chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, Hurley drafted the first of the ground-breaking pastoral letters in which the bishops denounced apartheid as "blasphemy" and "intrinsically evil." We keep track of what has been happening at the centre since they convened with special votes on Monday

Guest: Rev Siyabulela Gidi - Democracy and Elections Manager at the KZN Council of Churches
The KZN Council of Churches has been active in encouraging citizens to be active by participating in all electoral processes. They have also warned against political intolerance (using the KZN political killings as one of the examples). They have deployed 1014 observers across the province to monitor 25o voting stations.

Guest:: Tshidiso Mangope –Alumnus from UCT and Social commentator

The political climate in SA – what should all political parties from the events of the past 12 months (new parties, party politics, dirty politics, protests)
Scenarios after the election – coalitions, new party in power, can we survive a national coalition (considering how coalitions have played out on the continent)
What are the major changes that the South Africans are looking forward to post these elections
The next administration’s to do list – what should be at the top 5

Guest: Cameron Venter – Speaker, Leadership and personal development coach
We’re in conversation with Cameron Venter – he is a leadership and personal development coach whose central theme as a speaker and coach is the concept of “The Moment of Impact”.
This came from his constant pursuit of living out his purpose, coaching golf in various countries around the world AND a fascination in his own life to understand himself and grow to know his own ‘technique’ in life. So what is “The Moment of Impact” and how can you apply it so that it has an impact on your life?