The View Point

Guest: Ndumiso Hadebe - Chief Economist : KH Research Equality Partners 

Guest: Ms Nozuko Mzamo - Social Entrepreneur 

Next year marks a hundred years of rule of South Africa by nationalists. Afrikaner nationalists came to power in 1924 when their party, the National Party, won its first election in alliance with the Labour Party, which represented white workers. The National Party ruled South Africa until 1994 - except for a short period during the Second World War when it stepped down in opposition to South Africa, joining the British in the war against the Nazis. The National Party lost power during the first democratic election in 1994.

African nationalists, represented by the African National Congress, ANC, came to power by winning the first democratic election in 1994. The Anc will have ruled South Africa uninterrupted for 30 years next year. Signs, however, are that the Anc will lose its majority during next year's elections. This will mark the end of one hundred years of South Africa's rule by nationalists. Why are Afrikaner and African nationalists losing power? More importantly, what's next for South African politics?

Guest: Moeletsi Mbeki, South African political economist

The dispossession of land through the 1913 Natives Land Act was apartheid’s original sin. The “land question” goes back more than a century to the 1913 Natives Land Act, which provided legislative form to a process of dispossession that had been under way since colonial times.

• We look int the overview of restitution.
• The losses and gains.
• The land redistribution: what are the developments?
• What is needed? And then secure tenure.
• What are the legal issues and latest on evictions?
• What is required legally in order to propel land reform?
• We can also discuss section 25 of the Constitution

Guest: Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of the Land Reform Practice

(The Government of South Africa declared the first Saturday of November as the National Children's Day)

The Dialogue is the catalyst event for a 6-week long campaign aimed at influencing the national agenda for children to address current and emerging adversities that children are being subjected to, by: Celebrating relevant recent gains for children and youth (national progress made towards the realisation of the rights of children);
Provoking public discourse on the real experiences of children vis-à-vis survival, protection, empowerment and economic resilience; Facilitating awareness of relevant interventions improving the quality of life of children; and Calling all South African citizens to invest in the wellbeing of children. This year’s dialogue will zone in on the topic of Violence against Children (VAC) and intentionally look at the returns on investments made by custodians of child rights and stakeholders across government, corporate entities and civil society.

Guest:Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo,CEO - Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund ]

Guest: Onyi Nwaneri - Deputy CEO Afrika Tikkun Group 

Guest: Louise Seeco - Author and CEO of Elements Advertising 

Guest: Tshepo Mojapelo - Director and Attorney at Mojapelo Attorneys