The View Point

Guest: Luis Alberto Torres Cruz, Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand

Guest: Mark Heywood, Editor maverick citizen and health and human rights activist 

Are we seeing some form of medical xenophobia happening in South African hospital or are we shifting the blame to undocumented immigrants?

What does the law say about access to healthcare services for migrants and asylum seekers?

Does the state have a budget for them or is this part of the overall health budget (which is also used for litigation where medical malpractice claims are brought against the state AND irregular expenditure)?                 

 Guest: Dr. More Chakana, CEO OF Sci-Bono

In a bid to train 1 Million software developers across the continent by 2027, Power Learn Project in partnership with Adanian Labs SA and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus launched the #1MillDevsProgram initiative at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.

According to the Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021, the demand for African computer software developers reached an all-time high in 2021 on the backdrop of a global economic crisis.

The continent’s developer ecosystem is growing and the total number of developers in Africa is now above 716,000 (7-hundred-and-16-thousand).

Guest: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General of South Africa

The nation's statistician general will be with us from now till the top of the hour,  delivering a mini-presentation to you, the SAfm audience, on important statistics with a particular emphasis on the youth. The main goal is for us to comprehend how these figures affect the country's development plan, economy, and youth population's future possibilities. Following the brief presentation, we encourage you to engage the SG.

 Africa Climate Summit convenes The United Nations’ Africa Climate Week convened this Monday in Libreville, Gabon, with more than 1,000 participants gathering and sharing ideas on how to tackle the climate emergency as it intensifies throughout the continent. With severe drought, raging floods, and extreme weather bearing down on Africa’s 54 nations, the five-day meeting will focus on the major elements required to lessen the dangerous effects of the rapidly changing climate. This as the continent faces deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action. While African countries are the least responsible for the crisis, the continent is to pay the highest of prices. We speak to the African Climate foundation on the focus theme of the year and the implications of the global climate crisis on Africa.

GUESTS  Fatten Aggad Senior Advisor on Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics at the African Climate Foundation

Bongani Tembe is widely regarded as one of Africa’s leading artists and arts managers. He has

performed in many parts of the world and has contributed positively to the advancement of arts and culture in South Africa and internationally. In 2016, Mr. Tembe was honoured by the French Government with the prestigious insignia of Officier des Arts et de Lettres in recognition of his remarkable contribution to the arts. Mr. Tembe is a member of UNESCO’s Scientific Committee on Arts Education. He is the longest serving board member of South Africa’s National Arts Council and, since 2002, he has been a member of the International Society of the Performing Arts. As part of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of South Africa’s democracy in 2004, Bongani Tembe produced a highly successful tour to Europe which featured the London Symphony Orchestra, the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra and award-winning South Africanchoirs – Imilonji kaNtu (based in Soweto) and the Durban Serenade Choral Society (based in Umlazi Township).

Guest:  Bongani Tembe  CEO of the JPO, KPO and MPO

Guests: Jonathan Mayer and Carli D’Alebout

#COMMUNITYBUILDER: Teaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds business intelligence and data science

GUESTS Nomonde Ngxola : Founder of Tech EUC Training

Guest: Ms Boitumelo Mpungose, YES RSA Coordinator at AFS Interculture South Africa

AFS Intercultural Programs South Africa is calling on eligible South African high school learners to apply for the U.S. Department of State’s Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. The selected students, serve as “youth ambassadors” of their home country, promoting mutual understanding by forming lasting relationships with their host families and communities. High school students from various countries get the oppoprtunity live and study for an academic year in the United State with a host family, attend an American high school, acquire leadership skills, and engage in activities to learn about U.S. society and values; they also help educate Americans about their home country and culture. We find out more on the program.

Dr. Tim Hart, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

We’re in conversation withDr Tim Hart from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), talking about the findings of a study that sought to investigate how South Africans with disabilities experienced COVID-19.

The study primarily looked at the socio-economic, wellbeing and human rights related experiences of people with disabilities. According to Dr Hart, this was possibly one of the largest datasets on people with disabilities’ COVID-19 experiences in a single country.

According to the study, people with disabilities experienced significant household shocks, with 76% experiencing difficulties to pay for basic living expenses, 73% of those needing assistance experiencing interruptions and and many reporting interruptions in access to essential disability and rehabilitation services. Communication also remained one of the major challenges experienced by people with disabilities, who reported very little government intervention.

Dr Hart says the Disability Rights Disaster Framework is far from complete and that it must be completed urgently. He also raised concern over missing disability data.                    

Guest: Dr. Nhlanhla Msomi , President of Bio Africa

The Bio Africa convention kicked off in Durban at the international convention centre today and will conclude on Wednesday. Delegates from across the science, health and innovation sectors will be in attendance to discuss solutions and developments within the sector. It will also showcase bio-innovations from the broader biotech community of South Africa and the Africa region, creating an enabling environment for commercialisation of local innovations.