Views and News with Clarence Ford

Clarence Ford speaks to Charrisa Bloomberg, a Psychologist & mental health practitioner and Nicole Sorrel from Lumina Learning.

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Brendon Daniels is a South African acting heavyweight. His distinctive face and voice hold gravitas on the silver screen. He has been in a plethora of roles on stage and screen, including Trackers, Master Harold and the Boys, Spinners, Unseen, Four Corners, White Lies, I Am All Girls amongst many many others. 

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Recent statistics from the South African Reserve Bank indicate that while credit extension to the private sector has improved, the overall lending landscape remains difficult.This has led to more people considering pawnbroking. Lamna Financials’ High-End Pawnbroking Index (LHPI) - which sheds light on this often-overlooked alternative finance space and tracks how many people are using their valuable items to get loan – has seen a huge 94% increase in people getting loans this way as many small businesses and individuals are struggling to get loans through normal banks.Manuel Franck, Co-founder at Lamna Financial shares more. 

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A record number of people displaced by violence around the globe. Half of them are Africans.

Both sides in Suba conflict reject international peacekeepbg force to stop what is largely ethnic attacks by Arabs against Africans.

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The International Association of Judges (IAJ) says it’s concerned South African judges are not being sufficiently remunerated, and it could impact the independence of the judiciary. Magistrates, meanwhile, have not received salary increases for the past two years and threatened to go on strike earlier this year. Last week, Parliament’s justice committee finally approved a presidential determination of a 2.5% increase in the salaries for judges and a 4.5% increase for magistrates for this financial year. Mbezekeli Benjamin.

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What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop 

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Lawyers representing over 1,000 victims of the deadly listeriosis outbreak said Tiger Brands pulled all stops to avoid settlement or a trial before courts.The attorneys said additional evidence had emerged - showing that the manufacturing giant was responsible for the outbreak that claimed over 200 lives in 2017.Zeenat Emmamally, Associate at RSI Attorneys.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Gurschulle Neethling Divisional Executive: Operation at Liberty Corporate Benefits.

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Invisible Ink (in collaboration with the School of Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University) is all about the invisible voices from the Global South, whose climate reporting and climate change stories need to be part of our global village square. It is written by science writer and author Leo Joubert, and available as an e-book and audio book. Please share Invisible Ink and other such stories far and wide. Time is running out, but together we can be the change. Leonie Joubert, science writer shares more now.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Dr Roze Phillips, African futurist & Founder of Abundance At Work.

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