Views and News with Clarence Ford

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the national Ministers of Sport, Arts and Culture, and Basic Education on the implementation of sports, arts, culture and other co-curricular activities in all public schools across the country has been signed. This MOU enables the departments to move forward with speed to revitalise school sport in the Western Cape. They  are on a mission to increase access to sport and recreation activities for young people. These programmes ignite confidence, passion and potential in children, helping to set them up to succeed.Ricardo Mackenzie.

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South African para-equestrian athlete and double Paralympic gold medallist, Phillipa Johnson-Dwyer, takes to the world stage on Wednesday.

Although athletes would always prefer to add a piece of silverware to their collection, Johnson-Dwyer says she's excited to participate again and hopes to qualify for the freestyling category, which she promises will be a showstopper.

EWN reporter Palesa Manaleng shares more now.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Dr Lethu Letsoalo Public health advocate and partner of the #ForeverWena campaign.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Mogamat Kamedien, community heritage activist.

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During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the hoarding of Vaccines caused more than 1.3 million deaths, with a disproportionate effect in the global south.While countries like Canada, the UK, and other Western European nations double vaccinated over 70% of their entire populations by February 2022, 85% of nations in Africa could not provide their people with even a single dose.Equity can be achieved through a global agreement, but this will require that wealthy nations stop defending the interests of pharmaceutical companies who seek to perpetuate a dependency model of technological development and production. 

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#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees Elizabeth Raiters 

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Art has long been a medium for social and political expression.On Friday (6 September 2024), The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation will launch a new art exhibition entitled “Palestine Will Soon Be Free, From the River to the Sea". This exhibition will showcase Palestinian-themed artwork by 22 talented South African artists (such as Nathi Ngubane, Alex Dodd, Chris van Eeden, Ruth Sacks and Leonard Shapiro amongst many others) celebrating a powerful cause through creative expression.The event will also feature an art sale, with all proceeds going towards buying colouring books and stationery for underprivileged children in South African schools.Artist & teacher Leonard Shapiro shares more now on his role as an artist in raising awareness about the Palestinian cause through this exhibition.

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Ten passengers were killed after a bus travelling over Vanrhyns Pass to Ceres veered off the road before rolling down the mountain slope on Monday afternoon. CAPE TOWN - The Rural and Farmworkers Development Organisation is calling on government to probe whether the workers who died in a bus crash on Vanrhyns Pass were being exploited.  

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

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Gold Paralympic medallist Pieter du Preez is gearing up for his third Olympic Games at Paris 2024, but this one comes with a bittersweet twist—it might be his last.

Due to a degenerative eye disease, du Preez could be completely blind by the next Games. He was the first quadriplegic in the world to partake in and complete the Ironman Triathlon in 2013.

 In a candid interview, Eyewitness News sat down with him about his journey and about the challenges he faces.

EWN reporter Palesa Manaleng shares more now.

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