Views and News with Clarence Ford

In a recent circular to principals, educators, and school-based staff, the Western Cape Education Department has announced a significant budget shortfall of R3.8 billion over the next three years.As a result, 2407 teaching positions will be eliminated from 1 January 2025.Brent Walters, the WCED’s head of education, explained that the department received only 64% of the funding needed for the public sector wage agreement, with the remaining 36% covered by provincial funds.The increased class size will result in a 1:44 student-to-teacher ratio, meaning each child will receive less individual attention and teachers will face greater challenges to manage their classrooms effectively.Vanessa le Roux, founder of PEESA (Parents for Equal Education South Africa) joins us now.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Paul Colditz, Commercial Director, Fairtrade Africa South Africa.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Susan Brice COCT head of cemeteries.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Michael Lamont, Partner at Spoor & Fisher.

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The Western Cape provincial government has called on the Department of Justice to intervene after an “alarming increase of attacks on social workers”.After a presentation by the provincial Department of Social Development to the standing committee on Social Development earlier in August, the committee wrote to Justice Minister Thembisile Simelane, asking for attacks against social workers attacks to be reclassified as an “offence against the state”, with harsher legal consequences.Dr Robert Macdonald.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Kathryn Baxter, Spar Group's Manager of Socio-Economic Development joined Clarence to talk about the opening of the Thuthuzela Care Centre in Mitchells Plain.

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Clarence Ford speaks to News24 journalist Karyn Maughan shared the latest in the Deveny Nel murder case.

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Para-athlete Shaun Anderson will represent South Africa at the 2024 Paralympics in archery.In 2004, Anderson had his arm amputated after a motorbike accident. He picked up archery as a sport while looking for an activity to do with his son, and became motivated to try it out after hearing staff at an archery shop say he could not shoot with one arm.He and many of Team South Africa's Paralympians spoke to EWN ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, which kick off on Thursday. Palesa Manaleng, EWN reporter joins us on the line for more on talking to Shaun and other Paralympians 

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

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Clarence Ford speaks to Dougie Oakes, former journalist. 

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