Views and News with Clarence Ford

COSMIC ECHOES: Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition – a cultural look at the starry sky by Aboriginal Australian and South African artists – will open next week at the CTICC.  

The Exhibition is a collaboration between the SKAO, SARAO and CSIRO, an Australian govt agency and seeks to allow Australian and South African Indigenous artists to explore creativity at the intersection of modern science and ancient wisdom. It is a celebration of humanity’s ancient cultural wisdom. 

Joining us in the Capetalk studios now for more on this collaboration  

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Clarence Ford speaks to Mathis Richtmann Deutsche Welle correspondent.

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With the noble objective of creating a platform for the youth to discuss and find solutions to South Africa's grim and high unemployment rate, poverty, inequality and crime, "A Seat at the Table (SATT) recently launched its Youth Dialogue to address the socio-economic challenges. The dialogue (soon to be an annual campaign) took place on July 16, just two days before Nelson Mandela Day, under the theme, "Get Involved, Be Empowered".Mothathe Sewelo, chair of SATT, joins us on the line now for more on the youth dialogue series  

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The Working on Fire - Kishugu Joint Venture is deploying a team of more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to assist with firefighting and fire suppression efforts. This will be the sixth deployment by a Working on Fire team to Canada. Between 2015 and 2023, Working on Fire has been on five deployments to Canada, based on this MOU. These five deployments include the historic deployment of 860 firefighters and management in 2023, which was one of the largest deployments of international firefighters to Canada.  

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Clarence Ford speaks to Wayne Mackay Stand-up Comedian.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Zaitoon Rabaney Exec director at Child safe South Africa.

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Children who love reading, excel at school and go on to become constructive members of society. It all starts with reading. As their name indicates, NGO Read to Rise believes that it is important for children to read to rise in their own personal development and make a meaningful contribution to society.Read to Rise co-founder Roscoe Williams joins us – welcome  

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CapeTalk's new logo has been making its way through the Mother City's streets this week...emblazoned on the side of a City Sightseeing bus.If you spot it, snap a pic & tag CapeTalk in a social media post, you could win some cash.But first, I’m delighted to be joined by someone from the City Sightseeing team on this cool collaboration.Michelle Van Der Westhuizen systems project manager for City Sightseeing joins us on the line  

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The Presidency has announced this week that President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which sets out a national climate change response, including mitigation and adaptation actions, and also constitutes South Africa’s fair contribution to the global climate change response The Climate Change Act sets out the legal mandate for countrywide climate change response, to enable the alignment of South Africa’s climate change response policy and actions, including mitigation and adaptation actions, which also constitutes South Africa’s country fair contribution to the global climate change response.Prof Guy Midgley, Acting Director, School for Climate Studies 

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

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