Views and News with Clarence Ford

Clarence Ford speaks to Ray Hartley Research Director of Brenthurst Foundation.

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Bwanika Lwanga, attorney at Dentons South Africa 

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Mike Abel, executive chairman of M&C Saatchi Group South Africa 

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Retired telecoms entrepreneur Keith Boyd ran 10,793km across nine countries – including warzones – between Cape Town and Cairo in 302 days, smashing the previous record by more than two weeks. In an effort that saw him navigate a heart complication and overcome excruciating pain in his feet, the social activist says he was driven by his unrelenting purpose: to ignite a spark in South Africa’s youth to become fully engaged in the country; to become active citizens intent on seeing South Africa realise its potential.  

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Clan fighting kills 55 in Somalia which is Africa's new member of the United Nations Security Council. 

Stranded migrants in Tunisia face violence from the authorities that have blocked the European route for these desperate people. 

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 According to the newly published World Bank Container Port Performance Index, the Port of Cape Town has been identified as the worst performing port in the world. It is joined in the bottom 16 of the 405-strong list of container ports by Durban, Ngqura, and Port Elizabeth. The CPPI ranks 405 global container ports by efficiency, focusing on the duration of port stay for container vessels. Its primary aim is to identify areas for enhancement for the benefit of multiple stakeholders in the global trading system and supply chains, from ports to shipping lines, national governments, and consumers. The inefficiencies at our port not only impede the flow of goods, but also significantly hamper our economic growth. So how do we get our ports functional again? Gerhard De Beer, Senior Consultant at AIH Econogistics

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

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Lobby group AfriForum has brought an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria against the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in hopes of preventing the regulator from considering municipalities’ applications for electricity tariff increases. AfriFourm said that the tariff hike decision, which is set to be implemented on 1 July, was done “without the required cost studies,” which a 2022 High Court stipulated is required as prescribed by the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006.Morné Mostert, Manager of Local Government Affairs at AfriForum, explains more now  

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Clarence Ford speaks to TV personality and showbiz entrepreneur Dineo Ranaka was revealed on The Masked Singer South Africa Season 2 as the show’s gem, Diamond.

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Clarence Ford speaks to our favourite African Futurist, Dr Roze Phillips Founder and CEO of Abundance At Work.

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