Views and News with Clarence Ford

With experts predicting that it could take up to 30 years to get South Africa's NHI fully functional, millions of South Africans will be left without access to adequate healthcare in the meantime.  Could the inclusion of complementary and traditional options into primary healthcare bring us closer to universal healthcare? Many of our BRICS counterparts have already done this. India for example has achieved a doctor to patient ration of 1:819 (the WHO benchmark for universal healthcare is 1: 1000) by incorporating homeopathy and other indigenous medicine practices into its healthcare system. By comparison, the doctor to patient ratio in SA currently stands at 1: 3192. There is also growing evidence that incorporating homeopathic care into primary and rural healthcare is having an impact here at home. Dr Bianca De Canha, the President of the Homeopathic Association of South Africa 

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Youth advocacy group, Youth Capital, wants SA to know that revolution begins around the kitchen table. And they are challenging all of us to have conversations with our families to move our country forward.Youth Capital Project Lead Kristal Duncal-Williams 

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And it’s time to cross live to our colleagues at the BBC in the UK, for a look at what’s happening on that side of the globe.And joining me is Jonathon Frewin Welcome! 

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Sections of Century City, Silversands, the City Bowl, Bellville, Kenilworth, Rondebosch, Claremont, Steenbras Water Treatment, Khayelitsha, Bizweni, and Tokai will be affected. The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions. The City sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused.This critical maintenance work is done on our water supply infrastructure to benefit customers.Residents in the affected areas are encouraged to take note of the work that will take place and prepare accordingly. 

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

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SAPS are investigating a horrible shooting incident that happened at a Khayelitsha barber shop on Saturday afternoon, According to reports an unknown gunman entered the barber shop and opened fire on the occupants of the premises. Two children aged 11 and 12 and an adult aged 30 were killed on the scene.Three other children were admitted to hospital. A 5-year-old later died of their injuries.The suspects fled the scene and are yet to be apprehended.The motive for the incident is yet to be determined.Abie Isaacs from the Cape Flats Safety Forum joins us on the line for more.

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Crysatl Ordeson speaks to Mansoor Jaffer, co-founder of CCC.

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Crystal Ordeson speaks to Sebastian Peters , organizer of the Cape Flets Film Festival.

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Crystal Ordeson speaks to Michael Hendricks The IEC provincial electoral officer in the Western cape.

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Ocean Basket: Transforming the Lives of South African Fishers .Friday 7 June is World Oceans Day - according to worldoceanday.org, we currently face one of the greatest threats ever to our blue planet and all its inhabitants: the climate crisis.Marco Tavares Coelho – Head of Supply Chain & Procurement for Ocean Basket.

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