Views and News with Clarence Ford

 New amendments to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill or BELA Bill have now handed power back to school governing bodies to decide public school language policy. Clarence speaks to Vanessa Le Roux 

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

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April 25 marks World Malaria Day, a crucial day dedicated to raising efforts to control malaria globally. The WHO reports that 608,000 malaria deaths and 209 million new cases were recorded in 2022.Bada Pharasi, CEO of Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of SA (IPASA) 

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The City of Cape Town has promised to open a 300-bed “Safe Space” for homeless in Green Point this winter. An opinion piece written by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis last month in the Daily Maverick says as much. So, with the cold weather now upon us, when exactly will the safe space be opening? To discuss this, I’m joined by the councillor for Green Point, Iain McMahon.

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According to Discovery, their data seems to show positive trends in earlier detection of severe illnesses, influenced by an increase in health screenings, and significant decrease in COVID-19 claims. “Our 2023 claims experience shows that one in five life cover claimants had already claimed for a life changing illness or disability before they passed away,” Discovery Life Deputy CEO, Gareth Friedlander, share more insights now. 

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Many have called 2024 the ‘year of elections’ - and for good reason: at least 64 countries are heading or have already headed to the polls this year.This includes the US - which will hold a presidential election in November - and the UK - which is required to have a general election before the end of January 2025.Closer to home, the IEC is working Media Monitoring Africa and social media platforms like Meta, Tik Tok and Google to combat disinformation during the elections next month.So how will Tik Tok ban misinformation about the elections on the app?  Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, Government Relations & Public Policy Director at Tik Tok SSA shares more now  

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In our Heritage Half Hour segment today, we will be highlighting and celebrating the activist work led by the The Koena Art Institute.It is an art gallery that is specific to indigenous art and focuses mainly on the Khoisan and Koena.It is one of the few (maybe even only) organisations that celebrates and preserves Khoe and San heritage and identity, representing artists of Khoena heritage from across South Africa.art. Founder and curator of The Koena Art Institute Lukretia Booysen joins us in studio.  

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Cape Town columnist, Gasant Abader has written about how he became privy to the complaints of a number of crime victims who replied to a survey sent out by the Western Cape Police Ombudsman.It asked them to rate the service. Gasant says except for one – the replies were angry, accusing the ombud of being toothless.Gasant joins me on the line now. 

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

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Civil society groups have raised the alarm that SABC journalists could face undue security vetting from the State Security Agency (SSA) if provisions of a new intelligence bill are not tightened up.EWN reporter Lindsay Dentlinger shares more 

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