Views and News with Clarence Ford

Views and News presenter Clarence Ford shares the one book that greatly influenced his life and thinking. We also compiled a short list of the best book suggestions as recommended by our dedicated Capetalk listeners via voicenote

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Industrial psychologist Kim-Lee Ricketts shares more on how we can make the best of each opportunity - regardless your past and upbringing you can. 

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This was the 25th Laureus awards. The sports for good organisation which had Nelson Mandela as its patron, claims to have touched the lives of almost 6-million children and young people. It currently runs 300 programmes in 40 countries. Joining me on the line is co-founder Iain Banner. 

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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments to business leaders attending a dinner in Durban come after his recent endorsement of the Postbank Amendment Bill. Joining me on the line now to discuss this is Cosatu’s Parliamentary Coordinator Matthews Parks. 

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There are concerns that the city of Johannesburg is facing a major water and sanitation crisis.According to multiple reports, because authorities do not have funds to fix ageing infrastructure, concerns have been raised over an imminent collapse of the water and sanitation grid. Bridgett Majola, Head of Project Finance: Energy and Infrastructure, CMS South Africa joins us on the line to unpack what this framework should look like 

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Today is World Book. A day focused on recognizing the transformative power of books. Sadly, in South Africa, Sixty percent of children will start Grade 1 without ever holding a book. This “inequality at the starting gate” is part of the reason for South Africa’s highly unequal education outcomes in later grades.Deb Zelezniak, CEO at the Santa Shoebox Project, joins us on the line to talk about World Book Day  

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UN warns that the Sahel is becoming a drg smuggling corridor between South America and Europe. 

Rishi Sunak, desperate to keep an election promise ahead of the poll later this year, says asylum seekers will start being deported by Britain to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks.  

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After months of uncertainty, The Big Issue is back on its feet thanks to a number of donors. In June 2023, the magazine was scammed out of R600,000 and its survival was at stake.The funds were stolen by a scammer posing as the magazine’s printer who requested a change to the bank account number.Things looked very bleak and there were concerns that we would have to say goodbye to the Big Issue.Derek Carelse, Big Issue , shares more now on how they survived a R600 000 cyber theft  

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

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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said a total of 12 political parties declared donations above the prescribed threshold. The donations came mostly from private donors including one Australian-based billionaire.This is according to the financial statements contained in the commission’s annual report for 2022/23 submitted to Parliament.Babalo Ndenze, EWN Parliamentary correspondent shares more now  

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