Views and News with Clarence Ford

Bitter memories of Rwanda genocide. The failures and the lessons.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Michael Hendricks from the Independent Electoral Commission joins us live in studio to explain how Special Votes work.

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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 ANC-EFF coalition of minor parties running the City of Johannesburg are spending more on VIP protection than any major city in the country, this despite their annual budget dropping to R76 Billion from R83 Billion. The Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda of the three-seat Al Jama-ah party will be allocated 10  bodyguards & 8 expensive luxury cars. Daily Mavericks Ferial Haffajee joins us live for more on this story.

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Clarence Ford speaks to Dr Roze Phillips, African futurist & Founder of Abundance at Work.

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At first glance, interactions with AI might seem purely transactional—a quest for information, a desire for efficiency. But what if this quest for knowledge could be detrimental to our mental capacity? Could AI reshape our cognitive landscapes (and how our brain processes info) from better to worse?

Dr Nick Bradshaw, founder of the South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) weighs in now.

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It’s heavy on the admin and many of us find the persistent need to verify our identities burdensome but FICA plays a crucial role in identifying the proceeds of money laundering, terrorist funding and tax evasion and the people behind it.South Africa’s greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force in 2023 proves that we still don’t have a proper handle on financial crime.Given the persistent threat of financial crime, organisations cannot afford to lower their guard. Hawken McEwan, Director of Risk and Compliance at DocFox shares more now  

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With Pete Ross Broadcast Journalist at BBC World Service.

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The Freedom Front Plus (FF+)'s Western Cape premier candidate, Corne Mulder, said his party was more focused than ever on wooing coloured voters to the party. As the biggest voting bloc in the province, Mulder said that political players who don’t have buy-in from coloured communities don’t stand much chance of success at the ballot box. 

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

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