20
APR
3pm
#TheAfrikanNarrative
Understanding what Sankaraism is about and the ideology can still save Africa
When Thomas sankara assumed political office in Burkina Faso, he introduced political humbleness by selling all luxury cars used by politicians. He declared that the resources of Burkina Faso belonged to the people. The ideology of sankaraism was his birth child.
Name: [• David Letsoalo]
Position at organisation: [• Law Academic, Activist and Sankarist]
When Thomas sankara assumed political office in Burkina Faso, he introduced political humbleness by selling all luxury cars used by politicians. He declared that the resources of Burkina Faso belonged to the people. The ideology of sankaraism was his birth child.
Name: [• David Letsoalo]
Position at organisation: [• Law Academic, Activist and Sankarist]
20
APR
2pm
#TuesdayTakeOver –Lawson Naidoo
Lawson Naidoo is the Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC), an organisation committed to the principles of progressive constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law. He has worked as a strategic political consultant focusing on the spheres of anti-corruption and good governance. He is a regular media commentator on constitutional and legal issues.
Name: [• Lawson Naidoo]
Position at organisation: [• Executive Secretary | CASAC (Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution)]
Title: [• (Adv.) Ms]
Name: [• Mosima Rasesemola]
Position at organisation: [• Advocate of the High Court ]
Name: [• Lawson Naidoo]
Position at organisation: [• Executive Secretary | CASAC (Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution)]
Title: [• (Adv.) Ms]
Name: [• Mosima Rasesemola]
Position at organisation: [• Advocate of the High Court ]
15
APR
2pm
POPCRU on the state of unabsorbed DCS learners
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has written to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services to get clarity on allegations that the department has reneged on employing over 2-thousand fully trained corrections graduates.
Holomisa says he was approached by representatives of graduates who completed the Correctional Services Learnership programme in Zonderwater in Gauteng and Kroonstad in the Free State between 2018 and 2020. They claim their learnership contracts specify that they will be absorbed into the permanent workforce, yet government has inserted a 30-day out-clause in their contracts.
Name: [• Richard Mamabolo]
Position at organisation: [• Media and Communications Secretariat | Popcru]
Holomisa says he was approached by representatives of graduates who completed the Correctional Services Learnership programme in Zonderwater in Gauteng and Kroonstad in the Free State between 2018 and 2020. They claim their learnership contracts specify that they will be absorbed into the permanent workforce, yet government has inserted a 30-day out-clause in their contracts.
Name: [• Richard Mamabolo]
Position at organisation: [• Media and Communications Secretariat | Popcru]
15
APR
2pm
#StopCitizenAbuse
Almost 20 000 people have joined the Friends of the IRR to stop the abuse and turn South Africa around under the #StopCitizenAbuse campaign. According to the IRR, families are paying more than half of their income to the state and these taxes are crippling South African businesses and families even as much of what is paid gets stolen through corruption.
Name: [• Amy-Claire Morton]
Position at organisation: [• Content Producer | IRR (Institute of Race Relations)]
Name: [• Amy-Claire Morton]
Position at organisation: [• Content Producer | IRR (Institute of Race Relations)]
14
APR
3pm
#BusinessOnWednesday SMME profile: Telcolink (Pty) Ltd
When taking a peek at reality in our education sector, it’s visible that internet connectivity has become the blood flow of education and even safe to say that it is almost impossible to learn fully without internet connectivity. The modern world has fostered a situation whereby there is a high need of relying on the internet. For the ones that don’t have internet connections, their progress remains sluggish and well behind the rest of the world.
Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Dakalo Raphunga]
Position at organisation: [• Business Developer | Telcolink (Pty) Ltd]
Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Dakalo Raphunga]
Position at organisation: [• Business Developer | Telcolink (Pty) Ltd]
14
APR
2pm
#BusinessOnWednesday Tomato shortages in South Africa
We’ve seen a number of people online saying that they’re unable to find tomatoes and some even saying there’s a shortage of cauliflower, but what could be the reason? It is, in fact, all that rain we’ve been having!
One would think that with all the rain we’ve been having, fruit and vegetables will be in ample supply…
Name: [• Clive Garret ]
Position at organisation: [• Marketing Manager | ZZ2 ]
One would think that with all the rain we’ve been having, fruit and vegetables will be in ample supply…
Name: [• Clive Garret ]
Position at organisation: [• Marketing Manager | ZZ2 ]
13
APR
3pm
#TheAfrikanNarrative
Immediate technical deployment will be directed to Mozambique to aid its fight against the insurgency in its northern region of Cabo Delgado. This is a resolution for the SADC Double Troika Summit held in Maputo, Mozambique, yesterday. The meeting which was convened to discuss the ongoing security challenges also expressed concern on the impact the terrorism is having on the people of that region. Last month, dozens were killed where IS-linked militants attacked a hotel in the coastal town of Palma.
Title: [• Adv.]
Name: [• Sipho Mantula]
Position at organisation: [• Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs at UNISA ]
Title: [• Adv.]
Name: [• Sipho Mantula]
Position at organisation: [• Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs at UNISA ]
13
APR
2pm
#TuesdayTakeOver – Nontsikelelo Jiyane
Nontsikelelo Jiyane is an admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court, who completed her degree at the University of Witwatersrand in 2015. She was born in Diepkloof Soweto and previously, she was a director of a consulting firm Leverage and Trust Estate Administrators. She is also a Director of STAN Enterprises, which is another 100% female initiative which seeks to empower in non-professional sectors.
Title: [• Ms.]
Name: [• Nontsikelelo Jiyane]
Position at organisation: [• Attorney and director | Jiyane Attorneys]
Title: [• Ms]
Name: [• Shadi Motjopi]
Position at organisation: [• Attorney and conveyancer | Motjopi attorneys and conveyacers inc ]
Title: [• Ms.]
Name: [• Nontsikelelo Jiyane]
Position at organisation: [• Attorney and director | Jiyane Attorneys]
Title: [• Ms]
Name: [• Shadi Motjopi]
Position at organisation: [• Attorney and conveyancer | Motjopi attorneys and conveyacers inc ]
12
APR
3pm
#HealthOnMonday
Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• sicelo Msi ]
Position at organisation: [• CEO | Cecilia Makiwane Hospital ]
Name: [• sicelo Msi ]
Position at organisation: [• CEO | Cecilia Makiwane Hospital ]
12
APR
2pm
#WeekendWrap
Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Sysman Motloung]
Position at organisation: [• Political Science Lecturer at the North West University ]
Name: [• Sysman Motloung]
Position at organisation: [• Political Science Lecturer at the North West University ]
08
APR
3pm
#Student Night: TVET colleges and learners with disabilities
The management of disability in post-school education remains fragmented and separate to that of existing transformation and diversity programmes at the institutional level. Technical and Vocational Education and Training [TVET] colleges in particular lack the capacity, or even the policies, to cater for students and staff with disabilities.
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Mustafa Lasiti]
Position at organisation: [• Transport and Logistics graduate from Umfolozi TVET College in KZN]
Contact details: [• 072 041 7479]
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Luthando Naki]
Position at organisation: [• Transport and Logistics graduate from Umfolozi TVET College in KZN]
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Mustafa Lasiti]
Position at organisation: [• Transport and Logistics graduate from Umfolozi TVET College in KZN]
Contact details: [• 072 041 7479]
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Luthando Naki]
Position at organisation: [• Transport and Logistics graduate from Umfolozi TVET College in KZN]
08
APR
2pm
Applications opened for the Most Disruptive Startups on the Continent to join the ASIP Accelerator programme
Telecel Group, in collaboration with Startupbootcamp AfriTech, has launched the ASIP Accelerator Program - a three-month virtual initiative aimed at helping disruptive Pan-African tech startups scale.
Ten startups will be selected to participate in the Program that will give them access to expert-led masterclasses covering scaling fundamentals – from the business model canvas, and lean methodology, to fundraising.
Name: [• Philip Kiracofe]
Position at organisation: [• CEO | Startupbootcamp AfriTech ]
Ten startups will be selected to participate in the Program that will give them access to expert-led masterclasses covering scaling fundamentals – from the business model canvas, and lean methodology, to fundraising.
Name: [• Philip Kiracofe]
Position at organisation: [• CEO | Startupbootcamp AfriTech ]
