Guest: Prof Allan Aubrey Boesak

Rev Prof Allan Aubrey Boesak is the recipient of 13 honorary Doctor's degrees and several awards. Among those awards, are the Robert Kennedy Human Rights Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award. He was recently inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. International Board of Preachers at Morehouse College. He is also the author of 22 books and has been teaching across the world. Prof Boesak continues his teaching and preaching while remaining active in global struggles for human rights.

Boesak's involvement in public life and South Africa's freedom struggle began in 1976. In 1983, he called for the formation of the United Democratic Front, which would grow into the largest, nonviolent, non-racial anti-apartheid formation in the history of the struggle. He became their most visible leader at home and abroad. He worked with Mr Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Tutu, Rev. Frank Chikane and a whole array of world leaders to end apartheid.

Guest: Rev Prof Allan Aubrey Boesak

July marks the commemoration of Moral Regeneration Month, an initiative of the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM), which is aimed at encouraging people to recommit to efforts of building communities grounded on positive values and rededicate to building a caring society in pursuit of creating lasting peace and prosperity in the country.

The commemoration takes place specifically in July to coincide with the celebration of Mandela Day on 18 July and the birthday month of former President Nelson Mandela, an icon who is considered to be the main leader of the formation of the Moral Regeneration Movement, and Mark the adoption of the Charter for Positive Values on 28 July 2008.

Guest: Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa - Chairperson of the MRM - Moral Regeneration Movement

HIGHER HEALTH, the health and wellness agency of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) that is dedicated to student and staff wellbeing, has been supporting the post-schooling education sectoral response to COVID-19.
H.H. has been training institutional management, student support services, campus health officers, academia, student leadership and the peer education networks to implement the protocols as the phased return to campuses starts.

We hear more about their two sets of tailor-made guidelines that will form the foundation for all other initiatives - these guidelines outline why and how students and staff may be impacted and how to assist individuals that may experience problems. We will also touch on lessons that they believe can be drawn from the challenges faced by the basic education department.

Guest: Dr Diane Parker - Deputy Director General for University Education – Department of Higher Education ad Training

The South African government issued directives imposing an immediate suspension on all evictions at the beginning of the lockdown. However, despite the moratorium, people have been evicted in different parts across the country during the lockdown.

Using the recent brutal eviction of Empolweni residents in Khayelitsha Cape Town by the Anti-Land Invasion Unit and metropolitan police as a basis point, we zoom in on the nature of evictions in South Africa. It is unfortunate that a man was evicted in that manner – what is more worrying, is how evictions have gone on ‘as usual’ to a point where the protection of human dignity no longer exists. The blatant disregard of people’s right to housing and dignity portrayed by the City of Cape Town is unfortunately shared by various municipalities across the country. Evictions are inhumane – no eviction is ‘nice’ – but the manner in which they have been carried out has dehumanized people for far too long and there is no recourse.

Guest: Edward Molopo - Research and Advocacy Officer at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)

Guest: Stan Henkeman - Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

All 9 Provinces have started announcing their adjudication committees that are going to be working with the CCIFSA (Cultural & Creative Industry Federation of South Africa) on artists’ relief funds. This process is going to be different from those of the national relief funds and the funds will come from the provincial Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.
The fund is for all artists who have lost income during these trying times and have a proof of the work that they were supposed to do between March and June.

Guest: Ayanda Roda - Secretary General of CCIFSA (Cultural & Creative Industry Federation of South Africa