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May 2020
Introduction by Steuart Pennington
There have been a number of ‘Open’ letters written to our President, Cyril Ramaphosa, regarding the tightrope of ‘lives vs livelihoods’, giving him advice on the way forward, not the least of which, to name a few, are by Gareth Cliff, Gerhard Papenfus of NEASA (National Employers Association of South Africa), Mike Abel of Saatchi and John Steenhuisen of the DA.
Sadly, in my view, instead of focussing exclusively on COVID-19 and what our options are, they use their ‘open’ letters as an opportunity to scold, to reprimand, to castigate, even to patronise
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All privately funded, more than 27 sites around the Western Cape have been erected to support Government spread the message to keep safe and stay home during South Africa’s level 5 (now lowered to 4) lockdown.
One of the most impressive and eye catching billboards was Cape Town’s Kloof Street which has become iconic in adverts and international news.
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As a company that cares deeply about the communities in which it operates, Engen is supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by branding 35 spaza shops across the country with important personal safety measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Engen’s public education drive sees the walls of the popular township convenience businesses converted into educational murals, with the South African petroleum industry leader remunerating the spaza shop owners for the media space.
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By Ann Bernstein
Executive Director. Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
The bottom line is that unless South Africa emerges from the Covid-19 emergency with a real plan to accelerate growth dramatically and sustainably, it may come to be seen as the nail in the coffin of our economic, social and political order whose unsustainability was already driving us towards a fiscal crisis.
To avoid this fate, we all need to recognise the limits of what a tax-and-redistribute model can achieve..
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By Alec Hogg
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech on Wednesday disappointed many. Social media was soon flooded with comments about how he wasted an hour saying nothing, harking back to the bumbling rambles of his unlamented predecessor. One memorable wag even lamented that at least with Zuma, we got a giggle.
I’m on another page. For me, two important things stand out. First, the way CR closed with a quote from a 1942 address by US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, at a time when World War Two was going badly. The other: that SA’s cabinet is “seized with the issue” of outlining a clear strategy for economic recovery.
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Brad Habana, born 1978 in Johannesburg
(lived in Durban and Cape Town too).
Fulfilling career roles at MTN, ABSA, Supersport, Treble Group and SAFA, the time was then right to further my experience whilst firmly flying the rainbow nation flag.
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CEO and Founder
of AFROASIAN
A culturally driven start-up organisation based in Shanghai, China
AfroAsian was founded in June 2019 and is dedicated to creating synergy, collaboration, knowledge and experiences
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The robot will see you now
Misdiagnosis is obviously a concern in the medical field. Pinnacle Care conducted a survey that found 64% of medical practitioners admitted 10% of misdiagnosis lead to critical injury. University of Johannesburg scientists are looking to address this matter through the use of AI, developing a new suite of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). A recent case study on the diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder boasted a prediction accuracy of over 96%. #AfricaMonth Source: Eighty-20
Dude, Where’s my taxi?
It can be very difficult finding a taxi route from A to B using the informal public transport system. Cape Town startup WhereIsMyTransport seeks to resolve this, and has mapped 750,000 kms of road in 39 countries. Earlier this year it secured USD 7.5 million in Series A funding to develop further digital solutions. #AfricaMonth (https://bit.ly/2xVJ4Wz, https://bit.ly/2WSgxcI)
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