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Jan 2023
Power Disruptor Ayanda Sishi Part 2 | Youth and Gender Activism and BIG
Youth and Gender activist, Ayanda Sishi Wigzell speaks to Isobel Frye, Khutso Makobela and Amahle Ngwenya of SPI on Basic Income Grant in this two-part episode. In Part One Ayanda talks about the importance of Dignity in defining her activism and how poverty actively erodes this. ... Show More
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Jan 2023
Power Disruptor Ayanda Sishi Part 1 | Youth and Gender Activism and BIG
Youth and Gender activist Ayanda Sishi Wigzell speaks to Isobel Frye, Khutso Makobela, and Amahle Ngwenya of SPI on Basic Income Grant in this two-part episode. Ayanda talks about the importance of dignity in defining her activism and how poverty actively erodes this. Growing up ... Show More
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What is the BIG idea? — The Idea whose time has come.
In this episode, Isobel and Duma talk to Ravi Naidoo who leads the Bluefields Group which focuses on impact investment.
He previously served as a director of Naledi, Cosatu's think. During this time he represented organised labour in key social policy negotiations, including the landmark Taylor Commissi ... Show More
<p>Gideon talks to the South African writer and political activist, Songezo Zibi, about the need to build a coalition for change to help restore some of the high hopes that accompanied the end of apartheid.</p><p><em>Clips: SABC, The Sun</em></p><br><p>More on this topic:</p><br> ... Show More
<p><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/80e6939d-d085-499d-ac9d-3ac6386b69c1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/80e6939d-d085-499d-ac9d-3ac6386b69c1</a></p><br><p>Airbnb reported ... Show More
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