Guest: Dr Louis  Benjamin |  at Independent educational consultant

John Maytham speaks to Independent Educational consultant, Dr Louis Benjamin on how South Africa is losing human potential because of the cognitive stunting of children.
A child who has not been given the opportunity to be challenged to extend him/herself beyond the here and now, to imagine, dream, invent and create, is yet another young adult who might in the future join the ever-growing queue of the unemployed.
The important question facing South Africa is: How do we avoid the ongoing and devastating loss of human potential in our country? 

Guest: Dr Louis&nbsp; Benjamin |&nbsp; at Independent educational consultant
John Maytham speaks to Independent Educational consultant, Dr Louis Benjamin on how&nbsp;South Africa is losing human potential because of the cognitive stunting of children. A child who has not been given the opportunity to be challenged to extend him/herself beyond the here and now, to imagine, dream, invent and create, is yet another young adult who might in the future join the ever-growing queue of the unemployed. The important question facing South Africa&nbsp;is: How do we avoid the ongoing and devastating loss of human potential in our country?&nbsp;

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

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