This past week marked a crucial moment as thought leaders gather at the conference on Accelerating Equality in Food, Land, and Water Systems, addressing urgent challenges impacting millions worldwide. The event highlighted solutions to systemic inequality in resource access and sustainability, topics currently dominating the global news agenda due to climate change and food security concerns.

In South Africa, women only own 13% of farmable land and youth only have access to land through inheritance or rental schemes. Barriers for women and youth in South Africa's food, water, and land systems include unequal access to land, finance, markets for products and climate change impacts. To share their insights and some of the recommendations coming out of the sessions, we are joined by…

Guest: Seipati Mokhema - Research Officer for Gender, Social Inclusion and Youth at the International Water Management Institute 

Guest: Everisto Mapedza - Senior Researcher and Social and Institutional Scientist at the International Water Management Institute

 

This past week marked a crucial moment as thought leaders gather at the conference on Accelerating Equality in Food, Land, and Water Systems, addressing urgent challenges impacting millions worldwide. The event highlighted solutions to systemic inequality in resource access and sustainability, topics currently dominating the global news agenda due to climate change and food security concerns.
In South Africa, women only own 13% of farmable land and youth only have access to land through inheritance or rental schemes. Barriers for women and youth in South Africa's food, water, and land systems include unequal access to land, finance, markets for products and climate change impacts. To share their insights and some of the recommendations coming out of the sessions, we are joined by&hellip;
Guest: Seipati Mokhema - Research Officer for Gender, Social Inclusion and Youth at the International Water Management Institute&nbsp;
Guest: Everisto Mapedza - Senior Researcher and Social and Institutional Scientist at the International Water Management Institute
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Empowering women and young people in food, land and water systems

As we continue our broadcast, we turn our attention to a Commemoration of another ANC stalwart: the 12th anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela's passing. Our next guest has penned an opinion piece on the legacy, the leadership failures, the crisis we are seeing amongst the political elite and the decline of the political party. He argues that many of South Africa's current issues stem from inadequate implementation of good policies and a strong constitution. He argues that this is a situation that contrasts with Mandela's focused approach to dismantling apartheid's legacy.

He analyzes how subsequent political leaders and party dynamics (specifically within the ANC) have weakened the party and moved away from the nation-building spirit Mandela championed.

Finally, he shares a call to action that more needs to be done to elevate the legacy of anti-apartheid heroes through tangible actions and accountability - rather than just rhetoric. He suggests that current elites are "living in the past" without addressing present challenges. To tell us more about this, we are joined by…

Guest: Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu - Professor of Political Science & International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University

As we continue our broadcast, we turn our attention to a Commemoration of another ANC stalwart: the 12th anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela's passing. Our next guest has penned an opinion piece on the legacy, the leadership failures, the crisis we are seeing amongst the political elite and the decline of the political party. He argues that many of South Africa's current issues stem from inadequate implementation of good policies and a strong constitution. He argues that this is a situation that contrasts with Mandela's focused approach to dismantling apartheid's legacy.
He analyzes how subsequent political leaders and party dynamics (specifically within the ANC) have weakened the party and moved away from the nation-building spirit Mandela championed.
Finally, he shares a call to action that more needs to be done to elevate the legacy of anti-apartheid heroes through tangible actions and accountability - rather than just rhetoric. He suggests that current elites are "living in the past" without addressing present challenges. To tell us more about this, we are joined by&hellip;
Guest: Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu - Professor of Political Science &amp; International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela&nbsp;University

Nelson Mandela legacy and the political elite crisis in South African leadership

Guest: Alita Miller - Country Head of UN Women South Africa

 

Guest: Alita&nbsp;<a></a>Miller - Country Head of UN Women South Africa
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OB: Insights and highlights of this year’s global theme.

Prof. Thuli Madonsela, Professor of Law and the Law Trust Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.

Prof. Thuli Madonsela, Professor of Law and the Law Trust Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.

Empowering women and young people in food, land and water systems

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