Current state of SA addressed as Adriaan Basson chats with DKS
"In South Africa, we never find time to find solutions to the problems we have".
Politics in South Africa is very much like a game of chess.
You need to know how to counter your opponent's move and also know what they could be possibly doing.
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Darren, Keri, and Sky want to know all about the various politics going on in the country.
So they managed to find the one person who can shed light on this as well as inform us about a summit that's going on this coming Thursday, 1 September.
News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson sat down with the team and spilled all the tea that's going on in SA.
There's simply no denying that our country is at a crucial crossroads at the moment.
SA is facing a range of obstacles, including deep-seated corruption, a failing governing party, and an electricity crisis that seems to be getting worse and worse.
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In an effort to help map out solutions to South Africa's mounting challenges, News24 is hosting a summit on how to take the nation forward.
Set down for 1 September at the Sandton Convention Centre, the leadership event will bring together some of the country's most prominent change agents and thought leaders to discuss SA's future.
News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson will welcome attendees alongside the master of ceremonies - award-winning investigative television journalist Devi Sankaree Govender.
Delegates will give an ear to keynote speaker, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who will set the tone for thoughtful debates on how to bring South Africa back from the brink.
The full-day summit will feature six panel discussions, taking a closer look at some of the problems blocking South Africa's growth and innovation, and what is needed to solve them.
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News24's assistant editor for in-depth news, Pieter du Toit, will facilitate the first panel discussion focusing on state capture and rooting out corruption in South Africa.
He'll be joined by Justice Minster Ronald Lamola, Investigating Directorate (ID) head advocate Andrea Johnson, and Lawson Naidoo, the executive secretary at the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution (Casac).
The second panel discussion will be centred on salvaging South Africa's struggling economy.
Fin24 writer-at-large Carol Paton will be steering the discussion between presidential economic advisor Trudi Makhaya, Business Leadership SA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso, Nedbank CEO Mike Brown, and others.
Ahmed Areff, Fin24's deputy editor, will lead the third conversation on climate change, aiming tough questions at Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
The head of Eskom's Just Energy Transition department, Mandy Rambharos, and the Centre for Environmental Rights' executive director, Melissa Fourie, will also feature.
In between the panel discussions, Eskom CEO André de Ruyter will take the hot seat in a one-on-one with Basson to dig into the load shedding crisis and South Africa's newly unveiled power plan.
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The event will wrap with a panel discussion featuring preeminent civil society leaders who will consider how to harness hope in South Africa and encourage a citizenry that is invested in the country's future.
The closing panel will include Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman, Law Trust Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University, Professor Thuli Madonsela, the co-founder of The Kolisi Foundation, Rachel Kolisi, and Defend our Democracy Campaign coordinator, Zaakirah Vadi.
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