The head of the Special Investigating Unit shines a light on the importance of fighting corruption and fixing South Africa, with a particular focus on whistleblowing. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

The health of SA matters

22 days ago 26m 2s

Self-mastery is the reset button that puts you back in control of your life and helps you make healthy choices in both your personal and business life. It’s also a useful philosophy for fixing South Africa, says Alistair Mokoena, head of Google

Truth, power and fixing the country

Apr 19th, 2024 24m 4s

Athol Williams is a whistleblower, has seven university degrees, and wants to see South Africa move from the era of the bully to the era of the brave. It’s about speaking truth to power – but what does this really mean, how do we do it, and if

AI and its role in the big fix

Apr 4th, 2024 24m 18s

Futurist Lavina Ramkissoon is a technology creator with expertise in psychology, technology and economics and their applications into AI, blockchain, emerging tech, ethics and data. Her philosophy is humanising technology and actively serving a

‘Lighting a fire under people's bums’ is what’s needed in SA

Mar 22nd, 2024 27m 16s

People should not be getting bonuses just for breathing. The point is to get onto a path of continuous improvement and learning that creates hope and dynamism and delivers a psychological boost: Dr Miriam Altman. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

Here’s how our universities can do more for the economy

Mar 8th, 2024 29m 7s

Is university still only for the very poor and very rich? Rhodes Vice-chancellor Professor Sizwe Mabizela updates his take on this, stresses the need to get learners excited about maths and science, and gets to the heart of private sector retic

To fix SA we need leaders who aren’t just in it for themselves

Feb 23rd, 2024 29m 24s

‘Look at everything we inherited – how did we let that die in our hands?’: business leader and Chancellor of the University of the Free State Bonang Mohale. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

Fixing big things – how to get it done

Feb 9th, 2024 25m 22s

A major part of fixing SA is about completing significant projects: roads, bridges, power stations and so on. These tasks are overseen by Rudi Dicks, head of project management in The Presidency. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

An ethical vision for South Africa's future

Jan 26th, 2024 25m 58s

'I believe that ethics is the cornerstone of any safe, just and prosperous society because, for society to prosper, you need people to get along with one another': Deon Rossouw, CEO of the Ethics Institute of South Africa. Moneyweb's FixSA podc

Improving SA Education an imperative

Jan 12th, 2024 25m 15s

On this week’s Fix SA: Basil Manuel a leading education figure in SA and Executive Director of the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa.We’ll look at what’s s not working in the system, deficits in teacher training, if

‘Hope is a precious commodity, and worth hanging on to’

Dec 14th, 2023 30m 27s

Former DA leader Tony Leon considers how South Africa might become competitive and successful as a nation again. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

To fix SA, ‘the devil is in the detail’

Nov 30th, 2023 28m 40s

‘If you wait for something to be broken before you start fixing it, then you get exactly into the Eskom situation of not thinking ahead,’ says Max Price, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and author of Statues and Storms:

Colin Coleman’s solutions for SA

Nov 17th, 2023 27m 30s

It’s obvious what our common goal should be, says the former Goldman Sachs exec – get five million people into employment. Moneyweb's FixSA podcast

What needs fixing in SA according to Bobby Godsell

Nov 3rd, 2023 27m 42s

‘We have a disconnected elite and the resulting polarisation, but my sense of everyday South Africans is they're getting on with their lives and with each other – and for the first time in my adult life business and government are working to fi

South Africa, change is coming …

Oct 20th, 2023 25m 4s

‘I see great success for a lot of young people. I don't think it'll be like a bolt of lightning and thunder, as you get on Joburg afternoons. Often, change is very incremental. As you drive, a tree was pretty naked and, the next thing you see,

To fix SA we must accept that we need each other

Oct 9th, 2023 28m 24s

We need to focus on getting the best out of everyone and everything we have, because anxiety develops if there's not enough, or if there’s a perception that there isn’t enough – and growing an economy isn’t about how you dish out the existing p

The power of the arts in what has become ‘a bitter life for all’

Sep 22nd, 2023 32m 4s

Award-winning playwright and activist Mike van Graan reminds us that the arts helped topple apartheid – sparking boycotts, sanctions and disinvestment through humanising storytelling; by reaching people through theatre and song. But it’s not as

SA needs a fix … community unity is key

Sep 8th, 2023 22m 44s

Matt Hogarty, founder and co-director of the Love Howick NPC, speaks about how the organisation has become a catalyst in bringing people ‘together for transformation’ with the key objective of uniting the community for positive change. This app

From financial systems to social incusivity – How good governance can help fix SA SA

Aug 25th, 2023 23m 49s

Chris Maroleng is Global Advisor and the SADC Executive Director of Good Governance Africa. In this Fix SA podcast, he looks at how effective governance ensures transparent, efficient, and accountable financial systems. How proper governance en

Righteous anger is okay - Moreo

Aug 25th, 2023 25m 54s

Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Steve Moreo, speaks about the art of truly listening to others in a divided world, understanding the monumental impact of even the smallest actions, and explores the idea that righteous anger, when channelled co

The role of good governance in rebuilding a nation

Aug 11th, 2023 23m 49s

Chris Maroleng, global advisor and SADC Executive Director at Good Governance Africa, speaks about how effective governance ensures transparent, efficient and accountable financial systems; and, how fair practice, through transparency and accou

What's needed to fix 'brand South Africa'

Jul 28th, 2023 26m 20s

Smaller countries in Africa like Rwanda, Mauritius and Botswana are successfully repositioning themselves, but we lack clarity about what South Africa is, what does South Africa stand for... We have in many ways not been able to define Brand So

Be the best South African you can be

Jul 14th, 2023 29m 21s

'I think we've got huge things to offer but that part of the problem is we have people who are greedy, who want to take everything for themselves; they don't want to actually share the riches of our country' – Nerine Kahn, former head of the CC

Zapiro poking holes in hypocrisy

Jun 30th, 2023 26m 55s

Famed cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, talks about the importance of satire as means to getting things done, the role of activism in facilitating change, and how in a cartoon drawn years ago he warned of a Ramaphosa lame duc

South Africans are becoming poorer because of infrastructural failings – Mike Brown

Jun 16th, 2023 27m 55s

‘If we’re going to fix SA, those tasked with doing so need to focus and stay in their lanes of expertise and responsibility. And progress – one win at a time – needs to be measured and effectively communicated,’ says the CEO of Nedbank. Moneywe