Join me as we wrap up the news week with;

- Gabriel Crouse (Institute of Race Relations)
- Nzuzo Khati (co-Host, Manpatria Podcast),
- Nick Hudson (PANDA)
- Hugo Kruger (Writer & Researcher)
- Kanthan Pillay (Political Analyst & Writer)

We’ll provide analysis & opinion on the top news headlines that dominated the week, with a special focus on the ongoing mess in Afghanistan under the Taliban take-over, the tyranny of lockdown around the world, Cape Town gun rights protest, the deepening EFF corruption VBS saga and more.

Kanthan Pillay returns to The Burning Platform this week to answer all your questions. Dr Anthony Turton also joins the team to have a candid conversation about the water crisis in South Africa and a lot more.

(Note: This was a long conversation — almost 90 minutes — touching on economics, politics, tax avoidance, the tyranny of the financial sector and all that good stuff that I usually don't have time to go into.)

Join us as we have an in-depth discussion with Kanthan Pillay, an experienced voice on:

- What has happened to South Africa and where is it going?
- How can we unbank the banks?
- How can Bitcoin help South Africa?
- Bitcoin and Altcoins

It’s been a long time coming… Kanthan Pillay returns to The Burning Platform! Together with Gareth and Phumi, he dissects the Zondo commission, likening it to being a reality show. There’s a chat about creative ways of creating jobs, and why Derek Chauvin being found guilty of murdering George Floyd shouldn’t be a big deal.

"I sit down with Kanthan Pillay to chat about his fascinating career in media as well as what made him pursue a life in politics..."

Is the media suffering from a crisis of credibility? David Ansara of the CRA speaks with media and technology entrepreneur, Kanthan Pillay, about the commercial and political pressures facing the media today.

The Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA) is a South African think tank with a global perspective.

The CRA specialises in helping organisations and individuals understand the current political and economic environment, and the trends to come.
 

... in which we speak about tech, economics, cryptocurrencies, and try to predict the future.

(Caveat emptor: Transcript is autogenerated.)
 

As South Africa prepares for the Covid 'second wave', the ruling party has elected to limit access to beaches, potentially crippling the tourism industry. How long will the Garden Route take to recover economically from the current lockdown, and were there any options that would have limited the spread of Covid-19 without shutting down the economy? The team gives us their reasons to be optimistic for 2021.

As the South African government clamps down on high school students and their celebrations after finishing school, how should we view the admonishment of these gatherings and them being labelled covid 'superspreader' events? The National Pharmaceutical Agency is being floated again - red flag or good news?