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SARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsYouth Edition, Episode 2: Luyanda Xoko – Sustaining Livelihoods and Mental Health of Young PeopleLuyanda Xoko has extensive experience of working with civil society organizations and other instituions on issues that affect young people. In this special episode on youth livelihoods, Luyanda discusses key challenges to young people in rural South Africa. He particularly draws attention to the mental health challenges of young people in relation to their livelihoods2022-11-2430 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsYouth Edition, Episode 1: Amanda Kalaku – Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience of Young PeopleAmanda Kalaku is a young person involved in rangeland management and spring protection in Matatiele Area, and with the Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership (UCP) under Environmental and Rural Solutions (ERS). Amada reflects on the 2022 youth month theme of sustainable livelihoods and resilience of young people, sharing deep insight on the experience of rural youth. 2022-11-2439 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 10 – Nicky McLeod on 2020 and the Power of Inclusive and Collaborative Response to DisastersNicky has been in the field of environmental resource management in rural areas for about 28 years. She has worked on several projects and initiatives around soil conservation, sanitation, water supply, and low-input vegetable production and contributed to local and international policy. Nicky and her partner at the ERS, received the prestigious WWF Living Planet Award for 2019. Any use of this episode should credit the ERS http://www.enviros.co.za/index.html 2020-12-1527 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 9: Thabathani Tshaka – Surviving COVID-19 and Future Disasters as a Small BusinessThabathani and Phindile Tshaka are young entrepreneurs in Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape. Together, they own a small enterprise that offers tourism services, fashion design, events hosting, organic gardening and catering services, with a lot of visions for the future of their business. In this episode, Thabathani shares his experience with lockdown, with lessons on how to survive such shocks in future.2020-12-0219 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 8: Prof. BC. Mubangizi – Creating an Enabling and Functional Environment for the Rural Nurse and MidwifeIn this episode we share a Prof. Betty C. Mubangizi's public lecture for the international year of the nurse and midwife event organized by Mangosuthu University of Technology. Prof Mubangizi holds the SARChI in Sustainable Local (Rural) Livelihoods. In the lecture, we encounter her in-depth understanding of rurality, and hear her wisdom on creating the right environment for nurses and midwives in rural areas.2020-12-0116 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 7: Ms Dan’sile Cindi – Co-creating Livelihoods with Communities through CatchmentsMs Dan’sile Cindi is the Deputy Director of the Biodiversity Mainstreaming Directorate at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). She coordinates a network of partnerships on ecological infrastructure. Dan’sile currently leads the Living Catchments project convening communities of practice, and guiding mainstreaming work on biodiversity and ecological infrastructure. 2020-09-1129 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 6: Ms Joyce Loza – Managing Veld and Community FiresMs Joyce Loza is a Conservation Specialist for the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Programme (MDTP) - a partnership initiative between Lesotho and South Africa. One of Ms Loza's areas of focus is in the planning and implementation of community fire management activities to reduce the negative impact of veld fires on the ecological infrastructure of the conservation area. 2020-09-0348 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 5: Mr George KasumbaMr George Kasumba draws on is wealth of experience to answer questions about livelihoods in Uganda, sometimes offering a comparative perspective based on his work in other African countries. Mr Kasumba is a Development Economist with over 30 years of experience with the Ugandan government and organizations such as the the UNDP, WFP, UNCDF, DANIDA and World Bank. He is a PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.   2020-08-1723 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 04. Clr Mkhuseli QumbaThis episode is my recorded conversation with Clr Mkhuseli Qumba who is a councilor at Mbizana Local Municipality. He speaks about several issues of interest including the limitations of government Covid-19 strategies, particularly on how these are insensitive to rural dynamics. He also shares how rural economies in Mbizana are surviving and being challenged by Covid-192020-08-0822 minSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsSARChI Insights on Sustainable LivelihoodsEpisode 3: Mr Luvuyo MahlakaMy guest today is the municipal manager of Mbizana local municipality, in the Eastern Cape, Mr Luvuyo Mahlaka. He enlightens us on the responsibilities of a municipal manager. He explains how the municipality ensures a balance between government priorities and the needs of local communities, and local networks that have remained active to support livelihoods in rural communities during the covid-19 pandemic2020-07-0625 min