Podcast appearances and mentions of paul berkowitz

To help unpack what’s at stake and what a successful overhaul would look like, John Maytham is joined by Paul Berkowitz, Director at Hlaziya Solutions. Paul is a local governance expert who’s been closely tracking policy reform, coalition dynamics, and municipal performance across the country. We get his take on what these proposed changes mean for ordinary South Africans. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Berkowitz, director at Hlaziya Solutions, speaks to Lester Kiewit about the latest insights into voter sentiment in South Africa’s metros, based on a recent Brenthurst Foundation survey. He unpacks key trends ahead of the 2026 local government elections, including the Democratic Alliance’s lead in most metros, Cape Town’s strong reputation for good governance, growing support for coalitions despite frustrations with instability, and the rising influence of the uMkhonto weSizwe party in Gauteng. Berkowitz also explores voter preferences for different coalition scenarios and what these findings reveal about the current political mood in the country’s urban centres. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show introduces you to interesting Capetonians as well as their favourite communities, habits, local personalities and neighbourhood news. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Good Morning CapeTalk with Lester Kiewit broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/xGkqLbT or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/f9Eeb7i Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Paul Berkowitz, the founder of Hlaziya Solutions, about research done into the number of committee meetings attended by MPs in the National Assembly. For some the number is shockingly low, considering the importance of the work done at committee level.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent report has exposed a concerning trend in the attendance records of South African Members of Parliament (MPs) in committee meetings. The findings reveal that many MPs, particularly from opposition parties, have poor attendance records. Notably, the MK party and the EFF have over half of their MPs failing to attend at least 75% of meetings. In contrast, the ANC and Democratic Alliance, DA have generally good attendance records. To elaborate further on the report, Elvis Presslin spoke to Paul Berkowitz, Director at The Third Republic

Paul Berkowitz, Director at Hlaziya Solutions weighs in on Eskom's debt incentive scheme for municipalities as the power house battles with municipalities repaying their debt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We investigate claims that the Park Service has a history of transferring troubled rangers. An NPS whistleblower explains a coverup culture within the agency, and shares the story of a ranger who investigated both the Shenandoah and Colonial Parkway murders. Resources and Links: The Case of the Indian Trader — The book in which Paul Berkowitz extensively documents his investigation at Hubbell Trading Post. Recommended for fans of police procedurals. Culture of Sexual Harrassment — Washington Post, 2016 Big Problem with Sexual Harrassment — The Atlantic, 2016 Hubbell Trading Post — Official site Bill Malone Trading — Billy Malone's current site for trading, Gallup, NM Interviewees: Paul Berkowitz — NPS Special Agent who took over the investigation of Clyde Yee at Hubbell Trading Post Thank you to our sponsor June's Journey. Download June's Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Results Operations Centre (ROC) is hard at work counting, but unfortunately there are not as many votes to count as were anticipated. Paul Berkowitz, director of The Third Republic, said this year's voter turnout is the likely to be the lowest SA has seen since its first democratic elections. The complete official figures on voter turnout have not yet been made available, but despite only dribs and drabs of figures available, each press conference has seen concern around voter turnout and voting hurdles take center stage, with the Electoral Commission bearing the brunt of criticism for the poor showing.  Here is what has been happening on the ground.

Clement Manyathela is joined by the Director of Third Republic, Paul Berkowitz to analyse the election results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Paul Berkowitz – Director at the Third Republic  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest:  Paul Berkowitz, From the Third Republic  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Paul Berkowitz   Eskom's chief financial officer, Calib Cassim presented Eskom's financial results for the year ended March 2021 at a media briefing on Tuesday, said that although gross debt had been reduced by R81.9-billion to R401.8-billion, a 16.9% drop, this was still a long way from a viable business entity. According to CEO Andre de Ruyter, Municipal debt remains as one of Eskom's primary explanations for the debt. . Since financial year-end, municipal debt has increased to R39 billion, the power utility's Director of The Third Republic, Paul Berkowitz, will discuss the situation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Berkowitz, CEO of Hlaziya Solutions, speaks to Refilwe Moloto about the outcome of this week's by-elections held across 40 wards in seven provinces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Berkowitz and Kris Millegan (TrineDay Publishing) discuss Paul’s book -- Legacy of the Yosemite Mafia -- the problems caused by emphasizing a “Ranger image” that intentionally steered away from the dominant role of rangers in the past -- law enforcement -- and they discuss the “turf wars” among a small minority at the top of the National Park Service that allowed misconduct to fester at various places in the agency.

Paul Berkowitz, CEO of Hlaziya Solutions speaks to Refilwe Moloto about the outcome of by-elections in 95 wards across South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk to Ken Swettenham on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we talk about the upcoming elections on the 8th of May. We talk to Paul Berkowitz an economist, researcher & consultant and also Mr Dawie Roodt who is an Economist and Director at Efficient Group about the possible effects that the elections will have on the economy and investments. wits.journalism.co.za

Wits Radio Academy — We talk to Ken Swettenham on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we talk about the upcoming elections on the 8th of May. We talk to Paul Berkowitz an economist, researcher & consultant and also Mr Dawie Roodt who is an Economist and Director at Efficient Group about the possible effects that the elections will have on the economy and investments.

Joining the show this week Amy Campanelli. Campanelli is the Public Defender of Cook County. John and Amy discuss the Chicago Police Gun Defender Dashboard, Bail Reform, and The benefits of police body cameras, which makes it clear as public defender to see what is happening between the officer and client. In this week's round table segment, John Dempsey is joined by Ray Long of The Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Heather Cherone, editor of The Daily Line. The discussion opens up with speculation that former Governor Rod Blagojevich prison sentence might be commuted by President Trump, The tragic mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton bring the spotlight on gun law reform and red flag laws, and how can Mayor Lightfoot fix the city’s financial problems. This week’s Community Spotlight is with Lauren Cohn. Lauren talks to Dr. Paul Berkowitz, Chairman of The Department of Psychiatry for Sinai Health System. Holy Cross Hospital has recently opened a brand new mental health wing. Dr. Berkowitz describes the benefits that this will bring to the community and hospital.

MultimediaLIVE — The youth of South Africa, aged 15-34, didn't exactly queue around the block to vote in the 2019 national elections. The Parliamentary Monitoring Group said the 18-19 year olds on the 2019 voters roll was some 47% of what it was in 2014. But despite the low turnout and low number of new registrations, we still have some hope that the young people of this country have a contribution to make. We just doubt it's going to happen in the current system. We get Pearl Pillay, managing director of Youth Lab, a youth policy think tank, to set host Scott Peter Smith and resident data analyst Paul Berkowitz straight.

MultimediaLIVE — On the show where we don't make predictions, our resident analyst Paul Berkowitz talks to Professor Ivor Sarakinsky, an associate professor at the Wits School of Governance, where against all odds, came pretty close to electoral prediction perfection. The trick? Sarakinsky merely says, "We suck our thumbs harder than the pollsters do," and ignore the polls outright. Have a listen. A little technical, but informative.

MultimediaLIVE — In this episode our resident data analyst Paul Berkowitz takes over as host and brings guest Dr Sithembile Mbete from the department of political sciences at the University of Pretoria. They discuss the split between the national and provincial vote, especially as it affects the major opposition parties.

MultimediaLIVE — Right wing party Freedom Front Plus is, at the time of publishing, now the country's fourth largest party. IEC is in a spin due to the growing confirmations of what is called double voting - the same individual voting more than once - due to either bad technology and bad thumb ink - either which way we talk about what it means for the numbers on the bog board as counting is finalised. Listen to resident data analyst Paul Berkowitz has to say along with political journalist Qaanitah Hunter in this episode with a slightly different format.

MultimediaLIVE — While we can expect EFF chief Julius Malema won't be taking the president position, his party is still growing nicely - are we looking at a kingmaker scenario? A bigger percentage of the vote also means that the EFF has greater bargaining power, especially in the event of coalition negotiations at national and provincial level. In this episode we are taking a closer look at everyone's favourite politician and are joined by resident data analyst Paul Berkowitz, director of Edgis and Sunday Times journalist Zingisa Mvumvu who has been on top of the moving and shaking going on in the party.

MultimediaLIVE — In this episode we are taking a closer look at gender and the so-called gender divide in the South African electorate. As registered voters, women outnumber men by over two million and have a much higher voter turnout, but this doesn't translate into direct campaigning by parties to appeal to their vote. Also, while parliament often congratulates itself on its representation of women and our constitutionally enshrined right to equality, this hasn’t always translated into improved conditions for women. Furthermore, poll findings suggest women are less likely to be partisan. In other words, they are less likely to have a strong, enduring party loyalty, suggesting that a party that can solve immediate problems and speak directly to women, could clinch support. We have data analyst Paul Berkowitz, director of Edgis and associate editor for analysis in the Tiso Blackstar Group Ranjeni Munusamy to ask whether parties are missing a trick.

MultimediaLIVE — We are joined in the studio today by data analyst Paul Berkowitz, director at EDGIS, deputy editor of Financial Mail Sikonathi Mantshantsha and the Business Day political editor Genevieve Quintal. We throw some strong opinions into the ring in this episode. While Berkowitz defends the growth of the Democratic Alliance and backs it up with electoral data, Mantshantsha believes leader of the DA Mmusi Maimane will be looking for a new job following voting day on May 8. One thing we do all agree on is that when the country almost collectively calls the former president Jacob Zuma’s term to be ‘9 wasted years’ an opposition party should be flying, literally riding a wave of discontent to increase their seats in all areas of government – did the DA miss a trick? Listen and find out.

MultimediaLIVE — In this episode we sit with data analyst Paul Berkowitz and senior reporter at the Sowetan Penwell Dlamini who has been working closing on the unfolding story in Alexandra. Alex is in a special position as due to the complexity of issues in the area, more than one sphere of government must be involved in those solutions and those spheres are run by different parties. So who should Alex residents vote for to solve their problems? It's unclear, but we unpack the issues, we take a historical look at the voting trends and offer some perspectives moving forward. Hosted by Scott Peter Smith, The Numbers Don't Lie is a limited series produced under Final Take, a MultimediaLIVE initiative.

Renegade Media — Paul Berkowitz is a researcher, data analyst and journalist currently focusing on the 2019 national elections in South Africa. The Renegades pick his brain on how the major parties look coming up to the election, why polling sometimes fails, and what might happen after May 8th. Paul also expresses his concerns about the Capitalist Party and explains his doubts about Libertarianism. Support Us!

MultimediaLIVE — Despite losing by-elections in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga to its traditional arch rival the ANC, the IFP says it has shown significant growth in both provinces - but the data tells a different story - data analyst Paul Berkowitz and Business Day editor Lukanyo Mnyanda break down just what 2019 elections may hold for the party. Jingle music: The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie

MultimediaLIVE — Women are in the majority when it comes to voting in South Africa. That's according to research conducted by data expert Paul Berkowitz of EDGIS, which was presented on the 9th of April 2019 at a Business Day event titled "Election Directions".

MultimediaLIVE — In this introductory podcast we unpack the mechanics of data journalism just a little bit and talk about what kind of data, whether from polls or hard numbers from previous elections, we have available to us in South Africa and lay out the kind of stories we will be uncovering using some of data analyst, Paul Berkowitz's techniques.  Jingle music: The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie