GUEST: FREDDIE DIAS - Head Chef at Sejour https://sejour.co.za Chef Freddie Dias’ new venture, located within Johannesburg’s Houghton Hotel. A visit to Séjour is a culinary milestone you’ll want to experience again and again. It’s the amalgamation of Freddie’s culinary journey. Innovative tastes from around the world, with no two dishes alike.      

The SAPI (The SA Psychoanalytic Initiative ) Conversation Series A Conversation Between Political Satirist And Cartoonist Zapiro And Psychoanalyst Mark Solms GUEST: JONATHAN SHAPIRO/ ZAPIRO - GUEST: JONATHAN PERCALE - Clinical Psychologist part of The South African Psychoanalytic Initiative    The South African Psychoanalytic Initiative was established in 2005 in order to contribute to the long tradition of psychoanalysis in South Africa. It is an active organization which supports the development of psychoanalytic psychotherapists and psychoanalysts in South Africa. An essential part of SAPI is to create cultural and political dialogues. The idea in these dialogues is aimed at sharing with a wider audience how psychoanalytic thought can intersect with different disciplines as a way of exploring and understanding our social and political context. Over the past years, we have had public discussions with William Kentridge, Haroun Gunn Sallie, as well as other theatre eventsand art exhibitions.   

Today is World Pangolin Day; It is said that despite recent strides, pangolins remain the world's most trafficked mammal, facing relentless threats from poaching and habitat loss. GUEST: DR. MARK OFUA - Pangolin Conservationist and Wild Africa Fund ambassador

Patrick Bongoy turns trash into art in his latest exhibition. Bongoy's latest exhibition, "Ebbing," at the Spier Wine Farm from February 12 to May 12, 2024 GUEST: PATRICK BONGOY - Visual Artist “My work speaks in response to the global reality of literal and figurative environmental pollution”.   A unique perspective on our planet's dilemma and the potential for positive change. Artists like Patrick Bongoy, through their transformative work, not only address pressing issues of waste and pollution but also redefine the role of art in promoting sustainability. By repurposing discarded materials, these artists bring attention to the urgency of environmental challenges while showcasing innovative solutions.

RUSSIA : Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader, dies in Arctic jail Navalny dies in Russian prison after walk, says prison service Opposition leader said to have lost consciousness President Putin informed of death of his main domestic critic Supporters say Navalny was murdered, cannot confirm death Western officials laud Navalny, condemn Putin GUEST: AMBASSADOR DR. KINGSLEY MAKHUBELA - Risk Analyst at RiskRecon, Former Diplomat. ON STANDBY GUEST : DENIS KRIVOSHEEV - Deputy Director of Amnesty International for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Amnesty International

GUEST: SIBUSISO MKHWANAZI - Travel Writer A Look into different regions around the country Sport tourism is a segment of the tourism industry which is growing rapidly. In South Africa it is slowly being recognized as an important niche market within the tourism sector. In order to capitalize on the country's recent sporting successes, South Africa Sports Tourism (SAST) was launched by the government in 1997   Sport has a very significant role in South African culture. The three most popular mainstream sports in the country -The Big Three — cricket, football and rugby.                      

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

09:00 – NEWSGUEST: Niven Postma – Managing Director of Niven Postma Inc and works as a leadership, culture and strategy facilitator -    2 guests: -    Motseki Majake – CEO of New Life era insurance -    Tanja de Ruig – Architect Stuur Groete and Mannetjies Roux – Refentse and Laurika Rauch. Storyteller.Human Potential Igniter.Leadership Partner. Niven is a pioneering, hands on, creative and experienced leader who has an unshaken belief in human potential, a singular ability to connect with all manner of people and a healthy, often irreverent, sense of humour. I am South African by birth, African by choice and global in outlook and impact. Although I love hitting the open road (preferably in a campervan) and hiking to – and through – mountains, my passion is partnering with leaders to (re)ignite the discretionary energy of people and teams, build an enabling culture and develop meaningful strategies with clients in diverse industries. Songs 3 songs: Pachelbel – Canon,   It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls        

GUEST Shay Heydenrych works as a Director, Commercial at Jacana Media, PLOT; The day that Brian, a musician from the West Rand in Johannesburg, walked through our front door was a day like every other publishing day in this town. Except, of course, that once Brian, in his burgundy zoot suit, accessorised with a dicky bow and a pair of smoky fashion glasses, took out a tiny speaker from his pocket, cleared his throat and composed himself to sing something he’d written over the Covid period on Jacana Media and the power of reading African books, we knew that 31 August 2023 would be a day unlike any other publishing day. Brian’s visit was auspicious.  

Newtricion Wellness Dieticians is a network of dieticians in practice for 13 years. These dieticians provide their services and draw on the pooled resources of Newtricion Wellness to provide the best service to you. We are a team of 8 passionate dieticians based throughout the country for your convenience. Obesity is a complicated public health issue that can be devastating on both the societal and the individual level. On one hand, it costs our economy millions and is a strain on our under-resourced health system. On the other hand, it is a psychological and physical burden to those who are acutely affected – individuals who inevitably face stigma at every turn, with undeserved overlays of blame and shame. It’s long been known that exercise doesn’t help most people lose weight. So why should anyone trying to shed pounds still keep exercising? New research has the answer. A study published in the journal Nature Metabolism found that people who combine exercise with dieting can double the metabolic health benefits of their weight loss. The study found that men and women with obesity and prediabetes who worked out while dieting improved their insulin sensitivity twice as much as people who only dieted, even though everyone lost comparable amounts of weight. GUEST Omy Naidoo - Head Dietician - Newtricion Wellness  

GUEST: Raymond Perrier -Director Dennis Hurley Denis Hurley Centre calls for support on its anniversary The Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) Annual General Meeting, stakeholder report-back and commemorative prayers will be on Saturday.            

GUEST Riverwood Headmaster, Anton Immelman PLOT:  Last weekend was the grand opening of Riverwood College, with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque and the first ringing of the college’s bell.Three historic city schools  Voortrekker High School, Gert Maritz Primary and Siembamba Pre-Primary — have started this year as the merged Riverwood College. This follows the Department of Basic Education giving its approval for the merger last August and a closing ceremony for Voortrekker High School in October.              

Guest: Tim Mangwedi, JFF Executive Director Guest: Joy Mawela, Producer of the movie Blurred Lines /  CEO of Tshimolohong Guest: Meg Rickards, Director of the movie Snake ABSA GROUP JOINS THE FESTIVAL AS KEY PARTNER  FILM FEST TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS WEEK Johannesburg, South Africa – With less than a month to go to the 2024 edition of the Joburg Film Festival, the organizers together with partner MultiChoice are thrilled to announce its highly anticipated lineup of over 60 titles for the 2024 edition.Showcasing a diverse range of compelling films from both local and international filmmakers, set against the vibrant backdrop of Johannesburg, this year's festival promises to captivate audiences with its dynamic selection of cinematic gems including some of the finest films from over 30 countries.From thought-provoking documentaries to gripping dramas and inspiring narratives, the Joburg Film Fest is proud to present an array of films that celebrate the power of storytelling and the diversity of human experience. Kicking off on Tuesday, 27th February 2023 and runs until Sunday, 3rd March 2023 at various locations across Joburg.Among the standout selections featured in this year's lineup are:PERFECT DAYS - this 2024 Oscar Best International Feature finalist tells the story of a Hirayama, a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books. Hirayama also has a fondness for trees and photographs them. More of his past is gradually revealed through a series of unexpected encounters. A meditative portrait with an incredible soundtrack as only Director Wim Wenders can portray, a poignant follow up to his well-known incredible documentaries, Bueno Vista Social Club and Pina.

Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monet, Tyla and Boygenius were among the several women who won their first Grammys on Sunday On Sunday night, the Grammy Awards culminated, predictably enough, in adding to Taylor Swift’s growing list of chart records and industry milestones. Previously, she was the fourth artist in Grammy history to win Album of the Year three times (for 2008’s Fearless, 2014’s 1989, and 2020’s Folklore), alongside Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Stevie Wonder. Now, after taking another Album of the Year for Midnights, she is the only artist in history to win music’s most coveted award four times.  Earlier in her career, Swift had been skewered for seeming surprised to win awards so often that naysayers thought it was insincere. However, her surprise at the Album of the Year win on Sunday appeared to be legit. She used her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album to reveal that she’s releasing a new album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, in April (she did the same thing at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards to announce Midnights). Swift wasn’t the only artist who used their Grammys platform to plug new music. Minutes after Kacey Musgraves presented the Best Country Album, CBS aired a commercial featuring a snippet of a new Musgraves song, singing the words “My Saturn has returned,” to announce her forthcoming fifth album. SZA also premiered a new song, called “Saturn,” as part of a 3-minute Mastercard commercial. Earlier in the day, Midnights producer Jack Antonoff made history of his own. He became the second person to win Producer of the Year, Non-Classical three times in a row, matching Babyface’s run from 1996 to 1998. Del Rey was also up for three awards, including Album of the Year, and lost all of them, bringing her Grammy career total to 11 nominations and zero wins. When Celine Dion, making a rare public appearance since being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder in 2022, announced the Album of the Year. Swift, who excitedly sang along with Dion’s hit “The Power of Love” while the Canadian diva took the stage, didn’t visibly acknowledge the presenter when accepting the award, stirring online outrage that Swift had “snubbed” Dion. Later in the night, a photo of Swift and Dion smiling together was posted online, prompting accusations of calculated damage control.  After her win was announced, Swift insisted on bringing her friend Lana Del Rey, another Album of the Year nominee and the only guest artist on Midnights, up to the stage. As Swift made her speech, Del Rey stood quietly off to the side, while Swift showered her with compliments during her speech. “Lana Del Rey, who is hiding, but I think so many female artists would not be where they are and would not have the inspiration they have if it weren’t for the work she’s done,” Swift said. “I think she’s a legacy artist, a legend in her prime right now, I’m so lucky to be your friend.”

Guest: Sfiso Dlangamandla  Makhelwane festival is an immersive, community-based celebration that is deeply entrenched in the rich cultural tapestry of Soweto. The festival now in its 9th year  draws inspiration from the age-old tradition of ubuntu/botho, embodying the spirit of communal unity and shared experiences.    

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol head

Guest : Melita Thurling, She is the head of liability and special risks When it comes to public events, everything does not always run smoothly. No matter how well planned and executed, a public event can be easily derailed by bad weather, negligence, breach of contract or a host of other factors that may be beyond the control of the event organiser. Even mega-celebrities are not immune to suffering glitches during their live performance. Pop icon Madonna was recently forced to start one of her shows late due to a technical issue during soundcheck. While a late start could understandably irk fans, the two-hour delay to the show in Brooklyn, New York, in December, saw two irate fans instituting a class action lawsuit against the singer and concert organisers. “Whether the lawsuit succeeds or not is a legal question that will be answered in court. However, if it does succeed, the event’s organisers will not be covered by their event liability insurance policy,” says Melita Thurling, Head of Liability and Special Risks, at iTOO Special Risks.

GUEST: David Van Wyk - Independent Research Professional. Bench Marks Foundation The recent attention on survival miners, known as 'Illegal' miners or Zama Zamas, in South Africa has been marked by tragic events such as a gas explosion in an abandoned Harmony mine shaft in Virginia, deployment of 6,000 SANDF soldiers in November, and gun battles between syndicates around Riverlea. Politicians are scapegoating these miners ahead of the 2024 elections, but the Bench Marks Foundation is delving deeper into the issue. The Foundation's report explores the roots of survival mining, tracing it back to the old migrant labor system and the decline in demand for labor in the mining sector. Many survival miners come from underdeveloped labor-sending areas, where the social fabric has been impacted. The South African government's failure to hold mining companies accountable and provide licensing for survival miners exacerbates the problem.

Bafana Bafana will battle another opponent they have played and beaten recently when they take on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the Afcon bronze medal match on Saturday. Bafana beat the DRC 1-0 in a friendly match at Orlando Stadium in Soweto in September last year. At the time of their previous meeting, both teams had already secured their place at the Afcon in Ivory Coast and used the friendly as preparations for the start of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup that kicked off in November. During the Afcon group stage, Bafana had another rematch against two teams—Morocco and Namibia—who they both defeated. They were held to a goalless draw by Namibia in Orlando Stadium in September last year, three days before they welcomed the Democratic Republic of Congo and beat them at the Soweto venue. At the Afcon, Bafana were in the same group as Namibia and crushed them 4-0 before beating Morocco 2-0 in the last 16 round. This is why Bafana feel they may have the upper hand against the DRC. Bafana and the Leopards will be determined to sign off in style at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan after they were both beaten in the semifinals. Bafana lost a penalty shootout 4-2 against Nigeria after a 1-1 draw with the Super Eagles, while the DRC were beaten 1-0 by the host county, Ivory Coast. Since Bafana were crowned African champions in 1996, South Africa lost their status as one of the feared teams on the continent. On the other hand, the Democratic Republic of Congo were one of the early powerhouses on the continent in the 1960s and 1970s. They won their first Afcon title in 1968 and then again, as Zaire, in 1974, the year they became the first sub-Saharan African side to play at the World Cup.    

Amadiba Crisis Committee 2024-02-05: Dealing with a flood of garbage on the Wild Coast Guest: Nonhle Mbuthuma  - Madiba crissi mangeent Over hundred villagers on the Amadiba coast in Mbizana have picked piles of garbage on the Wild Coast during the past ten days. Hundreds of bags have been filled with plastic, bottles and filth on the shores. We covered 25km of the coast, from Mtentu to Sigidi villages. We found plenty of medical waste on the beaches. Hospitals or clinics must be dumping expired medicines in the wrong places. We have never before seen sealed medication bottles on our coast. Such waste doesn’t come from villages and towns We have reported to the councillors. The Winnie Madikizela Mandela Local Municipality is aware of the situation. The community has put in our best effort to clean the whole coast of the WMM Local Municipality. But the danger is still there. The garbage has not yet been collected to dumping sites. All rivers that come from afar – Mzamba, Mnyameni and Mtentu – are filled with garbage floating down to the ocean. Villagers have been picking garbage for kilometres along the rivers. This situation is a danger to our children. They might open and eat medicines or be cut by broken bottles. The coast is a ‘Marine Protected Area’ and the garbage flood threatens marine life. It is even a danger to our livestock. 15 years ago, waste picking on the Wild Coast was organised by the Department of Environment. Then came ‘business opportunities’ and the tender system. On top of that we now have ‘austerity’ and the budget cuts. The rivers and the Wild Coast are polluted because waste management in towns and townships have collapsed. The government has failed dismally. Climate change with heavy rains and floods then do the rest.  Austerity must stop and the tender system must be scrapped. As Amadiba Crisis Committee we are organising to fight a flood of garbage floating to the coast. But we are not alone in Amadiba. Municipalities fail to do the very least expected of local government. They focus on promoting mining and ‘smart cities’ to “attract investment”. Who is going to invest in places where the local government cannot do the basics? Civil society and companies have taken municipalities to court for the failure to serve their citizens, placing municipalities under administration. As ACC, we wonder if we must go down the same route, given the pollution of our rivers and coast as well as the terrible state of our roads. We call upon the Premier of Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane, to lift his eyes from his beloved national mega projects and focus on the local,

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

GUEST: Mbali Ntuli (35), CEO and founder of the Ground Work Collective, a community development initiative. One of the organisation’s focus areas is encouraging democratic participation. Instudio “Young people… are very political in some cases, [just] not party political. We have protests every single day, but you also see a lot of young people getting involved in communities, doing community work… where they feel that they have some sort of agency and power,” Your average ‘Gen Z-er’ has few memories of a politically functional South Africa — if any. It’s no wonder that this demographic has little taste for party politics and elections. However, it would be a mistake to assume that this makes them apathetic about the future of this country.

GUEST: Magret Peters, Event manager at dmg events – In the run-up to the seventh edition of the Hotel & Hospitality Expo Africa in June, the African Hospitality Confidence Index 2024 shares top insights into the trends shaping the continent’s hospitality sector.   “The latest Confidence Index paints a vivid picture of a vibrant, positive industry in which the majority, at 80%, of hotel, bar and restaurant operators, along with industry suppliers are looking to the future with growing confidence and optimism,” says Margaret Peters, Event Manager for Hotel & Hospitality Expo Africa at dmg events South Africa.      

GUEST: Patricia Dellile – Minister of Tourism The recent official release of international arrival figures by Statistics South Africa for January to December 2023 underscores the rising momentum of South Africa's tourism sector. International tourist arrivals from January to December 2023 totalled 8.5 million, representing a remarkable 48.9% increase when compared with same period in 2022.  

GUEST:  Thandu Xolo Mjima Contact : Bafana : Bafana continue Afcon giant killing act as they maul Morocco to reach the last eight ●       Bafana Bafana beat Morocco 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.  ●       Goals from Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena gave Bafana the victory to set up a last-eight clash with Cape Verde on Saturday.  ●       Hugo Broos's men showed grit and determination to knock out the highest-ranked team on the continent. A lad from Ga-Mampa, in rural Limpopo, beat a Moroccan defence of players plying their trade for some of the best clubs in Europe to send Bafana Bafana to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) on Tuesday at the expense of the No. 1 ranked team in the continent.               

GUEST :  Dean Smorenburg, the CEO of Maltento, a local Black Soldier fly farm / fly factory in Cape Town, which is celebrating National Beer Day by announcing the fact that they are recycling spent-grain from local breweries as feed for their Black Soldier Flies, which eat and process 400 000 tonnes of agro-processing waste sustainably.          

GUEST: DR. SHELDON LEAL - Doctor of Music & Director of Culture at Southdowns College

The nominations for the 2024 Oscars were announced this week with "Oppenheimer" leading the pack with 13 nods followed by "Poor Things" with 11. GUEST : THINUS FERREIRA - TV and Film writer and journalist 

GUEST: KAREN LOWE - director of 4 Day Week SA The 4 Day Week SA Coalition is an alliance between the 4 Day Week SA non-profit company and a growing base of member organisations interested in supporting the idea of the 4 Day Week, as part of the future of work in South Africa.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol head

CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONARY AND PET FOOD GIANT MARS has pet-friendly offices around the world. GUEST: SURAYA HAMDULAY - Director Corporate Affairs: Southern Africa

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI - SABC Senior Sport Broadcaster SHOULD A SOCCER COACH HAVE PLAYING EXPERIENCE in order to coach?          

GUEST BOND YONKA - Attorney  Interview: ICJ (The International Court of Justice ) orders Israel take measures to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza    

GUEST: DR JOHAN JOUBERT - Vet and Head of Wildlife at Shamwari The first phase of a project to secure the future of wild vulture populations in southern  Africa has been successfully completed with 160 Cape and African White-backed vultures settled into their new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve.

Guest: Bae Swanepoel - Acting CEO Jozi my Jozi Guest: Leona Pienaar - CEO MES (Mould Employer Serve) Changing the heart of the city  Guest: Melusi Mhlungu - Founder We Are Bizarre  

Guest: Thomas Madidimalo  - St Stithians Boys College 

Guest: Craig Higginson - Author "The Ghost of Sa Webster"

Guest: Joseph Gerassi - Executive Head Redhill school 

Guest: Ayanda Sishi Wigzell - Independent Journalist and political and social commentator 

Guest: Hendrick Makaneta - Education Activist

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI - SABC Senior Sport Broadcaster AFCON review after one round - Are we shaping up for a shock winner? play. Ed Dove, Special to ESPN Jan 18 With every team having played once at the Africa Cup of Nations, ESPN's Ed Dove reviews the big talking points -- and the stuff you might have missed -- from the tournament so far. There are no small teams anymore Already, in recent Nations Cups tournaments, we've seen some of the continent's lesser lights become more adept at thwarting the traditional heavyweights on neutral ground.  

A Cape Town based duo came up with an idea to turn kitchen cloths into Braaibroekies a moment inspired during a Braai. GUEST: NATASHA LIDDIARD - Co-Owner Braaibroekies https://braaibroekies.co.za All Braaibroekies are made from 100% cotton dishcloths, locally sourced, locally produced! #stoepwear Original Braaibroekie Keep your bum warm, and your hands clean! - 100% cotton dishcloth - Proudly South African - Locally produced -   Lekker -     -   A company called "Braai Broekies" has made uniquely South African shorts that you can wear around the braai and "wipe your hands on your pants, guilt-free"!        

Agricultures musical talent celebrating 10 years of of the Agri’s Got Talent Show GUEST: ANTON RABE - Hortgro’s Executive Director GUEST: JASON BAARTMAN -Rapper & Nursery ProductionManager   was one of those perfectly wind still clement Paarl evenings with a tangible excitement in the air. It was the annual Agri’s Got Talent (AGT) taking place at the Paarl Taalmonument amphitheatre. Instead of the traditional annual competition, the evening was a celebratory Reunion Show featuring most of the top performers of the previous nine years. With the stage set, lights and microphones tested, the Western Cape’s most talented farm workers took to the stage to share their gift of singing to an audience of almost 1000 people! The idea came to Anton Rabe, Hortgro's executive director, ten years ago when he was thinking to himself...there's Idols, America's Got Talent...why not celebrate our local agricultural talent with Agri's Got Talent? “Agriculture isn’t just about food and wine, it’s about our people,” says Rabe. "Our agricultural workers have so much more to offer than just the work they do on the farms or warehouses. They are amazingly talented people. “The initiative started out small,” reminisces Rabe, “But within a few years, AGT, as it is known today, grew into the most exciting entertainment project in Agriculture," shares Rabe. In celebration of the ten-year milestone, previous years' top ten participants as well as some of the previous years’ winners came together for an agricultural music spectacular in the winelands. The music and voice coaching for the competition and the concert has been overseen by the famous artist, Frieda van den Heever, for the past ten years. AGT is more than just a singing competition. There is also a strong focus on life skills development. Over the years, top ten contestants have achieved amazing milestones. Ayabonga Mboho, the first winner of AGT, was initially a seasonal worker. Since he won AGT, he has been invited to sing overseas three times and today he teaches music at a school in Paarl. Victor Fredericks, who was in the top ten in 2018, has already published two books. Jason Baartman, a rapper, took second place in 2017. Starting his career as a general worker, today Baartman is a production manager and responsible for as many as 50 workers in the nursery, and in harvest time about ten picking teams under him. Baartman is also part of the ATKV-Crescendo project and has performed at the Woordfees. Beyond personal milestones, AGT participants give back to their communities. Newfound confidence, skills and knowledge are shared with families, colleagues and the community. They become ambassadors for agriculture. This spillover effect builds much-needed relationships that promote social cohesion and community development, and make agriculture a proud sector to work in. info@agrisgottalent.com / www.agrisgottalent.com  

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

Today, we're exploring the digital landscape with Toby Shapshak. He's here to uncover the mysteries of website cookies. But the real question is: should we accept them without hesitation? GUEST: TOBY SHAPSHAK - Editor and Publisher Today, we have a fascinating journey into the digital realm with none other than Toby Shapshak, editor in chief of Stuff and a Forbes US senior contributor specializing in technology and innovation for 25 years. He's here to unravel the mysteries behind those virtual crumbs we encounter every time we surf the web – yes, we're talking about website cookies. But hold on, should we be accepting them without a second thought?   Toby Shapshak has been writing and speaking about technology and innovation for 25 years. His TED Global talk on innovation in Africa has over 1,5-million views - about which he has written for Forbes, CNN, Quartz, and The Guardian in London. He was named in GQ's top 30 men in media and the Mail & Guardian newspaper's influential young South Africans. GQ said he "has become the most high-profile technology journalist in the country". As a young reporter, he shadowed then-president Nelson Mandela. His is also the executive director of Scrolla.Africa, a brand new media platform built for mobile, and is a columnist for the Financial Mail.   Are these cookies just innocent crumbs or something more sinister? Toby will break it down for us, revealing the hidden tactics websites employ to sweet-talk us into accepting their terms. Stick around, as we explore the pros and cons of embracing these digital delights.        

The state of Air Pollution in Gauteng GUEST: QUENTIN HURT - Managing Director at Skyside   -          Today we interview Quentin Hurt the managing director at Skyside.  He joins us to shed a light on the high levels of air pollution in and around Gauteng.   Guest: Quentin Hurt Quentin studied Chemical Engineering.  His Master’s thesis in water treatment techniques and enthusiastic supervisors led to a deep interest in industrial environmental issues. This led to the establishment of a business in environmental testing and ultimately a specialisation in air quality issues.  His work involves understanding the issues at play in specific air pollution situations and then working with companies, community and government to monitor the situation with the intention of reducing the risk to people.  He has worked in the field for 30 years and his projects, while focussed in southern Africa have taken him throughout Africa, to Canada, the US, Europe and Eastern Europe.  He continues to find it a complex field and is very interested in the opportunities that citizen science and the use of new technologies bring to allowing people to manage and understand their personal exposure and control of the air they breathe.

Award-winning international guitarist commissions custom instrument made in South Africa GUEST: MATTHEW RICE - Co-Owner, Designer, Inlay Specialist, Luthier Casimi Guitars GUEST: MICHAEL WATTS- Award Winning Guitarist Casimi guitars, made in Cape Town by a duo with an international reputation as two of the greatest guitar makers of their generation, are highly sought after by collectors – particularly in the USA, Europe and Asia – for the beautiful sound they produce. Creating a mere six instruments a year, Matthew Rice and Matthias Roux unite the disciplines of design, music and craftsmanship with the aim of taking handcrafted acoustic guitars to a new level. Their pieces are so popular that Casimi can only take on their next commission in 2026.

Guest: Percy Mabandu - Art Market Consultant and founder of Dashiki Dialogues 

Guest: Dr John Kani - Playwright patron of the Market Theater 

Guest: Dudu Busani-Dube - Author and iLemebe Book Festival co-organizer 

Guest: Ari Katz - Boston Online Home Education 

Guest: Ntsikelelo Breakfast - Heads the Center for Security,Peace and Conflict Resolution at Nelson Mandela University 

Guest: Paulvia Shiburi - founder of PS Debt Management 

Guest: Ammara Brown - Singer and Songwriter 

Guest: Anelisa Mangcu - Gallery Owner and Curator 

Guest: Nick Harmman - Content Creator & 5fm presenter 

Guest: Nico Smit

Guest: Bond Nyoka - Attorney 

Guest: Sibusiso Mkhwanazi - Travel Writer 

Guest: Sibusiso Ngubane - Legal Scholar at UWC (University of Western Cape 

Guest: James Hall 

Guest: Allon Raiz - CEO Raizcorp 

Guest: Rory Booth - Plays the part of Genie in Aladdin - Film and TV writer, Actor and Singer-Songwriter 

Guest: Lukhanyo Calata - Journalist and Son to Fort Calata   

Guest: Liz McDaid - Center for Environment Rights 

Guest: Clair Lotter - CEO of Volunteer Wildlife Services 

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Guest: Khona Dlamini - Programs Manager Market Photoworkshop 

Guest: Vumi Msweli - CEO of Hased Consulting 

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Sibusiso Mkhwanazi - Travel Writer 

Guest: Siya Mashele - Personal Trainer 

Guest:  James Hall

Guest: Dr. Leila Sadien - Medical Doctor, Intuitive healer and shamanic medicine woman 

Guest: Gift Ntshangase - Secretary of Board at the organization. www.HOMEOFHOPEFORGIRLS.ORG.ZA 

Guest: Ali Sablay - Spokesperson of Gift of the Givers 

Guest Dr. Nokuthula Mazibuko - Msimang University of Pretoria based research and writer of children's books and historical visitors 

Guest: Benoit Le Roy - CEO South African Water Chamber 

Guest: Zaheer Khan

Guest:Bernadette Bule - Marketing & Communications Manger - JA South Africa 

Guest: Mokebe Thulo - Head of Brand at Aware.org

Guest: Carol Mogoerane 

Guest: Sibusiso Mkhwanazi - Travel Writer 

Guest: Lindiwe Lekasapa - Event Producer 

Guest: James Hall 

Guest: Luci Coehlo - Environmentalist 

Guest: Graeme Codrington - Futurist and Scenario planned, Specializing in the future of work.

Guest: Dr. Saths Cooper - President Pan-African Psychology Union (PAPU), Robben Island Museum Chair 

Gues: Imnathi Dondolo - Miss Teenager South Africa 

Guest: Paul Esterhuizen - Founder of MySchool and CEO of School-Days 

Guest: Thabo Sibeko - Earthlife Africa

Guest: Nduduzo Makhathini Guest: Greatjoy Ndlovu

Guest: Raymond Perrie - Director Denis Hurley Center 

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Lara Van Rensburg - TEARS head of Marketing and Fundraising 

Guest: Bianca Sibiya - Head of Content Operations for Sub Saharan Africa 

Guest: Firdous Sulaiman - Speech Therapist 

Guest: Thanduxolo Mxoli - SABC Sportscaster 

Guest: Damain Mooney - Engineer at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa 

Guest: Rachel Ikemeh - Wildlife Conservationist in Nigeria 

Guest: Ozzy Nel - COO SA Harvest 

Guest: Kurt Ackerman - CEO of the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust

Guest: Chiedza Chagutah - Senior Manager: Program Development & Knowledge Management

Guest: Barry Bateman - AfriForum's Private Prosecution Unit

Guest: Jane Mufamadi - Freedom Park CEO

Guuest: Benoit Le Roy - South African Water Chamber CEO 

Guest: Griffin Sheer

Guest: Brandon Abdelnour 

Guest: Alice Radley

Guest: Prof Adam Wilson

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Yusuf Ganief

Guest: Thando Xolo

Guest: James Hall

Guest: Tim Neary - Conservationist    

Guest: Refilwe Ledwaba - Social Entrepreneur and a qualified pilot 

Guest: David O'Sullivan - Broadcaster & Book Co-Author 

Guest: Prof. Innocent Pikirayi - University of Pretoria Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies 

Guest: Refiloe Tlhale - Grade 12 student 

Guest: Kagiso Lediga - Executive Director for Classified  Guest: Paballo Khoza - Actor on Classified 

Guest: Dr. Kingsley Makhubela

Guest: Michelle Lissoos - Head of iStore Education and iSchoolAfrica 

Guest: Courtney Atkinson: Host of the Constantia Food Club 

Guest: Specialist in Technical Trainer Daimler Trucks 

Guest: Nakhane: Singer Songwriter 

Guest: Ready D - Spinners Music Curato

Guest: Lalamani Lally Kutam - Tik Tok Influencer 

Guest: Armstrong Themba Sosibo - Dancer,Member of Skhotane Culture 

Guest: Andiswa Anele Xaba - Public Relations Brand Manager for Domestos 

Guest: Jenet Love - Commissioner at the IEC

Guest: Robert Blonski - Be Bare Life Co-Founder

Guest: Jonathan Shapiro - Cartoonist

Guest: Popi Sibiya - Traveler 

Guest: Enhle Mdakane - Miss Eco Teen International

Guest: Tshepo Tshabalala - Manager and Team Lead at #JournalismAI Guest: Ron Nixon - Vice President, News and Head of Investigations

Guest: Zubeda Dangor - National Shelter Movement of South Africa Head of this Executive 

Guest: Phyllis Klotz - Co-founder and Artistic Director Sibikwa Arts 

Guest: Tracy Going - Former Broadcaster, Film Producer and Author of "Brutal Legacy" Guest: Lesedi Job - Film Producer  Guest: Natasha Sutherland - Film Director 

Guest: Prof Adekeye Adebajo - Author and Senior Researcher fellow at the University of Pretoria Center for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS)

Guest: Heidi Brower - Marketing Expert  

Guest: Alexandra Howard - Doctoral Candidate Agriculture Conservation University of the free state 

Guest: Brutus Malada - Social Commentator and Writer 

Guest: Alex Leferna - Secretary of the Climate Justice Coalition 

Guest: Adv Sipho Mantula - Human Rights Lawyer and Researcher : Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs - UNISA

Guest: Tamara Dey 

Guest: Kyle Schoeman - Executive Creative director at Grid Worldwide  Guest: Alex Farnell - General manager, sales and marketing at Inverroche 

Guest: Nico Smit

Guest: Dr Allison Bentley - Restonic Sleep Expert 

Guest: Aslam Khota - Cricket Analyst 

Guest: Dr Andi Wilson - Postdoctoral Researcher Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute 

Guest: Zamantungwa Khumalo 

Guest: Zamantungwa Khumalo - Property Entreprenueur and Author "Buy your first home"

Guest: Preetesh Sewraj - CEO of the Loeries 

Guest: Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko - Msimang: University of Pretoria based researcher and writer of children's books and historical novels.

Guest:  Chloe-Jade Christian 

Guest: Charl Harding - Impact Catalyst Chief Executive Officer 

Guest: Sarah Smit - Journalist Mail and Guardian 

Guest: Atelisha Harilal - Stadio's Head of Student Recruitment 

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Dr Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko - Lead researcher at Center for Palliative Care in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University 

Guest: Jacki Job - Dancer and Choreographer 

GUEST: PROF. THABO DITSELE - Sociolinguist, Linguistic Anthropologist, Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria. Storyteller & Globe-trotter  GUEST: PROF. RAJEND MESTHRIE - Research Chair in Linguistics within the University of Cape Town’s English Department GUEST: DR. YANGA MAJOLA - Tshwane University of Technology lecturer at the Department of Applied Languages

GUEST: SYLVAINE STRIKE – Director The Promise                        

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI - SABC Senior Rugby Analyst                  

GUEST: DR. DANIEL HART - Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pretoria Department of Zoology and Entomology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

GUEST: LESLEY MOFOKENG - Spokesperson SA Music Awards                  

INTERVIEW: BREATH OF FRESH AIR (BOFA)   GUEST: CHICHI MOSHOKOA - 16 years Grade 11 Scholar INTERVIEW:THOUGHT LEADERS    

Loeries Hall of Fame Tribute to Yizo Yizo and Shaka iLembe Filmmaker TEBOHO MAHLATSI GUEST: ANGUS GIBSON - Founding Member Free Filmmakers, Filmmaker, Producer.      

Guest: Zibu Sithole - Author 

Guest: Antos Stella - CEO of Arena Music 

Guest: Precious Nala - Founder of NXT Consultancy 

Guest: Onyi Nwaneri - Deputy CEO of the Afrika Tikkun Group 

Guest:Victor Nkanyani  Guest: Mahlogonolo Ntlhane

Guest: Tisetso Tau - Event Organizer 

Guest: Clement Chawane - Psychiatrist  

Guest: Dr Herbert Ntuli - Senior Lecture University of Pretoria 

Guest: Clint Halkett Siddall - Operations Manger Crow Center for Rehabilitation of Wildlife 

Guest: Iman Rappett - Award Winning Journalist 

Guest: Iman Rappetti - Award Wining Journalist 

Guest: Gcina Mhlophe - Author and Nozincwadi Festival Director 

Guest: Lauren Beukes - Author "Bridge" 

Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela - Professor of law occupying the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.

Guest: Heather Blanckensee - Head of School Sacred Heart College  Guest: Kia Van Oerle - Grade 11 Scholarship Recipient Kia has been a student sacred heart since grade 8 

Guest: Prof Ditsele Thabo - Sociolinguist and Linguist Anthropologist, Associate Professor of Sociolinguist at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.

Guest: Prof Andre Thomashausen - Unisa Professor Emeritus of International Law

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Zola Nene - Chef and Author of "Simply Delicious"

Guest: Shanet Rutgers - Senior Penguin Keeper & Animal Health Technician at Two Oceans Aquarium 

Guest: Voni Baloyi - Curator  

Guest: Brad Bing - MD of Sporting Chance Development Foundation 

Guest: James Hall

GUEST: ZAAKIRAH VADI - Executive Director Defend our Democracy Defend Our Democracy positions itself for their national campaign to monitor the integrity of the 2024 elections  

SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP World Mental Health Day  #SurfTherapy by Waves for Change

GUEST: KIM BERMAN - Co-Founder of the Artist Proof Studio THOUGHTLEADER: The Artist Proof Studio paying tribute to a beloved leader, Dr Gianni Mariano, the Chair of our Board of Directors who passed away on October 2nd 2023.      

GUEST: PROF. UGO RIPAMONTI - Director of the Wits Bone Research Laboratory in the Faculty of Health Sciences Interview - Bone healing research shows promise in treating malignant cancers  

GUEST: ROSHNIE MOONSAMY - Symposium Director GUEST: FLOW WELLINGTON - Independent Publisher and Poet WORD DOMINATION: The 9th Annual African Women Writers Symposium and Nadine Gordimer Lecture take place October 8-20, 2023    

GUEST: MARK BOTHA - Head of Digital Mediamark THOUGHTLEADER : THE DAY OF THE PODCAST International Podcast Day was recently marked on 30 September  

Interview:  Cape Town teen shines  at South African Gym Games GUEST: JASMIN NELL - Level 6 Western Province rhythmic gymnast A 15-year-old gymnast from Parow Valley has been selected to participate in the South African Gym Games taking place in Gauteng.

Guest: Sjava, SA Musician

Guest: Magdelene Reddy- Co-director of the EUROPEAN FILM festival The 10th edition of the European Film Festival will take place between 12 – 22 October 2023 with satellite programs in Eswatini and Lesotho.  

Guest: Ayesha Essop - Owner of Carrington Cookies Freezer-to-Oven Halaal Cookies    

Guest: Carol Mogoerane Specialist in Technical Trainer Daimler Trucks Trucking with MOTORING  

Guest: Owen Lekala, Information Technology student Tshwane University of Technology and Developer of the Hike App REQUEST A RIDE WITH OWEN’S APP called HIKA APP  

Guest: Katleho Bontle Motingoe - Founder Panda Hockey Club Interview: The Pandas Hockey Club launches a hockey clinic in Soweto.  

Guest: Prof Roger Gibson - Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand) Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage 

Guest: Dr Chris Ellis - Family Physician The Restorative Powers of Gardens - Garden Therapy    

GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE While writers’ payment demands have been mostly met, the industry’s biggest demon is still how artificial intelligence will affect it. The Hollywood writers’ strike may be over, but the underlying problems haven’t been resolved. GUEST: TOBY SHAPSHAK - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF STUFF.CO.ZA AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCROLLA.AFRICA

WORD DOMINATION: At Fire Hour delivers Bheki Makhathini, a South African character study for the ages. Suspected of betraying the ANC, the young poet leaves home for exile in 1976, and until his return home after the unbannings in 1990, Bheki writes the story of a revolution – an unfinished one. Gilder allows Bheki the freedom to deal with the big ideas of art and love, freedom and struggle in a shrewd and vivid way, the result being an unforgettable and deeply moving tale. GUEST: BARRY GILDER

Ultimately, understanding homelessness gets a lot easier when we learn that the strongest, most enduring predictor of homelessness isn’t substance use or mental illness — it’s poverty. GUEST: Richard Bolland is the founding board member of New Hope SA

Community Actionist Bridget performs regular radio and stage productions about gender-based violence, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy and bullying in addition to her role as a community counsellor. GUEST: BRIDGET MUNNIK – MANAGER OF WESTBURY YOUTH CENTRE

GUEST: ALBY MICHAELS – DIRECTOR OF THE PLAY #JSBART: New ground-breaking theatre work challenges the love myth and stage and performance conventions as it opens at Aardklop, What happens when two people love one another so much that they attach physically? What does “forever, together” look like, and … can two people REALLY be one? These are just some of the life and love questions that come into play in the delightfully absurd tragicomedy.  

Red Chamber is synonymous with the restaurant landscape of Hyde Park Corner, but few know the story of owner, Emma Chen’s epic journey with this iconic Mandrin Chinese restaurant in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Take a journey with us… GUEST: Emma Chen –  Chef and Owner of Red Chamber

You see your heart as the seat where your sentiments and emotions reside. Sudden happiness increases the heart rate as does sudden anger.While you are resting, your heart pumps approximately 5 litres of blood through an estimated ‪100 000 km of your blood vessels – that is more than twice the distance around the world. Your heart has been beating continuously from the fifth month before birth until now. GUEST : Professor Eric Klug- South African Heart Association President 

Although many art forms offer a view inside the mind of the artist, photography differs substantially because it catches a snapshot of life that has been reimagined and shaped by the circumstances of the person holding the camera. GUESTS: Jabulani Dhlamini, a renowned South-African photographer represented by the Goodman Gallery and Project Manager at Of Soul and Joy, a photography programme in Thokoza township in Gauteng. GUEST: Sibusiso Bheka -  Former student turned Project Assistant at Of Soul and Joy, whose work has received critical acclaim, both locally and internationally.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

The SABC, South Africa’s public broadcaster, has partnered with The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival, in support of growing creative excellence in Film and the Radio & Audio categories.   The Loeries Film and the Radio & Audio categories attract a number of entries from around the region and the SABC will support the work being done by the Loeries to further enhance and bolster the creative produc that is aimed at consumers. GUEST: Dichaba Phalatse, marketing manager, Video Entertainment SABC.    

Agri SA calls for assistance as veld fires threaten food security. Ongoing fire outbreaks in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape provinces have the federation of agricultural organisations, Agri SA, concerned about food security in South Africa. GUEST: Agri SA chief executive officer, Christo van der Rheede

He is the founder of Xivumbeko Media and the Afrikan Freedom Station, an afrocentric multimedia gallery. Mokwena was born in Soweto, South Africa and studied history, African politics and sociology at WITS University. He also holds an MA degree from Leeds University. He is particularly interested in history and memory and has produced and directed numerous films, including A Blues for Tiro (2007), Our Father Who Art in Memory (2008), Biko’s Trail (2008) and Driving with Fanon (2009). Guest: Steve Kwena Mokwena ,historian, filmmaker and cultural activist  

Not many people know that one of the most valuable music treasures in South Africa is kept in the heart of the SU campus at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS) at the Music Library. The Hidden Years Music Archive houses one of the biggest collections of popular music in South Africa and includes more than 6000 vinyl records, 7000 reel-to-reel and cassette tapes as well as a multitude of invaluable photographs and documents.  GUEST: PROF LIZABÉ LAMBRECHTS, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC

Guest: TLHAFELO TEFO MOLATLEGI, Author Who Have Yet to Forgive Themselves is a love letter to black girls. Johannesburg, 3 August 2023: The lives of three young women come together and unfold in poetic chaos: beautiful, unruly, obstinate and insistent on pursuing life on their own terms, Zee, Moon and Melissa navigate sexuality, disease, death and the awakening of political consciousness in a country that is battling to realize its post - apartheid democratic ideals. A combination of confessional storytelling, upliftment and motivation for young black women, promoting self-acceptance, self -worth and dignity

Dr Wilhelm Litchenberg, AKA ‘The Singing Surgeon’ is on an important mission both in the operating room and on stage. Recently, his foundation won first prize for their work at the Conscious Companies Awards. Dr Wilhelm Litchenberg is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon by profession, he also doubles as a tenor talent who takes his life-saving efforts further than the operating room. GUEST: DR WILHELM LITCHENBERG – CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON AND FOUNDER OF YOUNG HEARTS FOUNDATION

In a dazzling display of technological prowess, Reddam House Bedfordview has emerged as a beacon of innovation at the Inspired Build 2023, a premier global inter-school technology challenge. Amidst fierce competition spanning 111 schools in 24 countries across five continents, Reddam House Bedfordview clinched awards in a remarkable three of the six age categories, underscoring the talent within its walls and the school’s focus on technology in its curriculum. Guest: KIAN BAGELOO - CO-CREATOR OF THE BLUE CRANE (won in the Age 11-12 category) Guest: LEEYA MAYET - CREATOR OF THE RAINBOW PAPER SCRAPER  (won in the Age 10-11 category)

Our guest writes about the vast majority of South Africans are unhappy with the way democracy is working, while our trust in public institutions and government officials continues to decline. Political participation (especially among the youth) is also at an all-time low. On the eve of our seventh general elections, which will also mark the 30th anniversary of the advent of democracy in this country, we seem to find ourselves in a particularly sorry state. Guest: Damien du Preez is the marketing & communications officer for the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO) at Stellenbosch University

A group of activists for food access and affordability met on Thursday 21 September 2023)to discuss the worsening food crisis for children. Convened by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and the DG Murray Trust, the meeting sought to identify urgent measures to combat rising rates of severe acute malnutrition and child hunger. GUEST: DAVID HARRISON – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT DG MURRAY TRUST

THE ACTIONISTS SERIES: Anti-Human Trafficking Actionist – GIDEON SWART In 2019 Gideon and his wife, Olivia, gave up their jobs as pastors and opened a coffee truck which, over the years, has grown into a formal café. From the very beginning, they committed to feeding the homeless people who would pass by, offering them coffee and a chocolate croissant, no questions asked. Over time, Gideon got to know the regulars, engaging with them and finding ways to help them off the streets and, if necessary, into rehab. Guest: Gideon Swart

South African art galleries are making big and bold strides from New York City to Los Angeles. Earlier this month, we celebrated Goodman Gallery’s office space expansion to New York City. Now, Southern Guild has joined the artistic expansion, reportedly set to be the first South African Gallery to have a permanent art space in the United States. GUEST: LINDSEY RAYMOND – SOUTHERN GUILD’S GALLERY MANAGER

There’s something satisfying about filling your fruit bowl or crisper draw with fresh and vibrant fruit and veggies. After all, fresh produce has always been synonymous with vitality and good health, with dietitians recommending that we eat at least nine servings of five different fruits and vegetables each day to boost wellbeing and prevent diseases. GUEST: MARITHA ALBERTYN – REGISTERED DIETITIAN AT NUTRTIONAL SOLUTIONS

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

The Kruger National Park and Greater Kruger is a favourite South African destination synonymous with luxurious safari retreats in the African Bush. The list of the World’s 50 Best Hotels is out and South Africa’s Singita Lodges, has made it to the top of the prestigious list of luxury hotels. Singita Lodges’, Lebombo and Sweni, in the Kruger National Parkin Mpumalanga ranked in the top 15 of the world’s best 50 hotels. GUEST: LISA CAREY – MARKETING MANAGER AT SINGITA LODGES

As we observe Infant Mortality Awareness Month this September, The Parent Centre sheds light on South Africa’s worryingly high infant mortality rate and extends its commitment to providing crucial support to vulnerable mothers.     

#JSBHEALTH Diabetic retinopathy, one of the serious consequences of diabetes, is the 4th leading cause of blindness and the most common cause of visual loss amongst working-age individuals in South Africa. An estimated third of people with diabetes will develop diabetic retinopathy yet less than 20% of patients undergo yearly screening. Guest: Dr Bayanda Mbambisa – Executive Committee of the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa

Wildlife conservation and environmental preservation have a common goal – to preserve the environment on which humanity depends for its survival. Millions of women and men worldwide work as though their lives depend on it – because they do – to help rehabilitate our planet and help it thrive in the face of the myriad threats that our way of life poses. GUEST: LAUREN TEASDALE - CO-FOUNDER AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GREENPOP

Guest: Nontobeko Gcabashe - Programme Manager - Afesis-corplan  Afesis-corplan is a progressive, non-governmental organisation that has contributed to community-driven development and good local governance since 1992. While we are primarily based in the Eastern Cape, our work has a national footprint. The organisation aims to promote active citizenship and accountability in the local government sector.   

Guest: Nico Smit

Guest: Sarah Ripley Forsyth - General Manager - Kedar Heritage Lodge 

Guest: Motlatsi Milanzi - Stenographer at Southern Radiologist  Finding breast cancer early and getting state-of-the-art cancer treatment are two of the most important strategies for preventing deaths from breast cancer. Breast cancer that's found early, when its small and has not spread, is easier to treat successfully. Getting regular screening tests is the most reliable way to find breast cancer early. The American Cancer Society has screening guidelines for women at average risk of breast cancer, and for those at high risk for breast cancer . 

Guest: Andries Malherbe - Co Founnder Zero Carbon change  Whilst many drivers indicate that they would purchase an EV when more affordable models hit the market, others have raised concerns about uncertainties around the reliability of electricity supply due to load-shading and range anxiety regarding the availability of changing infrastructure especially in non-urban areas.    

Guest: Dr Kirsten Wimberger - Project director for the Cape Parrot Project and a trustee of the Wild Bird Trust. The Cape Parrot is endemic to South Africa and due to the destruction of their natural forest environment, there are fewer than 2000 of the species. This Heritage Month is an appropriate time to honour the heritage of Cape Parrot by helping to preserve their habitat, while fostering sustainable development and environmental resilience in South Africa.

Guest: Dr. Sipho Mahala - Editor of Imbiza Journal & Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg

Guest: Professor Michale Le Cordeur - Vice-Dean (Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Stellenbosch)

Guest: Professor Alex Van Den Heever – Adjunct Professor at the Wits School of Governance

Guest: Fatima Cele - Project Director at the Neema Foundation

Guest:Vusi Mahlasela 

Guest: Keitumetse Mbatha - Arts and Culture Trust communications and marketing coordinator.  The Arts & Culture Trust announces the Nyoloha Scholarship Program T-shirt design competition

Guest: Siphiwe Sithole - Farmer and Founder of African Marmalade 

Guest: Matthew Murphy – Iconic Surfboard Shaper

Guest:Mlungisi Mthembu - Nature Guide 

Guest:: Dr Sanjaya Senanayake Australian scientists make world-first discovery of parasitic worm in woman’s brain

Guest: Taryn Seegers - Communications Coordinator for CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation SA. Cycle for a cause this International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

  GUEST: OSEI BONSU - Curator at Tate Modern Museum

  GUEST: JAMES THOMPSON  - Event Director World Rowing Masters Regatta

  GUEST: BRONWYN LACE, ARTIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

  GUEST: DR. LINDSAY MIDDLETON - Food Historian and Knowledge Exchange Associate, University of Glasgow

  GUEST: PROF. RUTH APPELTANT - Assistant Research Professor, University of Antwerp

  GUEST: PROF. CHRONIS TZEDAKIS - Professor of Physical Geography University College London

  GUEST: MALVINA BARTMANSKI - Integrative Clinical Psychologist and Author of Autoimmune Survival Guide 

    GUEST: MIKE VAN GRAAN  - Award Winning Playwright   Mike van Graan is an award-winning playwright with 36 plays under his belt. He is the Coordinator of the Sustaining Theatre and Dance (STAND) Foundation and serves as a Trustee of the Denis Goldberg House of Hope. Mike also helps to programme and facilitate the Atelier for Festival Managers..

    GUEST: DR. TADDY BLECHER - CEO of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute and the Imvula Empowerment Trust

    GUEST: MDUDUZI MASEKO - Researcher with the Rock Art Research Institute at Wits University

    GUEST: MERVYN SLOMAN – Director of Open Book Festival

    This week  The School of Government at the University of the Western Cape Hosted a Seminar looking at the topic “Chinese investments in Brazil and South Africa as part of Brics South - South Cooperation and Solidarity: Challenges and Prospects”   GUEST: LISA THOMPSON - political economist and full Professor in the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

    GUEST: SHARMI SURIANARAIN - Chief Impact Officer at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

    GUEST: PIETER DIRK UYS - Artist  

    The Johannesburg Library Bumper Book Sale Is taking place the 2nd and 3rd of September. Hosted by the Friends of the Johannesburg Public Libraries in collaboration with the Library and Information Services of the City.   GUEST: ZARA NATALIE - Chair of the Friends of the Johannesburg Public Libraries.

Guest: Chris Forrest, Chef and Comedian

Guest: Nathan Stanton, Assistant Director on animated feature "DAVID'Sunrise Studios

Guest: Bev ButKow,Artist

Guest: Mark Moore, Managing Director of of No Stone Foundation

Guest: Lynnette Cilliers, Registered Dietician

Guest:Pro. Jonny Peter is head of the allergy and clinical IM- Munoogy Divison at Grooe Shuur Hospital

#JSB Guest Presenter Michael Lee of Innotivity

Guest Presenter: Tshegofatso Seoka, Academic ,Art Historian independent Curator and Managing Director of Ms Simone

GUEST: BLESSING NGOBENI – VISUAL ARTIST Interview: At Standard Bank Gallery, Blessing Ngobeni’s “Ntsumi Ya Vutomi” investi-gates the purpose in the human experience.  

#SAfmJSB Session: PRESSSS    

GUEST: NELISIWE XABA – VISUAL ARTIST Interview: Introducing a brave new world of South African bio-art.  

Motoring with Nico Smit

Interview: Intermittent fasting could help protect the brain from age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s GUEST: Dr CLAUDIA NTSAPI – Lecturer University of the Free State      

Sports Wrap with Mark Haskins

GUEST: NOBAYENI SKOSANA - Netball Analyst Interview: 2023 NETBALL WORLD CUP CAPE TOWN  

Interview: Bloubergstrand Beach outside Cape Town could lose its shoreline by the end of the century GUEST: MARY EVANS - Geography, Archeology and Envi-ronmental Studies at University of Witwatersrand   i

GUEST: LOUISE FOX - Highland games organising committee member Interview: Fort Nottingham Highland Gathering at Fort Nottingham Museum and surrounds    

GUEST: Siwaphiwe Myataza-Mzantsi - Political science graduate from UWC and works as media liaison officer at U-Turn Homeless Ministries Interview: Social work profession a pillar in empowering formerly homeless people  

GUEST:  DAVID HARTE – Innovator

GUEST: DR. DYLAN McGARRY - Scholar Activist, Academic, Multimedia Artist GUEST PRESENTER  

Tebogo is an influential, award-winning businesswoman, international speaker and Founder of Ditsogo Group, a steel engineering and mining services company that recently diversified into the renewable energy and alternative building technology sectors. Guest: TEBOGO MOSITO – FOUNDER AND CEO OF DITSOGO GROUP 

WORD DOMINATION WHAT IS THE BUSINESS UNBOUND BOOK CLUB (B.U.B. Book Club)? And what is the connection with investment. GUEST: LITHA HERMANUS - Managing Director Summit and Sojourn  

This July during Mandel Month, Dr. Nokuthula is highlighting stories about Madiba, this morning she takes us through 2 Comic books about him book news we need to know GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoria based researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels.

Passionate about PEOPLE PLANET and YOUTH and strongly believe all of our challenges, solutions and innovation lies within these pillars.  Nicolene is deeply rooted ability to connect with people and to strategically conceptualize and bring to life a vision from the bottom up. A voice for those who can't speak and I am passionate about implementing sustainable, grassroot level impact Guest: Nicolene Anley – Sustainability Advisor, Social Entrepreneur and Founder of OCAL Global    

Decorex has been at the forefront of decor, design and lifestyle trends for three decades, hosting over 100 events and helping to launch thousands of businesses, shaping the industry. GUEST: Bielle Bellingham -  Creative Director of Decorex Africa.  

It was a surreal moment for Parktown High School for Girls learner Thandolwethu Gwebu, 17, when she was announced as the overall winner in the Chinese Consulate General in Joburg’s #DrivingEducationCulture short video competition. GUEST: THANDOLWETHU GWEBU – Winner of the Chinese Consulate award

The on-the-ground problem solvers, community activists, climate campaigners, and human rights defenders who don’t just talk but who take direct action. The people you can go to when you don’t know where to turn, who won’t stop working for the change they want to see in the world. This is THE ACTIONISTS…a growing community of people who care about the future of South Africa. GUEST: THOM PIERCE - Multi-award-winning photographer and Founder of The Actionists

GUEST: Dr Becky Kgole Interview: Insomnia and respiratory system health  

GUEST: LUYANDA MAZWI – Budding Astrophysicist Interview: Good for street vendors, good for the environment (Enviromentally friendly fridge)  

GUEST: Victoria Jackson - COO WomHub Interview – Applications for the Circular Economy Incubator and Accelerator are official-ly open  

GUEST: THOBI MAPHANGA  - Assistant Curator for the festival Interview: 5th JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience - DANCEABILITY FOCUS 29 August – 10 September 2023  

GUEST: LEBO BIKO - Co-Founder Womanomics Africa Interview: SA women-owned businesses will be ready to launch into the US market with the help of KGWEBO Programme.  

GUEST: AYANDA MAGODUKA #JSBArtist - HOMES  

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head Motoring with Nico Smit

GUEST: SUNNYBOY MOTAU - Artistic Director Moving Into Dance #JSBART: Sunnyboy Motau named new Artistic Director of Moving into Dance  

She says that since the COVID-19 pandemic, people are generally more open to introspection and are seeking more fulfilling lives, rather than just ‘surviving’ or achieving traditional success: “People realised that life is short, and started saying ‘why am I here?’.  GUEST: PAULA VAN RENSBURG - personal development expert, mentor, speaker, and coach.    

On Friday (14 July) The foundation launched a book that charts its history and shares stories of its inspiring alumni from across the continent.The first 20 years of the MRF’s history and achievements have been captured in a new book titled The Audacious Experiment: The Mandela Rhodes Story, co-authored by Shaun Johnson, the late founding CEO of the MRF, and Professor Elleke Boehmer. The book tells the founding story of the MRF, and features past scholars and their impactful contributions to Africa's development GUEST: JUDY SIKUZA - CEO OF THE MANDELA RHODES FOUNDATION    

This Week The UCT (University of Cape Town) Inaugural Lecture Series kicked off with Prof. Salome Maswime with the topic “From Caesarean section related complications to global surgical systems strengthening” highlighting Health Equity & Social Justice; access to healthcare. GUEST: PROF. SALOME MASWIME - Head of the Global Surgery Divisio at UCT. ; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Member of the Academy of Science South Africa & Chairperson of the Health Systems Trust Board.  

Just over two months after its release, Bokani Dyer is launching his critically acclaimed new album, Radio Sechaba, in Johannesburg on Friday, 14 July 2023.GUEST: BOKANI DYER - Pianist  

South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, is widely regarded as a leading film festival on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar. GUEST: ANDREA VOGES – FESTIVAL MANAGER   

In honour of International Hot Dog, which is celebrated on Wednesday, July 19, we asked the chefs at Capsicum Culinary Studio, to send us their favourite recipes and to join us in studio as try out some of their recipes.   

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol head

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship Today (July 15th) is WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY... The 2023 Theme is: Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future. GUEST:  ZAHEERA SOOMAR  - lead for education and community skills at Anglo American         .  

Mahlodi Letsie, Founder and CEO of Bare Mind – an app for local youths who lack access to mental health services. Users can access learning modules in African languages, earn crypto from completing daily tasks, and is designed to help young people learn how to take better care of their mental health.  GUEST: MAHLODI LETSIE - Founder & CEO, Bare Mind        

WILDTRUST together with multiple collaborators has undertaken a study to address the pressing need for enhanced protection of sharks and rays in South Africa. The study found that if 10% of South Africa’s mainland Ocean area, known as the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), were to be designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), it would meet the 30% range protection conservation target for the species included in the study. GUEST: NINA FAURE-BEAULIEU - lead author on the paper and Research Assistant at WILDTRUST

The Black Mambas are the world's first all-female anti-poaching unit and a passion for wildlife and rhino conservation.  GUEST: LEITAH MKHABELA - Black Mamba Supervisor

EMBO TIME TRAVEL EXPERIMENT is Msaki’s large scale Standard Bank Young Artist for Music performance in the Guy Butler Theatre. A sonic work that explores personal and collective healing through sound, Msaki will perform two shows of this definitive sound journey during the National Arts Festival and then begin a period of withdrawal from public performance as she makes time and space for the seeds planted over this period, to find light.  

Straight from the Makhanda National Arts Festival; The Kesivan Naidoo Big Band Experience is on a South African Tour; tonight the show is taking place at the John Kani Market Theatre Newton Jhb from 7pm.  GUEST: KESIVAN NAIDOO - Drummer and Band Leader  Pre-record Zoom 

South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, is widely regarded as a leading film festival on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar. GUEST: Andrea Voges – FESTIVAL MANAGER 

One drink can change your life - especially if made with flair by a World Class finalist. Eleven bartenders have been selected from around South Africa to create, shake and make their finest cocktails as they compete to be named as the country’s representative in Diageo’s World Class competition. GUEST: Joshua Hendricks - World Class SA champion 2022  (He’s this years judge)

Guest: NICO SMITH, Petrol Head

Sibikwa Arts Centre and the French Institute of South Africa are collaborating in a revolutionary theatre piece, ‘1789’, on the 13th of July 2023 at 7pm at Sibikwa Arts Centre: 13 Liverpool Rd, Benoni South, Benoni. GUEST: Phyllis Klotz – Co Director of 1789 and Co – Founder of Sibikwa Arts Centre

Radio Workshop’s I Will Not Grow Old Here won the Best Podcast and Radio Award at this year’s One World Media Awards ceremony. The three-part series explores youth unemployment in Alexandra township, Johannesburg.  GUEST: MARY-ANN NOBELE - Content Producer 

Recently an 80-year-old gogo, from KwaNongoma in KwaZulu-Natal, had gone blind three years ago. Recently, she received cataract surgery at Mosvold District Hospital in Ingwavuma, about 410km from Durban. GUEST: DR. MARLIN MCKAY – Medical Practitioner  

Mount Mabu in north central Mozambique supports the largest continuous block of rainforest in Southern Africa. GUEST: GIMO MAZEMBE DANIEL - Researcher, Entomologist, Principal Museum Scientist, National Museum, BloemfonteinThe Mabu Forest was originally inhabited by hunters of the Manhawa ethnic group. Its name refers to “beekeeping” in the eManhawa language.

 INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Monica Newton - CEO NAF

ON THE LINE MAKHANDA: Jude Harpstar - Harpist      

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Nobesuthu Rayi - Exec Producer and Sponsorship Manager NAF

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Rucera Seethal - Artistic Director National Arts Fest (NAF)

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Rob Van Vuuren – Comedian

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Jay Pather – Director, Choreographer, Directing “Hold Still”  

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA – Greg Homan Artistic Director The Market Theatre  

INSTUDIO MAKHANDA: Conrad Koch – Comedian and Ventriloquist performing “Baggage”

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Jazzart brings an exciting triple bill of powerful new works. The programme responds to and touches upon the themes of reflection, release and rebirth. The line-up includes an extract from REQUIEM AND AFTER TEARS, an international co-production premiered at the Leeds Grand Theatre in partnership with Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre. REQUIEM responds to Mozart’s famous 200-year-old Requiem and AFTER TEARS is composed by award-winning South African composer Neo Muyanga. Directed and Choreographed by Jazzart’s Artistic Director, Dane Hurst, the works present a perspective on the themes of collective loss, the rituals of mourning and remembrance, and the celebration of life. GUEST: DANE HURST - Jazzarts Artistic Director         

Castaways is an ensemble physical theatre and circus work in which a ragtag collection of characters from different worlds are thrust together on a tiny raft and forced to reckon with themselves and each other in their desperate dance for survival. GUY BUTLER AUDITORIUM GUEST: DANIEL BUCKLAND - Director  Castaways  The work takes a magnifying glass to the body in crisis, using physical comedy, clowning and puppetry to establish and explore archetypal characters, and circus arts to push these characters and their relationships to the brink of calamity. The vessel becomes a microcosm for the struggle for survival and meaning in a divided world on the edge of social and environmental collapse.    

J Bobs Tshabalala’s Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars (KKK) is a look through the keyholes into the living rooms of pot-bellied men as they plot to hog state resources, all while preparing mispronounced speeches to the poor – keeping them helpless. None of us is safe. RHODES BOX Directed by the Theatre Duo – Billy Langa and Mahlatsi Mokgonyana    GUEST: BILLY LANGA - Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre  GUEST: MAHLATSI MOKGONYANA - Standard Bank Young Artist for Theatre  This epic satire is a theatrical take on the conspicuous interactions and not entirely lawful activities of our modern day South African political camaraderie – Comrades. The play dissects the deliberate and interwoven manner in which the collaborative dealings between politicians and businessmen contribute to contemporary South Africa’s current chaotic political dispensation, as well as its perpetuation of an elitist culture of greed through the practice of corruption, utilizing the “game of words” or what one might call, “Comrade-speak”, that continuously reinforces the farce of socio-political revolution that is repeatedly promised to us, the masses. The Theatre Duo’s emblematic approach to storytelling, their constant and intrinsic incorporation of text and movement, alongside their focus on interdisciplinary collaboration promises to make this a “must-see”. Don’t miss out on this collaboration between three Standard Bank Young Artists – The Theatre Duo and playwright J Bobs Tshabalala. #lekgotla23 Billy Langa, dancer, actor, playwright, and educator Billy Langa is a graduate from Trevor Huddleson Centre and the Market Theatre Lab. Langa takes a curious approach to theatre – puzzling out what it means to those who perform it and those who witness it – that’s deeply relational to the body. A recent interest of Langa’s is the presence of language, and how it fits into the physicality of theatre. Mahlatsi Mokgonyana prizes, above all else, the inherent truth in a piece of theatre, and the resultant impact it has on its audiences. Born in Dawn Park in the East Rand, Mokgonyana is a writer, poet, director, and the co-founder of theatre collective The Movement RSA. His interest in education and the arts led him to direct My Children! My Africa! which came at the height of student protest action in South Africa in 2016. His accolades include the 2017 Cape Town Fringe Fresh Award for Directing and the Naledi Theatre Award for Best Production.

Mykhanda Media is a youth powered full-service media agency. Creating content in, on about and for Makhanda. A creative city in the Eastern Cape. A youth powered full-service media agency based in Makhanda. GUEST: ZAMAMIYA MAJOLA - My Makhanda Media    

GUEST: SANELISIWE SINGAPHI - Art Illustrator Interview: FOR THE LOVE OF ILLUSTRATION  

GUEST: SUBI BOSA – Book illustrator Interview: FOR THE LOVE OF ILLUSTRATION  

GUEST: KENEILWE MOTLANA TRIBUTE - MAMA SALLY MOTLANA  

 THOUGHTLEADERS GUEST: LINDSAY HOPKINS - SA Harvest Sustainability Manager  

GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoria based researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels.

Gauteng audiences will finally experience  Afro-opera sensation, The Mzanzi Tenors, following their appearances around the country. They are live at the Pieter Toerien Montecasino Theatre till tomorrow Sunday 25 June. They kicked off this week on Wednesday. Hosted by Richard Cock and supported by Rand Merchant Bank 

GUEST: SIFISO NENE - Comedian (instudio Interview: JOKERS IN JULY comedy series  

Guest: IAN HARRIS - Food Dialogues Event Project Manager Interview: 2023 FOOD DIALOGUES

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head Motoring with Petrol Head

GUEST: ASHLEIGH NEFDT - JOURNALIST Interview: South Africa Named Top Spot For Digital Nomads in Africa  

GUEST: BONOLO NTAMU - Student Village Digital Lead Interview: SOCIAL MEDIA’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE  

GUEST: PANDORA LONG - Ashburton Festival Coordinator Interview: ENVIRONMENT  

GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoria based researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels.   This WEek's Children's Book Titles to consider for your bookshelf    Jafta’s Father by Hugh Lewin   Waiting for the Waves by Michelle Nkamankeng    Making Friends with Feelings by Sewela Langeni   THIS WEEK'S Book News & Events  

Book Dash is a not-for-profit, South African social impact publisher of open, African picturebooks for very young children. Based on evidence, our vision is that “Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five”, long before they enter school! GUEST: Dorette Louw - Director · Book Dash  Getting relevant, quality books into the homes of very young children and families is an evidence-based way to support all aspects of a child’s lifelong development and increase positive parenting practices. The earlier we start, the more the benefits compound.  

South Africans read more than we think – but still do not have enough books, this is a statement  from one of the key findings presented in the 2023 National Reading Survey (NRS), launched alongside the National Reading Barometer (NRB) project by the Nal’ibali Trust, the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), and a multi-sector project steering committee.GUEST: NQABAKAZI GINA - Director Nali'bali Trust Key findings 55% of adults read online materials, up from 7% in 2016. 52% of adults who live with children read with them, up from 35% in 2016 Positive attitudes towards reading and reading with children have increased significantly since 2016 63% of homes do not have a single fiction or nonfiction book 65% of homes with children under age 10 do not have a single picture book 76% of African language speakers who read for enjoyment want to read in African languages, but book access lags behind demand Only 58% of adults can access a library, and most library users don’t borrow books A new national survey reveals that South Africans read more than we think: 83% of South Africans read in some way, whether for pleasure, to learn new things or to communicate with others, and 32% read books regularly.  But they still face significant challenges accessing reading material, especially in African languages, and most children are growing up without any children’s books at home. This is one of the key findings presented in the 2023 National Reading Survey (NRS), launched alongside the National Reading Barometer (NRB) project by the Nal’ibali Trust, the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), and a multi-sector project steering committee in Sandton, Johannesburg, on 13 June 2023

The recent passing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill by the South African National Assembly marks a significant milestone in the nation's journey towards universal healthcare. This comprehensive legislation aims to provide equitable access to quality healthcare services for all South African citizens. What does it all mean? GUEST: GARY FELDMAN - Head of Healthcare Consulting at NMG Benefits The impact of NHI on the Medical Scheme sector What will the effect be on the Private and Public Healthcare Facilities How will it shift the Role of Healthcare Consultants What are possible concerns  for the healthcare system? NHI Bill: Do we need it? Who will pay for it? How will it affect my medical aid? All your questions answered South Africa has embarked on an ambitious journey towards universal healthcare, with Parliament on Tuesday passing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill

As Pride Month takes centre stage, it's important to recognise the significance of fostering a culture of inclusion within the workplace. In an era where diversity and acceptance are fundamental values, organisations that prioritise creating an inclusive environment are reaping the rewards of increased productivity, innovation, and employee satisfaction.  GUEST: DR. CLAUDIA NAGEL - Full Professor Vrije University Amsterdam; President of ISPSO (International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations) coach, and Senior Advisor to international organisations and their board members .    

Percy Malepe,  from Diepsloot in Johannesburg works hard to improve the lives of people in his community. He is the founder and chairperson of Ikemeleng Foundation – an NPO that feeds 400 people a day, offers free sports and afterschool classes to learners and a food garden. The youth organisation operates in Extension 1, and was founded in 2020 during the hard lockdown. We spoke to him last year, and catch up with him on the needs of the organisation as the schooling year commences… GUEST: Percy Malepe - Founder and chairperson of Ikemeleng Foundation    

The Undone follows the stories of three brave women who dare to say what’s been left unsaid. In their stories, we discover what the face of resilience looks like against calamity. Their stories are an ode to life; the humour, the tragedy, the loss and the success of it all.  Written and performed by Serena Steinhauer and produced by Daphne Kuhn, The Undone is inspired by overcoming adversity.  Guest: Serena Steinhauer – Writer and performer of Undone  

In September 2021, multi award winning South African guitarist Vuma Levin was named as the  Standard Bank Young artist for jazz. To this end he undertook to create a work commensurate  with the scale of this achievement. The resulting product is his new album titled The Past is Unpredictable: Only the Future is Certain, out on renowned Dutch Jazz Label, DOX Records, on 19 May 2023. "Vuma Levin is destined to be one of South African jazz's greatest musicians" - Mail and GuardianBorn a South African and raised during the unstable interregnum years of Post-Apartheid South Africa, Guitarist Vuma Ian Levin's music is an attempt to interrogate conceptions of identity, nation, culture, power and being both globally and in the emergent, post 1994 South African Democratic project. Beginning his studies in jazz at age 18, Vuma received lessons from the South African Jazz guitar legend, Johnny Fourie.  He went on to attend the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam where he graduated with honours. His time in the Netherlands saw him successfully contest several competitions including The Keep an Eye Jazz Awards, The Dutch Eindwerk Prijs, Keep and Eye: The Records, The Dutch Jazz Competition and the Montreux Socar Internationl Jazz Guitar Competition. 

Community-backed projects have received a boost from the Social Employment Fund and The Craft and Design Institute. We zone in on Khayelitsha.    Today the Africa Jam Youth Outreach will perform their play “IDINGA” in Kilombo Village in Khayelitsha   GUEST: LOYISO DAMOYI – Event Organiser    Tickets are R50 per person and there’s space for approximately 300 guests. IDINGA tackles the issue of generational poverty and explores the idea of enterprising youth bootstrapping their way to financial freedom. Doors open at 3pm.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

Elephant Sands Bush Lodge and campsite is located 53 km north of Nata on the main road to Kasane, and offers 20 En-suite safari tents and 8 En-suite chalets, each with a unique view of the watering hole frequented by numerous elephants.   The lodge has a restaurant, bar and a plunge pool. Activities include game drives, bush walks and mountain biking.   There is plenty of different wildlife around on the unfenced 16000 hectare private conservancy. The  campsite and lodge are unfenced; all animals roam freely which means you can expect to see various wildlife. Bring a good torch or headlamp with you, if you do not want to bump into a browsing giant at night on your way to the bathroom or tent.

Chip packets and polystyrene, which are not popular recycling materials and are often found dumped, may have a second life as useful construction material.   GUEST: ABRAHAM AVENANT - CEO Centre for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC )     "Chip packets are my worst, because nobody wants chip packets," said Forestry Fisheries and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy.   The minister voiced her frustration over plastic pollution, on Monday, World Environment Day

Right to Care is a leading healthcare non-profit organization that was started in response to the public healthcare emergency of HIV and AIDS in South Africa in 2001. It was one of the first organizations to make HIV treatment available to South African public patients. GUEST: DR. CHUKA ONAGA - Acting Chief of Party for Right to Care’s Accelerating Program Achievements to Control the Epidemic (APACE) programme    

GUEST: Dr Ruan Veldtman – Senior Scientist Interview: ENVIRONMENT: The little invasive beetle causing problems for South Africa’s trees  

INTERVIEW - KEKELINGO Interview -  Nomfundo Moh

GUEST: MILISUTHANDO BONGELA – Filmmaker Interview: ENCOUNTERS 2023 celebrates 25 years and opens with MILISUTHANDO the most ‘talked about’ new voice in South Afri-can filmmaking (22 June)  

GUEST: CAROLINE McCANN- Harvesting Heritage Interview: HUMBLE HERITAGE CROPS IMPRESS FOODIES AT NEW CULINARY COMPETITION  

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

GUEST: LAUREN van NIJKERK – Director Marketing Communications at Wildlands Conservation Trust Interview: Campaign Connects South Africans with Sharks and Rays on World Ocean Day  

GUEST: DR. ALISON BENTLEY - Sleep Expert Interview: #JSBHEALTH: Are you struggling with insomnia  

Guest: PHILIP du TOIT - Project Architect at BPAS Architects Interview: A new lens for viewing our cities

GUEST: Marie Snyman – Drip AM Co -Founder – Interview: Decorex Africa  

Green spaces are good for people – but in South Africa many cannot access them. This is a finding from researches at Rhodes University in the department of Botany and Anthropology. GUEST: SUSANNE VETTER - Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Rhodes University GUEST: VALERIE MOLLER - Professor of Sociology, Rhodes University GUEST: MICHELLE COCKS - Associate Professor of Environmental Anthropology, Rhodes University     The benefits of experiencing nature for physical, psychological and spiritual well-being are widely documented. But much of the research on these benefits has been done in relatively affluent countries in the global North. There’s little research that has been done in developing countries on the benefits of being in nature.   Developm

Monday 5th June is World Environment Day. A day commemorated by the United Nations encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.   Guest: Catherine Constantinides - •Environmental & Climate Activist   Note: Catherine has just returned from France, where she visited the Maison Moët & Chandon to learn about Moët & Chandon’s Natura Nostra sustainability programme and attended the ChangeNOW summit in Paris.     · Key sustainability initiatives that form part of this programme. · So it’s all about the terroir and about biodiversity. · What are some of the sustainability initiatives each Maison is championing. -

Workshop Week is organised by the Open Book Festival and takes place from 5-10 June 2023 at Bertha House in Mowbray. GUEST: FRANKIE MURREY - Event curator for the Open Book Festival “We piloted Workshop Week in 2022 to offer aspiring and experienced writers the chance to participate in practical workshop sessions with experienced writers. It turned out to be very popular and sessions were fully booked at a rapid rate. It therefore made perfect sense to bring this event back for 2023,” says Frankie Murrey, event curator for the Open Book Festival.

THE BOOKISH DR. Is back with a call to grow our involvement as parents and guardians in encouraging reading in our homes as regular practice. She has selected 2 titles to consider for your children’s book collection list & the book news. GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoria based researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels.   ABOUT DR. Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang Dr NM Msimang is a writer, academic, producer and broadcaster who holds degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT), the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and has a PhD in African Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). DR NM Msimang is also the Director of Special Projects and Fundraising for PUKU

Making Friends with Feelings is inspired by raising sons who often struggle with expressing their feelings in a world where there are labels like “boys don’t cry”.   GUEST: Sewela Langeni - Owner of Book Circle Capital and Author of “Making friends with feelings”   Making Friends with Feelings is a compassionate story that teaches boys that it is OK to cry when you are sad and that it is healthy to express your emotions.

Sign language is set to become South Africa’s 12th official language after a long fight for recognition GUEST: PROF. THEODORUS DU PLESSIS - Professor Emeritus: South African Sign Language & Deaf Studies, University of Freestate Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed to amend the constitution to this end. The move will bring to fruition three decades of a struggle to empower the country’s deaf community. An official language has legal status in a state and serves as the language of administration (conducting day-to-day state business). We asked Theo du Plessis, an emeritus professor of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies, for his insights.

South Africans are among the heaviest drinkers in the world. The country has the highest per capita rate of alcohol consumption in Africa. Excessive drinking is especially widespread in the Western Cape. Research estimates that per capita alcohol consumption in the province is between 30% and 40% higher than the national consumption. GUEST: SAMANTHA FILBY - Research Officer, Research on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town

Blood cancers, such as Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Leukaemia, are some of the most common childhood cancers, with patients having a 50% survival rate. However, South Africans who are between the ages of 17 and 55 and in general good health can help to increase the cancer survival rate amongst the country’s children by becoming blood stem cell donors. GUEST: Palesa Mokomele, Head of Community Engagement and Communications at DKMS Africa

Guest: Ali Conn – Chief Innovation Officer at Sea Harvest Interview: The work of SA HAVERST  

Guest: Rob Herring - A crochet fundi Interview: The 2023 67 Blankets Local Blankets is Lekka tour Continues.  

Guest: World book day and fostering reading in children Interview: WORD DOMINATION  

Guest: Cynthia Morrison – Director A Chance to Play South Africa Interview: The importance of play for children living with disability  

Guest: Mabuyi Mnguni – Covid -19 coordinator Interview: FOR THE LOVE OF NURSING    

Guest: Mala Suriah – Chief Marketing Officer FUNDI FOUNDATION THOUGHTLEADERS: FOR THE LOVE OF NURSING  

Popularly referred to as spinach king, Lufefe Nomjana, is a Khayelitsha-based entrepreneur who farms spinach and produces baked goods and refreshments that havespinach as a main ingredient from bread to muffins.GUEST: LUFEFE NOMJANA - Founder of The Spinach KingIn 2011, Nomjana started his business with just as little as a R40, with four bunchesof spinach and his big idea. This is where he was motivated and turned 24 loaves into120 making enough money to purchase his own equipment and employ people.

Zandile Kumalo, a hydroponics farmer who started a rooftop garden at the Morningside Shopping Centre in Sandton and supplies the shops and restaurants.GUEST: ZANDILE KUMALO - Hydroponics FarmerShe says she was motivated to start the hydroponics farm on the concrete rooftop ofMorningside Shopping Centre in Sandton after realizing she could supply fresh vegetablesto those in her vicinity.  

THE BOOKISH DR. Is back with a call to grow our involvement as parents and guardians in encouraging reading in our homes as regular practice. She has selected 3 titles to considerfor your children’s book collection list. GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoriabased researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels. 

The Kingsmead Book Fair has become a significant event on South Africa's literary calendar.Kingsmead College will host its 11th annual Book Fair this comingSaturday 27 May from 8h30 to 18h00, in Johannesburg, opposite the Rosebank Gautrainstation.GUEST: ALEX BOUCHE - Director of Marketing Kingsmead Bookfair

Millions of young South Africans are jobless: study finds that giving them ‘soft’ skills likenetworking helps their prospects. Senior Lecturer at the University of the Free State Chijoke Nwosu wrote about this on “The Conversation”GUEST: CHIJOKE NWOSU - Senior Lecturer, University of the Free State

The hiring of persons with disability continues to be a concern with a need to domore. The Disability Summit and Career Expo wrapped up this week including dialogues about opportunities and the challenges faced.GUEST: JUSTENE SMITH - Disability Specialist at Progression  

Top creative talent who currently operate within the Creative Uprising Hub (at Transwerke) will be showcasing their talent at as part of OPEN STUDIOS JOBURG - South Africa’s largest visual arts festival - taking place on May 27 & 28 from 10:30–16:00.  GUEST: LESOLE TAUTSWALA - Exhibitions Coordinator Transwerke    

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), released on Tuesday, found that 81% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any language. The country ranked lowest out of the 43 participating countries in learners’ reading skills. The previous PIRLS study in 2016 stated that 78% of children in Grade 4 in South Africa can’t read for meaning.  GUEST: Jenny Katz, the Research and Development Manager of the Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy  

Bassline Fest 2023 is hotting up! Just announced is the inclusion of Simmy. In celebration of Africa Day, the final lineup is Pan-African and bedecked with South African Stars.  Enjoy headliner Sjava, DBN GOGO, Simmy, Afro-futuristic act Afrotronix from Chad/Canada, Techno-Punk act Scurru Fitchada from Cape Verde/Portugal, dance hall act Fayazer from Reunion Island and the Planetoids from Germany featuring SA/ Zambian Namakau Star

MOTORING WITH NICO SMIT

For almost 50 years, National Geographic Explorer has been carefully watching the elephants of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. Over that time she’s gotten to know them by name and has started decoding their sounds, smells, and body language to figure out just what the world’s largest land animal is talking about. She has a Ph.D. in elephant behavior from Cambridge University, and has studied the social behavior and communication of elephants for over 40 years, dedicating her life to their conservation and welfare GUEST : DR.  JOYCE POOLE - Co-Founder and Co-Director of ElephantVoices    

A potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterised by high blood pressure. Every year on May 17, World Hypertension Day is celebrated to bring attention to the condition commonly known as high blood pressure. Hypertension is a chronic medical condition characterised by high blood pressure that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular conditions. Today we discuss hypertension in pregnant women. Guest : Dr Vuyo Makhanya – Gynaecologist and Obstetrician      

Guest: Jabu Lukhele - Principal Technical Officer at StellenboschUniversity’s Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science spends his days inspiring first-year chemistry students as one of the principaltechnical officers of the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. Aformer Latin dancer, Jabu now gets his endorphin fix from road running andspending quality time with family and friends.As we kicked off May commemorating Workers' Day, we dedicate this series ofarticles to our staff and their important contribution to the University. In theinterview below, Jabu tells us more about his work.

Guest: Dr. Trust Pfukwa With his extensive knowledge in food science and technology, he started a lineof teas that does not only taste delicious but also offer a range of healthbenefits under his company “Utamu Food”. The range of Utamu tea productsinclude the Honey Bush tea that gives the sweetness of nature with arefreshing taste, the Honey Bush tea with sour fig and the Honey Bush Tea withwater pear, all products are natural and caffeine free.“Utamu” is a Swahili word for “sweetness”, which describes the taste of the tea.Dr Pfukwa always felt the need to introduce people to indigenous fruits andbelieves that the tea is a way to present the sweetness of indigenous fruits.During his PhD studies, he focused on bioprospecting indigenous South Africanfruits byproducts as a source of antioxidant preservatives for application inprocessed meat, under the supervision of Prof Cletos Mapiye. He revealed thatindigenous fruits byproducts are a rich source of powerful polyphenolicantioxidants with high potential as natural preservatives in processed meatproducts.“I had the desire to introduce people to the native fruits of South Africa. Fruitssuch as waterpear, sour fig, wild plum, and kei apple, among others, arecurrently considered underutilized and under-researched, despite their highnutritional and medicinal value. These fruits can potentially be incorporated intoprofitable value chains, which can uplift the rural livelihoods,” says Pfukwa.He adds “Unfortunately, due to westernization and the nutritional transition,these traditional food sources have been forgotten or looked down upon asfood for the poor. Hence, our objective was to contribute to the necessaryrevival of African cuisine and provide people with a sample of Africa in a cup.”Mapiye said: “There is lack of information and interest towards valorisation ofindigenous fruits and their by-products in Africa. Dr Pfukwa’s research iscontributing immensely to unmask the potential of these often neglected andunderutilised resources for food, nutrition, and income security. His businessventure in the form of Utamu Food presents a reawakening of these fruitswhich tallies closely with the need for sustainable food sources and potential touplift marginalised communities.”One of the things that sets Utamu Foods apart from other tea brands is thefocus on indigenous foods as a source of health and wellness. Dr Pfukwa hasincorporated superfoods like sour fig and water pear into his tea blends, whichare known for their anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and antioxidant properties.He also avoids using artificial flavours or additives, ensuring that Utamu teasare all-natural and healthy.

GUEST: LANDSEER COLLEN - principal, director and founder of BPASArchitects.“If architects only operated in a paper world, we would never get our buildingsevolved beyond paper,” he says. “Architects must be dreamers, visionaries,explorers and entrepreneurs. The principle of Avant-garde architecture wherebyarchitecture is innovative, radical and always progressing, becomes the focusin urban development when an architect designs for the future. To be able totake a commission from a client and translate that into a drawing, you first mustbe able to create a vision of the future. It takes imagination – plus the cognitivedevelopment of being able to think in a 3D environment.”He says that architects not only translate a client’s need into an image, buthave to be able to play with it to see what’s possible. For example, renownedarchitect Frank Gehry, known for iconic buildings such as the GuggenheimMuseum Bilbao in Spain and The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, USA,created the Dr Chau Chak Wing building, at Sydney’s University of Technology,based on the idea of a crumpled paper bag.1. How does architecture impact on our communities and society?2. What is your creative process when embarking on a new project3. In what way do architects need to design for the future, can you giveexamples of what you mean?4. Who are some of the great architects that have influenced you?5. Architects are innovators and artists but also problem solvers - can youchat more about this concept?He was also said to have designed the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles bysimply crumpling up a piece of paper and saying “there’s the design”, but hetold CNN that this story was just a gag invented for the TV show The Simpsonsand that his process is far more involved. Like Collen, he says it begins withgaining a deep understanding of what the client is looking for and theparameters of the job (from the budget to the specific site). Function comesfirst, but then the architect also has the opportunity to bring something specialto the project that goes beyond an understanding of the engineering andtechnology – that will “engender an emotional response.”Collen describes this quality of architects as “a necessary sense of playfulness”and says architectural professionals navigate the fine line between dreams andwhat is possible. “We have to be visionaries to understand what we’redesigning – to interrogate not just the moment in time we’re being asked todesign for, but the long-term vision for a building and how it will work 50 yearsin the future.”This means that architects can’t view their buildings in isola6on but must“Architecture is science translated into art,” he says. “You can’t separate thosetwo disciplines out if you’re an architect – you need them to work together insymbiosis. It’s a collaboration between the creative and physical environment.We must push boundaries to explore what’s possible. If we don’t, we’re nolonger designing the future, we’re just a tool to replicate the same things in thenow. We should not blindly accept limitations.”He says that architects are by nature problem-solvers and innovators, which issomething that is often overlooked by those outside the profession. Forexample, during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, BPAS turned itsarchitectural skills to a medical need, creating a carton cubicle that could beused as an isolation space for a COVID patient wherever it was set up. “If thatperson tragically died, the box could be folded into a temporary coffin fortransportation of the body without risk of contamination for anyone else, thusmaintain dignity.” Collen explains.“We couldn’t help with the epidemiology or economic issues because thosethings are not our areas of expertise, but we can contribute to society with theskills we have. I think the contribution of architects to society is stillundervalued, but we continue to work to show that we have an important role toplay.”

The Literacy crisis is deepening in South Africa, says the 2030 reading panelreport. Children are far behind in learning to read and it is getting worse. By theend of Grade 2, over 30% still don’t know all the letters of the alphabet.GUEST: DR. NOKUTHULA MAZIBUKO- MSIMANG - University of Pretoriabased researcher and writer of children’s books and historical novels.books common theme- love of self and others1. You are Love by Refiloe Moahloli (5 stars)You Are Loved is a lyrical story about accepting the things that make us uniqueand celebrating the intergenerational love that lifts and protects us. The book isalso available in Afrikaans.2. Jamela’s Dress by Niki Daly (5 stars)"Jamela's mother purchases a length of costly fabric for a wedding, and afterwashing it, leaves Jamela in charge of the cloth while it dries. Jamela, however,can't resist playing dress-up…3. Shudu Finds her Magic by Shudu Musida ( 4 stars)Former Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida, tells the story of herupbringing; of a delightful and outgoing girl in Ha-Vhangani, a small Vendavillage. She is surrounded by a loving extended family. However, things forShudu take a turn for the worst when she moves to Mpumalanga to live withher mom. At her new school, Shudu is bullied by her classmates. Read howShudu overcomes her sadness and her challenges, and grows into a girl, andthen an adult, who has learned to love herself!

Guest: Mpho Buntse - Queer activist currently serving as nationalhead of communication for Embrace Diversity Movement and leader ofthe ANCWL LGBTIQ+ Desk. – 079 831 8429Dear Netball South Africa,As the countdown to the Netball World Cup that you are hosting this July andAugust continues, I am writing to you to express my concern about Uganda’sparticipation in the event.While Uganda’s netball team is ranked eighth in the world and second on thecontinent, the Ugandan government is deliberately stripping its citizens of theirhuman rights. The escalating persecution of LGBTQIA+ people in Uganda callsupon all of us to get off our spectator chairs and proactively do something toprovide solidarity to the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ community.It is embarrassing that the president of Netball SA, Cecilia Molokwane, ishumbled and filled with extreme joy by the fact that Uganda’s games are sellingout ahead of the spectacle.Molokwane and her Netball SA collective seem to be ignorant of thegeopolitical issues of the day. If they were not, they would be privy to ourcurrent struggle and solidarity efforts with the abuse and disregard of humanrights in Uganda, which could potentially lead to loss of lives.I appeal to Netball SA’s sense of logic and reasoning. At a time when the worldis looking for solutions that will see Uganda drop this law, you can potentiallyadd to the much-needed pressure meant to agitate President Yoweri Musevenito use his veto power not to sign this bill into law.The matter of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is currently a subject ofinternational scrutiny and cause for concern for many sovereign governments,diplomatic communities, as well as global corporates. This pushback is mainlyinfluenced by the urgency to get Uganda’s government to drop this draconianlaw.The bill approved by Uganda has far-reaching impacts on the safety of theLGBTQIA+ community in that country and seems to show a ripple effect toinfluence similar legal reforms in other conservative African countries, as wehave seen with the case in the Kenyan parliament.

Guest: Bushra Razack CEO of Philippi Village. This is a transformative platform for formerly incarcerated leaders from aroundthe world, to nurture changemakers, build solidarity, and combat stigma againstpeople who have been in prison. The partnership between Philippi Village andthe GFF marks a significant step forward in promoting positive change in SouthAfrica by bringing together visionary minds in the fields of criminal justice andcommunity development.The GFF left behind a mural celebrating the partnership between themselvesand Philippi Village. The mural was produced by Cape Town based graffiti artistSkubalisto. The objective of the mural was to have a permanent presence in aphysical way, depicting a child in the arms of a parent to represent safety. Art iscentral to healing, and the GFF believes that art transcends language barriers,and can be used to bond people across borders. Its powerful because thepeople involved aren’t claiming to be community safety experts, but they areusing art to translate what safety means to them in a visual sense.Philippi Village and Global Freedom Fellowship join forces to build safer SouthAfrican communities through art, music and lived experiencesPhilippi Village, an innovative and dynamic community development hub inCape Town, has joined forces with the Global Freedom Fellowship (GFF) tomake communities safer in South Africa. The partnership was solidified duringthe fellowship’s trailblazing tour of Philippi Village in March, which broughttogether music, art, and drama to explore critical issues surroundingcommunity safety.As a transformative platform for formerly incarcerated leaders from around theworld, the GFF aims to nurture changemakers, build transnational solidarity,foster a shared sense of struggle and success, combat stigma against peoplewho have been in prison and instigate innovative justice work worldwide.The partnership between Philippi Village and the GFF marks a significant stepforward in promoting positive change in South Africa and beyond. By bringingtogether some of the most visionary minds in the fields of criminal justice andcommunity development, this extraordinary tour sparked vital discussions,ignited creative solutions, and instilled hope for a more equitable and justsociety. The aim of the partnership is to elevate the message of building safercommunities in South Africa and to change the narrative on how safety istalked about.By leveraging the power of music, art, and drama, the event challengedtraditional approaches to community safety and laid the groundwork for a newera of collaborative and innovative safety and security work.The fellowship happens annually, and going forward one fellow will be selectedevery year to be a Philippi Village visionary. This person will be housed atPhilippi Village and spend a year exploring different elements of building asafer community. The GFF will also have international residents coming everyyear to work in collaboration with Philippi Village.The GFF’s main program is the Incarceration Nations Network (INN) whichsupports, instigates, and popularises innovative prison reform and justicereimagining efforts around the world. INN is a partner-led organisation that isglobally minded but locally grounded, attuned to problems but driven bysolutions, focused on systemic change, and committed to transnationalsolidarity and intersectionality.The GFF and Philippi Village believe that investing in communities and trustingleaders who have lived experiences are key to building safer communities.The work being done by Philippi Village and their partners including the GFF isa demonstration of some remarkable steps toward their own integratedapproach to creating a safer Philippi. They are taking matters into their ownhands and working with a variety of partners. This type of collaboration meansdealing with broader societal conditions that contribute to violence and crime.These include high levels of inequality, poor service delivery, limited access toemployment and education opportunities, alcohol and drug abuse, and a lackof social cohesion etc.“We know that the success of Philippi Village is directly connected to the safetyof the community we operate within. Philippi Village is excited to be workingalongside the GFF to explore ways to better understand our role and what wecan do to improve the social, cultural, economic, and political conditions thatgive rise to risk in the community. We are learning from so many partners andagencies who do this better than we do,” said Bushra Razack, CEO of PhilippiVillage.

Guest: Simphiwe Rakgabale – Eco warrior Interview: ENVIRONMENT: The Bamboo Cage System  

Interview: GUEST: FAYE KABALI–KAGWA - Festival Curator

Interview: GUESS THE DESTINATION Guest: Petersen  Mahlangu - Founder 

Guest: DR. Cori LODDER - Allergy and Asthma Specialist  Interview: #JSBHEALTH  

Interview: CHEFS WITH COMPASSION reaches 5 million meal milestone and launches crowdfunding campaign to fight hunger and food waste.  Guest: Chef Coo Pillay - Founding Director and National Project Manager of Chefs with Compassion 

GUEST: NAMAKAU STAR Interview: #JSBSESSION  

Guest: Nico Smit, Petrol head

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: Kids and screen time - an expert offers advice for parents and teachers The answer likely depends on how old they are, what grade they’re in at school and what rules you have in place at home about screen time. But the reality is that, for children and adolescents growing up as “digital natives”, it is almost impossible to imagine life without screens of some sort. Devices like cellphones, laptops and tablets have become ubiquitous as tools for entertainment and education in most parts of the world. This has led parents, guardians, teachers and researchers to wonder whether screens are good or bad for children. GUEST: CATHERINE DRAPER – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: SAMRC DEVELOPEMNTAL PATHWAYS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   The World Health Organization recommends that school-going children (five-17 years) limit their recreational screen time. The recommendation for two to four year-olds is not more than one hour of screen time per day (less is better); it suggests that children younger than two should have no screen time. Research evidence suggests that children and adolescents were already exceeding these recommendations, and that the COVID-19 pandemic only made this worse. Get news that’s free, independent and based on evidence.  Get newsletter There isn’t yet conclusive evidence about whether screen time is good or bad for children. But, based on my ongoing research into children’s development – including the role of play, sleep, physical movement and screen time – my view is that there are benefits of educational screen time, but we don’t know enough about the potential harms.  Nevertheless, there are several things parents and teachers can do. This includes basics such as being aware of how much time children are spending on screens and what their posture is like through, to more complex issues such as what each child’s developmental weaknesses and strengths are. It also involves setting boundaries. None of this is easy to implement. However it doesn’t mean that they cannot be a healthy goal worth working towards. It is never too late to start, but the earlier you do, the better. Covering the basics First, it is essential for parents to be aware about how screen-based activities (educational and recreational) influence their child’s development, as well as their behaviour.  Secondly, remember that all children are different and will therefore respond differently to screen time. So understanding the child and their strengths and weaknesses is key. For example, if a child struggles with managing sensory input – like loud noises, bright lights or certain textures – it may be better for them to avoid recreational screen time. Thirdly, establish boundaries around screen time. This is key at home and at school.  Fourth, keep tabs on how screen time is stopping children from doing other things that are developmentally beneficial. For example, in the home, a child who is learning mostly on screens at school could be encouraged to spend time after school playing outside, and doing activities that develop fine motor skills. Screen swiping and typing are poor substitutes for activities that stimulate these skills, like writing, drawing, colouring in, painting, and cutting. Fifth, in a school environment, are there other activities that provide children and adolescents opportunities to intentionally develop their social and emotional skills that are not getting as much attention when they are working alone on screens?  Sixth, are screens set up in such a way that encourages good posture?  Baby steps Setting boundaries and striving for a healthy balance of educational and recreational screen time within the broader context of development may seem daunting.  It requires thoughtfully reflecting on the wider impacts of the choices made around screens, and offering a range of opportunities that help to boost chlidren’s chances of growing up to be healthy and well-adjusted adults. As much as possible, involve children and adolescents in conversations about why a healthy balance of screen time will benefit them. This can help them take ownership of their choices about their health and development – both in the present as well as their future health and well-being.

GUEST: MARK FRASER – GRANT – STAR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COACH AND BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST COMMUNITY – WILL TALK ON THIS PROJECT AND THE WORK HE DOES IN COACHING PRINCIPALS IN RURAL SCHOOLS   Pit latrines are dangerous for small children. This is evident in the rise of cases seen where small children are falling in. These tragic cases must come to an end which is why Sogidi Primary in Tongaat is taking a step towards making a difference. In 2014, five-year-old Michael Komape fell into a pit latrine and drowned at Mahlodumela Primary in Limpopo. Three years later, Siyamthanda Mtunu died after the walls of a pit toilet collapsed on him at Dalasile Primary School in the Eastern Cape. Tragedy struck again when in 2018, another five-year old, Lumka Mketwa, fell into a pit latrine at Luna Primary in the Eastern Cape.   083 297 422 While these incidents shocked the nation, the eradication of pit latrines in South Africa’s most under-resourced schools is still a challenge. These antiquated sanitation systems continue to pose a risk to children who may fall into them or be exposed to dangerous gases. Since the school’s establishment, learners at Sogidi Primary, a rural school near Tongaat on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, have risked their lives by having to use hazardous pit latrines. In a push for change, Nokuthula Sibisi, the Principal of Sogidi Primary, and Mark Fraser-Grant, an Executive Coach and Business and Leadership Development Specialist, worked together to restore the dignity and safety of Sogidi’s 200 learners, by enlisting the support of the community to build modern ablution facilities. Sibisi was a participant on Citizen Leader Lab’s leadership development programme for school principals, and Fraser-Grant was the coach guiding Sibisi on this programme. The award-winning programme supports principals so that they gain the skills needed to confidently lead change in, and mobilise communities around, their schools. Fraser-Grant says that Sibisi had always had a vision to eradicate Sogidi’s pit latrines. First, they researched companies and donors who could realise this vision. “We settled on Innovative Methology, an NGO led by Pradeep Boodoo, that builds and renovates schools, health care and community facilities,”  says Fraser-Grant. As part of their efforts to empower the communities around Sogidi, Fraser-Grant, Sibisi and Boodoo enrolled locals to carry out the basic construction work under the supervision of experienced construction engineers. Fraser-Grant mentions that this is very much in line with the way Innovative Methology works, where the school becomes a partner in their own project by committing to provide water, security and accommodation for the builder’s team. Builders, who are small, medium and micro-enterprises, are contracted to each project, and members of the community are employed for the project’s duration. No project can be successful without funding. Fraser-Grant explains that the Victor Daitz Foundation came on board when they learnt that Sogidi was part of the Citizen Leader Lab network. “The foundation wanted to support Principal Sibisi because they knew her heart was in the right place. They knew that she has had exposure to leadership through Citizen Leader Lab, and they were impressed by how well she took care of her school,’’ says Fraser-Grant. Sibisi believes that the leadership skills she gained on the programme were instrumental in attracting the funds and services to commence the project. “The workshops really helped me strategise to involve stakeholders and companies in this project. With my new skills and Mark Fraser-Grant’s help, I wrote many proposals explaining the situation at my school, highlighting that the Grade R latrines were soon going to collapse.” Sibisi says that the project is already generating excitement among her learners and staff, with construction expected to be completed towards the end of May 2023. “The school’s morale is changing. The learners are eager to come to school. Everyone’s self-esteem, dignity and motivation are up.” The community surrounding Sogidi has also become invested in making the project a success. “Our community members are not only helping to build the new facilities, but they are also protecting the school from theft and damage. The relationship between Sogidi and the community is really improving,”  says Sibisi.    

Guest: Dr Nokthula Mazibuko Msimang, Writer, Academic producer and broadcaster

: Kids and screen time - an expert offers advice for parents and teachers The answer likely depends on how old they are, what grade they’re in at school and what rules you have in place at home about screen time. But the reality is that, for children and adolescents growing up as “digital natives”, it is almost impossible to imagine life without screens of some sort. Devices like cellphones, laptops and tablets have become ubiquitous as tools for entertainment and education in most parts of the world. This has led parents, guardians, teachers and researchers to wonder whether screens are good or bad for children. GUEST: CATHERINE DRAPER – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: SAMRC DEVELOPEMNTAL PATHWAYS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   The World Health Organization recommends that school-going children (five-17 years) limit their recreational screen time. The recommendation for two to four year-olds is not more than one hour of screen time per day (less is better); it suggests that children younger than two should have no screen time. Research evidence suggests that children and adolescents were already exceeding these recommendations, and that the COVID-19 pandemic only made this worse. Get news that’s free, independent and based on evidence.  Get newsletter There isn’t yet conclusive evidence about whether screen time is good or bad for children. But, based on my ongoing research into children’s development – including the role of play, sleep, physical movement and screen time – my view is that there are benefits of educational screen time, but we don’t know enough about the potential harms.  Nevertheless, there are several things parents and teachers can do. This includes basics such as being aware of how much time children are spending on screens and what their posture is like through, to more complex issues such as what each child’s developmental weaknesses and strengths are. It also involves setting boundaries. None of this is easy to implement. However it doesn’t mean that they cannot be a healthy goal worth working towards. It is never too late to start, but the earlier you do, the better. Covering the basics First, it is essential for parents to be aware about how screen-based activities (educational and recreational) influence their child’s development, as well as their behaviour.  Secondly, remember that all children are different and will therefore respond differently to screen time. So understanding the child and their strengths and weaknesses is key. For example, if a child struggles with managing sensory input – like loud noises, bright lights or certain textures – it may be better for them to avoid recreational screen time. Thirdly, establish boundaries around screen time. This is key at home and at school.  Fourth, keep tabs on how screen time is stopping children from doing other things that are developmentally beneficial. For example, in the home, a child who is learning mostly on screens at school could be encouraged to spend time after school playing outside, and doing activities that develop fine motor skills. Screen swiping and typing are poor substitutes for activities that stimulate these skills, like writing, drawing, colouring in, painting, and cutting. Fifth, in a school environment, are there other activities that provide children and adolescents opportunities to intentionally develop their social and emotional skills that are not getting as much attention when they are working alone on screens?  Sixth, are screens set up in such a way that encourages good posture?  Baby steps Setting boundaries and striving for a healthy balance of educational and recreational screen time within the broader context of development may seem daunting.  It requires thoughtfully reflecting on the wider impacts of the choices made around screens, and offering a range of opportunities that help to boost chlidren’s chances of growing up to be healthy and well-adjusted adults. As much as possible, involve children and adolescents in conversations about why a healthy balance of screen time will benefit them. This can help them take ownership of their choices about their health and development – both in the present as well as their future health and well-being.                                    

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Guest: Prince Albert , In the Karoo – Interview: GUESS THE DESTINATION  

Interview -  #Buhlebendalo  

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Guest: Dorothy Clark – VISUAL ARTIST Interview: #JSBART  

Guest: Maretha Vermaak - Dietician at ReDiscover Dairy Interview: How to make your dairy and fresh foods last longer with the ongoing powercuts?  

Guest: Nico Smit, Motor expert Motoring with Nico Smit

FREEDOM MONTH   Wrapping Up Freedom Month with a space we all need to visit and learn  from. THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE in the Western Cape. 29 Years into  our democracy what are the lessons they are highlighting for us to learn  from our past and present?   GUEST: CALVYN GILFELLAN - CEO Castle Control Board   The theme for Freedom Day 2023 is Consolidating and Safeguarding  Democratic Gains and this year, the Castle of Good Hope, for centuries  associated with armed colonial conquest and apartheid oppression, will  again host a program in support of this appropriate theme.   After the Euphoria how do we safeguard the gains of our democracy • The work of the Castle of Good Hope Does reflecting on our History in any way help us make improved ac tions for the progress of our country South Africa in decades to come; how do you foresee future genera tions would see our decisions when they become the content of future museums How do we visit the Castle of Good Hope Calvyn Gilfellan, CEO of the Castle Control Board: Since the euphoria of  that memorable day almost 30 years ago, there has been a worrisome  decline in the voter outcome in South Africa since 1994. I sense that it is  primarily the youth who do not practise their constitutional right to vote.  There was also a considerable voter education drive pre-94, and not  much was done post the historic 27 April 1994. In light of these and  other disturbing trends in our body politic, the Castle is doing its bit by  hosting a dialogue to understand why the youth is not participating in this  pillar of our hard-fought freedom and democracy. Who is at fault? Who is  to blame? Did the promises of 1994 falter?   These are a few hard questions the youth will ask society and its democ ratic leadership. Youth Democratic Vote Dialogue, where learners and  youth, the Independent Electoral Commission, and others will debate the  importance of the vote and the reasons behind voter apathy.                                            

National Teach a Child to Save Day was on -  27 April offers an excellent reminder about the importance of financial education for children. The country’s steadily declining personal savings rate is spelling disaster for both individuals and the economy as a whole.    GUEST: Thapelo Tsiu – Senior Manager: Client Education and Implementation at Nedbank   With the mounting financial pressures currently experienced - inflation rates, repo rate increases, increased indebtedness, loadshedding, stagnant salaries– there is no time like the present to mobilise how financial education is key to developing money management skills that can last a lifetime.    At 0,5%, South Africa has one of the lowest savings rates in the world, and this has enormous implications for financial inclusion as well as economic performance. A healthy relationship with money, which includes a commitment to long-term saving, begins young, and so a day like this should be leveraged to get children tuned into the importance of saving.    According to EVERFI, “Developing wise financial habits at an early age can help encourage responsible decision making and a healthy relationship with money before adulthood.” Saving is an important component of financial education. No matter the age, it is never too early to start educating children on how the banking system works, especially with a savings account. Through imparting a savings culture for our children, we are able to encourage them in forming sound financial habit to unlock financial freedom even in adulthood - which is pertinent.  With the above in mind, a spokesperson from Nedbank would appreciate the opportunity to share insight into the above and below:  1. Why are days such as National Teach Children to Save Day crucial to South Africa?  2. What is the importance of educating children around finances?  3. How do i begin early in creating good financial habits for my children?  4. How can parents lead by example?  5. Can we eradicate poverty and unlock financial freedom through financial education for children?                    

South Africans are fed up with their prospects, and their democracy, according to latest social attitudes survey   The mood among South Africans has soured. The latest findings from the representative survey that’s done every year by the country’s Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows some disturbing new trends.   GUEST: Dr Joleen Steyn – Kotze : Chief  Research SPECIALIST In Democracy and Citizenship: Developmental, Capable and ethical State Research Division at the HSRC   The sense of hopelessness and despondency with democracy that emerges from the survey does not bode well for the future of the country’s democracy. As the survey shows, as despondency increases, so too does a sense of hopelessness. The 2021 survey – with the most recent available results – consisted of 2,996 South Africans aged 16 years and older living in private residences. The data were benchmarked and weighted to be representative of the adult population. The survey echoes key points in our forthcoming work on life satisfaction and democracy in the Human Science Research Council’s flagship publication, State of the Nation. This details increasing life dissatisfaction amid growing unhappiness with democracy and despondency.    Read more: South Africans hold contradictory views about their democracy   Based on our two decade involvement in social attitudes research in South Africa, we argued that while South Africans were increasingly unhappy with democracy, their levels of life satisfaction remained stable. But we are now noting a significant decline in life satisfaction in the context of increased democratic despondency, weak political efficacy and mediocre service delivery. It is this sense of hopelessness that could potentially signal political instability in the future. What are people are saying The Social Attitudes Survey is a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. Conducted annually since 2003, it measures underlying public perceptions, values and social fabric in South African society.  The survey represents a notable tool for monitoring evolving social, economic and political values among South Africans. We also believe it shows promising use as a predictive mechanism that could inform decision makers and policy-making processes.    Read more: South Africa's 1994 'miracle': what's left?   The most recent survey results show a marked downturn in the mood in the country since 2021, most notably around life satisfaction and future life improvement or optimism.  A downturn in life satisfaction: South Africans show a recent downturn in their general life satisfaction, a measure that has remained relatively stable over the last 18 or so years (Figure 1). When asked to reflect on their current personal life circumstances, only 41% were satisfied with their lives in late 2021 compared to 52% in 2014. This is a significant decline for a measure that is usually quite stable.  This points to appreciable strain on life satisfaction, something that is likely to be more acutely felt among poor and vulnerable citizens.                                                                          

WORD DOMINATION This year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival has a selection of international and pan-African authors taking part in the programme’s 80 plus sessions 19-21 May.  GUEST: ELITHA VAN DER SANDT - Festival Director Franschhoek Literary Festival WWW.FLF.CO.ZA Among the authors from across the continent who will be in Franschhoek during the weekend of Friday 19th - Sunday 21st May, is award-winning Zimbabwean author, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. Her bestselling novel, The Theory of Flight, won the 2019 Sunday Times Fiction Prize, followed by The History of Man (2020) and The Quality of Mercy (2022), which completed the trilogy. Ndlovu also won the prestigious Wingham Campbell Prize in 2022, administered by Yale University. Ndlovu will be in conversation with Pumla Dineo Gqola on 21 May in the session THE PRACTICE OF FLIGHT. She will also take part in PENS OF POWER (20 May) where she is joined by Sue Nyathi in a discussion with Joanne Joseph on whether storytelling can serve as a weapon of hope and change, within the context of the authors’ fictional visions of Zimbabwean history. Zimbabwean author Sue Nyathi, author of four novels - The Polygamist (2012), The Gold Diggers (2018), The Family Affair (2020) and An Angel’s Demise (2022), also takes part in WHY FICTION? on 19 May. During what promises to be an intimate and inspiring session, Gail Schimmel will explore the social roles and personal motivations of creating fiction with Nyathi, Rachel Joyce and Margie Orford.  Rwandan author Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase shares his astonishing story of fleeing tragedy in Rwanda in the session UNSTOPPABLE on 21 May. Auhor Sihle Khumalo delves into Kabalira-Uwase’s journey from car guard to receiving a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship and starting a thriving company. Two Pan-African authors join the festival via Zoom. In the 20 May session TRAP OF THE PAST, Joy Watson meets Nigerian writer Aiwanose Odafen whose debut novel Tomorrow I Become a Woman – a gripping exploration of patriarchal violence, forbidden love and cultural conflict – has been acclaimed as ‘searing and beautifully rendered’. On the same day, in the session CONTINENTAL DRAUGHT, Jonny Steinberg goes myth-busting with Dipo Faloyin (via Zoom), author of Africa is Not a Country, an irreverent celebration of the African continent and its dizzying diversity.  One of this year’s most powerful sessions is likely to be THE RELEASE which sees Marina Cantacuzino, author of Forgiveness: An Exploration, in conversation with former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. The forgiveness of self and others creates a restorative narrative with the power to transform lives, yet how does one actually forgive at a deep level? Cantacuzino spent 18 years learning about forgiveness, and the backlash that may accompany what is often a very challenging process. She will also participate in the two other sessions relating to apology and forgiveness, SORRY BEYOND WORDS and LETTING IT GO. Are today’s literary novelists too safe and genre-bound? In a thought-provoking session titled UNHEARD OF Margie Orford (on Zoom) talks creative rule-breaking with the risk-tolerant Maddie Mortimer (UK), author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies which won the Desmond Elliott Prize and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. Also joining the festival from her home base in London via Zoom is celebrated comedian Ruby Wax who talks to Sarah Bullen in JA WELL, NOT FINE about her latest and most significant book yet on mental health, I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was. Poetry lovers will not want to miss PLATH, BEYOND THE MYTH which sees Dominique Botha talk with Heather Clark (via Zoom) about her biography of a genius who has been reduced to the image of her suicide in contemporary culture. Clark’s Red Comet:The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, magisterially corrects the picture.    The festival thanks FLF 2023 partners including Franschhoek Wine Valley, FLF founding sponsor Porcupine Ridge, official FLF bookstore Exclusive Books, as well as sponsors News24, Ninety One SA, Yellowwoods Social Investments, Jonathan Ball Publishers, NB Publishers, PanMacmillan, Pam Golding Properties, Discovery and venue sponsors Le Quartier Français and Sterrekopje.                                                        

#JSBGuestPresenter KOKETSO SYLVIA MILOSEVIC - CEO and Founder of Riches and Beyond, Professional Property investor, Property Mentor, International speaker, Residential property developer and entrepreneur. She is also the author of the new book “Winning The Property Game”   KOKETSO :   •    Choosing the property career path •    Growing up   The Book : Winning The property Game •    The  Chapters •    Overall Lesson   •    How you would describe the Property market in South African now •    Buyer or Sellers’ market •    Ways to spot opportunities as one invests in the property sector •    Other opportunities outside the home buying sector from office rental space etc.     Koketso Sylvia Milosevic runs a global business, travels the world managing her property empire, and hosts international TV shows about investing in property. How did an ordinary girl from the township of Ga-Rankuwa achieve all this, amassing considerable wealth in the process?   In Winning the Property Game, Koketso reveals how she built her property portfolio, turning it into a multi-million-rand business. Having trained more than 50 000 students, she now shares her secrets with the world: From how to optimise joint venture deals; orchestrate capital flips; elicit crowd-funding and utilise stokvels to how to attract angel investors to grow the business. With black women driving the South African property market, this guide could not be more timely. Koketso speaks with authority. Her hard-won insights are based on her own experience. Turning her golden rules into action, you too can watch the results unfold as you achieve financial freedom.                    

GUEST: ANGELA LUDEK - Project Officer Informal Sector Engagement - WasteAid  COMMUNITY The Huhtamaki Wastepreneur Challenge has launched in Diepsloot, Johannesburg. The Challenge fund is designed to support up to 50 informal waste collectors over 2 years to develop their skills and capacity in recycling.         It will involve a tailored 12-week holistic training course which will culminate in an opportunity for candidates to pitch for seed funding to grow their business.   Following on from Huhtamaki’s initial investment in the Circular Economy Network, a leading global sustainable packaging producer is partnering with WasteAid once again to provide investment in South Africa to support young people who are trying to start up in the waste management industry. Over 90% of recycled waste collected in South Africa is carried out by the informal sector. Many of these collectors are low-income earners, living on less than 50 Rand a day (GBP £2.50). WasteAid, a UK based International NGO, has been pioneering approaches in South Africa, Egypt and The Gambia to support young waste collectors to move up the value chain to enable them to increase the income they make from recycling.   The Wastepreneur Challenge is taking place in Diepsloot a township north east of Johannesburg with a population of more than 850,000. After a local advertising campaign and screening process, 39 waste collectors applied and were interviewed and 20 waste collectors have been selected to take part in this first cohort. The candidates come from a wide variety of backgrounds, both female and male, old and young, some have been working in waste for many years but have not received any financial or skills support. All of them are keen to learn more about how to build their businesses.   One of the unique aspects of the training is the amazing team that WasteAid has brought together to deliver the programme. The Wot-If? Trust, led by Gail Styger, has been working with young people in Diepsloot for many years, running a business centre where entrepreneurs can access training and business support as well as IT skills. WasteAid has also brought in core trainers that have a lived experience of working in and building successful businesses within the waste management industry. Harriet Matjila, one of the lead trainers runs an all-female run Buy-Back centre in Johannesburg. Mandlenkosi Nkosi,   who is also leading a number of sessions, started out as a waste collector and now runs two thriving plastics recycling businesses in South Africa. Ursula Lebuso will be working alongside Harriet and Mandlenkosi – she is a financial advisor and holds an impressive portfolio of trainings for high performing companies across South Africa. The modules include a range of topics from getting to understand the world of waste and also on personal and business finance.   Michelle Wilson, Director of Programmes at WasteAid says: “We are really excited to continue our partnership with Huhtamaki in South Africa and are proud to be able to support and track the progress of these motivated Wastepreneurs. Through this course we want to show there is pride in working on the waste value chain. Through the course, we see a real opportunity for young and old to build viable livelihoods through recycling.”   “We at Huhtamaki believe that waste is very valuable secondary material. To make this a reality, incentivization, innovation, partnerships and changes in consumer behaviour all play a role. It is very important to support and encourage young Wastepreneurs by showing them the limitless possibilities that the circular economy can offer. In our view, collaboration can make a real difference and that’s why we are delighted with our partnership with WasteAid.” says Shane Van der Nest, General Manager at Huhtamaki South Africa Fibre Foodservice operation.   The training started on 30 th March 2023 and will complete on 22 nd June 2023, followed by a month of tailored business mentorship. The challenge will culminate in a pitching event where the Wastepreneurs can pitch for seed funding to develop their business idea.   About WasteAid: WasteAid is a leading international development organisation on a mission to tackle the global waste crisis. 2 billion people do not have their waste collected and 3 billion lack a decent disposal site, leading to the spread of disease and polluting the air, land, rivers and oceans.     WasteAid works with governments and communities in low- and middle-income countries to address the root causes of climate change and marine plastic pollution.  WasteAid shares waste management knowledge and skills; trains people to become self-employed recycling entrepreneurs; and influences decision-makers and the donor community to increase investment in waste management.    About Huhtamaki Huhtamaki is a leading global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030.      

World Veterinary Day falls Today 29 April each year and global animal health company, Zoetis South Africa (Zoetis is the largest global animal health compa ny), is encouraging all pet owners to celebrate the critical role that veterinarians  play in supporting and maintaining the health of companion animals – and to  ask how the health and wellness of veterinarians can be supported.     GUEST: DR. TARRYN DENT - Business Unit Lead: Companion Animals,  at Zoetis.     “Veterinarians have the unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in  the lives of both animals and their human companions by treating illnesses,  preventing diseases, and educating pet owners about responsible animal care,”  says Dr Tarryn Dent, Business Unit Lead: Companion Animals, at Zoetis.     “It’s a rewarding and respected profession, and one we look forward to cele brating each year with our veterinarian partners on World Veterinary Day. How ever, as much as being a veterinarian is a dream job for many children and  adults alike, it is a profession that comes with many emotional stressors as well,  and it’s these, and their impact on mental health, that we are focusing on this  year. If you are an animal lover, your veterinarian plays a critical role in your life  and that of your fur babies. Let’s give them all the support we can.”     High stress environments impact mental health and wellness     Many high-stress work environments are fast-paced, with long hours and heavy  workloads. However, veterinary practices have the added pressure of making  accurate diagnoses and treatment decisions, combined with the emotional as pects of the job, which can lead to high levels of stress and burnout.            

CONSTITUTION HILL JHB   GUEST: DAWN ROBERTSON - CEO Constitution Hill   CURATED : Makers Market: Celebrating Artisan Craftsmanship and Creativity to  launch at Constitution Hill next week Friday 5 May 2023     A world of curated excellence at the highly anticipated Curated. Makers Market, set to  take place on 5 May 2023 at Constitution Hill This one-of-a-kind event promises to  showcase the finest craftsmanship and creativity from local artisans, bringing together  a diverse collection of makers, creators, and enthusiasts in a celebration of handmade  goods.   With over 40 talented artisans handpicked for their unique skills and exceptional quali ty, the Curated Makers Market is a treasure trove of one-of-a-kind creations, from  handmade jewellery, ceramics, textiles, woodworking, leather goods, home decor, and  much more. The event provides a platform for artisans to showcase their talent and  connect with discerning shoppers who appreciate the art of craftsmanship and creativi ty.     For the inaugural event, Curated. Market is thrilled to team up with the legendary Obri gado lifestyle event. Known for its eclectic take of music in Jozi culture bringing the  heat from Afro Latin, Bossa Nova, Soul to Funk and everything in-between! Visitors to  the market can expect to kick off the weekend with an event that delivers the perfect  family outing.   Children visiting the market will delight in an exceptional children’s zone that has  been programmed by Play Africa - the first interactive children’s museum in Southern  Africa, Play Africa allows children to play, discover, innovate and connect by focusing  on creative, holistic and playful learning.   The Curated. Makers Market is not just a shopping experience; it's an opportunity to  connect with the artisans themselves and learn about their craft. Visitors will have the  chance to engage in interactive demonstrations, workshops, and meet-and-greets with  the artisans, gaining insight into their creative process and taking home a unique piece  of art that tells a story.     In addition to the diverse range of handmade goods, the Curated. Makers Market will  also feature a curated selection of local food vendors offering delectable treats and re freshments. From gourmet snacks to artisanal beverages, visitors can indulge in a  culinary journey while exploring the market and taking in the vibrant atmosphere. our  market also offers a wide array of pantry essentials and fresh flowers! It's the perfect  opportunity to support local businesses while stocking up on your weekly pantry and  adding a touch of beauty to your home.   The Curated. Makers Market is not just about commerce; it's about fostering a sense of  community and supporting local talent. It's a place where creativity thrives, connections  are made, and stories are shared. It's an opportunity to discover and support artisans  who pour their heart and soul into their craft, and a chance to take home some thing truly special and unique.   "We are thrilled to bring together such an extraordinary group of artisans at the Curat ed Makers Market. We believe in the power of handmade goods and the stories behind  them, and our goal is to create a memorable experience for both artisans and visitors  alike. Constitution Hill is committed to supporting local talent and fostering a sense of  community, and we can't wait to share this exciting event with everyone." - Dawn  Robertson the CEO of Constitution Hill  

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT : Near-pandemic outbreak of cockroaches: The dangers of pesticides to the  environment CropLife South Africa has warned that the very wet and humid weather condi tions over the summer months have brought about an outbreak of German  cockroaches in the country. The group said cockroach numbers had increased  recently, not only because of the weather, but also the unhygienic conditions  that prevail in South Africa. GUEST: DR. GERHARD VERDOORN - Operations and Stewardship Manager,  CropLife South Africa Cockroach control starts with a serious effort to sanitise human habitation of  refuse and left-over foodstuffs. A dirty kitchen that is littered with left-over food  and freely available pet food needs serious intervention to deny these un savoury critters from invading a home and setting up a colony. Refuse bags  must be secured in plastic wheelie bins or drums out of access of cockroaches.  Floor surfaces, potential breeding spots and hide-outs in kitchens, pantries and  bathrooms must be thoroughly washed and disinfected with a diluted solution of  sodium hypochlorite (domestic bleach). Places that attract and harbour cock roaches include electrical appliances such as fridges and washing machines,  cupboards under kitchen and bathroom basins, drainpipe cavities in walls, food  cupboards, outdoor drains and dark enclosed areas such as garages. Cock roaches enjoy the heat and humidity underneath electrical appliances and  basins, and that is where they often set up breeding colonies. Cockroaches are primarily active at night, but the current outbreak is of such  magnitude that the insects are running around during the day in most home steads. Homeowners, the fast-food sector, retail sector and hospitality industry  should act quick to stop the tide of cockroaches in South Africa. CropLife South  Africa warns all citizens to abide by the statutes of the country and only use  registered pesticides strictly according to their label instructions to avoid health  impacts on themselves, their families or their clients. Do not buy unlabelled pes ticides in small containers from social media advertisers or street vendors as  those products are likely to pose a severe hazard and risk to people when ap plied indoors. A fumigant in the form of an aerosol canister or fumigation tablet can provide a  rapid knockout of most adults and juvenile cockroaches, but consumers must  follow safety instructions by wearing a facial cover and evacuating the premises  of all inhabitants for the duration of the fumigation as stated on the labels. If the  service of a pest control operator is contracted, consumers must insist on proof  of registration as a fumigation pest control operator under the Fertilizers, Farm  Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of  1947) – a registration certificate issued by the Registrar of Act No. 36 of 1947 is  the only valid certificate. Consumers must not contract operators that have only  undergone training and have not received a valid registration certificate from  the office of the Registrar. Also check which pesticide is offered to be used by  the pest control operator and if the label does not indicate application for indoor  cockroach control, refrain from using the services of such an operator. Cockroach baits are highly effective and pose a very low risk to people and pets. Reg istered baits are available in ready-to-use bait stations or easy-to-apply syringes. Baits  should be applied (or bait stations placed out) where cockroaches are most likely to  forage at night, such as inside pantries or in the corners of kitchen counter tops. Place  bait stations out of view of children and pets. There are also glue traps available for  cockroaches and these can be used alongside baits and bait stations. CropLife SA reminds all South Africans that pesticides are highly regulated sub stances and that everyone is bound by the statutes of Act No. 36 of 1947. This  means any person advertising, selling, buying or using a pesticide may only do  so according to the label instructions of the pesticide. CropLife SA is working  closely with the Directorate of Agriculture Inputs Control (DAIC) Inspectorate to  clamp down on people that sell highly toxic substances, such as pure dichlor vos, unlawfully via social media. The Inspectorate has thus far made serious in terventions in unregistered pesticides and has had great success in confiscating  large quantities of such unregistered and highly hazardous products. Members of the public who are aware of the advertising or sale of unregistered prod ucts for cockroaches may send information to the Operations and Stewardship Man ager of CropLife SA (details below) who will trigger investigation with the DAIC Inspec torate. The cockroach outbreak does not warrant unlawful activities that pose a grave  risk to people’s health.   A fumigant in the form of an aerosol canister or fumigation tablet can provide a rapid  knockout of most adults and juvenile cockroaches, but consumers must follow safety  instructions by wearing a facial cover and evacuating the premises of all inhabitants for  the duration of the fumigation as stated on the labels. If the service of a pest control  operator is contracted, consumers must insist on proof of registration as a fumigation  pest control operator under the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and  Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947) – a registration certificate issued by  the Registrar of Act No. 36 of 1947 is the only valid certificate. Consumers must not  contract operators that have only undergone training and have not received a valid reg istration certificate from the office of the Registrar. Also check which pesticide is offered  to be used by the pest control operator and if the label does not indicate application for  indoor cockroach control, refrain from using the services of such an operator. Take  note that pure dichlorvos and aluminium phosphide may not be applied indoors due to  the high hazard and risk posed by these products. There are registered fumigants that  contain 12% or less dichlorvos that may be used, but strictly according to the safety  instructions on their labels.   Surface sprays that contain pyrethroids can be applied as a follow-up after fumigation,  especially under electrical appliances, basins and in drainpipe outlets. Take care to use  personal protective equipment such as rubber gloves, facial cover, long sleeves and  pants with long leggings. Do not apply any insecticide while people and pets are in doors; they should only re-enter when treated surfaces are dry.   Cockroach baits are highly effective and pose a very low risk to people and pets. Reg istered baits are available in ready-to-use bait stations or easy-to-apply syringes. Baits  should be applied (or bait stations placed out) where cockroaches are most likely to  forage at night, such as inside pantries or in the corners of kitchen counter tops. Place  bait stations out of view of children and pets. There are also glue traps available for  cockroaches and these can be used alongside baits and bait stations.  

21 April saw the launch of Sporting Chance Street Netball – a regional street netball  programme that will reach 768 girls under the age of 13, guiding them towards future  opportunities through the valuable lessons of sport.   GUEST:  BRAD BING - CEO of Sporting chance ●    Using sport as a tool for change ●    The selection process for the young ladies that take part in the program ●    The Netball World Cup takes place in July this year in South Africa (Cape Town); what is the impact this will make for the sport Street Netball’s inaugural centre pass will take place simultaneously on Friday the 21st  at 2pm across the Cape communities of Grassy Park, Elsies River, Mitchell's Plain,  Khayelitsha, Langa, Mfuleni, Ocean View and Nomzamo, and forms part of the City of  Cape Town’s Countdown to The Netball World Cup. Regional finals are then planned for Youth Day, 16 June, and the festival finale will take  place in the Fan Park next to the CTICC to coincide with the 2023 Vitality Netball World  Cup (VNWC).   Endorsed by the Cape Town Netball Federation and Netball South Africa, and con ceived and co-ordinated by Sporting Chance, a youth sports development organisation  based in Cape Town, the Street Netball programme teaches life skills through the  game of netball to children who need it most, where it is needed most - in communities  that are plagued by poverty and crime, and lacking in adequate facilities or structured  after-school activities.   “The street is the ideal venue for kids to come together and do something positive and  healthy,” says Brad Bing, managing director of Sporting Chance. “We need to take  back the streets from social evils in our communities – programmes like Street Netball  turn the streets into a stage where life lessons can be taught, friendships forged and  communities entertained.   Empowering Cape Town’s Girls With Life Skills Bing goes on to explain that a very important aspect of the Street Netball initiative is a  Life Skills programme that will run concurrently for eight weeks. “Emthonjeni Coun selling and Training, one of our supporting partners, will be working with the girls  across the eight Cape communities to equip them with essential life skills and empow erment knowledge to help them plan for their futures. Being healthy and keeping active  are added critical life skills taught by the programme and so necessary to keep building  a healthy South Africa.”   In addition to this, SA netball icon Phumza Maweni has come on board as an ambas sador for Street Netball. The Phumza Maweni Foundation, as supporting partners, will  also be assisting to identify netball players that display exceptional talent and flair and  will mentor and monitor their netball progress going forward. “And it isn’t only the children who will benefit from this programme - 16 local coaches  and a coordinator will be selected from each of the eight communities and these 136  adults will be empowered to make each Street Netball community programme their  own,” continues Bing. About the Street Netball Programme Rollout The Street Netball matches will hit the neighbourhood streets of Cape Town with  round-robin matches taking place in the eight different communities. Sixteen teams  of six players each are entered into each community league competing in an  adapted 5-a-side version of the conventional game. Weekly matches will be  played for eight weeks, followed by the regional finals on Friday 16 June, and  culminating in the festival finale which will coincide with the 2023 Vitality Netball  World Cup (VNWC) as part of the exciting line-up of events planned around this  international event.        

MOTORING ON JSB  GUEST: NICO SMIT                         09H10 FREEDOM MONTH   Wrapping Up Freedom Month with a space we all need to visit and learn  from. THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE in the Western Cape. 29 Years into  our democracy what are the lessons they are highlighting for us to learn  from our past and present?   GUEST: CALVYN GILFELLAN - CEO Castle Control Board   The theme for Freedom Day 2023 is Consolidating and Safeguarding  Democratic Gains and this year, the Castle of Good Hope, for centuries  associated with armed colonial conquest and apartheid oppression, will  again host a program in support of this appropriate theme.   After the Euphoria how do we safeguard the gains of our democracy • The work of the Castle of Good Hope Does reflecting on our History in any way help us make improved ac tions for the progress of our country South Africa in decades to come; how do you foresee future genera tions would see our decisions when they become the content of future museums How do we visit the Castle of Good Hope Calvyn Gilfellan, CEO of the Castle Control Board: Since the euphoria of  that memorable day almost 30 years ago, there has been a worrisome  decline in the voter outcome in South Africa since 1994. I sense that it is  primarily the youth who do not practise their constitutional right to vote.  There was also a considerable voter education drive pre-94, and not  much was done post the historic 27 April 1994. In light of these and  other disturbing trends in our body politic, the Castle is doing its bit by  hosting a dialogue to understand why the youth is not participating in this  pillar of our hard-fought freedom and democracy. Who is at fault? Who is  to blame? Did the promises of 1994 falter?   These are a few hard questions the youth will ask society and its democ ratic leadership. Youth Democratic Vote Dialogue, where learners and  youth, the Independent Electoral Commission, and others will debate the  importance of the vote and the reasons behind voter apathy.                                       09h20 JSBART     In earlier centuries, flowers were coveted status symbols, today they are traded global ly as a mass product. Currently, the flower is coming into focus as a fragile yet indis pensable component of our global eco-system. With objects from art, design, fashion  and natural science, Flowers Forever offers an elaborately staged tour through the cul tural history of flowers from antiquity to the present day.     GUEST: OWANTO – Visual Artist     The presentation comprises around one hundred and seventy works from international  collections as well as installations created especially for the exhibition. Important ex amples from the histories of art and design enter into a fruitful dialog with new artistic  approaches. The exhibition features works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, Abraham  Mignon, Barbara Regina Dietzsch, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Hannah Höch, Andreas  Gursky, Miguel Chevalier, Ann Carrington, Patricia Kaersenhout, Kehinde Wiley,  DRIFT, and many other artists. They all bring the multifaceted cultural history of flowers  to life in impressive ways.     MORE ABOUT THE GUEST:   Owanto is a multi-cultural Gabonese artist born in Paris, France. She was  raised in Libreville, Gabon, and later moved to Europe to study Philosophy, Lit erature and Languages at the Institut Catholic de Paris in Madrid, Spain.  Owanto’s multidisciplinary practice emerges from a 30-year ca reer where she explores a variety of media, including photog raphy, sculpture, painting, video, sound, installation and per formative works. A practice that enables her to engage with   consciousness through the notion of memory, both personal  and collective.  In 2009, Owanto represented the Republic of Gabon at the 53rd  Venice Biennale with a solo show entitled “The Lighthouse of  Memory – Go Nogé Mènè”, being the very first artist from   Central Africa to exhibit solo in a National Pavilion. Through   the use of archives and found documents her proposal traces  the past to shape the future, honouring the title “Go Nogé   Mènè” which means “building the future” in her mother   tongue. Central to her artistic proposal is the question “OÙ   ALLONS NOUS?” (Where Are We Going?). A poetic, om nipresent, important, fundamental and universal probe.  Owanto’s interest in memory leads her to construct new utopian  worlds while reflecting on the concepts of identity, transfor mation and evolution. As the daughter of a Gabonese mother  and French father, influenced by Africa, Europe, colonialism   and the earth, the artist explores cross-cultural and transhis torical dialogues. She seeks to interrogate the meaning of   existence and of her personal and shared history.  https://www.afronova.com/artists/owanto/             09:35 – JSB SESSIONS  GUEST: DUDU MAKHOBA – Jazz Musician Dudu started to sing in the choir and soon appreciated her  gift, her smooth, soft chocolate voice. Although Dudu as pired to study for and pursue a degree in Psychology, her  exposure to Jazz music created a deep burning passion  and fascination. Constantly developing her soulful jazz  voice Dudu then decided to complete her National Diploma  in Jazz and Popular music at Central Johannesburg Col lege (CJC). Through the years Dudu has performed for various crowds  in different spaces both nationally and internationally. 09h50 – KNOW YOUR WORLD SABC EDUCATION Today the kids were asked ….Have you ever heard about the bermuda triangle ? What are some of the things you've heard about it?    

JSBART     In earlier centuries, flowers were coveted status symbols, today they are traded global ly as a mass product. Currently, the flower is coming into focus as a fragile yet indis pensable component of our global eco-system. With objects from art, design, fashion  and natural science, Flowers Forever offers an elaborately staged tour through the cul tural history of flowers from antiquity to the present day.     GUEST: OWANTO – Visual Artist     The presentation comprises around one hundred and seventy works from international  collections as well as installations created especially for the exhibition. Important ex amples from the histories of art and design enter into a fruitful dialog with new artistic  approaches. The exhibition features works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, Abraham  Mignon, Barbara Regina Dietzsch, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Hannah Höch, Andreas  Gursky, Miguel Chevalier, Ann Carrington, Patricia Kaersenhout, Kehinde Wiley,  DRIFT, and many other artists. They all bring the multifaceted cultural history of flowers  to life in impressive ways.     MORE ABOUT THE GUEST:   Owanto is a multi-cultural Gabonese artist born in Paris, France. She was  raised in Libreville, Gabon, and later moved to Europe to study Philosophy, Lit erature and Languages at the Institut Catholic de Paris in Madrid, Spain.  Owanto’s multidisciplinary practice emerges from a 30-year ca reer where she explores a variety of media, including photog raphy, sculpture, painting, video, sound, installation and per formative works. A practice that enables her to engage with   consciousness through the notion of memory, both personal  and collective.  In 2009, Owanto represented the Republic of Gabon at the 53rd  Venice Biennale with a solo show entitled “The Lighthouse of  Memory – Go Nogé Mènè”, being the very first artist from   Central Africa to exhibit solo in a National Pavilion. Through   the use of archives and found documents her proposal traces  the past to shape the future, honouring the title “Go Nogé   Mènè” which means “building the future” in her mother   tongue. Central to her artistic proposal is the question “OÙ   ALLONS NOUS?” (Where Are We Going?). A poetic, om nipresent, important, fundamental and universal probe.  Owanto’s interest in memory leads her to construct new utopian  worlds while reflecting on the concepts of identity, transfor mation and evolution. As the daughter of a Gabonese mother  and French father, influenced by Africa, Europe, colonialism   and the earth, the artist explores cross-cultural and transhis torical dialogues. She seeks to interrogate the meaning of   existence and of her personal and shared history.  https://www.afronova.com/artists/owanto/

JSB SESSIONS  GUEST: DUDU MAKHOBA – Jazz Musician Dudu started to sing in the choir and soon appreciated her  gift, her smooth, soft chocolate voice. Although Dudu as pired to study for and pursue a degree in Psychology, her  exposure to Jazz music created a deep burning passion  and fascination. Constantly developing her soulful jazz  voice Dudu then decided to complete her National Diploma  in Jazz and Popular music at Central Johannesburg Col lege (CJC). Through the years Dudu has performed for various crowds  in different spaces both nationally and internationally.  

The Hobbit opened at the National Children’s Theatre on 16 April, directed by award-winning South African director Alan Swerdlow.

THEATRE    The Hobbit opened at the National Children’s Theatre on 16 April, directed by award-winning South African director Alan Swerdlow. The play is based on a 2019 adaption by Greg Banks for the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, USA   GUEST: ALAN SWERDLOW    The Hobbit brings fantasy fun to National Children’s TheatreThe show’s cast is led by Naledi award-winning actor, Gamelihle Bovana, and there are opportunities where actors invite the audience into the story, creating a shared experience for all stakeholders involved, and where something magical happens.Would you be interested in having an interview with Alan Swerdlow, National Children’s Theatre Director for Hobbit to share more information on the production? He could share more information such as:- Tell us a bit more about the production, what inspired the play?- Tell characters in the play?- The importance of children being exposed to plays/theatre at an early age? - The importance of keeping art/culture/Theatre industry alive in SA?  Sustainable furniture   DIYgirls is a full-service interior design company located in Johannesburg. They design functional and aspirational interiors. Their solutions are tailored to the unique style and needs of their clients, with a focus on sustainability.  Vinette believes that beautiful design should not come at the expense of our planet. DIYgirls take pride in their commitment to ethical and environmentally conscious production. Vinette shares her insights and experiences at the back of International Earth Day.     GUEST: Vinette Diab Nicholls – Owner of DIYgirls   As a pioneer in eco-friendly and sustainable design projects, Vinette discusses the importance of environmentally friendly materials and ethical production processes in the furniture industry. Vinette can speak to the following interview subjects and talking points:   • The importance of sustainability in the furniture and interior design industry. • The benefits of using recycled plastic waste in furniture production. • The need for a global commitment to ethical and environmentally conscious production. • How to ensure you use fabrics that are green, eco-friendly, and internationally compliant when decorating your home. • The demand for eco-friendly and sustainable design projects.   ABOUT Owner DIYgirls   Their in-house workshop and sewing room allow them to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing, by crafting bespoke decorative accessories, window treatments and furniture that is equal in quality and durability. By doing so, they are then able to offer clients flexibility in terms of the style, size and colour of their furniture and soft furnishings.   Whether it’s a quick bedroom refresh or a new design for a larger interior, much of our trade stems from repeat clients and direct referrals.            

    CLUE: Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the site is home to the largest concentration of human ancestral remains anywhere in the world. Where are we today?    ANSWER: THE CRADLE OF HUMAN KIND  The Cradle of Humankind is one of 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa.  It lies about 50km north-west of Johannesburg, One of the first major discoveries here was that of 'Mrs Ples', a pre-human skull dating back more than 2-million years (Australopithecus Africanus) that was unearthed by Professor Robert Broom and his assistant, John Robinson, in 1947.    REVIVING TOURISM POST THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ERA  In tourism news this week MEC of Economic Development Tasneem Motara  celebrated a massive injection of Gauteng tourism revenue of R52 Billion in 2022, as she toured local attractions in the West Rand   GUEST: STHEMBISO DLAMINI - Gauteng Tourism Authority CEO   1.      Does this mean tourism is back in business after the covid-19 lockdown? 2.      How has small business recovered and now you are faced with loadshedding?  3.      Your experience of the cradle of humankind heritage site and as one of the main destination attractions in Gauteng?  4.      Your top 3 go to places in Gauteng?   Here the landscape is dotted with subterranean limestone caves that have turned up a rich fossil record for human evolutionary studies. These findings have led to the 'Out of Africa' theory, theorising that most human ancestors originated from one general spot… Africa. It’s here where you get to see history in the flesh, or should we say bone. Tens of thousands of visitors from across the world come here to see first-hand the fossil record that lies in the network of limestone caves beneath the surface. Explore the Sterkfontein Caves, Swartkrans and Kromdraai, among other fossil sites, and discover the story of what the world was like when our human ancestors were evolving some 2 to 3 million years ago. At the Sterkfontein Caves alone, the remains of more than 500 Hominids (the Hominid family includes modern-day humans and their direct ancestors) have been uncovered. This not only led to the area being declared a World Heritage Site in 1999 but has also helped to prove the ‘Out of Africa’ theory, which is that humans and their ancestors evolved in Africa and then spread out to the rest of the world over time. Fossils were first unearthed here in the 1890s when the caves were blasted open for lime needed for the extraction of gold discovered on the Witwatersrand in 1886. But it was only from the 1930s that serious scientific work started to take place.       

10 of South Africa’s top chefs  the Strydkraal(Limpopo) small farmers, Harvesting Heritage, SocioTech, Nederburg Wines and the South African Chefs Association have teamed up to create a new and unique cooking competition.    GUEST: CHEF ANDILE SOMDAKA  GUEST: MAZOLA MAGWAZA - Sommelier    When, where?  Date:      Saturday, 27 May 2023 Time:     12:00 until 17:00 Venue:   Brooklyn Bridge, 570 Fehrsen St, Brooklyn, Pretoria Booking link:https://qkt.io/A7dhaV   How does the competition on 27 May work? Chefs and farmers who grow indigenous and heritage crops working together:  Ten of South Africa’s top chefs have had multiple meetings with a community of small farmers in the village of Strydkraal Limpopo. The farmers grow heritage and indigenous crops and breed Nguni heritage cattle.  The rules of the competition say that the chefs must use Nguni beef and traditional vegetables to create delicious and innovative dishes.  What sorts of ingredients will be used? The chefs may use any indigenous and/ or heritage ingredients that the Strydkraal farmers can produce. Examples of possible ingredients include morogo (such as thepe, leroto, morogo wadinawa etc), gourds such as lerotse and beans such as ditlou(also known as Bambara nuts and jugo beans).  What sort of food will there be? New African Cuisine The idea is for chefs to take traditional ingredients and reconfigure them in modern ways. The use of ingredients must be authentic and respectful but also exciting and innovative. Expect New African Cuisine at its finest.    How can listeners taste this exciting, innovative food?  There are only 240 tickets for the food. These tickets cost R895 a head. For this ticket price diners get 7 plates plus wine.  Those who don’t want/ cant afford to pay R895 can visit the event, watch the chefs cook and savour similar but less fancy food made using traditional ingredients at food stalls.   What is Sommelier Magwaza doing?  Multi award winning sommelier Moses Magwaza is presenting indigenous food and wine pairing master class sessions at the event at a cost of R250 per person.     More details @harvestingheritage   Participating chefs  Andile Somdaka Lance Williamson Wandile Mabaso Absalom Kotsokoane Mzwandile (Hector) Mnyayisa Themba Chauke Nhlanhla Masango Tshepiso Ramatlhodi Napo Ramaili Sizwe Cebekhulu Participating sommelier:  Moses Magwaza              

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THE MUFFINZ  Known for their soulful live performances, renowned South African group, The Muffinz, are set to deliver a  performance at Theatre of Marcellus stage at Emperors Palace on the 3rd of June.   GUEST: GREGORY MABUSELA  GUEST: SIFISO BUTHELEZI  The Muffinz have been making waves in the music scene since their formation in 2010, and have since released two critically acclaimed albums, Have You Heard and Do What You Love, which have garnered them widespread recognition and multiple awards and nominations.Ask each member of the band how they define their music, and the responses are as varied as their personalities.  From Sifiso Buthelezi’s “liberated afro retro” to Simphiwe Kulla’s “eclectic soul trip”, even though their music has grown and developed through the years, the music remains the familiar blend of jazz and soulful melodies with an African twist.The Muffinz are known for their live performances and this show promises to be no exception.  “We’re excited to be celebrating over a decade of music and we’ll be showcasing all the favourites that have made us a household name in South Africa as well as some of our favourite South African cover songs.  Fans can definitely expect tracks like Umsebenzi Wendoda, Soundcheck and Ghetto as well as take a trip down memory lane with Hugh Masakela’s Marketplace,” shares the group.The audience will also be treated to a special live performance of their latest single, You’re the One, featuring the brilliant pianist/singer Liysakha Tyhoba from the Eastern Cape.  The Theatre of Marcellus is the perfect venue for this spectacular event, with its elegant and grand ambiance and this show is not to be missed.  Tickets are now available at Ticketpro: (https://bit.ly/3GRmrTf). #TheMuffinzLive                 Today is Earth day, and it's being celebrated under the theme "Invest in our planet" How can we celebrate and invest in our planet as children?                                    

Are You a Tea or Coffee Person? What gets you ready for your morning?  Who has Won The JSB TEA VS COFFEE BATTLE    STUDY REVEALS WHAT YOUR MORNING BEVERAGE SAYS ABOUT YOU   Millions of South Africans reach for a cup of tea or coffee each morning. Ever wonder why you favour one beverage in particular?    According to a study conducted by international market research agency, OnePoll, your morning cuppa says a lot about who you are. Researchers found significant personality differences among the 2 000 Americans they examined based on their morning beverage of choice.   GUEST: ADELE DU TOIT - Spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council    What will it be – coffee or tea? Contrary to popular belief, researchers found coffee drinkers to be more introverted and creative than tea drinkers, who describe themselves as extroverts that enjoy social interaction and crave adventure. Seventy five percent of coffee and tea drinkers have their first cuppa before 08h00 and it’s often on-the-go – taking their morning bevvy with them as they battle the traffic, school drop offs and the like. When it comes to entertainment, tea fans enjoy watching “Friends”, “The Big Bang Theory” and “The Walking Dead”, while most coffee afficionados prefer “Seinfeld”, “The Office” and “Grey’s Anatomy”. Taste in music also vary. Those who favour coffee listen to jazz, blues, punk and rock in contrast to tea lovers who prefer a combination of classical, country, pop, hip hop and rap. Both love pets, but on the whole, coffee drinkers prefer the companionship of a dog, while tea drinkers are fonder of cats. When asked about why they prefer coffee or tea, 41% of coffee drinkers said they can’t start their day without coffee as they rely on a decent dose of caffeine to get them going first thing in the morning. They like the buzz coffee gives them, which supports their fast-paced, always on-the-go lifestyle. Thirty seven percent of tea drinkers chose tea for the exact opposite reason – stating too much caffeine as a turnoff. They also tend to appreciate living in the moment and are more reflective by nature. Adele du Toit, spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council (SARC) says several studies over the years have yielded similar results, so there must be some truth to it. “Other studies concur that coffee drinkers tend to be ‘morning’ people compared to tea drinkers who describe themselves as night owls. Cleanliness and orderliness are a lot more important to tea drinkers than their coffee drinking peers, who often self-identify as ‘messy’.  “Sleep seems to elude coffee drinkers with many describing themselves as light sleepers – either waking up at the slightest noise or blaming it on racing thoughts that keep them up at night, whereas most tea drinkers (57%) say they generally sleep well.” Du Toit says while most teas contain less caffeine than coffee, herbal tisanes like Rooibos are completely caffeine-free and has been proven to alleviate stress and anxiety, aiding in a good night’s rest.  “The combination of antioxidants in Rooibos lowers cortisol (stress hormone) in the body. The higher the level of cortisol, the greater the likelihood of interrupted sleep.” The OnePoll study refers to coffee drinkers being addicted to caffeine with another report citing almost half (49%) of coffee drinkers saying they’d rather give up their cellphone for a month than go without coffee. The same can’t be said for tea drinkers as addiction isn’t a problem. “Caffeine is a stimulant that keeps you awake, so it’s best to limit these beverages to the morning. With Rooibos, the opposite is true. The more you drink, the better you will sleep.”             

WORD DOMINATION    The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), in collaboration with the National Reading Collaboration (NRC), is celebrating World Book Day today by organizing a series of reading dialogues from 23 April 2023 to 23 May 2023.   GUEST:  GODWIN KHOSA - CEO The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)   About the work of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)? About the collaboration with the National Reading Collaboration (NRC), a series of reading dialogues? The  resources and guidelines that will be shared with parents and community stakeholders? Who can participate and Where to get more information?  These dialogues will take place in four provinces: Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, and Northern Cape. The primary objectives of these dialogues are to assist communities in improving their reading practices at home and to encourage reading for pleasure activities in primary schools. At the conclusion of each dialogue, resources and guidelines on reading will be shared with parents and community stakeholders. World Book Day is an internationally recognised event organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote the importance of reading, publishing, and copyright. This year's celebration draws attention to the need for increased access to books and other reading materials worldwide. As the world marks World Book Day, the NECT has made a greater call for parents to help bridge the gaps at home by encouraging reading at home and helping learners access as much of the publicly available reading resources as possible, more so resources available in their mother tongue. Many children are still facing challenges when it comes to reading, particularly in terms of comprehension among Grade 4 learners, the need for a culture of reading cannot be overstated. The NECT would like an opportunity to talk to you about the activities on World Book Day and reading programmes that they currently have in place to assist children with reading.                

Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognise the magical power of books - a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures.   GUEST: Ofentse Molefe – Assistant Principal at Spark Randburg High   Talking points: ·         Social benefits of reading? ·         Why reading is crucial for childrens development ·         Reading as a family and how it helps children build confidence at school   What is World Book Day?   World Book Day is an annual celebration of all things literature. It's a day to reflect on our enjoyment of books and reading, across all generations. The day was set up in 1995, to encourage everyone to read more, and discover the magical worlds that books can offer. World Book Day encourages children to read more of their favourite books. It's a UNSECO initiative, and international organisations from the three major sectors of the book industry - publishers, booksellers and libraries, are all involved in spreading the word. When is World Book Day? World Book Day takes place every year on 23 April in South Africa and across most of the world. This date is significant because three of the world's most well-known authors all died on this date. They were William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.  How can I celebrate World Book Day with my class? World Book Day is a great opportunity to theme your day of teaching around all things books! You could ask children of all ages to bring their favourite book to school with them and tell the class a bit about why they like it so much. No matter what Phase you teach, there are tons of creative ways to work World Book Day into the classroom. How about making the day a fancy dress occasion? Encourage your class to come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book.  Which resources can I use to mark World Book Day? Twinkl has lots of fun and engaging resources that you can use with your children to celebrate World Book Day. Foundation Phase children will love this Junior World Book Day quiz PowerPoint - simply download it and present it to your class in a few simple clicks! It features interactive multiple-choice questions for you to work through as a class, all about books that this age group will be familiar with.  Intermediate and Senior Phase learners will enjoy this quiz featuring questions on books such as 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Charlotte's Web' and of course the hugely popular 'Harry Potter' series.  Jaco Jacobs-themed World Book Day resources! Twinkl had the pleasure of interviewing Jaco Jacobs, one of South Africa's most well-known and well-loved children's authors. He creates fantastic literature for all ages, from picture books right up to teen fiction. We have put together a selection of resources themed around Jaco's work, to help you build a World Book Day lesson focussing on home-grown talent. We've got book review templates, book cover creation resources, a word search and lots more for you to dive into! You can find all of these fantastic resources in our Jaco Jacobs category. These resources are suitable for older Intermediate Phase and Senior Phase classes.  

Zazen Respite Care is a palliative care offering in Gauteng; Dr. Jodi Wishnia a public health specialist with a passion to improve the health system. Zazen is set to open an inpatient care facility for those at the end of life. This morning we talk "Why we need access to palliative care"    GUEST: DR. JODI WISHNIA - Public Health Specialist   For now, we are providing outreach services to insured patients at home and uninsured patients in one public hospital in Gauteng. Zazen will be a hub for palliative care research and provides an innovative financing model to ensure access for all who need it, irrespective of their ability to afford it. This is aligned to South Africa's social solidarity principles in its coming National Health Insurance.“Why We Need Access to Palliative Care” —About palliative Care and why we need more inpatient care units? —Take us through the journey of preparing for the end of life?—Tell us about the work of Zazen Respite Care?—You have found a home? —You are fundraising to build the centre, what will it take to make this mission come to life and how can people contribute ? —Where do we reach you  Get in touch: jodiwishnia@zazenrespite.org   ABOUT DR. JODI  I am passionate about improving the South African health system. For the past 10 years, my impact on the health system has largely been through helping to create evidence for decision making and strengthening financial management practices in the pursuit of quality health care. From 2023, I am focusing on contributing to our health system through the expansion of palliative care services for all those who need it. This will entail the building and development of an inpatient palliative care centre in Johannesburg, called Zazen Respite Care. Follow my progress here as we try to improve access to this often overlooked and underfunded part of the care continuum: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zazen-respite-care/    

COMMUNITY    It’s the 2023 67 Blankets Local Blankets is Lekka tour across the country!   GUEST: CAROLYN STEYN - Founder of 67 Blankets    Take us back to 2014 at the beginning of "nitwits for Madiba"?  This year you are taking the 67 Blankets movement to 8 areas around the country, you kicked off in Cape Town yesterday?   The impact you believe 67 Blankets has made over the years?  South Africa is faced with many social challenges, your thoughts on how we can each play our part in contributing to the larger community?   This year Local is Lekka for 67 Blankets. Since the inception of 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day in January 2014 “KnitWits for Madiba” have been knitting squares, making blankets and involving fellow South Africans ahead of their many events, wrapping up South Africans in the warmth of this project. However every year the 67 Blankets ambassadors and volunteers pack up the enormous contributions and send them off for the annual big record-breaking reveals.   This year there will be eight big reveals with a 67 Blankets team travelling around the country on the Local Blankets is Lekka tour! In every region local ambassadors are galvanising their ‘KnitWits’ to bring in their squares, their blankets and their love in what is to be a celebration of community, open-hearted giving and the desire to make a positive difference.   In the spirit of light competition every 67 Blankets ambassador and ‘KnitWit’ community is pulling out all the stops to amass a big, beautiful display of blankets that highlights the hard work and commitment of local volunteers.   Visitors can enjoy the display of blankets, local entertainers and musicians and good food and drink. If you are slow off the mark and haven’t yet got knitting or crocheting for this good cause, there will be many people, needles in hand, to help you start your first square and even blanket. Or even better why not join a group in your area that is already meeting to work those needles and hooks.   Kicking off on 22 April in Cape Town,  a 67 Blankets team will visit eight different cities and towns over the next two months. Every stop will be a showcase of hope and the power of the possibility. Following the events, all blankets will be collected and distributed to those in need, through the 67 Blankets partnerships.   “I am really excited about the Local Blankets is Lekka tour. Our ambassadors are the heart and soul that keep 67 Blankets turning and this tour is going to be a wonderful way to celebrate their unwavering commitment to the project. I am really looking forward to meeting our extended 67 Blankets family in their home towns and seeing what they have been able to achieve over the last year. It is all going to be a huge surprise”, says Carolyn Steyn founder of 67 Blankets.   Local Blankets is Lekka Dates and Venues:   Cape Town: April 22, 2023 - 11am at the Hellenic Club, Bay Road, Mouille Point. Mossel Bay: May 13th, 2023 - 10am at the Mossel Bay Town Hall. Bloemfontein: May 20, 2023 - 11am at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum. Daantjie: May 26, 2023 – 1pm Mtfophi Primary School White River: May 27, 2023 - All blankets handed in at the Sabie Valley Coffee Shop, Casterbridge. Johannesburg: June 3, 2023 - 11am at Jeppe High School for Girls. Durban: June 10, 2023 - 11am at the Holy Family College, Glenmore. Gqeberha: June 15, 2023 - 9am at the Theodor Herzl High School.   Website: 67blankets.co.za Facebook: 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day (South Africa) Twitter: @67blankets IG: 67blankets

World creativity and innovation day was on Friday the 21 April – The day promotes the importance of creativity and innovation on the continent South Africa's Innotivity Institute is leading celebrations in Africa and beyond, speaking at events in South Africa, Nigeria, Ukraine, and the US.   Michael Lee – FOUNDER OF Innotivity   The Innotivity Institute’s programs of creativity and innovation training, coaching, consulting and mindset makeovers help coaches, teams, and leaders master the future of work.Creativity and innovation are the most important skills in business today – LinkedIn, the World Economic Forum, Forbes, IBM and many other sources say it.But 98% of adults have lost access to the creative genius we were born with. That poses a challenge.   SONGS:     GUESTS: 1.      Rapelang Rabana – Founder of Rekindle Learning 2.      Tu Nokwe – tbc       MORE INFO ABOUT THE GUESTS THOUGHTS ON INNOVATION:   Here’s the bad news: 98% of adults have lost access to the creativity they were born with. And so our ability to shift to meet all these changes has been radically compromised. Worse, we are currently in the fastest period of change in human history and it’s only getting faster. An unstable economy, unpredictable customer expectations, and the need to reskill talent constantly are just a few of the many challenges to profit and productivity.This requires company leaders to be agile, to continuously learn and improve, and to ensure their employees do the same. The good news is we can re-access the full extent of our natural creativity and innovation abilities to help our businesses thrive no matter what changes are thrown at us.Having a powerful innovation mindset maximizes our adaptability, shores up our resilience, and empowers our ability to deal with the stress of uncertainty. In fact, increasing the innovation mindset of your people can help you solve almost any issue you are facing.  This is why IBM says creativity is the most important determinant of success.  It’s also why 7 of the 10 World Economic Forum skills for 2025 are related to creativity and innovation thinking. Now you might ask WHY we’ve lost our natural innovation abilities.  It boils down to this: if a child had the mind of an adult she would never learn to walk. She would fall down a few times and think, this really isn’t ME. I’m good at crawling and sucking my thumb, but not this walking thing. We human beings get attached to how we see ourselves and the world. This messes up our creative thinking. We talk about thinking out of the box but in fact how we think is entirely INTO boxes, judging things quickly according to our existing perceptions and beliefs. This is why your employees struggle to innovate.Now here is the VERY good news: since we were all born highly innovative, we can get this ability back.The key is to innovate the people first, not the systems. We offer innovation mindset training that helps leaders and teams become more flexible in their thinking.Working with us, you will empower your employees to be quick on their feet to cause breakthrough results.We also offer assessments of the cutting edge Adaptability Quotient to help you understand exactly how to help your employees grow their adaptability even after the training.What, you might wonder, is Innotivity? Let’s have a chat and we’ll tell you more about the meaning of this unusual word, and how it can help your company.                          

Guest: Hlubi Shivhanda, Operations Samsung Electronics Officer Manager  SAMSUNG – Earth Day Showcase the Samsung brand’s commitment to the environment and how we envision a world where technology can exist together with people to preserve this planet for our future generations. Opening Billboard Script: Earth Day is a globally recognised day commemorated on 22 April annually – a stark reminder that everyone has the responsibility to protect our planet and a perfect moment for all of us to demonstrate our support to the environment.   Samsung continues building on our environmental strategy “Everyday Sustainability” – a sustainability vision for the brand focused on creating sustainable products for our customers and how these can be designed to benefit the environment.   As technology driven company, Samsung is committed to implementing innovative, energy saving technologies in home appliance, mobile and consumer electronics products — with the goal of lowering power consumption levels by an average of 30 percent by 2030 compared to like products released in 2019.   Closing Billboard Script: Samsung firmly believes that the brand’s competitiveness and sustainable growth goes hand-in-hand with harnessing its technological solutions to preserve the environment and contribute to building a better world.   Also, as a business, Samsung is well aware of the fact that consumers now want to live more sustainably, but they do not think that a climate-friendly lifestyle is easy   Keep up to date with Samsung’s sustainability efforts across the brand’s product on: Twitter: @SamsungMobileSA Facebook: @SamsungMobileSA Instagram: samsungsa Samsung’s Newsroom: www.samsung

WORD DOMINATION Where I Fit is the story of a little puzzle piece who can't quite figure out where she fits in. Come along and learn with her the importance of being unique and special and how it takes all of us to create a colourful, beautiful world. It is written and illustrated by the young 6 year old author herself   GUEST: HALLELUJAH KHUMALO - Author and Illustrator  “Where I Fit” (INSTUDIO) When and why did you decide to write a book? How did you decide on the title “Where I Fit” and what is the story you wanted to tell? Do you enjoy drawing; tell us about the illustration in the book? How do you feel now that you have a book that has your name on it? Please read a few pages from the book? What would you like for all the children of South Africa and the world to learn from your book? Where can we buy the book? Written by a 6 year old, Where I Fit tells the story of fitting in whilst celebrating one's individual quirks and differences, from a unique and authentic child's perspective. @WHEREIFITBYHALLELUJAH on Social Media        

THOUGHTLEADERS: International relocation 101 - would you ever consider moving to another country, what would be the necessary considerations and possible challenges? GUEST: IAN PETTEY - MD Africa at Crown Relocations Moving to a new country can be both exciting and overwhelming, one of the most stress-inducing aspects of emigrating can be packing up your home. An international move requires far more planning and preparation than a domestic move including the decision around which relocation service provider you can use to transport your prized possessions to a new country. This article unpacks the details of packing to emigrate. Central to ensuring you make the most cost-effective choices for your international move is how you will package and transport your possessions to your new home. How do you decide between taking a cube or a full container load (FCL) which refers to 20-foot container (6m long) or 40-foot container (12m long)? Both have their advantages and disadvantages, in this article, we will focus on the benefits of a cube. Size counts when emigrating Once you know which country you are moving to start researching the size of homes in your destination country. South African homes tend to be a lot larger than homes in Europe for example, so that six-seater L-shaped sofa and your 600-litre double door fridge are likely to be too big to fit into a standard home abroad eliminating the need for shipping your entire household. A cube or groupage is the perfect fit if you have decided not to take all your household possessions. Essentially, you will be sharing a container with other people moving to similar international locations using your relocation service provider (each customer’s possessions are packed into separate cubes which are clearly market). Consolidating several customers’ cubes into one shipping container, means you pay only for the volume you need - far cheaper than airfreight or a direct LCL (less-than-container load service) but with the same level of service, convenience, and security as a FCL. Cost efficiency Most corporates offer a moving allowance which emigrants need to use to cover air fares, removal costs, housing etc. One of the biggest advantages of using a cube is that it is often more cost-effective than using a container. When you use a container, you are essentially renting the entire container, regardless of how much space you use. This can be expensive, especially if you are not transporting a large volume of belongings. A cube, on the other hand, is usually smaller and more customizable, allowing you to pay only for the space you need. It is also important to carry out a replacement costing exercise in terms of buying new furniture when you arrive versus taking some of your signature pieces and appliances. This will ensure you don’t ship items unnecessarily. Embrace technology Technology has made getting a quote for your international move simple, and convenient. It can be as simple as booking a consultative video call and showing the consultant the items you want to move as you walk through your home. Within a few days, you will receive a tailored service proposal which is far quicker and more flexible than a traditional in-home consultation, but you still enjoy all the benefits of getting support from a relocation consultant.       Packing up This will likely come as a relief to most people, for insurance purposes your relocation service provider will have to pack all of these items and load them into the container for you. Not only does this mean one less action on your (very long) to-do list, but it also means customs clearance in your country of destination will go smoothly too. Once the cube is packed, it can be transported directly to the port for loading onto the ship, eliminating the need for additional transportation. Essential Tips for Packing a Container for International Move Research your new country's customs regulations: Different countries have different customs regulations when it comes to importing goods. Before you start packing, research what you can and cannot bring into your new country. Some countries may have restrictions on certain items such as food, plants, or electronics. Declutter before you pack: Get rid of any items you haven't used or worn in the last six months. This will not only help you with the moving process but also allow you and your family to process the fact that you are moving. It’s difficult to declutter with small children, so do it when the time is right. Decluttering will help you arrive in your new country organized and with only the items you need and cherish. Label boxes and make lists of contents: There is nothing worse than not being able to find that one particular item you need urgently when you are unpacking. Creating a system of numbering the boxes then listing all the contents in a document which you can refer to once you start unpacking will make a massive difference in getting organised on the other side. Don't bring appliances: Most appliances won’t be compatible with the voltage output in your new country or may be too large. Give them away or sell them, but don’t bring them. In some countries rental properties include all electrical appliances. Bring your own linen: Bring the linen you have and love but note that the sizing differs in different countries. If you plan to buy new duvets in your new country, your current duvet covers will not fit correctly. It’s also common to buy sheet sets instead of duvets in some countries. Hindsight is 20/20 vision: Seek the the advice of people who have moved to the country you have chosen to settle in. They will be able to tell you exactly what to take and what not to take. Research, being organised and well-prepared are the keys to a less stressful international move; but hiring a professional moving company with the expertise and resources that specialises in international moves ensures that your belongings arrive safely at your new home. With the right mindset and preparation, moving to a new country can be the adventure of a lifetime.     Crown Relocations https://www.crownrelo.com/south-africa/en-za  

GUEST: ADVOCATE PAUL HOFFMAN – Director Accountability NOW  THOUGHTLEADERS Fighting corruption: Why we need an ombud for whistle-blowers now (Opinion piece written in the Daily Maverick) by Advocate Paull Hoffman   Retired judges in South Africa are often referred to as part of the national treasure of the country. Long and distinguished careers in the service of the public by dispensing justice impartially and without fear, favour or prejudice make them so. They reach retirement age at the height of their powers and are sought after in the chairing of arbitrations, commissions of inquiry and other activities suitable to their lofty status. Whistle-blowers are also part of the national treasure of the land.  They are the lifeblood of the anti-corruption efforts so sorely needed in this time of kleptocracy, state capture and grand corruption. Without their testimony the criminal justice administration is hamstrung in its investigation and prosecution of crimes of greed committed by those who illicitly divert public funds for their own private gain.  But instead of being honoured and respected, whistle-blowers find themselves reviled, impoverished, unemployed, ill and isolated. They are regarded as “impimpis” by far too many people who should know better. Others who have written at length about the need to protect whistle-blowers, about the inadequacy of the existing laws and about the urgent need to change the system to better protect those who take the risks inherent in blowing the whistle on wrongdoing are all correct to highlight the plight of those brave individuals who nevertheless raise their heads above the parapet.  https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-04-10-fighting-corruption-why-we-need-an-ombud-for-whistle-blowers-now/ Others who have written at length about the need to protect whistle-blowers, about the inadequacy of the existing laws and about the urgent need to change the system to better protect those who take the risks inherent in blowing the whistle on wrongdoing are all correct to highlight the plight of those brave individuals who nevertheless raise their heads above the parapet.  There is remedial legislation in the pipeline, but the process is too slow to bring immediate relief. The GIBS “white paper” on whistle-blowing is an example of the type of effort expended to alleviate the current plight of whistle-blowers. A petition calling on President Ramaphosa to prioritise action to protect whistle-blowers has been signed by more than 25,000 people. One “workaround” solution immediately available at minimal cost and with maximum impact is the notion of having an ombud for whistle-blowers. An official who is approachable in confidence by those contemplating whistle-blowing who can help and guide them either toward officially sanctioned protection or to keep their identities secret from those involved in the malfeasance in question. The ideal group from which to draw the ombud personnel is from the ranks of retired judges. They are all already on the payroll of the state because judges are appointed for life. The work of an ombud, duly supported by a secretariat, is not of an unnecessarily onerous nature to those with the qualifications and knowledge of the law that our retired judges have accumulated in the course of their careers.  Initially one ombud at the seat of each High Court and a chief ombud presiding over the structure of the “Office for the Ombud for Whistle-blowers” should provide welcome relief to our beleaguered whistle-blowers. There are manifest opportunities for rotating personnel so that the burden of work for the ombud is not borne on too few shoulders. There is precedent for this type of solution to the problems of whistle-blowers in SA. The state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany has just such an office, occupied by a retired police official.   

GUEST: BOITUMELO KEETSE - Founder of the Bohlale Ba Rena Foundation COMMUNITY: Helping children with autism to lead happy and fulfilling lives: Gauteng-based Bohlale Ba Rena Foundation to hold a Gala Dinner to mark Autism Month and raise funds for the Thulasizwe Autism School     World Autism Awareness Month is celebrated worldwide in April every year and is dedicated to raising awareness and sharing insights about this complex neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and engage with other people. While the incidence of autism is on the rise in countries around the world, it has been called a quiet health crisis as it does not receive nearly as much attention as physical illnesses like diabetes and cancer. Yet, with the right support, both children and adults on the autism spectrum can lead happy and fulfilling lives.    To put the condition into perspective, recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US indicates that approximately 1 out of every 44 children (around 2%) in that country have been identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). And, although similar data is not available in South Africa, experts in the field estimate that local prevalence broadly tracks that in the US. Children from low-income homes are, however, disproportionately affected as these households have little or no access to information, specialised medical facilities or treatment.    “This represents not only a major gap in our healthcare system, but also a lost opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children with ASD,” says Florence Dzedzemane head teacher at the Thulasizwe Autism School in Orlando West, Soweto. “And, needless to say, one of the greatest challenges we face is raising the funding necessary to provide the kind of specialised services they need in order to develop their potential and participate in family and social life.”       Raising a child with ASD is not easy for parents, she says, especially as children with the disorder often have difficulty in conveying meaning through speech or by using non-verbal cues. This can make communication very difficult because the child might not understand the need to reciprocate when the parent has said something or, indeed, might not know how to do that. These problems are frequently exacerbated by a lack of social understanding so it is Thulasizwe’s mission is to offer children and families a range of interventions to help them deal with ASD collectively as a family.    As part of its annual fundraising programme, Bohale Ba Rena (BBR) and Sandton-based law firm, Kekana Hlatswayo Radebe Attorneys (KHR), will be hosting a Gala Dinner to mark Autism Month and to raise funds for Thulasizwe . The dinner will be held on Wednesday, 26 April 2023 at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton and BBR is inviting supporters to purchase corporate tickets for the event.      “Many children with ASD have special educational needs and, until very recently, there were only nine autism-specific public schools in South Africa,” says Boitumelo Keetse, the founder of the Bohlale Ba Rena Foundation    While government opened an additional 18 autism-specific schools in 2018, they generally have long waiting lists, which means that many children with ASD do not have access to educational facilities that can cater to their needs.    “That’s why we’ve partnered with KHR to assist Thulasizwe,” she says. “The school offers specialised educational services for children with ASD and caters for the early childhood phase, the foundation phase and the senior phase as well as offering vocational training.”    With government under pressure to provide both general and specialised services for millions of children in underprivileged communities, it is critical for civil society to play an active role in supporting institutions like Thulasizwe.  “People with ASD need special skills to be able to navigate the social world and to lead happy and productive lives,” says Sophie Thabang ‘Peppy’ Kekana, KHR’s Managing Director.      

GUEST: Nakhane Nakhane – Standing in the way Nakhane – You’ve got me Nakhane – If you were to complain  

GUEST: CHRISÉL ATTEWELL – Visual Artist    Attewell invites the public to explore a fictional landscape created in the gallery space, where she contemplates the possible futures of the Cape landscape as predicted by scientists at the start of the Anthropocene era. The exhibition highlights the global concern of climate change, which has been brought on by humanity's negative impact on the planet's ecosystems, resulting in melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and an increased risk of desertification.   The weather report promised RAIN is an exhibition based on the artist's own walks through the local terrain, with the aim to reveal insights into the often implicit, yet deeply meaningful, relationship between self and the landscape.   Chrisél's work questions how we can engage with our landscapes differently to bring about partial healing. By suggesting practices of wayfaring and 'polite curiosity', Attewell invites us to look closer, to engage more, and to consider more carefully the shape and depth of the footprints we leave behind. The exhibition offers a platform for contemplation and reflection on our relationship with the environment, and the impact of our actions on the planet's ecosystems. The exhibition also emphasizes the importance of artists in raising awareness and provoking conversations about climate change. Through her exploration of the Cape landscape, Attewell presents an alternative perspective on how we can engage with our environment, urging us to take more responsibility for our actions and the impact they have on the planet's ecosystems.   The Weather Report Promised Rain is a timely exhibition that encourages us to consider the future of the planet's ecosystems and how we can work towards creating a more sustainable future.    https://bermancontemporary.com/exhibitions-the-weather-report-promised-rain/      

GUEST:  MAMA HILDA TLOUBATLA - Member of the Mahotella Queens JSB SESSION HE AFRICAN JAZZ PIONEERS & THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS LIVE AT THE MARKET THEATRE Two of South Africa’s most enduring and well-loved groups have teamed up for a new album which will be launched with a series of concerts. The album will be launched 5 May 2023.       Their new album Hello Hello “A Forty Year Anniversary”, will be released 5 May on all digital platforms. Incredible as it may seem, the album brings together these two iconic South African groups for the very first time. The album, produced by Dan Chiorboli and two-time Grammy Award winner John Lindemann, includes a mix of reworked old favorites and new songs recorded in a contemporary style which preserves the groups’ traditional identities and retains the soul and emotion of both groups’ originality.   The album will be followed up by three live concerts at The Market Theatre, a venue that has been closely associated with both groups during their long and illustrious careers. The Market Theatre concerts take place in May (Friday 5 & Saturday 6 at 7.30 pm and Sunday 7 at 3pm). Tickets are R150 pp to make block bookings and discounts please contact Anthony Ezeoke 011 832 1641ext 203/ 083 246 4950. Background The African Jazz Pioneers celebrate their 40 th Anniversary as a group in 2023 and have provided the musical tapestry for the South African liberation movement over the last forty years. The late Ntemi Piliso, leader and founding member, nourished the group from their humble roots to their current international acclaim. In the early 1950s, Ntemi and his “Alexandra All-Star Band” were at the cutting edge of South Africa’s proud music scene, blending American urban big band  style with traditional Majuba and Marabi music influences. It seems incredible that the background to the African Jazz Pioneers stretches way back to the fifties when jazz was in fashion and big bands were the name of the game – and Sophiatown and Dorkay House were well-known melting pots of colour and culture. After the easing of the cultural boycott in 1990, the African Jazz Pioneers were among the first to travel abroad, headlining jazz venues, festivals and concerts in Europe, Australia, Japan and Africa. They shared the stage with artists like global stars such as Youssou N'Dour, Quincy Jones, Manhattan Transfer, The Neville Brothers, Chick Corea, Gilberto Gil, Salif Keita, Nina Simone and Rita and Ziggy Marley. Led by Mpho Sithole, the current Pioneers line-up includes some of the original veterans together with a rhythm section of fresh young talents who are learning from the masters but incorporating their own influences into the Pioneers’ unique sound. It is true to say that the group has reached everybody in South Africa, from hipsters to liberation movements. The original Mahotella Queens were formed in 1964 and are noted by their distinct vocal harmony sound, guitar-led mbaqanga music, and fast stage dancing. Hilda Tloubatla of the Mahotella Queens Biography   Hilda was born in 1942 in Payneville, Springs. Her family were forced to move to Kwa-Thema Township as a result of the Group Areas Act, where she continues to live today. By 1964, Hilda had become a well-known name having paid her dues as a singer in the church choir and as a performer in and around Johannesburg. She was soon scouted and recruited into the Mahotella Queens, becoming the lead of the group, and a renowned name in Mbaqanga music signed to Gallo Record Company. In 1968 she married and had three daughters. In 1984 along with Mahlathini and the maestro producer West Nkosi, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens went on to capture the international world. Sadly when Simon Nkabinde (Mahlathini) and West Nkosi passed on, the Mahotella Queens went into mourning but Hilda was determined to fight to keep the sound of Mbaqanga alive and the three Mahotella Queens, led by Hilda, formed a new band and began touring much to the delight of fans around the world. As part of their journey, they began to pass their skills onto the younger generation and when the time came for two of the original members, Mildred Ngxola and Nobesuthu Mbada, to retire, Amanda Nkosi and Nonku Maseko joined as the two new Queens. I would like to use a quote that I recently read on the South African Government page in honour of Mam Hilda Tloubatla receiving the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze (for outstanding contributions in traditional music) : Hilda Tloubatla’s life has been one of light and shadow, with outstanding personal triumphs darkened by period of personal sadness and bitterness. But through it all runs the golden thread of her voice and her great musical talent that have truly blessed thelives of those around her.                                                    

Guest: Dr Kira Erwin

GUEST: NICO SMIT    

GUESS THE DESTINATION: The first Orcas (killer whale) was sighted in this area since November 2022, where are we today? GUEST: PATTY BUTTERWORTH– CEO of Plett Tourism Plettenberg Bay is a seaside town on the Garden Route in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. The sandy Central Beach and Lookout Beach both have surf breaks. To the south, Robberg Nature Reserve is a rocky peninsula with trails and the Stone Age Nelson Bay Caves. Northeast are Birds of Eden, a free-flight bird sanctuary in indigenous forest, and an elephant sanctuary. Whales come near the coast in migration season.   Orcas, or killer whales, are seen infrequently in our bay as they prefer the deeper waters of the open ocean outside the bay’s protection but they do wander into shallower waters occasionally to hunt or feed. A sighting such as this is always a cause for celebration and interest as the season moves closer to winter – known as Whale Season in Plett.     This, amongst others, is the simplest reason why the Plett Ocean Festival and associated Marine Science Symposium, now in their second year, are so vital to the town’s annual calendar: winter is a time of great abundance of marine life, gentle sunshine and great activity beneath the waves. This year’s festival will take place from 30 June – 9 July 2023 with the symposium held once again at the Beacon Island Resort on 30 June, 1 & 2 July 2023.  Plett Tourism’s communications manager, Janet Middleton, a former scuba diving instructor, says: “Sighting orcas in Plett has always caused quite a stir because they usually spend their time further offshore. However, it’s a testament to the exciting and unpredictable nature of the marine environment that you never quite know what you’ll see or what will surface. It’s part of why we love the ocean so much and never more so than during whale season in the winter months.”   What do you call sixteen orcas cruising across Plettenberg Bay on an ordinary Wednesday in March? You call it a great day to be at sea and a sign that the ocean is shaking off its summer skin and beginning to roll out a spectacle like no other. According to reports, orcas were first sighted by the marine safari at Ocean Safaris. However, young videographer Max Morris on safari with Ocean Blue Adventures filmed the footage below. These 16 apex predators are the first spotted in the bay since November of last year.                     

GUEST: FRANSCOIS BOUDA - Art Program Officer Africa No Filter ARE YOU AFRICA’S NEXT TOP COMEDIAN? The Search in On; The Africa No Filter Comedy Lab is looking for you. The Africa No Filter Comedy Lab is looking for talented African comedians to develop fresh and unfiltered content about Africa. We are looking for funny, unique content that changes how the world sees your community, country or the continent. Comedians who join the ANF Comedy Lab will get grants of up to $3,000 to create new 10-minute skits. Comedians will also be supported to take their storytelling to the next level through masterclasses and mentorship. They’ll also get marketing support to amplify their skits. Skits created through the ANF Comedy Lab will also have a digital showcase. To get a chance at this opportunity, you need to create one comedy skit that’s between 45 seconds and one minute long and post it on your Facebook page, Instagram or Tik Tok. You must tag @Africanofilter and use the hashtags #ANFComedyLab and #BetterRepresentation. The skit should carry a powerful storyline that positively portrays an African country or Africa or challenge pre-existing African stereotypical narratives in a funny, ground-breaking and engaging way. After creating your skit, you must submit an online application on ANF’s website. Make sure you include links to your skits. The content can be delivered in English or French. Winners will be selected on the quality of content, comedic delivery, relevance to ANF’s mission of telling African stories beyond stereotypes, and audience engagement across social media. Eligibility: •   Open to African comedians aged over 18 and based anywhere on the continent. •   Comedians must have a combined audience of minimum 3,000 followers on Instagram, their Facebook page and TikTok. •   Only individual comedians can apply. •   The comedian must be unsigned (not represented by an agent or management company). •   All forms of comedy are welcomed (stand-up, music, sketch, etc.) as long as they are delivered in a digital format and are completely original, innovative and exciting.Submissions •   Step 1: Create one comedy skit that’s between 45 seconds and one minute long and post it on your Facebook page, Instagram or Tik Tok. You must tag @Africanofilter and use the hashtags #ANFComedyLab and #BetterRepresentation. Remember to drive engagement of your skit by asking your audience to Like, Share and Comment. •   Step 2: Submit an online application on ANF’s website. Make sure you include the link to your skit. •   All content can be delivered in English or French.   https://africanofilter.org/anf-comedy-lab?token=v1VWY5z6yVIzLcCkYmmygDofSK5mwoa1    

GUEST: BAKTI RASA - The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)  A sacred spiritual street festival is set for Sandton today by The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)  A non- profit organisation, is hosting a spiritual street party  today Saturday, 15 th April 2023, on the streets of Sandton, followed by a vegan and vegetarian food market as well as a cultural programme for visitors at its premises in Sandton. Commonly referred to as the “Ratha Yatra”, the Festival of Chariots, is a joyous event in cities around the world uniting people from all cultures, nationalities and races under the banner of spiritual unison, joyful meditation, singing and dancing. ISCKON Sandton Temple President, Vibhu Caitanya Das, explains that after the procession, everyone is invited to return to the organisation’s premises for the cultural Jagannath Market which is a vibrant celebration of vegetarian and vegan food, music, arts and dance. There are various workshops and discussions also being hosted, including a’ Wellness Studio’ that is focused on yoga, meditation and breathwork techniques, as well as several other activities and entertainment planned just for the kids. There are also various stalls selling an array of items from clothing, to jewellery, to holistic products, a gift shop, henna body art, and much more! “We invite all members of the public to join us for the Festival of Chariots on Saturday morning, followed by the festivities and food market at our premises. Attendance is free and everyone is welcome. Immerse yourself in the spiritual atmosphere - chant, dance, and feast with friends and family. Dont miss out on this unforgettable event!”   The street procession starts at 9H30 on Rivonia Road (outside the Hilton Hotel), in Sandton, and will end outside on Alice Street (outside the Virgin Active). The programme, market and festivities at ISKCON Sandton will start from 12H00 at its premises located on 11, 11th Avenue, Edenburg, Sandton.   For more information, visit ISKCON Sandton: Instagram: iskcon.sandton or Facebook: @IskconSandton

GUEST: LYNETTE DENNY- Professor, Special Projects, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Cape Town  #JSBHEALTH: Cervical cancer can be beaten - the key is vaccinating young girls In 2020 the World Health Organization introduced a plan to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat by 2030. The first step towards this goal is to have 90% of girls fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) by the age of 15 years. Gynaecological oncologist Lynette Denny spells out how much progress still needs to be made, and what hurdles need to be overcome.  How big a threat is cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa? Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest cervical cancer diagnosesworldwide. Cervical cancer mortality rates in the region are three times higher than the global average. The burden of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa contributes to the disparity. In 2021, in southern Africa, 63.8% of women with cervical cancer were living with HIV, as were 27.4% of women in eastern Africa.  Most cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is transmitted through skin to skin contact, including sexual activity. How do countries compare in meeting the WHO target? By June 2020, more than half of the WHO member states – that’s 107 out of 194 – had introduced HPV vaccination nationwide or partially. Get your news from people who know what they’re talking about. Get newsletter The numbers showed a wide variation in coverage in different geographic regions. High-income countries such as Australia and New Zealand had the highest complete coverage with HPV vaccination at 77%. Low- and middle-income countries lagged far behind – only 41% had introduced HPV vaccination by the end of 2019. Only 20% of the eligible population in sub-Saharan Africa has been vaccinated.      What’s the surest way of achieving the WHO goal? There are many important steps.  A critical starting point is to gain political support for HPV vaccination. There needs to be high level collaboration between the ministries of health, education, social development and existing immunisation programmes.  The most successful programmes have used school-based facilities for vaccination. But this excludes adolescents who are not in the school system, hence the need to create facility-based programmes.  Widespread information and population education is critical - education campaigns should include parents, the general population, teachers and healthcare workers. An adequate supply of vaccine is crucial and the vaccine administration infrastructure must be robust. All the logistics of vaccine implementation, such as distribution, cold chain management, waste control and clinical care must be attended to. Good statistics and information should be maintained and monitored regularly.  Anti-vaccination programmes need to be monitored and their allegations responded to promptly and with cultural sensitivity.      https://theconversation.com/cervical-cancer-can-be-beaten-the-key-is-vaccinating-young-girls-202001   

THIS WEEK IN AFRICA This Week in Africa with JAMES HALL Writer, Historian and Founder of WWW.AFRICATODAYYESTERDAY.ORG   1912 SS Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg 1178 BC Total Solar Eclipse in North Africa 1842 Swedish missionaries arrive from Jamaica in Ghana 1980 Zimbabwe Independence 1985 Africa’s 1st Film Arcade Year 300 caravans move from Sahara Dessert to West Africa 1947 Africa's 1st Radio Broadcast from Cape Town

Interview: WORD DOMINATION GUEST: Athambile Masola – Co-author of Noni Jabavu: A Stranger at Home

GUEST: JONI SYMON - Co-Founder De Novo FoodLabs

GUEST: Dr Sechaba Maape – Curator

GUEST: SARAH JENKINS - Communications Manager at The French Institute of South Africa

GUEST: GUEST: Thomas Lawrence – Marketing Manager: Castle Lager

Guest: Simon Sebag Montefiore - Best Selling Author  "The World : A Family History"   WORD DOMINATION: - INSTUDIO Author of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages.

Guest: Liz McDaid – Strategic Lead at The Green Connection The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just launched its latest report on the climate crisis. The AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 summarizes five years of reports on global temperature rises, fossil fuel emissions and climate impacts.

Thought Leaders : Community Denis Hurley Centre's annual interfaith "Iftahr" will be held on Wednesday 29 March at 5pm to reflect on the traditions of ramadaan and lent. Guest: Raymond Perrier, Director of Denis Hurley Centre 

Guest: Tshegofatso Mosiapoa - IT Student and Entrepreneur  “From technologically challenged to IT Entrepreneur: A Young Girl's Inspiring Journey”.  

Guest: Nick Dall - Freelance journalist, author and copywriter  THOUGHTLEADER: The best things in life are free: In praise of our libraries  It’s National Library Week and I thought I’d take the opportunity to sing the praises of one government institution that does still bring much value (and joy!) to its citizens.  

The human immune system is arguably the most complex system in thehuman body. But scientists have made a lot of progress in understandinghow it functions. That’s important for understanding illnesses and how tomanage them. For instance, it’s important to understand that an immuneresponse takes several days to fully develop. This knowledge wouldhopefully prevent people from getting impatient and seeking inappropriatecare.   GUEST: THERESA ROSSOUW – Immunologist and Professor at theUniversity of Pretoria

SSM MUSIC AND ARTS (Structuring Society through Music & Arts) ACELEBRATES 13 YEARS OF EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ABENEFIT GALA (23 MARCH) AND A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL (25MARCH). GUEST: SIMON SFISO MSIZA - Founder SSM 

A dedicated ultra – runner has done it, she set out to complete the UltraAsia Race and she did it, finishing 4th overall; all to make sure ruralchildren have school shoes. GUEST: NONTUTUKHO MGABHI – Ultra Runner

The inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale is underway in Jeddah, SaudiArabia. This important new event for the Muslim world features numerousAfrican artists. And the biennale’s artistic director is Sumayya Vally, aSouth African architecture professor and principal of Counterspace designstudio. A rising star in the art and architecture worlds, Vally was intent oncreating the biennale to connect with the diverse experiences of beingMuslim through ritual, practices and philosophies GUEST: SUMAYYA VALLY – Artistic Director of the Islamic Arts Biennale

The first report on the platform, 100+ Flavours, is an archive of SouthAfrican flavours and is the result of extensive research into the crosscultural cuisines that make up the region's rich culinary heritage. GUEST: DR. ANNA TRAPIDO - Anthropologist, Chef and Writer. 

It’s a Long Weekend, ahead of Human Rights Day. Checking your car for a longdistance drive (ahead of Monday's National Shutdown)GUEST REBANEILWE SEMAKANE - Motoring Journalist  

THE CONSTITUTION HILL HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL IS BACK 25 - 26MARCH 2023 GUEST: MARK HEYWOOD - Human Rights Activist 

Our guest Divine Muland is a BSc in Mathematics graduate that wanted topursue a career in quantitative analytics and investments but instead herpassion in education steered her towards tutoring students. She wants to refutethe “Maths is Hard” notion GUEST: DIVINE MULAND - Mathematics Teacher / Grade 8 Head at CentennialSchools

Guest: Dr Ismail Mohamed  Guest: Sibahle Khwela Guest: Yewande Omotoso Interview: GUEST PRESENTER   

GUEST: DR. JANET VAN EEDEN - Award winning scriptwriter, producer, lecturer WORD DOMINATION: “CUT TO THE CHASE”  

GUEST: LUNGA NQADOLO - Managing Director - The Bookery WORD DOMINATION: THE BOOKERY has a mission to put a library in every school  

GUEST: Jacki Job – Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Researcher, Academic Interview – Ai – A Butoh dance about the delicacy of love  

Interview: BOFA GUEST: Nqobile Mafilika

THOUGHTLEARDERS GUEST: Wesley Diphoko

GUEST: DR. GILLIAN MOONEY – Dean: Academic Development and Support at the Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) THOUGHTLEADER                                          

GUEST: ANNETTE BROKENSHA - MD Jhb Children’s Home Interview: COMMUNITY  

Guest Presenter: Nimrod Nkosi  Nimrod Nkosi is a South African television presenter and actor best known for presenting the live Lotto draw on e.tv and SABC2 and for hosting the youth variety show Jam Alley. He began his career in 1994 with a role on the drama series U Bambo Lwami, which he followed up with a role on the Afrikaans rugby drama Pale Toe.   After that he had a five-year stint as presenter on Jam Alley, for which he won two Avanti awards as Best Presenter.Other roles include The Last Hope for the SABC1 as well as a supporting role in Soul City; and the role of Hector on the e.tv soapie Scandal!. He also hosted the late night Saturday show Your Late Mate on Soweto TV

Guest: Samke Mhlongo - founder and Chief Executive of The Next Chapter Wealth Partners Ringfence is a financial literacy chick-lit with psychological and legal themes. This captivating coming-of-age novel explores the illusions many young African women have about love, wealth, status and power in society. Ringfence, inspired by Samke Mhlongo’s real-life events. The book is set in the enigmatic world of Africa’s inconspicuous elite where wealth, power and pedigree are non-negotiable.      

We have the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Thandwa Mthembu. He will be chatting to us briefly about the State of the University Address that he delivered this past Friday, 10 March 2023 at the Indumiso campus in Pietermaritzburg.   Prof Mthembu, please tell us briefly about what the 2023 State of the University Address was about? I hear that DUT’s current strategy is the ENVISION2030, how will the ENVISION2030 impact the lives of DUT students, staff and society at large? Why should one want to study at DUT Guest: Prof Mthembu, Vice chancellor 

Viva Italia is the only thing on Kgopotso ‘KJ’ Mononyane’s mind, as the 15-year-old learner prepares to compete in the Moto3 category at the CIV Italian Motorcycle Championship in Italy later this year. The Grade 9 learner from Waterstone College in Johannesburg, a school managed by Curro Holdings, has been revving up a noisy name for himself since he began riding motorbikes five years ago.      GUEST: Kgopotso ‘KJ’ Mononyane - Motorbike Bike  

Historically, the terms ‘head boy’ and ‘head girl’ originated in British boarding schools in the 19th century. They were positions that were often chosen from the senior class and given privileges and duties, such as serving on school governing bodies and serving as role models for other students. Other schools and institutions of higher education, including those in other countries such as South Africa, later copied this custom, and it is still practised today. Similarly, concepts such as ‘head boy’, ‘head girl’, ‘brotherhood’ and ‘sisterhood’ remain among the longest-standing traditions and practices used in schools and post-school institutions for leadership positions as well as selected groups for men and women. The numerous and diverse gender groupings that are now present in these institutions, however, are not served by this heritage. GUEST: Siyanda Magayana - Senior Officer: Gender Equality and Anti -Discrimination Office - Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice University of the Free State      

Ikageng Itireleng Ministry is a non-profit organization which uses a community outreach program approach and home based caregivers to support Orphaned/Vulnerable children and youth in Soweto. Most of Ikageng’s beneficiaries live in Youth headed households where they take on the role of a parent and look after their siblings. Other beneficiaries have terminally ill parents or live with their grandparents. GUEST: Carol Dyantyi - Founder  and CEO of Ikageng itereleng Aids Ministry

GUEST: Olivia Krok - LivCurious (collaborator) Interview: International Public Art Festival  

GUEST: Gabi Motuba Interview -  #SAfmJSBSession  

GUEST: Onyi Nwaneri, CEO Afrika Tikkun Services Interview: SONA2023 comment from a youth development and SMME perspective  

GUEST: David Harrison – Head of the DG Murray Trust Why SA supermarkets should slash the price of these 10 foods by a fifth  

GUEST: Leticia Bufoni – Proskater Interview: Sports: Pro-skater  

GUEST: Hanneke  Van Linge - Managing Director at Nosh Food Rescue NPC Interview: Environment: Food Rescue Organisation Diverted 2267 Tonnes of Food from Landfill in 2 Years  

Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: Pieter Carsten - Cellarmaster Interview: The Art of Winemaking  

GUEST: Monique Nel - Medical Advisor Rare Diseases SANOFI JSBHEALTH – Rare Diseases  

GUEST: GUEST: MALIK AFEGBUA – Nigerian Visual Artist

GUEST: NADINE McKENZIE - Dancer, Performing Artist Living with a Disability (wheelchair) INSTUDIO

GUEST: BARBARA HERNANDEZ – Ice water swimmer

GUEST: EWUBE: Singer and Songwriter

GUEST: DUMISANI MHLONGO - Director for Msunduzi Pietermaritzburg Tourism Association

GUEST: TJEERD DRIESSEN - Flooding Expert with engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV Southern Africa

Guest:Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: Mbuyiselo Nqodi – Festival Organiser

Guest Presenter

GUEST: MasonWABE Ntloko – Artist Interview – ILISO LO MOYA  

Thoughtleaders GUESS: David Hirsch – CEO TechMarkit

Guest: Percy Malepe, Founder and Chairperson Ikemeleng foundation Interview: COMMUNITY GUEST: PERCY MALEPE- Founder and chairperson of Ikemeleng Foundation

GUEST: Desire Marea

GUEST: Theresho Selesho

Guest: Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: BATAUNG QHOTSOKOANE

GUEST: GUEST: DR. EMMANUEL TABAN

GUEST: UEST: THINUS FERREIRA - TV with Thinus

GUEST: H.E Ambassador HÄKAN JUHOLT - Sweden's Ambassador to South Africa

GUEST: Kelsey Mayhew-Munger - Assistant trainer and work rider and Equine therapist.

Guest: DR. Philipa Tumubweinee -  Co-founder and director of IZUBA INafrica Architects; and  senior lecturer and the outgoing Head of School at Architecture Planning & Geomatics, University of Cape Town. DPhil (UFS), MArchProf (UP), BAS (Wits) Philippa Nyakato Tumubweinee was awarded her PhD at the School of Higher Education Studies, University of the Free State in 2019, is a co-founder and director of IZUBA INafrica Architects; and is currently a senior lecturer and the outgoing Head of School at Architecture Planning & Geomatics, University of Cape Town.   tumubweinee’s commitment to the profession and architectural education has developed in various ways: first, her as a course convenor at several architectural learning sites (als) in varied Design, Technology/Construction and Representation studios across South Africa. Second, her engagement with different als’ across South Africa and abroad as an external examiner. Last, her interest and focus on alternate and mainstream materials and technology(ies) in building construction. The latter grounds both her design and technology studios that explore four questions: (1) how students acquire knowledge; (2) how students interpret knowledge; (3) how students represent knowledge to show their understanding (4) how students transform existing knowledge systems https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-06-05-a-time-to-build-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEs_KaH-9nk https://ufs.academia.edu/philippatumubweinee/CurriculumVitae                    

GUEST: MADODA NDLAKUSE - Writer, Translator, Literacy Mentor  The country is facing a reading crisis with 41% of South Africans owning fewer than 10 books, according to a survey by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa). https://www.liferighting.com/portfolio/bio-madoda-ndlakuse/ But owning books should not be the sole measure of South Africa’s literacy culture and access to them in all forms should be improved, Pamsa’s executive director Jane Malony said. “Books in libraries and similar facilities and books in a diversity of languages for South Africans. Picture books for little hands and developing brains also hold tremendous power, and ideally the books should be paper,” she said. The survey showed that when reading for leisure, 32% of participants preferred paper books to electronic versions. Julia Norrish, the executive director of Book Dash, a nonprofit publisher of African picture books for young children, said the survey offered valuable insights to reading preferences. “Many people find print materials valuable in their daily life and in how they prefer to consume information. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always correlate to how many people own and access books,” she said. The process of creating books and distributing them takes skill, time and money, which makes them unaffordable for most families, she added. But if children have access to books when they’re very young, it can increase their chances of success in life. A language barrier can also contribute to the low rate of people reading, particularly as only 2% of children’s books published commercially in South Africa are in local African languages, Pamsa said. “In a country where eight out of 10 people speak a home language that is not English or Afrikaans, creating relatable stories in indigenous languages is critical if we hope to improve childhood literacy and inspire a love for reading in future generations,” it said. Malony believes that access to books is important for early childhood development because it helps young ones develop their language and comprehension skills.  “Countless research studies have shown that paper-based materials promote reading comprehension, information retention and learning and that print-based texts are superior to digital texts in facilitating learning strategies,” she said. According to the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, almost 80% of Grade 4 learners are not able to read for meaning in South Africa.             Melusi Tshabalala, the author of Gogo Magic and Her Food Truck, believes the problem is not the reading platform. “The country doesn’t have a big reading culture so whether it’s physical books or digital, people are not interested. People need to fall in love with reading, regardless of the medium or platform,” he said.   Tshabalala praised the work done by organisations such as Nali’bali, a national campaign aimed at children up to the age of 12, saying that any organisation that promotes reading, particularly among children, should be commended and supported. “We need more stories that are relevant to our kids’ lives and realities — stories with kids like them and families like theirs,” he said. Tshabalala’s book tells the story of 18-year-old Tumelo and two of his younger siblings, Akhile and Azande, who wanted to share their awesome gogo with other children — especially those who live far from theirs or don’t have one. “I also brought it (story) to life by launching a food truck that sells the food mentioned in the book, prepared by my mother, whose actual name is Magic, just like uGogo in the book,” said Tshabalala. The book is available electronically and the Gogo Magic food truck operates out of the Fourways Farmers Market in Modderfontein, Johannesburg on weekends. https://mg.co.za/education/2023-02-01-whether-its-digital-or-books-reading-helps-children-succeed-study-shows/          

February is International Mother Language month and the 21st Mother Language Day. It is also the beginning of UNESCO’s Decade of Indigenous Languages. GUEST: TERENCE BALL - Publisher at Heritage Publisher   What practically is being done to strengthen and preserve our indigenous languages and the other inseparable elements of our heritage, the diverse history and culture of South Africa’s people?   Ancestral Voices: South Africa’s largest, most unique indigenous heritage and language preservation project. A partnership between South African Heritage Publishers, The Special Collections Unit University of Pretoria, South African National Lexicography Units, South African High Commission to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.Written by mother tongue speakers, many after interviewing the then elderly, these writings contain information on every aspect of the history and culture of the people written about as told and recorded by members of those communities.In addition to the transcription and translation of these works we are trying to trace descendants of the 186 different authors who contributed 891 writings to the collection to produce brief biographies of each and trace their graves. We live among the last generations able to source this information forthe historical record. Together with our partners we are also trying to establish the meaning of indigenous language words used in the writings that have fallen into disuse and their meaning lost. From the descendants traced so far and, other sources available to us, we’ve discovered that theoldest authors to date were born in 1852 and the youngest in 1918. Menziwa Merriman Balfour and Rev. Mpasa, the oldest, wrote histories of the Amarharhabe and Batlokwa of Mmatshaka in isiXhosaand Sesotho sa Leboa respectively while the youngest, Noel Johannes Mabale, wrote his works in Xitsonga at the age of only twenty four. Most authors were, teachers of members of the cloth, someboth, and traditional leaders. One nurse and a well known isiZulu journalist were also contributors. Written nearly one hundred years ago and considering the age of the authors, many among the first in their community to be literate, record the oldest transfer of historical and cultural informationthrough oral tradition. http://www.saheritagepublishers.co.za/ancestral-voices/ 

Guest: Alexanda Trinder – Smith: Executive Director: Siyavula Foundation This month, Siyavula Foundation kickstarted the HeadSTARt campaign which encourages the learners to start their year off strong by setting goals related to what they would like to achieve in Maths and Science for the year. The campaign ends on Tuesday 14 March (International Maths Day).     Siyavula supports learners across the country by providing free and open online Maths and Science textbooks, as well as a complementary practice service (also free) to promote learning in these subjects. Learners can access both the textbooks and the platform from any internet-enabled mobile device at no cost - our site is zero-rated on most of the major telecom networks, so it doesn't cost them anything in data. In addition, teachers can also access the platform with a basic 'freemium' account to monitor learner progress and gain insights as to specific areas in which each learner may need guidance and targeted assistance.   Key stats for 2022   1,6 million South African high school students using the Siyavula platform every year  More than 50% of all FET Maths and Science students in South Africa use Siyavula in their studies. 350,000 new learners register to use the adaptive practice software 33 million questions delivered and marked for students. 30,000+ registered teachers on Siyavula with 8,000 active users  7,000 schools with active learners and teachers using Siyavula. Other facts Siyavula is free for learners and is zero rated on MTN, Vodacom, Telkom. Siyavula has an established relationship with DBE, GDE, WCED and other provinces to promote the adoption and use of Siyavula which is tracked and reported to stakeholders on a monthly basis.  Siyavula has a curriculum aligned offering for Nigeria and Rwanda and expanding alignment to new African curricula. Siyavula annually hosts #1MillionMaths (see video), the largest online Maths and Science competition in SA. Siyavula issues an online mastery certificate and portfolio of work done on Siyavula which students can download or share. This certificate is the link between school and youth employment or career services. The My Future section of Siyavula channels students from Siyavula to career opportunity providers along with their certificate.

NGO, NPO, NPC, PBO – all these acronyms lead to confusion as to where charitable organisations and other similar entities fit into the equation. This also speaks to the funding models and criteria for each of these organisations, interrogating the issue of governance, transparency, and accountability in the organisational operations.   NGO stands for a Non-governmental Organisation and is an international term used to describe a voluntary group or institution with a social mission, which operates independently from the government. Although these terms are not necessarily interchangeable, an organisation similar to an NGO may also be called non-profit, charity, non-profit organisation (NPO) or a voluntary organisation. A Non-profit Organisation (NPO) is a trust, company or other association of persons established for a public purpose. The income and property of these organisations are not distributable to the members or office bearers except for reasonable compensation for services rendered to the organisation. NPOs are required to register with the Department of Social Development under the NPO Act and must register with SARS as taxpayers. NPOs may apply for approval as a tax-exempt institution (see PBO underneath) if they meet the relevant requirements. NPC is the acronym for a Non-profit Company and is defined as a company incorporated for a public benefit. Here again the income and property are not distributable to the incorporators, members, directors or any office bearers. NPCs are required to register with the Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) under the Companies Act, must register with SARS as taxpayers and may also apply for approval as tax exempt institutions (see PBO underneath) if they meet requirements vant require  

GUEST: RAYMOND PERRIER - DIRECTOR DENIS HURLEY CENTRE  In 2022 Denis Hurley Centre director Raymond Perrier said that the centre will soon be launching a regular Street Law clinic in conjunction with the UKZN Law Clinic at the Denis Hurley Centre. Bringing lawyers to the streets of Durban. We find out how it is going       AS part of the fourth year of their studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) law students are encouraged to do a Street Law project – to get a better understanding of what the law is like when it hits the streets. In 2018, they started going to the Denis Hurley Centre as an option, and post-Covid, the centre has welcomed new students back this year.   According to the Denis Hurley Centre’s director, Raymond Perrier, 20 students visited the centre two days each week from April to June, and another 20 are now completing their outreach at the centre from August to October. “The students engage with the homeless people in Paddy Kearney Way between breakfast and lunch. But they also help prepare and serve the meals; this is an important way of them building the trust of our visitors,” said Perrier.   Perrier says that one of the hardest lessons for the students to learn is that most of the time they cannot solve problems – but they can be valuable just by being willing to listen. “They work in pairs, and there is always at least one Zulu speaker in each pair to facilitate easy communication. Where appropriate, they can give advice on legal matters and also teach people about their rights. In some cases, they take a witness statement of an incident – or help a homeless person to learn what makes for a good witness statement in the future.”              

Following a record-breaking attendance of 31 000 fans in Grand West CapeTown last year, actors Oscar Peterson and David Isaacs are bringing the "JoeBarber Family Reunion" theatre show to Johannesburg for the first time in 10years. SATURDAY 29 APRIL at 8pm at Emperors Palace   GUEST: DAVID ISAACS - Actor and screenwriter

The invasive Borer Beetle is causing serious problems for our local trees sothe City of Cape Town is hosting a talk to help residents identify trees that maybe contaminated and how to deal with it.GUEST: PROF FRANCOIS ROETS - Faculty member: Faculty ofAgriSciences, Stellenbosch University 

GUEST: PROF. KARIN HOWELL - Professor of Mathematical Sciences atStellenbosch University. 

During his 2023 state of the nation address on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosapunted hemp and cannabis, as a new sector that that could create 130,000 new jobs,mentioning areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape as potential sector hubs. WhatDoes this mean for the health factors and risks of cannabis.   GUEST: DR. CARMEN JAMES - Integrative Doctor; MedicalCannabis Educator and Wellness Coach 

In a uniquely SA story of hope, courage and grit, six young South Africans aremaking history in the iconic Cape2Rio yacht race, as the first complete crewfrom marginalised communities to do so. The sailors, hailing fromMasiphumelele, Khayelitsha, Grassy Park and Athlone in Cape Town, havebeen trained by the Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) Sailing Academy and aresponsored by Alexforbes.   GUEST: SIBUSISO SIZATU -Skipper

The Investec Cape Town Art Fair Is Celebrating 10 years of bringing togethercollectors, galleries, curators, artists from around the globe. Zoning in on blending Artand Technology. 17-19 Feb 2023 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.One tech artist who will be apart of this year’s Cape Town Art Fair is Natalie PanengGUEST: NATALIE PANENG - Tech Artist

Do You Remember where you were on this day? 11 February 1990 therelease of President Nelson Mandela from Victor Vester Prison?ANSWER: VICTOR VESTER PRISON now called theDRAKENSTEIN CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

There are numerous start-ups around the world engaging in lab-grown meatproduction. Locally, we have two such companies, The Mzansi Meat Companyand Mogale Meat. According to a report by McKinsey the market for cultivatedmeat could reach $25 billion by 2030. GUEST: BRONWYN WILLIAMS - Trend researcher, marketer and writer atFlux Trends

Guest Presenter: Bongeziwe Mabandla Guest:  Zoe Modiga – Isegazini  

Guest: Lesego Kekana -Graduated from Pearson Institution of Higher Education in BSc IT. Interview: BOFA  

Guest: Prof Justin Bradfield - Associate professor, University of Johannesburg 500-year-old horn container discovered in South Africa sheds light on pre-colonial Khoisan medicines  

Guest: Simphiwe Ngcowane – SABC Weekend Morning Live Presenter Interview: World Radio Day  

Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela - The Director of the Centre for Social Justice at Stellenbosch University  Interview:  

Guest: Prof Kholofelo Rakubu – Criminologist Interview: Violent Crime in South Africa – what is the solution?  

Guest Presenter: Greg Homann-Artistic Director of the Market Theatre Guest: Greg Homann, Artistic Director of the Market Theartre 

Guest: Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at Daily Maverick and Former US diplomat Chinese Spy Balloon   

Guest: Heloise Greef, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Expert Science and Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Investment  

Interview: BOFA Guest: Kutlwano Tshatiwa 

Guest: Haydee Brauer, Chief Marketing & Corp Affairs Officer at Hollard Insurance Interview: The Art and of Conscious Marketing  

Guest: Ashley Lewis, who heads up the library, was brains behind the initiative Interview: Cape Town library uses layStation, Xbox games to get children off the streets   

Guest: Fiona Miles, Four Paws Director in South Africa  Interview:Tigers in South Africa: a farming industry exists-often for their body parts  

Guest:Petrol Head – Nico Smit

Guest– Zola Nene

GUEST: EDGAR PIETERSE - Founding Director of African Centre for Cities

GUEST: TRAVEL GIGOLO

GUEST: DR. JODI WISHNIA - Public Health Expert Wits University

GUEST: Dr Sudeshen Naidoo – Radiation Oncologist and Founder of the Johnson Rose Cancer Foundation

GUEST: DALIAL FREITAK - Dalan Animal Health Chief Science Officer

Guest: Mandisi Dyantyi

GUEST: Yavini Naidoo – Festival Producer

Guest: Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: Eliza Kruger

GUEST: GUEST: KIRSTEN LANDMAN – Professional off-road and hard-enduro rider

GUEST: DR. TRACY WESSELS - SAPPI Group Head Investor Relations and Sustainability.

GUEST: JENNIFER FITCHETT -

GUEST: Dr Edzani Mphaphuli – Director of Grow Great

Interview: RE- INTRODUCTION OF CHEETAHS FROM SA TO INDIA Guest: Prof Adrian Tordiffe - Associate Professor (Veterinary Pharmacology) and Veterinary Wildlife Specialist at the University of Pretoria

 Interview: What does a matric certificate mean for a young person in 2023? GUEST: BRIDGET HANNAH - Innovation Director at the DG Murray Trust

The role of NGO’s in addressing public health education and crisis Guest:: Dianne Noyile    

Interview: FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023 GUEST:  Wandile Sihlobo - WANDILE SIHLOBO - Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University

Guest:Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: ADEL DU TOIT - Spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council

GUEST: LEIGH MYLES - to do the interview below, she is the Business Development Manager at Profitroom.

Guest: James Hall

GUEST: SAMANTHA MAASDAM – Matriculant

GUEST: Carina Wiggill - Management board member of the Bartolomeu Dias Museum

GUEST: Dr Dimakatso Makwela – Neurologist

GUEST: Simphiwe Dana – Singer and Songwriter

GUEST: SIPHOKAZI MAGAGULA GUEST: ZAKHITI MKHIZE  

Matriculants share their vision and future endeavor GUEST: Zingce Kondlo GUEST: Nikisipho Khovana

GUEST:  Mandla Langeni

Guest:  Mandla Langeni Interview - THE AMANDLA FREEDOM ENSEMBLE  

GUEST: Bataung Qhotsokoane - Technology Researcher at iAfrikan Interview: The Crypto Dominoes Are Still Falling  

GUEST: MICHELLE AUSTIN - Financial Director of Keegor Group S

Guest: Nico Smith

GUEST: Faahkir Bestman – Ballet Dancer

GUEST: Prof Garish Modi

GUEST: Lawson Naidoo

GUEST: Jimmy Nevis – Musician  

GUEST: Andre Vlok – Author #Interview: Book Review  

GUEST: MUZIKAYISE MABHENA - Director of Public Programmes, Masakhe Library and Literacy Programme Interview - Masakhe Literacy Programme  

GUEST: Norman Msaka – Coder and Scholarship Recipient Interview: BOFA - The Tangible Africa scholarship cohort of 2023 have been selected  

GUEST: Angela Deh – Clinical Psychologist Interview: Why we make resolutions (and why we fail)  

GUEST: Thapelo Mohapi Interview: UNIQUE ENERGY DEMOCRACY PROJECT A SUCCESS AGAINST ALL ODDS  

GUEST: RUBINA GHOOR - Director of Ansari Holistic Healing Institute

GUEST: Aaniyah Martin – Founder of The Beach Co-op

CLIP: JAMES HALL

GUEST: Tinashe Venge - Entertainment Journalist

GUEST: Nyiko “Mr Dynamix”Masango - Avid Hiker and Motivational Outdoorsman

GUEST: Melissa Lainn - Integrated Nutritional Coach

GUEST: Nomsa Mazwai - Founder of #FunkItImWalking

INTERVIEW: Navigating Januworry: Nutritious meals on a budget Guest: Moloko Mehlape - Dietitian & Lecturer at Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University

INTERVIEW: Preparing for their first day of big school: advice for parents and children GUEST: Caylee Randall - Grade 1 teacher at St Martin's Preparatory School

INTERVIEW: Understanding ransomware and how prevalent it is in South Africa GUEST: Bataung Qhotsokoane - Technology Researcher at iAfrikan

The importance of financial literacy for children Guest: Yamkela Khoza Tywakadi - Publisher at Blank Page Books

GUEST: Linda Mbatha – Founder of Sibambisene Foundation INTERVIEW: #CommunityWatch: Sibambisene Foundation