The Lunch Break

Interview with Scado Mkhondo- A born-free female from Daveyton currently studying TV and Radio Presenting and hopes to one day achieve her dream of on-air presenting. She is currently living with cerebral palsy but still remains steadfast in her journey to be a presenter. She talks to the Lunch Break tomorrow and also highlights some of the struggles people with disabilities face.

September amongst other things, is also International Suicide Prevention Month with the day being observed on the 10th of September 2018. The Lunch Break had a chat to Clinical Psychologist Charity Mkone to chat about the stress and anxiety that Matriculants face before their exams, she also give out some important numbers for people to use when they feel like they have nowhere to turn to.

The Lunch Break had the opportunity of talking to one of the mum's of the Downs Syndrome South African Swimming Team. The team has made history at the 8th edition of the Down Syndrome World Swim Champs- bringing home 3 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze. 7th on Medal table with only 9 swimmers and that's without the regional records yet. However, there were Africa records. Minke needs acknowledgement as the...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has been heating up and we're at the important part of the tournament. The Lunch Break caught up with Russian National Anastasia to find out about the atmosphere and feeling toward hosting the tournament, especially since their national team has surpassed their expectations. Anastasia chats about how people have come together and the fact that even though some peo...

Hassan al-Kontar is a Syrian International that has been stuck at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for over 80 days. He's caught between trying to find refuge status in any other country and going back home where the situation is bleak in the War-torn Syria. He's had to resort to living out of the airport terminal and has done so successfully so far for more than 80 days.

Hassan al-Kontar is a Syrian International that has been stuck at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for over 80 days. He's caught between trying to find refuge status in any other country and going back home where the situation is bleak in the War-torn Syria. He's had to resort to living out of the airport terminal and has done so successfully so far for more than 80 days.

Even though the day is observed on the 31st of May every year, it's always good to hear some of the effects that smoking has not only on the people smoking cigrarettes, but also those that inhale the second-hand smoke around them. In this interview, Savera talks about the effects of smoking on the heart, give advice on how to go about kicking the habit and chats about some of the legislation that'...

The Lunch Break team spoke to the Marketing Manager at the International Children's Palliative Care Network, Lorna Sithole. She shed some light on exactly what palliative care is and mentioned the events that the Network would be hosting in order to raise funds for their organization.