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The team reflects on Information Overload Day and speak on their tactics on how they are dealing with too much information. And in light of it being Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa, the team asked listeners: What's the one thing you've deliberately stopped paying attention to because it was disturbing your peace? Politics? Celebrity gossip? Family WhatsApp groups? Your ex's Instagram...

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Fresh and Thato spoke to The Citizen Journalist, Itumeleng Mafisa on what to make of news of ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula being back at work and the challenges he now faces, this days after collapsing in front of the cameras outside the Constitutional Court. Mbalula says he carried that case for seven weeks, and that he's only human with nothing to be ashamed of. The team asked listeners;...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has warned that weaknesses in criminal investigations, forensic services, police accountability and financial management continue to undermine public safety and delay justice. The committee is calling for measurable action following its review of key policing institutions, while the Justice Department is working on a draft Bill that could widen access to...

At least 408 cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported in Tshwane’s Bronkhorstspruit area, with contaminated water identified as the likely source. An investigation found that water from the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Works was not chlorinated between 24 September and 14 October because of problems with the city’s chlorine supplier. Authorities have warned residents in affected ar...

Former president Thabo Mbeki is expected to testify before the TRC cases inquiry as it investigates allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes. Former president Jacob Zuma’s testimony has been postponed due to ill health, while both former leaders have unsuccessfully sought the recusal of inquiry chairperson Sisi Khampepe. Phemelo speaks to Foundation for Huma...

With the 4 November local government elections approaching, Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza joins Phemelo in studio to discuss his plans for the city as he seeks a second term. www.kaya959.co.za

Many rental disputes can be traced back to lease agreements that landlords and tenants don't fully understand. Craig Buckley, Managing Director of reOS, explores how attorney-backed technology is helping improve lease clarity, reduce disputes, streamline compliance and strengthen landlord-tenant relationships in South Africa's rental market. www.kaya959.co.za · Kaya FM

Today's workplaces can span as many as five generations, each bringing different expectations around work, leadership, communication and career growth. Psychologist and Mygrow CEO Mark Baker explains why emotional intelligence has become a crucial leadership skill and how organisations can turn generational diversity into a competitive advantage www.kaya959.co.za

Two years into South Africa's two-pot retirement system, billions of rand have flowed out of retirement savings. Keith Peter from Old Mutual Personal Finance discusses what withdrawal behaviour reveals about household finances, debt burdens, emergency savings, and why financial advisers are increasingly seeing a broader financial wellbeing challenge rather than simply a retirement funding issue ww...

Calgro M3 delivered resilient interim results despite a constrained property market. CEO Ben Pierre Malherbe joins Kaya Biz to unpack the company's investment in large-scale housing developments, progress on non-core asset disposals, rising debt levels, and the growing contribution from its Memorial Parks business. We explore what sustainable growth looks like in South Africa's challenging propert...

What’s Affecting the Mental Health of South African Girls? With Alice Armstrong - UNICEF Global Adolescent HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Specialist

At times we find ourselves in the doghouse with our partners, friends, family, or colleagues and we honestly just don’t understand why they are mad. So with the Blind Spot we and the listeners help you see and understand some of the blind spots you might have missed in certain situations. Kaya FM

What’s something you ALWAYS forget, even when you keep telling yourself you must remember? Kaya 959 Website

When did you find yourself parenting your own parents? You spend your childhood being told what to do by your parents. Then one day, you realise you're the one telling them to behave, questioning their decisions, setting boundaries or telling them they cannot do something. What have you recently had to tell your parent off for, stop them from doing, or lay down the law about? Kaya 959 Website

Fresh, Thato and Mpho reflected on whether their consciousness has evolved with age, or whether they have become the very person their younger self was rebelling against. This in light of commemorating October 19, 1977 referred to as Black Wednesday and commemorated as National Press Freedom Day, was a major state crackdown by the apartheid regime in direct response to the murder of Black Consciou...

#KayaBiz host Nzinga Qunta spoke to Fresh and Thato on what to make of Oil refineries and tankers in Europe and the middle east being attacked over the weekend and on the implications of this to oil prices.  Kaya 959

Every Mondays kids get things off their chest about grown-ups and get to tell us how they spent the weekend. Kaya 959

Fresh and Thato spoke to Daily Maverick journalist, Naledi Mashishi on what to make of Cosatu backed a motion from the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) calling on the government to ban Shein and Temu. The union says up to 34,000 local jobs could be gone by 2030. Cosatu has also urged its members to delete the apps and buy local. Kaya 959

This Sunday on The World Show it’s a triple feature! First up we welcome the Central African Republic-born, Lisbon-based DJ and producer who has spent over 25 years connecting African ancestral rhythms with global electronic music. Boddhi is best known for pioneering the genre ‘Ancestral Soul', and his unique musical philosophy is evident in his work as a DJ and producer. He will be treating us to...

Kesivan Naidoo is a drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader. He leads Kesivan and the Lights, has built big-band projects around both jazz and amapiano, and he has worked with artists including Miriam Makeba, Bheki Mseleku, Zim Ngqawana, Abdullah Ibrahim and Maria Schneider. He also made history when he received the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz in 2009 — the only drummer to have re...

Sibongile Nene is an Art practitioner with an academic background in Music, Drama and Film. She studied drama at Drama Studio London and Ethnomusicology at The College of Music (Zimbabwe). Her debut CD ‘Sangoma’ earned a ‘Best Producer Award’ (Music frica, Toronto, Canada). The album is a rendition of traditional diviner songs which were sung during Nene’s initiation ceremonies to become an iSango...

At times we find ourselves in the doghouse with our partners, friends, family, or colleagues and we honestly just don’t understand why they are mad. So with the Blind Spot we and the listeners help you see and understand some of the blind spots you might have missed in certain situations. Kaya FM

At times we find ourselves in the doghouse with our partners, friends, family, or colleagues and we honestly just don’t understand why they are mad. So with the Blind Spot we and the listeners help you see and understand some of the blind spots you might have missed in certain situations. Kaya FM

#KayaBiz host Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to Fresh and Thato on South Africans being warned to brace for a tough festive season. They also looked at the latest update on the world’s top 5 economies. Kaya 959