Leigh-Anne Williams

Idols finalist, Daylin Sass, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the upcoming Youth Day Concert, which is will be a part of. He shares more about Youth Day means to him, some of the challenges youth of today are experiencing (especially coming from Hanover Park) as well as what listeners can expect to hear from him on the day. 

Professor Claudia Gray, a pediatrician, allergist and executive committee member of Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about World Allergy Week. She shares more about this annual global event that raises awareness around allergies and their potentially serious health implication as well as the theme for 2022, which is on allergic asthma. It aims to educate people...

World Clubfoot Day, held on 3 June and designed to raise global awareness of clubfoot. Karen Moss, the founder of STEPS CHARITY NPC (the only non-profit in SA focused on clubfoot treatment), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what this illness is, how it can be treated as well as how people can donate to the this incredible organisation. 

Attorney & Director and Owner of Arnold Law Legal Consultancy, Fadia Arnold, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about child maintenance. She shares more about what a garnishee order is, how maintenance is calculated and provides solutions on current relief for parents not receiving child maintenance. She also answers some pressing questions from listeners about their own situation and guides them on...

After revealing that her friends stole her baby names suggestions, Leigh-Anne Williams asks the team and listeners to share the things they have learnt they should never tell people. From Sandra Rosenberg explaining how she never airs her dirty laundry with family or friends to listeners sharing how their so-called "friend" bought the car that they wanted to buy, the list is endless. Find out what...

Gerard Payne, Head of Humanitarian Aid at Community Chest, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the partnership with Good Hope FM on their Keep Cape Town Warm campaign. He shares more about how many food hubs will benefit from this campaign, what type of products are needed to sustainably feed a household or a community group, fed by a soup kitchen as well as how people can get involved and donate.&...

Ahead of Child Protection Week, which runs from 29 May to 5 June, South Africa’s largest volunteering platform  forgood.co.za is calling on South Africans to donate toiletries, toys, and games to child-focused causes. Romy Heldsinger, CEO at forgood, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what the campaign is all about as well as how people can donate.

There is a critically dwindling number of engineers in South Africa and even fewer women engineers, but that is not stopping Bernadette Kanku from wanting to become a successful chemical engineer. The 19-year-old, who is currently in her first year of a bachelor’s degree in process engineering at Stellenbosch University, shares more about her dream of working on the pharmaceutical side of sc...

World Infertility Awareness Month is celebrated every June to increase awareness regarding numerous infertility issues faced by couples across the globe. This includes problems related to female as well as male fertility. Dr Lizle Oosthuizen joins Leigh-Anne Williams to debunk several myths regarding infertility and shares more about how those who are struggling with infertility issues can get the...

Attorney Fadia Arnold, Director and Owner of Arnold Law Legal Consultancy, joins Leigh-Anne Williams in studio to chat about child maintenance. She debunks important information about what child maintenance is, how to apply to maintenance court as well as any advice for parents who have to go through this process. 

World Thyroid Day falls on 25 May, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the serious impact that thyroid disease can have on one’s quality of life if the condition remains undiagnosed or is not properly treated. Leigh-Anne Williams chats to Dr Sindeep Bhana about what the thyroid is, the different types of thyroid diseases as well as how people with this illness can get treated. 

Every 27 seconds someone in the world is diagnosed with blood cancer. With the help of blood stem cell donations, DKMS, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to saving the lives of patients with blood cancer and blood disorders reached a milestone of 100 000 blood stem cell transplants.  Leigh-Anne Williams chats to Monni Thabo Maleka about his diagnoses and how it has affected h...

Neville Goliath, Western Cape Provincial Manager for the Positive Behaviour Programme, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about Positive Behaviour Program, which aims to highlight and showcase the WCED approach of restorative discipline in schools. He shares more about the extent of bullying of in schools, the effects of bullying on the individual as well as tells us more about the STOP TO SHARE campaig...

Driven by her passion for entrepreneurship, Megan Saunders, the founder of Saunders Technical Services (STS), left her full-time job to launch her new business with just one month’s salary, which she used to cover expenses like petrol and basic office equipment. She shares her inspirational journey with Leigh-Anne Williams about how she managed to turn her vision of becoming a entrepreneur t...

As South Africans prepare for winter and a fifth wave of Covid-19, numerous studies have shown the antiviral effects of spirulina, with one study showing that it may help reduce severe Covid-19 risk, by 70%. Health expert, Vanessa Ascencao, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the benefits of spirulina, how we can refine our nutrition and lifestyle to boost our immunity as well as how one can break...

Every year on 16 May, it marks International (HAE Day) – Hereditary Angioedema Day – which aims to raise awareness about this debilitating disease. Professor Mike Levin, CEO of the Allergy Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) and head of the division of Paediatric Allergology at UCT chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what this illness is, the causes and symptoms as well as how people can...

As co-founder of Zoie Health Technologies, Dr Nonhlanhla Sitole is a skilled and experienced researcher with a background in molecular- and cellular biology. Alongside her colleague, Thato Schermer, the two extraordinary woman have recently been honoured with award from both Harvard University and Standford for their high impact work in supporting women’s health acce...

More than a decade ago, it took over 18-months to correctly diagnose 17 year old Capetonian, Jenna Lowe with rare and severe Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). Little was known about this devastating and deadly disease before Jenna set her mind to raising awareness of how the sudden, unexplained onset of PH completely changed the course of her bright and happy life. Her mother and director of The Jenna...

Mathabo Sekhonyana, Communications Manager for Adoozy Lifestyle, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about this new phenomenon pertaining to phone separation anxiety. She shares more about what it is, why there is a fear of being without your phone as well as some tips to preserve your battery life too. 

Saturday 7 May is commemorated as World AS Day, an annual day dedicated to people living with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which is a spectrum of long-term inflammatory disease characterised by chronic inflammatory back pain. Maranda van Dam, founder of ASASA, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what axSpA is, ways to treat this illness as well as the impact that it has on you physically and em...

After the news of Diego Maradona's 'hand of God' World Cup jersey selling for R144 million at auction broke, Leigh-Anne Williams and the team shares what memorabilia (from a TV show/movie/sports event) that would purchase if money wasn't an object. The listeners join in too, sharing that they would buy the Premier League trophy, an authentic Chucky doll and so many more! 

After a short hiatus, Craig Lucas joins Leigh-Anne Williams in studio to chat about his brand new track "Better", which features the award-winning band, GoodLuck. He shares more about what the song is about, what it was like to work with GoodLuck (who he first met while competing on "The Voice South Africa") as well as what he is currently working on. 

After Serena Williams told Ellen DeGeneres that her 4-year-old daughter, Olympia, that she anonymously signed her up for tennis lessons, she also revealed that her daughter is also not the greatest player (just yet!) and would much prefer to be a princess rather than a professional tennis player. Leigh-Anne Williams, the team and listeners then chat about what they would have been doing had they f...

National Hospice Week 1-7 May 2022 is dedicated to highlighting the importance and nature of palliative care. Leigh Meinert, Advocacy & Operations Manager for the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what palliative care is, the theme for Hospice Week (which is ‘Living with Dying’) as well as how people can get involved...

Michele Carelse, Founder and CEO of Feelgood Health (and clinical psychologist), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). She explains what it is, why people get SAD as well as any tips on how to prevent and treat the condition.