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South African doctor, Dr Mathobela Matjekane, has been going the extra mile, educating the community about the Covid-19 terminology. She set up an initiative that would help simplify Covid-19 terminology by using indigenous languages in video content to decode the medical jargon. GUEST: Dr. Mathobela Matjekane - CEO and Founder of CLINIMED

The latest criminal stats show that seven of the 10 police stations reporting the highest murder rates in the country are in the Western Cape. GUEST: Dr. Guy Lamb - Criminologist Department of Political Science Stellenbosch University

Thebe Ikalafeng, Brand Africa Founder, launched the first Africa-focused specialist rand leadership academy Africa Brand Leadership Academy (ABLA), earlier this month. GUEST: THEBE IKALAFENG – Principal Founder Africa Brand Leadership Academy

2020 MATRIC RESULTS: FREE STATE COMES OUT TOP OF THE CLASS Minister Motshekga said she was happy that the class of 2020 had managed to achieve a 76.2% pass rate as she was expecting the worst due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GUEST: Professor RAMODUNGOANE TABANE - Associate Professor Chair of Department: Psychology of Education at UNISA

The pre-colonial Batswana capital of Kweneng. This work has been published in the newsletter of the South African Archaeological Society and is aimed for all of us to access. GUEST: Prof. Karim Sadr – Professor of Archaeology at the University of Witwatersrand

South Africa received its first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at O R Tambo International Airport in Gauteng last on Tuesday. With infections still on the rise the this is SA’s hope. What does the vaccine mean for SA? GUEST: Prof Burtram Fielding - Virologist Director of Research and Development at the University of The Western Cape

#SolidarityForGBV . In November 2020, the Solidarity Fund put a call out for applications from potential beneficiary organisations in the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sector who would benefit from a once-off grant from the Fund. This call formed part of the Solidarity Fund’s second GBV intervention programme in support of the national effort to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and the subsequent lo...

The Minister of Public Service and Administration Senzo Mchunu has started consultations on the Draft National Framework Document on the Professionalisation of the Public Service. In January Minister Mchunu invited the public to comment on the draft national framework document and now he will start consultation with key stakeholders like professional bodies, institutions of higher learning, think...

Reggae first penetrated South Africa in the 1970s. As early as 1977. Many reggae artists were influenced by the Jamaican originators of the genre, some of whom they had been able to see perform live in the early 1980s. GUEST: Bongani Mahlangu – Music and Arts Journalist

A Minute Before Lobolo’ is Motha ka Mtshali's honest account of his personal quest to understand the dynamics and challenges that come with marriage life and how men deal with them. GUEST: Motha Ka Mtshali - Author of A Minute Before Lobolo

NASA's (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) science rover Perseverance streaked through the Martian atmosphere yesterday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. GUEST: Dr. Adriana Marais - Theoretical physicist, technologist & aspiring extra-terrestrial. Founder of Proudly Human

Over the past few days, unusual and persistent levels of sulphurous smells in the air have given residents of Gauteng a glimpse of what life is like for people who live in some of our country’s most polluted places on the Mpumalanga Highveld – one of the South Africa’s worst air pollution hotspots. GUEST: Rico Euripidou - Environmental Health Campaign Manager at ground Work

Cindy Kruger is a psychic medium. She works to bring comfort and healing through messages from those on the Other Side. She is guided by her instinct, the person being read, and those in spirit who wish to communicate and help their loved ones on earth. As you call us Be Specific to whom you would like to crossover to, your parents or which loved one. GUEST: Cindy Kruger - Psychic Medium

On Holistic Healing Today we zone in on the SCIENCE OF THE GUT. Scientists studying our ‘second brain’ — the gut microbiome GUEST: Prof. Anwar Mall - Emeritus Professor University of Cape Town

It is time for society to bite the bullet and accept that SARS CoV 2, the virus that causes COVID, is here to stay. It has become an endemic pandemic, mutating in the direction of becoming a part of the annual winter respiratory onslaught. Some countries might achieve temporary eradication, but the world won't. GUEST: Dr Kees Rietveld - A humanitarian physician working in international public heal...

What is the appropriate age to join Social Media & How do we communicate with our children to grow trust and ensure safety. GUEST: Yolanda Mlozi - Senior Analyst, Public Policy and Government Relations at Google Africa GUEST: Mandisa Muruge - Counselling Social Worker from Family Life Centres

EARLY MAPPING OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1500–1900 is a course that was recently offered at the University of Cape Town offered by Antiquarian Dr Roger Stewart, antiquarian GUEST: Dr. Roger Stewart - Antiquarian

The Solidarity Fund is committed to the eradication of Gender Based Violence and as part of its commitment; we continue ongoing conversations every Monday afternoon discussing topics that will challenge all of us to find solutions towards ending the GBV scourge. Guest: Dr. Nwabisa Shai - Specialist Scientist at South African Medical Research Council

It's The First Day back at school across the country for the majority of schools in our country. The Teachers are key in moving our education system forward. How are the teachers doing? One teacher penned a piece titled: Five Years and Counting: My Experiences as a Township Teacher in South Africa GUEST: Lehlohonolo Mofokeng - Master of Education graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand,...

1.SELAELO SELOTA – MA MODIEGI 2.JOHNNY DYANI – NTYILO NTYILO 3.SIMPHIWE DANA – LAKUTSHONA ILANGA 4.SALIF KEITA – N’B’I FE 5.OUMOU SANGARE – DENKO GUEST: Percy Mabandu - Art Historian and Author of Yakhal'inkomo: Portrait of a Jazz Classic

Sunday 14 February is Valentines Day! How do you know when you have love, how do you know this is it? GUEST: Linda Ande Yende - Author of Wake Up Woman and Dear Uncle L GUEST: Lebo Pule - Author of “From Hustling to Healing Alone”; Teacher and Entrepreneur

Mental health is the biggest threat of 2021 Mental health distress is on the rise as the second wave of Covid-19 ripples through 2021. Dr: Kagisho Maaroganye, psychiatrist and public sector national convenor of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) says that with the high levels of grief, uncertainty, stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic, we need to ask ourselves “how does the na...

South Africa's unemployment rate currently stands at 30.8% It is the highest jobless rate since quarterly data became available in 2008, with more people searching for work amid the easing of lockdown restrictions. When President Cyril Ramaphosa stood on the podium of the National Assembly to deliver his state of the nation address (Sona) around this time last year, he declared 2020 as the year to...

Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida has launched her online mental health initiative #Mindful Mondays When she took the Miss South Africa crown in October last year she announced that she would be focusing on raising awareness around mental health. GUEST: Shudufadzo Musida - Miss South Africa

Is there a goal for the year ahead that you are feeling stuck with and don't know the next step? Can you tell if what you want is fear-based or truth-based? Do you know the difference? These questions could be in relation to money, relationships, career or anything else. GUEST: Yasmeen Engelbrecht - Psychologist & Coach