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This February, which is recognized as Reproductive Health Month, the spotlight has fallen on another 21st century crisis – plummeting fertility rates. Fertility levels worldwide have plunged to an historic low with scientists predicting that by 2025, almost 10 million couples will struggle to conceive. South Africa faces the same conundrum, with already more than 20% of couples struggling to conce...

Cape Town Entrepreneur and Pastor Tlou Ledwaba is always looking for ways to empower members of his community. In December, he launched To Walk a Child, a campaign geared at collecting school shoes for needy children in Mfuleni a Township 32 km from Cape Town. GUEST: Tlou Ledwaba - ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF SHOE CAMPAIGN

Someone tweeted “I understand why people cut off their parents” and the responses were massive and some of them stated “I lost my job last week and all she cares about is if im going to be able to send her money tomorrow” How do we deal with toxic parents and family members GUEST: Mandla Lupondwana – Speaker and Director of Together and Forever GUEST: Nikki Bush – Parenting Expert

GUEST: Dr. Mocholoko ZuluMathabo Zulu - Doctoral practitioner; a metaphysical scientist; a cosmologist; a technological inventor and a software engineer

GUEST: Dr Velile Ngidi – Public Health Medicine Registrar The University of KwaZulu-Natal

GUEST: Fisani Mahlangu - Executive Member National Shelter Movement of South Africa

The unexplored frontier for heritage tourism to Zululand, South Africa is a paper written a few years ago by colleagues that include Unathi Henama from the Department of Tourism Management Tshwane University of Technology With the recent Tea in Nkandla; Unathi has revived the question #ZumaMeetsMalema: Is it a tourism opportunity lost? GUEST: Unathi Henama - Tourism Lecturer Tshwane University of...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has handed over AU chairpersonship to DRC President Felix Tshiseked. South Africa has not won the two positions at the African Union Commission leadership it had targeted. The AU summit held a virtual swearing in of the new commissioners of the Union. GUEST: Nixon Katembo - African Affairs Analyst Chanel Africa

In The Month of Love; We remind ourselves that in the midst of a pandemic we can still celebrate being inlove. GUEST: Dr. Sheldon Leal - PhD Music Academic, Musician, Songwriter and Director of Culture at Southdowns College in Irene, Pretoria.

It’s the month of Love, only this time we have a pandemic we are faced with. Perhaps many relationship dynamics will change years after recovering from this global pandemic. Some of the rules that have been shifting over the years is DATING YOUNGER for both men and women; especially for women. Is it still taboo to date younger? GUEST: Linda Ande Yende - Author of Wake Up Woman and Dear Uncle L GUE...

CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN MAN ...is a book by Leroy Tau it came at a moment of self-reflection in his own life. What Was Broken and How do you put the pieces back together? GUEST: Mfanozelwe Shozi - Gender Activist & Lecturer Durban University of Technology under the Adult and Community Education Unit. (He speaks in his own capacity) GUEST: Leroy Tau - Author of Confessions of a Broken Man. He has a...

It’s been a difficult time for many of us with the Covid-19 pandemic and having an idea of what things look like is what some of us would like to know. Sandy is here… GUEST: Sandy Smith – Well known South African Numerologist

A drop of 18% in the new car market in January, compared to January 2020, is a clear indication that the economic squeeze is on for vehicle buyers in South Africa, according to Mark Dommisse, the Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association, which is the professional body representing more than 1 300 motor dealerships, and includes 85% of the new vehicle franchised outlets. GUEST: M...

How chieta’s plans to address unemployment in s.a ,in partnership with university of johannesburg to support start-ups and small businesses – PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) has partnered with the University of Johannesburg Center of Entrepreneurship (UJCfE) to develop their small business support programme. GUEST: Mr. Yershen Pillay - C...

Dr. Sheromani Harripershad is registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa as a homeopathic doctor and runs a private practice in Sydenham offering complimentary, natural, alternative and holistic healing. GUEST: Dr. Sheromani Harripershad - Homoeopathic Doctor . She has a special interest in female and male infertility.

The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to lead to an increase in inequality in almost every country at once, the first time this has happened since records began. The virus has exposed, fed off and increased existing inequalities of wealth, gender and race. GUEST: Mthandazo Ndlovu – Governance Programme Manager at OXFAM

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) will be launching its Priority Research Project on Mintirho ya Vulavula: Arts, National Identities and Democracy in South Africa, on the 10th of February 2021. Its aim is to locate arts, culture and heritage within a society looking to attain long-lasting social transformation and democracy. GUEST: Dr. Refiloe Lepere - Drama Therapist, Dir...

GUEST: Dr. Mocholoko ZuluMathabo Zulu - Doctoral practitioner; a metaphysical scientist; a cosmologist; a technological inventor and a software engineer with more than 20 years’ experience.

The release of the Corruption Watch Covid-19 TERS Corruption at Work report today and highlights the experiences of whistle-blowers. The Temporary Employer / Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) was introduced during the national hard lockdown as one of a range of economic stimulus measures in response to the Covid-19 epidemic. GUEST: Kirsten Person - Project Specialist Corruption Watch

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. #SolidarityForGBV GUEST: Roche Kester - Hatecrimes Manager at OUT Wellbeing which is a LGBTQI+ Organisation

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be receiving the first batch of vaccines from Mumbai this afternoon before its transported to a cold-room for technical processing and quality assurance in Johannesburg. GUEST: Prof. Tahir Pillay - Head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and the Division of Clinical Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria & The National Health R...

--Legendary jazz musician and political activist Jonas Gwangwa is laid to rest today after a special provincial funeral in Johannesburg. Gwagwa died at the age of 83 last week, two weeks after the death of his wife, Violet Gwangwa. --Songstress Extraordinaire Dr. Sibongile Khumalo, passed away yesterday after what the family said was a 'lengthy period of illness' at the age of 63 GUEST: Bongani Ma...

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of South African legendary musician, Dr Sibongile Khumalo. According to a statement on behalf of the family, Khumalo succumbed to stroke-related complications after a lengthy period of illness. Khumalo began her musical journey at the tender age of 8, and was launched into the limelight when she won the Standard Bank Young Artist Award at the Graha...

2021 Is A New Year that comes with the continued strain, loss and struggle of 2020. We have yet to experience A Happy New Year as families, workers and as a country & globe. How Then Do we move forward with hope and positivity? GUEST: Leah Sefor – Life and Relationship Coach

South Africa has the eighth highest suicide rate in the world, with 450 men taking their lives a month and four out of five deaths being the result of suicide. This is according to the Men’s Foundation of South Africa, an NGO that manages the Movember Foundation in the country under licence from the International Movember Foundation. GUEST: Sifiso Mkhasibe - Project Leader – Stakeholder Engagement...