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Adolescent sexual development can be confusing and anxiety-provoking, not only for the youth themselves, but for their families as well. While their children's sexuality is a very sensitive, challenging, and even frightening topic for many parents, it is best if parents try to remain patient and non-judgmental. Youths' gender identity and sexual orientation will be constantly evolving and changing...

Parliament has recently closed the opportunity for the public to comment for submissions into three bills relating to gender-based violence. The three bills are the : 1. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill 2. The Domestic Violence Amendment Bill 3. Criminal Matters Amendment Bill GUEST: IGNATIUS FRANCE – Advocacy and Training Manager at THE JUSTICE D...

Throughout the lockdown, and after new electricity tariffs were implemented by the Johannesburg city council in July, many people took to social media to post images of their metro bills which revealed astronomical tariffs, often adding up to more than residents’ mortgage costs, according to Daily Maverick associate editor Ferial Haffajee. GUEST: FERIAL HAFFAJEE - Daily Maverick associate editor G...

Poisonous water was pumped out of the mine for decades and children play all around the toxic site. GUEST: ISAAC DLUDLU - Spokesperson of Joburg Water GUEST: TINY DLAMINI - Snake Park Community Activist

GUEST: PROF NOKWANDA NOX MAKUNGA - Professor of Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University.

GUEST: BUSI MABUZA - Chairperson of the Team SA and BRICS Business Council

Guest: Anton Engelbrecht - Alexander Forbes Health Strategic Consultant

Justice Yvonne Mokgoro turned 70 yesterday, we reflect on her work and career milestones. Guest: Judge Baratang Connie Mocumie - judge of supreme court appeals Guest: Magistrate Daniel M Thulare - Chief Magistrate for Cape Town, Chairperson for the Chief Magistrate Forum of the Republic of South Africa.

What is Impepho and Its Use? Guest: Honey Makwakwa Umakhosi Nomabutho - Sangoma society

Vigis is committed to feeding the children a solid meal and giving them a safe place to play and learn for at least one weekend morning. Vigis said children as young as two were coming to the sessions along with their parents, who were attracted by the offer of a free breakfast. Vasco says children go hungry in Ocean View and there is a need for nutrition, so we give them something to eat. It soun...

Some of the lockdown regulations are easing, but for many business owners, survival remains uncertain. Will you make it through intact? Business Author and Speaker DOUGLAS KRUGER has 7 creative survival tips for your small business. Guest: Douglas Kruger - Business Author and Speaker & Author of Virus Proof Your Small Business.

The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in partnership with the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) launched the report, Understanding South Africa’s Democratic Trajectory: A comparative analysis of post-colonial societies. Guest: Xolelwa kashe-katiya - Director: Project Management at Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) Guest: Bulelwa Ngewana - E...

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly. With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series o...

The National Movement of Rural Women (NMRW) celebrated International Day of Rural Women (IDoRW) yesterday 15 October. The NMRW would like all South Africans to commemorate and celebrate the important role rural women play every day. Despite the advent of COVID-19 gravely altering previously planned celebrations, the NMRW has decided to use their digital platforms to not let this auspicious occasio...

The success of any relationship comes down to the conscious participation each person is willing to bring to the table. Working on your relationship is about finding resilience to weather the storms and choosing to grow together so that your relationship can continue to evolve to a deeper, more profound connection. Guest: Leah Sefor – Life and relationship coach

Wednesday 11 November is the next Episode with CHEF LIZIWE MATLOHA and the deadline to book tickets is Thursday 5 November. Guest: Barbara Elshove – Live Cook Co-Producer

Commissioner Edward Kieswetter said the tax agency, which on Tuesday said it is hobbled by underfunding, had refunded R13.4bn to 1,24-million taxpayers, many of whom were struggling due to the Covid-19 lockdown. If you have received a call or SMS from South African Revenue Service (SARS), alleging you have an outstanding tax debt, in all likelihood, this is not fraud, but the revenue collector rem...

Guest: Dr Stella Anyangwe - District Governor Elect for Rotary District 9400 and is an epidemiologist and public/global health expert. She served in a number of countries as World Health Organisation Country Representative.

Rotary Action Group for Family Health & AIDS Prevention, Inc. (RFHA) is a global Rotary Action Group and mobilizing partner of Rotary International dedicated to disease prevention and treatment. The objective of RFHA is to facilitate projects aimed at the improvement of family health and the prevention of HIV and AIDS. Guest: Mr Bongumusa Makhathini

South Africa has the world’s largest cohort of young people with HIV. More than 300 000 adolescents aged between 10 and 19 are living with the virus. Dr Rebecca Hodes, is the recipient of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Social Responsiveness Award for 2019 Guest: Dr. Rebecca Hodes - Director AIDS and Society Research Unit Centre for Social Science research University of Cape Town

FynbosLIFE is a wildlife charity and non-profit organisation, run by botanists, ecologists, horticulturists and volunteers. Based in Cape Town, they protect and promote the City’s highly threatened local lowland fynbos biodiversity, through educational horticulture, habitat restoration projects. Guest: Dr. Caitlin Von Witt - Managing Director of FynbosLIFE; she uncovered an Endangered plant specie...

The global pandemic has highlighted many fault-lines across society, and in our current state of ongoing disruption, it also presents us with unique opportunities to make changes. In our daily lives, some of the best changes we can make are around our food choices. Overweight and obesity have been linked to more severe COVID-19 outcomes, along with diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) suc...

Tuesday 20 October will mark National Down Syndrome Day, designated by our late President, Mr Nelson Mandela to create awareness about Down syndrome. This year we bring attention to the violence against individuals with Down syndrome. Guest: Ancella Ramjas - National Executive Director Down Syndrome South Africa

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, has released HIGHER HEALTH’s latest protocol for the Post-Schooling Education and Training sector (PSET) to guide 26 universities, 50 TVET colleges and other post- schooling institutions on how to conduct invigilated examinations during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Guest: Dr Ramneek Ahluwalia - CEO Higher Health, a national en...

Badsha has been capturing images of South Africa's history for decades. Among these are a collection of photographic essays entitled A Letter to Farzanah (1979), produced with the late Fatima Meer, and Imijondolo (1984), a photographic record of his work in the Inanda area in Durban. The former was immediately banned at the time. In the 1980s Badsha co-founded Afrapix as well as of the Centre for...