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Guest: Tshepho Tsotsotso Guest: Uyanda Manana

Guest: Sharon Ekambaram Head of Refugee and Migrants Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights @LHR_SA Guest: Asylum Seeker

Covid-19: “We are starving” says singer Vicky Sampson “Artists are workers, not beggars!” and “Relief 4 all made easy” - these slogans were plastered across placards being held up by about 50 musicians and performers near Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday. Vicky Sampson, national chairperson for the Trade Union for Musicians of South Africa (TUMSA), said the application process for the relief p...

Live-Cook Channel is a solidarity initiative for the culinary industry. Live-Cook episodes are streamed on YouTube. Participants can purchase tickets via Webtickets and receive a box of ingredients to cook along with the chef. GUEST: BARBARA ELSHOVE – Co Producer Live Cook Channel

The effects of trauma can be long lasting and debilitating. The reality of a traumatic incident is that it can impact your life and the lives of the people around you. Trauma can also impact on your mutual or interpersonal relationships. Men, in particular, have long been conditioned to “suck it up” when it comes to dealing with the results of a traumatic experience. Today we ask, what resources a...

As from Monday, 14 September 2020 social grant applicants have been able to apply for certain social grants online. The pilot project covers the Child Support, Older Persons, and Foster Child grants. Applications can be lodged on https://services.sassa.gov.za which is a secure website. After reviewing the system other grants will also be added to the portal. Guest: Mr Paseka Letsatsi - SASSA spoke...

Guest: Mike Bagraim – Labour Law Expert

Persons with Albinism still endure structural and systematic discrimination across South Africa. They continue to live in fear for their lives, as they are actively hunted and killed for their body parts in many countries across the region. Graves of those that have died are often tampered with and their remains stolen. Albinism is an inherited genetic condition that prevents the body from making...

During Level 2 lockdown, certain regulations on alcohol were implemented. We were allowed to purchase alcohol following a ban but only at certain times and on certain days. Are we a society driven by alcohol? GUEST: Vumani Mkhize – BBC business correspondent Guest: Janet Gourand - World Without Wine

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to learn more about our food but there are still considerable gaps in our understanding of the relationship between the virus that causes COVID-19 and food. Guest: Mpho Tshukudu - Dietitian & Co-Author of Eat Ting

TODAY the industry is marching to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the National Assembly in Cape Town, and Provincial Premier Offices and Municipalities. Guest: Sibongile Mngoma - Founder of I’m 4 The Arts Initiative Guest: Masechaba Khumalo - Spokesperson for the Department of Sports ,Arts and Culture Minister)

In the past decade, the global incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and leukemia has increased by 45% and 26% respectively. While recommended, prevention efforts, such as lifestyle changes, tend to be less effective for hematologic malignancies than for other cancers, which makes a blood stem cell transplant, a patient’s only hope for survival. Guest: Jane Ward - Acting Deputy Director At South...

26 Year old Ntiyiso Xilumane has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the polokwane high court for the murder of medical intern Shongile Nkwashu. GUEST: KATLEGO NYONI - SABC Reporter Polokwane

Liliesleaf Recognised as one of South Africa’s leading heritage sites, Liliesleaf opened to the public in June 2008 and has since attracted thousands of local and international visitors, eager to understand and engage with a pivotal period in South Africa’s liberation struggle. The museum pays testimony to the many lives that changed the political landscape of this country and through its educatio...

GUEST: Prof. Abel Pienaar - holds a PhD in health sciences and his work focuses on "Reinforcing indigenous communal healing as a sustainable health science and practice in Africa" and to demystify the so-called learned myths that African indigenous knowledge is not a science.

SANBS is experiencing critical shortages in blood supply. Covid-19 restrictions have severely limited their ability to collect adequate blood stocks. GUEST: NOMFUNDO DHLAMINI - Communications Specialist at SANBS (South African National Blood Service)

Guest: Phakamile Siyo - SME Consultant and Currently working with 8 Co Operatives in the Ndlambe Local Municipality an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape

"Rape culture is very South African and rape remains the least convicted crime of assault. This is an indictment against the police service, the prosecutorial authority and the judicial system. They are failing South African women." words from the article "The Construction Of Masculinities, The Rule Of Law And Gender-Based Violence" by Nkanyiso Ngqulunga. Guest: Nkanyiso Ngqulunga - Legal Scholar...

Guest: Sifiso Mlondo - Richards Bay

Hugh Masekela’s Thuma Mina - (Send Me) – The People’s Version will be released across all all digital platforms TODAY . Thuma Mina is a call to the people of South Africa to stand up collectively for change. Constitution Hill and the Hugh Masekela Heritage Foundation have GUEST: ABIGAIL KUBEKA GUEST: DAWN ROBERTSON - CEO CONSTITUTION HILL

Last Week Artists CHEPAPE MAKGATO opened his 11th Solo Exhibition “Age of Wisdom” celebrating and honouring 4 women across generations. Guest: Chepape Makgato – Artist

A COUPLE who got infected with COVID-19, tells us how they survived and got to experience “In Sickness and In Health” Together. Guest: SALEM NYATI Guest:TERRA NYATI

Live-Cook Channel is a solidarity initiative for the culinary industry. Live-Cook episodes are streamed on YouTube. - Ticket sales closed yesterday but we can watch along on Wednesday 16 September at 6pm on the Live-Cook Channel YouTube or Facebook. - Chef is Kabelo Segone cooking Lamb Thai Green Curry GUEST: LANCE GIBBONS - Live Cook Co-Producer

President Ramaphosa has taken 3 Bills to Parliament in the fight against GBV -Sexual Offences -Domestic Violence -Bail and Parole GUEST: IGNATIUS FRANCE - Advocacy and Training Manager THE JUSTICE DESK

GUEST: Prof. AMEENA GOGA - Director HIV and Epidemiology Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Paedetrician