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As of Wednesday, a cumulative total of 596,060 confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa have been recorded with 3,916 new cases identified in the previous 24 hours. The total number of tests conducted to date is 3,455,671 with 25,324 new tests conducted since the last report. An additional 159 deaths were reported in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total Covid-19 related cumulative deaths to 1...

Zuki Mzozoyana has always been a “little off centre” in the design of her own career and her general world view and outlook. Having straddled both worlds as an entrepreneur and corporate professional, she found her “sweet spot” and niche based on a combination of her passions, experience, skills and view of where the future of work should be going. GUEST: Zuki Mzozoyana - Future of education build...

POMEGRANATE GUAVA YARROW Guest: Guest: Jean Francois Sobiecki - Ethnobotanist, medicinal plant researcher, and qualified nutritionist

The project is a collaborative effort between the community, Sparking Minds and a 25-year-old man on a mission, Joshua Buchalter Prior to the pandemic, Buchalter travelled the world working on a cruise ship, marketing high-end luxury goods. After five years he has returned to Knysna as cruise ships have been shut down indefinitely as part of global measures in place to curb the spread of covid-19....

On the 1st of November 2019, Citi Foundation and TechnoServe launched the Youth IdeasDevelopment Technology (YID-Tech) Program, a 12-month entrepreneurship development initiative. The program attracted over 250 candidates between the ages of 18 – 35 in Gauteng with the aim of selecting the best 60 who will go through a certified electronics training. GUEST: Tumelo Dichabe - Business Advisor Techno...

Guest: Sikonathi Mantshantsha - Eskom spokesperson

Kamala Harris is the daughter of Shyamala Gopalan Harris and Donald Harris, who immigrated from India and Jamaica, respectively. She is the first black woman on a major-party US presidential ticket and can be remembered for her debate with then-rival Joe Biden in her race for the Democratic presidential nomination in early 2019. Guest: Devin Barrington - Founder of Black Futurist Group which has p...

Instagram's 'Women Supporting Women' Challenge Inadvertently Brings Awareness to Turkish Femicide . Right now your social media feeds are probably flooded with black and white selfies as part of the "Women Supporting Women" viral trend. Guest: Melek Onder - We will stop femicide initiative

Kgothatso Montjane is the first black woman South African to compete at Wimbledon,she says her disability led her to greater achievements. She also became the first African player in a wheelchair to qualify for all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year. Guest:Kgothatso Montjane - Wheelchair tennis Champion

Taboo Night Club has set the precedent for entertainment throughout the continent. Taboo Night Club, being the mother brand, offers a discerning clientele an extravagant escape from the norm and a glittering stage upon which to shine Guest: Jabulani Mzimela - Partner at taboo night club

GYM owners, employees and fitness enthusiasts embarked on a countrywide protest recently demanding the government allow fitness facilities to reopen. While many non-contact sports were allowed to resume under Level 3 the revised regulations, gyms and fitness centres remain closed. The protest was held by FitSA, the association of health and fitness clubs. Guest: Grant Austin - Fitsa spokesperson

Collectively as women we have impact. There is a belief that women don’t support each other , how true is this? In the past there has been research that shows women in particular, benefit from collaboration instead of competing. How are we doing as women? Guest: Dudu Msomi - Founder and ceo of busara leadership partners -expertise is to facilitate the development and effectiveness of leaders to ac...

Yesterday the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) held the 8th commemoration for the massacre in Midrand, Johannesburg, and their legal representatives announced their plans to take President Cyril Ramaphosa to court if he does not apologise for his role and concede to their compensation demands by the end of August. Guest: Athandiwe Saba - Co-Author "We are going to kill each...

PJ POWERS Feat Tshepo Tshola – Right to Learn BRENDA FASSIE – Kuya Ngokuthi Ungubani & Promises CAIPHUS SEMENYA – Women Has a Right to Be Guest: Bongani Mahlangu – Writer and Cultural Analyst

Musician Selaelo Selota spearheads the new 916 Ways of Women Love campaign to contribute to the promotion of affection and tender care for women. The #916 Ways campaign aspires to trigger a constructive and rational dialogue directed at quelling violence against women. Selota challenges himself to regularly craft and posts heartfelt messages directed at stimulating others to join the 916 Ways of W...

Most of the children enter GBT care through the Children’s Courts. Majority are orphaned, abandoned or rejected by their families or caregivers. Most of them arrive with shattered dreams, sick at heart and often in body too. Some have been physically or sexually abused, neglected or abandoned. Some come from broken or poverty-stricken homes, do badly at school, have discipline issues, reject autho...

There are promising signs that the worst of SA’s coronavirus crisis is over, but the country still risks a second wave of the disease if prevention measures falter, health minister Zweli Mkhize’s top coronavirus adviser warned on Thursday. Prof Burtram Fielding - Director of Research Development at the University of Western Cape and Virologist specializing in Covid-19.

Live-Cook Channel is a solidarity initiative for the culinary industry. Live-Cook episodes are streamed on YouTube every second Thursday at 6pm. Participants can purchase tickets via Webtickets and receive a box of ingredients to cook along with the chef. Next Week’s chef is JENNY MORRIS, Thursday 20 August. GUEST: Jenny Morris - Chef GUEST: Barbara Elshove - Co Producer Live Cook Channel

Guest: Mfanozelwe Shozi - Gender Activist & Lecturer Durban University of Technology under the Adult and Community Education Unit. (He speaks in his own capacity) Guest: Justin Cohen - International Speaker & Author; latest book is “Winning with Relationships 21 Laws of Influence in Love & Business"

In commemoration of Women’s Month, The Black Business Council Women Alliance will host several virtual seminars under the theme “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future”, to discuss and deliberate on strategies and tactics on how to advance the struggle for economic liberation of black women. The BBC Women Alliance welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on the...

With just days until the window for submitting applications for the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefit for July and August closes – on August 15 – the system has yet to open for these applications. According to Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) spokesperson Makhosonke Buthelezi, the funds will be released upon directives from Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas...

23 year old student Nomvelo Mgoqi recently took part in the Department of Higher Education and Training Virtual Roundtable Discussion on Gender Based Violence and Femicide in youth in relation to covid-19. She went on to tell her story of struggle in many areas from poverty, GBV, being a young mother and struggling to pay for school fees. She is a Human Resources student an 18 month course at King...

Today we are talking ALMONDS, BASIL & LEONOTIS. This is when we learn about the health benefits as well as how to plant in our homes. GUEST: Jean Francois Sobiecki - Ethnobotanist, medicinal plant researcher, and qualified nutritionist

Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 53.06 percent from 2013 until 2020, reaching an all-time high of 59 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Youth unemployment remains one of the major challenges in the African continent, however, many efforts have been made by various organisations to address this issue. The All4YOUth Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Alliance provides unemployed youth wi...

She is also founder of CefPads ,a company that manufacturers washable and Reusable sanitary pads. She also has 15yrs experience in NPO educational Foundations. Guest: Creseldah Ndlovu - Founder of Creseldah Educational Foundation