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The Overberg town of Bredasdorp lies about 180 kilometres away from Cape Town and some 30 kilometres north of Cape Agulhas, the close-knit community was founded with the building of a Dutch Reformed Church in 1838. Sadly, we know Bredasdorp for February 2013, when one morning, a security guard found 17-year-old Anene Booysen on a construction site. She was on the brink of death after having been g...

The AfriCAN Authors’ are aimed at self-publishing, “car boot selling” authors and children authors and the award winning books selected are from remarkable people in the communities, ordinary people that are making a huge difference in their communities, inspiring them about the possibilities out there to become to best version of themselves. Guest: Maureen Bvuma - Award Winning Author

Legendary radio personality Bob Mabena has died from cardiac arrest, aged 51. Mabena’s cause of death was confirmed by his employers, Power FM. At the time of his death, Mabena was the anchor of the breakfast show on Power 98.7. The Atteridgeville-born Mabena made his name in the hearts of minds of South Africans in the 90s where he started broadcasting for the now defunct Radio BOP (Bophuthutswan...

Dealing with a severe need in the community due to unemployment, hunger, drug addiction and women and child abuse. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic the situation is now dire; more than half the community is unemployed and this has led to severe hunger, drug addiction and an escalation in abuse. Joanne Borne is from the Riverlea Community in Jhb and says this is a forgotten community and action n...

What is the relationship you have with yourself and how does that influence the relationship your children have with themselves? The relationship with yourself determines the tone of many other relationship you will have in your life. This could be romantic relationships, workplace/work relationships or the relationship you have with your family. How does one practice and instill a healthy relatio...

We continue to celebrate women making impactful contributions in their spaces. Today we chat to Dr Sumy Thomas who is the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Discovery Foundation MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) Fellowship Award which is aimed at helping to develop the next generation of leaders in academic and clinical medicine in South Africa. Valued at R2.1 million over a one-year period. Gue...

Sixty percent of South Africa’s public schools are non-fee paying and the remaining 40% is said to have a healthy dose of financial backing from parents, communities, donors and other income-generating avenues. After 50 years of SA’s internationally recognised talents in the arts such as Charlize Theron, Kitty Phetla, Karen Zoid and Anele Mdoda, the National School of the Arts (NSA) faces a financ...

Zulaikha Patel first grabbed the worlds attention when she became the symbol of the fight against institutionalized racism at Pretoria High School for Girls, when at the age of 13 she led a protest against institutionalised racism in schools in South Africa and the decolonization of hair policies in schools, which was followed my several protests across South Africa in schools such as Lawson Brown...

More than 1.86 million people tuned in to watch Bonang Matheba’s “A Very Bonang Year” which premiered its first episode on Saturday, August 1. The viewership smashed records for the number of people tuning in to an SABC show. The much anticipated 2 parter had fans tweeting about it for two days thereafter and trended in South Africa with more than 1.3 billion hashtags - 200 000 more than when she...

Nosiphiwo was born into a family of four. Doctors told her parents that she would not make it to the age of 10 because she was born with a deformed heart and spine. Doctors had written her off, but her parents were not discouraged. Guest: Nosiphiwo Masikane - Founder of Ladies on Wheels and Author of With Pain Comes Strength .

Guest: Dr Shakira Choonara - Independent Public Health Practitioner

Adriana is the Founder of Proudly Human, pioneering new frontiers in research and technology for a future in harmony with each other and the environment, on Earth, Mars and beyond. She has recently visited the Antarctic interior and the Oman desert on location scouts for Proudly Human’s Off-World Project. Guest: Dr Adriana Marais - THEORETICAL PHYSICIST, TECHNOLOGIST & ASPIRING EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

The MY ENOUGH IS OUR ENOUGH campaign is directed to ALL men…men who have personally committed acts of violence against women, men who have stood by and allowed all forms of Gender-based violence continue. On Women’s Day, 09 August 2020 – The Zungu brothers (through the Manzini Zungu Foundation and Sengwayo Trust), joined by other men and professionals from different sectors will declare and unveil...

Last week we spoke about Stigma is the workplace as an emerging issue. Today we look at what protocols businesses should follow when it comes to retrenchments? GUEST: Mike Bagraim – Labour law expert

The Womenomics is a movement that calls on South Africans, especially corporates, to make a concerted effort to accelerate women’s participation in the economy. Guest: OLWETHU LESHABANE – FOUNDER OF THE WOMENOMICS

Author and publisher Melinda Ferguson celebrates 20 years clean and sober with the relaunch of her bestselling memoir SMACKED. A little over 20 years ago Melinda Ferguson was a homeless drug addict, trawling the streets of Hillbrow for her next fix. Her addiction to crack cocaine and heroin had dragged her to the depths of hell. Guest: Melinda Ferguson - Author Guest: Dr Eugene Allers - Psychiatri...

Higher Health, the national agency of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), recently implemented a holistic mental health initiative and launched a 24/7 student and staff helpline. The initiative will address the mental health needs of the two million students and staff who make up the university and college community in the country. Guest: Buti Manamela - Deputy minister of High...

This women’s month we are zoning in on women who have made their life’s dedication to contribute positively to our society and solutions based on approach to community issues. Today we speak to Lorraine Steenkamp of Retlosebetsa Foundation. The foundation was established with the aim to combat poverty, to reshape and innovates the future of anyone who posses’ talents in sports and skills that are...

Thando Mtsweni is currently a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration student at GIBS University. She started her involvement in the Deaf community when I studied South African Sign Language at WITS. She worked at Deaf TV where she filmed 2 seasons of DTV sign language lessons and also got involved with the Deaf community when she was working in China from 2017-2019. GUEST: Thando Mtsweni...

Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke Mqhayi (S. E. K. L. N Mqhayi, 1 December 1875–29 July 1945) was a Xhosa dramatist, essayist, critic, novelist, historian, biographer, translator and poet whose works are regarded as instrumental in standardising the grammar of isiXhosa and preserving the language in the 20th century. Mqhayi attended Lovedale College where he studied to become a teacher. Mqha...

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa says R61 million in Covid-19 relief funds have already been paid to artists and athletes. "The relief amount is set at R2200 using the rationale of the Expanded Public Works Programme, the EPWD rate structure. The department has taken into consideration the commitments for the unpaid beneficiaries in the first phase, which is estimated at R4 mill...

When one partner tests COVID-19 positive, it’s bound to take strain on a relationship, whether the one partner was irresponsible and bought the virus home due to ignorning lockdown restrictions or issues that can arise due to the isolation phase . Guest: Khosi Jiyane - Clinical psychologist

Guest: Lionel van Blerk - Bootlegger Coffee Company

"The gravedigger’s truth: Hidden coronavirus deaths" a documentary film Fewer than 100 people have died of Covid-19 in Somalia, according to official figures. But BBC Africa Eye has found that cemeteries are filling up fast in the country, whose healthcare system has been devastated by three decades of conflict. Guest:Jamal Osman - BBC Africa Eye Reporter

Tsitsi Dangarembga, an award-winning Zimbabwean author and Booker Prize nominee, has been released on bail after her arrest during an anti-government protest. Eleven other people detained on Friday - including Fadzayi Mahere, a lawyer and spokeswoman for the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance party - were also freed on Saturday. Guest: Tsitsi Dangarembga - Award winning author...