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Tebatso Ntshane was part of the team(crew member) who repatriated South Africans from Wuhan in March. Guest: Captain Vusi Khumalo - SAA chief pilot ,he has been a South African Airways (SAA) since 1994 . He is the pilot that flew back 114 citizens back to the country from Wuhan Guest: Tshosa Masubelele - Uncle

Guest: Mahlomola Kekana - President of the National Association of Parents in School Governance Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa Guest: Nomusa Cembi - SADTU (The South African Democratic Teachers Union) Media Officer Guest: Elijah Mhlanga – Spokesperson the Department of Basic Education

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) said that preparations were under way at universities to ensure that campus . Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela says : "Universities will be spending this time building up to ensure that the guidelines and protocols in terms of sanitation and personal protective equipment, quarantine and all of that." Manamela said...

How to best navigate our way through social media and still have our reputation intact & not ruin our careers. agency announced, their client, Bianca Schoombe decided to withdraw her entry from Miss South Africa 2020. Bianca was trending this week due to derogatory tweets she had made when she was 14 years, 6 years ago. Guest: EMMA SADLEIR - SOCIAL MEDIA LAW EXPERT

Zoning In On Different African Countries To Get An Update On What’s Happening When Comes To Covid -19. Today we look at Mozambique. GUEST: MILTON MALULEQUE - MOZAMBICAN JOURNALIST

Aya Chebbi, an award-winning Pan-African feminist. She is the first African Union Youth Envoy and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. Aya became a world-renowned blogger during 2010/2011 Tunisia’s Revolution running Proudly Tunisian. Guest: Aya Chebbi - AU Special Youth Envoy

GUEST: ADV. BOKANKATLA MALATJI - The Commissioner responsible for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

It has been a stressful and worrying time for many of us since the COVID-19 Outbreak and national lockdown. Escapism has been a way of coping for many and with President Cyril Ramaphosa having announced that most of South Africa will move to level 3 lockdown restrictions by the end of May, it hasn’t eased the stress and anxiety that comes with constantly protecting and safeguarding your self. How...

A crucial election has begun in the East African nation of Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza is stepping aside after 15 years in charge but he will remain “paramount leader” in the country. The vote is one of the most important transfers of power in Burundi since independence in 1962. GUEST: SOPHIE MOKOENA - SABC Foreign Editor

In China the coronavirus pandemic has accounted for a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 25%. The capital city of the Philippines has emerged from a cloud smog, The animals have the shared terrain all to themselves in the Kruger National Park and enjoying naps along the roadside. TODAY IS WORLD BEE DAY The local honey industry, according to the Conservation South Africa (CSA), has an average...

GUEST: CLAYSON MONYELA - Spokesperson Department of International Relations

Zoning in on Different African Countries to Get an Update on What’s Happening When Comes to Covid -19. Tanzania’s president John Magufuli has said the economy is “more important than the threat posed by coronavirus”, adding that he wants to reopen the country for tourism despite warnings that Africa could face the next wave of the disease. In a video the Tanzanian president once again touted natur...

Guest: Prof. Ruaan Maarman – Deputy Dean for research at the Faculty of Education at The University of the Western Cape(UWC) - (His research is on poverty and schooling GUEST : MTHOKOZISI MAPHUMULO Associate & Litigation Attorney at Adams and Adams

Last night Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced at a press conference that schools will open on 01 June with the phasing in of Grade 7 & 12. There’s been mixed reaction from the public with issues ranging from school’s readiness and if measures have been put in place to address crowding in classes, to parent’s worries if the health of their children has been considered in the deci...

During this time of Covid-19, and people being lockdown at home; how would you advise a person to start a small garden for sustenance and healing plants. GUEST: JEAN-FRANCOIS SOBIECKI - PLANT ALCHEMIST & ETHNOBOTANIST

Freedom of Religion South Africa says a moratorium on religious gatherings, even at the lower levels of the country's Covid-19 lockdown, is "grossly unfair”. It has called for an urgent review of the decision. Executive director Michael Swain says the total ban, even at thelowest Level 1, of any form of religious gathering (except for a limited waiver for funerals) is increasingly difficult to jus...

Authorities in Zimbabwe must urgently account for three missing female leaders from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance (MDC-Alliance) and ensure their safe return, Amnesty International said today amid growing fears for their safety. The three MDC-Alliance youth leaders, Joana Mamombe (MP for Harare West), Cecelia Chinembiri (MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Vice Chair) and Netsai...

South Africa currently stands at over 16 000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Economists have said that South Africa’s economy was in difficulty before the Covid-19 crisis and forecasts for the rest of the year are alarming. The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) said in a report that the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken to combat it were likely to leave all South Africans poorer f...

GUEST: GERALD MWANDIAMBIARA - CERTIFIED FINANCIAL ADVISOR

With about 70% of global capacity idled, the airline industry stands to lose $314 billion in ticket sales this year, according to the International Air Transport Association. Some members of the industry are calling for a return to the air. GUEST: KIRBY GORDON - Chief Marketing officer FLYSAFAIR

Zoning In On Different African Countries To Get An Update On What’s Happening When Comes To Covid -19. Today we look at Lesotho GUEST: Rapelang Radebe – SABC Correspondent in Lesotho

GUEST: DR FELICITY COUGHLAN - Academic Director at ADvTECH Guest: NONCEDO MADUBEDUBE - General Secretary at Equal Education

Schools have been closed since March 18 as part of the government’s measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Data from the NICD (National Institute for Communicable Diseases) points to a lower incidence rate in children under the age of 10 relative to those in the 15-19 year age group. GUEST: PROF. MARY METCALF - Education Expert GUEST: DR NIC SPAULL Education Researcher at Stellenbosch’s Univ...

Guest: RJ Benjamin – Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, composer, vocal coach, musical director and producer

Guest: Tonya Khoury – Founder of Acumen Media