Life Happens

Two young sisters are breaking barriers with bricks. With an invention that uses plastic to create bricks for construction, Kedibone, 30, and Kekeletso Tsiloane, 27, have found a real-world solution to plastic waste. The sisters are the founders of Ramtsilo, a construction business named after their grandmother. Ramtsilo was created to address the high levels of plastic waste found all around us....

The outbreak is not entirely unexpected. Coronaviruses are among the emerging pathogens that the World Health Organisation in 2015 identified as likely to cause severe outbreaks in the near future. For a long time is was difficult to identify the causative agent of infectious diseases. The rapid development of various molecular detection tools has enabled researchers to identify several new respir...

1. Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera 2. How we fight for our lives by Saeed Jones, 3. A spy in time by Imraan Coovadia, 4. American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Guest: Griffin Shea - Owner of Bridge Books

Guest: Omar Badsha - He is also the founder of South African History Online, documentary photographer, artist, political and trade union activist and an historian Guest: Candice Jansen – Manager of Research and Exhibition at the Market Photo Workshop

Guest: Lucien van der Walt, PhD - Professor of Economic & Industrial Sociology // Director: Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU). MA (coursework) coordinator:Sociology, Industrial/ Economic Sociology & Development Studies, Sociology Department, Rhodes University

Guest: Prof Glenda Daniels - Associate professor of media studies at the Wits University

The People's Republic of China is currently experiencing an outbreak of the coronavirus which has caused more than 41 deaths and has spread to other countries such Malaysia, and in some European destinations. This means that African destinations must take precautions on those that have travelled to and from mainland China. The outbreak has led to travel freeze in China on the eve of the Lunar New...

Dawie Roodt, the chief economist of the Efficient Group, said there were three possible avenues as to how Wuhan flu could impact South Africa. “The first is through the real economy if other countries start closing borders and so on it will affect trade and tourism. The second is through the financial markets and its impact on commodity prices and exchange rates. The third is if the virus also arr...

Guest: Abigail Dawson - Spokesperson for the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CORMSA ) Guest: Liesl Muller - Head of Statelessness Project at Lawyers for Human Rights Guest: Nyika Machenjedze - Children on the Move Project Manager at Save The Children SA

What is Infant loss? (Understanding the difference between Infant loss, Miscarriage and Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death) Guest: Dr Enrico Maraschin - Paediatrician Guest: Dr Cathy Angus - Clinical Psychologist Guest : Yonela Rasi - Founder of Lakhanya Foundation - she lost 3 babies within three years and started her foundation to help moms who've gone through infant lo...

TikTok is a video-sharing social networking service used to create short lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos. The application allows users to create short music and lip-sync videos of 3 to 15 seconds and short looping videos of 3 to 60 seconds. It is popular in Asia, the United States, and other parts of the world. TikTok is not available in China, and its servers are based in countries where the...

Lebo Mathosa...simply GONE TOO SOON. She died at 29 years of age and yet in her short life she became one of the greatest stars South Africa has ever produced. A multitalented singer, dancer and actress, Lebo was born in Daveyton on the East rand of Johannesburg. Her family later moved to JHB where she attended St Mary's High School in Waverly. Like many great singers, her skills as a singer began...

The Gingerbread Lady Bakery is an artisan bakery based at 109 Van Riebeeck Avenue in Edenvale, Johannesburg. Established in 2015, The Gingerbread Lady Bakery is dedicated to making cakes with nostalgic homemade flavours, with a contemporary twist on every flavour and design. We specialise in stylish buttercream cakes, delicious and fresh French Macarons and other sweet confectionary. The enthusias...

Tonya looks at the top social media trends of the week. Guest: Tonya Khoury - Founder of Acumen Media

Artificially Infeminated, directed by award winning comedian Rob Van Vuuren, is Claudine’s debut one woman stand up comedy show that explores the intricacies of being cis gender female, pale white, chubby, Jewish and middle child in Jo’burg #millenialslovelabels. Guest: Claudine Ullman - founder and managing director of the Jittery Citizens. She is an actress, improviser; stand up comedienne, publ...

The Mixed Reality Workshop (TMRW) and Pan Macmillan are proud to present Occupying the Fatuous State of Severity, a mixed reality exhibition made possible by the British Council. A project responding to novelist Phumlani Pikoli’s debut collection of short stories that probe mental illness in South Africa. Pikoli’s book, The Fatuous State of Severity, described in the Mail & Guardian as “a palpable...

Guest: Nimrod Nkosi - South African television presenter and actor

Technology has come a long way to enable amputees. Most young South Africans living with amputation are limited more by health policies and the high cost of prosthetic equipment than by their actual physical ability. At Jumping Kids, the dream is to provide affordable prosthetic solutions geared for optimum results while boosting awareness and advocating for change. It is not enough to merely fit...

34-year-old Khanyisile Ngwenya, one of the creators and associate producer of SABC 2’s TalkAbility, hails from Soweto and was raised in both Diepkloof and Meadowlands. Ngwenya was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as brittle bones, and contrary to popular belief, growing up with a disability was not as easy as it might have seemed. Her challenges were not only physical, due to the obvi...

Minister Cele committed to training 4500 police officers to address gender-based violence (GBV) [1], we want to know if this training has been completed? There are 193,000 police officers in our country [2], training less than 3% is not enough if we are to really address GBV. We call on Minister Cele to make a public commitment to train at least 50% of police officers to address GBV, in 2020. Fina...

Some Fact by the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters 1. They don’t import Ox Liver, they import Beef Liver. 2. South Africa has been importing Beef liver from the US and Australia for years. Got nothing to do with local supply, it’s about pricing. 3. The demand for Beef liver from the South African consumer is on the up, Beef liver between Jan 19 – Nov 19 is currently sitting at 30571 mt i...

Guest: Maria Philippides – Partner at Webber Wentzel

1. Zola, Johan Jack Smith. 2. Hair: Weaving and unplucking stories of identity, edited by Joanne Hichens and Karin M. Szczurek. 3. Those Who Travel Meet Themselves, edited by Michelle Ntandoyenkosi Van Onna Green - Thompson. 4. Happiness is a Four Letter Word, Nozizwe Cynthia Jele. 5. Black Tax, edited by Niq Mhlongo. Guest: Lorraine Sithole – Writer, Publisher ,Reader and a Promoter of Afrocenten...

Her story highlights women who have done impeccable things in the lifetime .This feature helps us learn more about them, their journey and their incredible contribution in society. Guest: Laika Masuka - Grand-daughter of Dorothy Masuka

Guest: Jon Foster- Pedley - Henley Business School Africa dean and director