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Guest: Paul Blom - Director of the South African Horror Fest

Guest: Nyana Molete - Former Morning Live Editor Guest: Leanne Manas - Presenter of Morning Live

The MeerKat telescope - a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array or SKA, continues to make new discoveries. Scientists say it's just a fraction of what is yet to come. The SKA and the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network or AVN, as well as other initiatives, aim to develop astronomy in the nine African SKA partner countries, which are Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mo...

Police have removed hundreds of foreign nationals and refugees from an area outside the offices of the UN High Commission for Refugees in Cape Town - the site of a weeks-long peaceful sit-in protest over their safety in South Africa. On Wednesday, multiple police vehicles and police officers gathered around the site in St George's Mall in the Cape Town CBD and removed the protesters. For weeks, th...

HAIR: Weaving & Unpicking Stories of Identity is a collection of short stories inspired by hair. Like skin, hair is a body feature with a complex and controversial history, and is constantly under scrutiny in the media, specifically with regard to identity. HAIR: Weaving and Unpicking Stories of Identity features short stories by contemporary established and emerging South African writers of diver...

Guest: Oscar Bonginkosi Mdlongwa also known as Oskido - South African recording artist Guest: Somizi Mhlongo - choreographer, TV and radio personality.

Grieving is a personal experience. Depending on who you are and the nature of your loss, your process of grieving will be different from another person's experience. There is no "normal and expected" period of time for grieving. Some people adjust to a new life within several weeks or months. Others take a year or more, particularly when their daily life has been radically changed or their loss wa...

Pan Macmillan and the Nelson Mandela Foundation will be hosting an event later today where Melinda Gates will be talk about her book THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World. Guest: Terry Morris - Managing Director of Pan McMillan South Africa

Ancient Africa had calendar systems centuries and centuries ago. Africans created the worlds's oldest calendar, more than 300,000 years ago (150 miles west of Maputo, Mozambique). The settled area surrounding the calendar site was the size of Johannesburg and London put together. Egyptians got their knowledge from this civilization. Guest: Mkhulu Nsingiza - CEO of the Zindzi Mandela Foundation Gue...

Guest: Danielle Travill- Medical doctor working as a research clinician at Wits RHI. Her work is focused mainly in sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention. Guest (studio): Phumlani Kango - Sexual Health Advocate

Guest: Duduzile Mkhize – Communications Specialist at Grow Great

South Africa is on the verge of a national water crisis, with drought and poor infrastructure maintenance creating a desiccated dichotomy which promises to worsen in the upcoming months and years. Guest: Dr Willem de Clercq – Water Researcher at the Water Institute at Stellenbosch University /

Why I chose him: Jonathan Celebrated his 58th bday this month, last week Thursday. He came back to visit his friends and family in Cape Town and brought along his friend, the legendary Marcus Miller to jam with some Cape Town Musicians to celebrate. Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town during Apartheid. He started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. His first single, a cover the song...

South Africa’s foremost authority on how to make the best biltong is Maxine Jones, a 27 year old Capetonian woman who will receive her doctorate in food sciences from the University of Stellenbosch on Tuesday, 14 March 2017. Jones, will be the first person with a PhD based exclusively on her scientific research regarding making consistently great quality anddelicious biltong. Supervised by Profess...

Guest: Martin Wiest is the CEO of Tourvest One of the most unflappable industries in the country has undergone something of a slump in the past year. Recently-released figures from StatsSA point to a substantial decline for figures relating to tourism in South Africa, with Mzansi welcoming 9.2% fewer visitors in March 2019 than it did in the same month last year.

Guest: Eileen Elizabeth Pooe - a teacher, lecturer and head of North West University's Department of Setswana - has become the Mahikeng campus' first Setswana PhD since the department was establishment in 1980. Eileen Elizabeth Pooe - a teacher, lecturer and head of North West University's Department of Setswana - has become the Mahikeng campus' first Setswana PhD since the department was establis...

Jacob Mofokeng (Kenneth Nkosi) is a middle-aged businessman who has become accustomed to his routine, a life which includes his wife, Michelle (Sonia Mbele), his daughter, Natasha (Six Nyamane), his work and his fun. As a powerful CEO, with a big house, a successful spouse, a family and expensive recreational habits, Jacob feels like life will always be this easy. Long Synopsis Guest: Six Nyamane...

Guest: Andy Mashaile – Former Chairman of the Gauteng Police Board and Global Ambassador if Interpol’s Turn Back Crime campaign The National Tracker-SAPS Awards are currently taking place today in Menlyn , Tshwane focusing on Cyber Security, Telematics and Motor Vehicle Tracking and 4IR National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is observed in October in the United States of America. Started...

Guest: Sbulelo Ntsanga – Marketing Manager of Rise N Shine Disability Magazine BACKGROUND Rise ‘N Shine magazine, a brainchild of four people with disabilities, opened its doors in 2010. The founders of Rise ‘N Shine were bread winners and their income was from a disability grants. They wanted to do away with dependency on grants as their vision was beyond this. Unfortunately, some of the members...

Guest: Dina Lilian – Founder of Speakeasy, Speech Therapist, Audiologist and Board Member of the International Stuttering Association

guest: Dr Precious Motsepe.

guest: Archbishop Dr Thabo Makgoba & Overseer Darrel Hall

guest: ajor Carin Holmes Territorial Public Relations Secretary & Ashwin Trikamjee president of SA Hindu Maha Sabha

Guest: Janine Hill is the Founder & CEO of Vuma Reputation Management Guest: Tshepo Matseba - Managing Director Reputation 1st

Dr Quatro Mgogo said children without a father to teach them how to deal with issues of being men or how to be a respectful man - need guidance. There is growing concern that government and communities are losing the battle against violence in schools. This comes as incidents of violence have recently escalated in South African schools, where several incidents have been reported various parts of t...