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Northern Cape Premier Dr Zamani Saul has intervened in the unstable water supply that is negatively affecting Kimberley residents. A task team has been formed to assess immediate measures and long-term solutions to address the water challenges. Earlier this week, the Sol Plaatje Municipality imposed water restrictions. Guest: Sharon Steyn - CEO of the Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce Guest: Sello...

Co-founder of the FNB Joburg Art Fair, Cobi Labuscagne, expands our reading list and captures the many skilled contemporary artists along with their artwork in her newly launched children’s book titled Explore! Awesome South African Artists. The book explores South African art, allows children to dive into the South African Contemporary art scene by showcasing the diverse paths of artists and the...

Emma Mashinini (21 August 1929 – 10 July 2017[1]) was a South African trade unionist and political leader. Living in Johannesburg, her family was forcibly displaced several times during her childhood. She started working at age 14 and soon became a union organiser at her garment factory. She became active with the African National Congress (ANC) in 1956. Mashinini served for 12 years on the execut...

From being a car guard to a businessman with a net worth of R4billion, Priven Reddy now rubs shoulders with the global business elite. And it’s thanks to his innovation, Krypteum, a technology his company, Kagiso Interactive, developed to simplify cryptocurrency trading. Guest: Priven Reddy - A Billionaire and the CEO of Kagiso Interactive which has a net worth value of 4 billion

The National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) on 18 October 2019 held an emergency meeting of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) in Durban to formulate a plan of action to respond to ICASA having shut down 43 community radio stations Guest: Thabang Pusoyabone, secretary for the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF), Paseka Maleka

Guest : Jean Philippe Remy – French Journalist Guest : Ms Khadija Patel - editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian, a co-founder of the The Daily Vox and vice chairperson of the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) Guest : Quanitah Hunter - Award-winning South African political journalist at the Sunday Times Guest : Nomshado Lubisi - Head of Communications for Media Monitoring Africa

Worldwide about 10-20% of children and youth experience mental disorders. However, it is often difficult to determine the causes behind the child mental health conditions, disorders and diseases. Research shows that several barriers, such as a diminished civil society support, a lack of global consensus on mental illness and its treatment, missed policy opportunities and limited evidence on the de...

-What are the current rates of exclusive breastfeeding? -What hinders exclusive breastfeeding? -How can different sector of society support and enable breastfeeding moms? Guest: Duduzile Mkhize - Communications Specialist at Grow Great

Storyteller supreme, Gcina Mhlophe, wants to leave behind a very special legacy as she turns 61: She wants her birthday, October 24, to become National Storytelling Day. With the support of storytellers — both local and international — who have pledged to tell stories on that day, Mhlophe hopes that her birthday will be the storytelling catalyst across the land from schools and villages to rural a...

Sam Nhlengethwa was born in the mining community of Payneville Springs in 1955 and grew up in Ratanda location in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg. He completed a two-year Fine Art Diploma at the Rorkes Drift Art Centre in the late 1970s. While he exhibited extensively both locally and abroad during the 1980s and ’90s, Nhlengethwa’s travelling solo show South Africa, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow...

The Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga urged schools to set aside 30 minutes for reading for enjoyment every day and called on parents to support their children in practicing their reading skills each day. She further pressed businesses to adopt and sponsor reading resources for schools. Motshekga, along with various social partners, made the calls at the launch of the National Reading Co...

A hundred and twenty years ago, seven thousand Zulu mineworkers walked from the gold mines in Johannesburg to Natal, covering a distance of five hundred kilometres over ten days. This journey was their longest march. It is 1899 and Philippa’s fiancé Nduku has just broken off their engagement. Author and journalist Fred Khumalo began a long march on Monday to commemorate 7,000 Zulu men, women and c...

The CEO of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), Ms Philisiwe Mthethwa, who has led the growth of the development financier into a high-performing organization, was recognised last night (11 October 2019) as the 2019 CEO of the Decade by the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) at its Awards Gala Dinner at the Sandton Convention Centre. Guest: Ms Philisiwe Mthethwa,...

Produced by Kinsman Redeemer Productions, Instapreneurs will premiere on the 18 of July 2019 at 6PM on SABC 1. The show will feature a prominent influencer / digital entrepreneur on each episode and allow viewers to see them as they curate their social media content. Instapreneurs will give viewers a real glimpse into the glamorous and not so filtered parts of these social media stars’ lives. Host...

More pupils have been "affected over a number of years" by the alleged "serious misconduct" of a female former Bishops Diocesan College teacher, the school says. "We have confirmed that there have been several boys who have been affected over a number of years," school principal Guy Pearson said in a statement on Tuesday. This follows the resignation of the female teacher who allegedly had a sexua...

Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo attended the St Thomas Practising School in Johannesburg and Orlando High. She worked as a nurse at the Pretoria General Hospital and at an old people's home in London. Adelaide Tambo’s political life started at the age of 10 after a raid by the police, following a riot in Top L...

Vulnerability is like a stew that gets cooked in a dark corner, everyone has their own pot to cook yet no one ask how long the pot has been cooking for. Nobody stand up proudly to taste the stew, only few people knowns about the main ingredients and it shall remain as that. After sometime the short trips to the dark corners start to take a tall on us, we disguise it with an external feature. Every...

A new limited-edition coin featuring a dinosaur will be released in South Africa in 2020. The coin marks a new chapter in the award-winning Natura series. Finance minister, Tito Mboweni recently confirmed that a new 2020 Natura series collectible coin will be released in South Africa next year and it features nothing other than dinosaurs! The South African Mint, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the So...

It's sometimes hard to find words that can effectively address the mental health crisis we are facing as the youth of South Africa. Much has been said and written about the state of mental health in our country, and young people have implored the state, private entities and communities to prioritise mental health, particularly that of the youth. During this Mental Health Awareness Month, and in pa...

PinkDrive NPC, a health sector NGO, was founded in 2009 by Ms. Noelene Kotschan, on the premise that “Early detection will help prolong a life.” PinkDrive’s cardinal purpose is to contribute meaningfully towards preventing as many people as it can, from succumbing to breast, cervical, prostate and testicular cancer. It’s primary focus is on citizens without access to reasonable care for these cond...

In a number of developing countries, and regions of developing countries, where significant reductions in stunting have been achieved, Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) have been central to these countries’ stunting reduction strategies. Countries like Peru and Brazil where significant reductions in stunting have been achieved, Community Healthcare Workers have been central to these countries’ s...

The Triggerfish 10-second Animation Challenge, supported by Goethe-Institut, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and The Walt Disney Company, is now open for entries. Aspiring animators across Africa have until Thursday, 31 October 2019 to create 10-second character animations, then post them to Facebook with the tag @triggerfishacademy. Guest: Stuart Forrest - CEO...

iSimangaliso Wetland Park Route 67 Art Route Table Mountain National Park Isandlwana battlefield Kruger National Park Cradle of Humankind The Blyde River Canyon. Guest: Paul Ash – Travel Writer for Sunday Times

This week on 9 Oct John would have celebrated his 79th birthday. Interestingly he shares his birthdate with his younger of his two sons, Sean Lennon. Most famously known as one of the members of The Beatles, arguably the greatest band ever. Factually the highest selling band of all time. The Beatles also hold the record for band with most numbers ones on the billboard Hot 100 chart. John’s songwri...

Mamela Nyamza is a performance artist, dancer and choreographer born and raised in Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa. Nyamza was trained in dance at the Zama Dance School under the Royal Academy of Dance (Cape Town, South Africa). She furthered her studies at Pretoria Dance Technikon where she obtained a National Diploma in Ballet (Pretoria, South Africa). In 1998 she received a scholarship to st...