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GUEST: Guest: Helene Bramwell - Owner of The Mask Skin & Body Clinic in Parkview and also Founder of DONATE -A-LOO Schools Project

Through Future Kings Rams Mabote visits schools and speaks to teenage boys whom he then links with mentors. He also conducts camps for the boys for intense training to unlearn what society has taught about being a man. Guest: Rams Mabote – Talk show host and Founder of the Future Kings programmes

Guest: Dr. Alamain Mnene – Systems Thinker and Leadership Dynamics

The Department of Social Development is hosting the first men's Parliament in Cape Town on Monday. This is in response to gender-based violence in the country to mark International Men's day since 1992. Could this be the solution we’ve been looking for - men speaking to one another and calling on each other for different things, but also committing themselves to what actual actions they are going...

The Sandwich Baron Shop had small beginnings and was started in Alberton in 1996 by Sally J’Arlette-Joy. After selling her successful restaurant the intention was to have just a small sandwich takeaway shop. However, due to the demand of the product hope of a national franchise was realised. Sally’s hands-on involvement from the beginning ensured that all the pitfalls normally associated with star...

Elton Mduduzi Ntuli was born in 1985 on 6th MAY in Siyabuswa, South Africa. He studied Mechanical engineering at Ekurhuleni West College. He displayed the love of comedy when he tried to emulate what he saw at the Strictly vernac DvD. It consisted of Mashabela Galane among others. He later on made his debut at Meropa Casino that was hosted by his favourite Comedian Mashabela, M’du as he is known i...

Surrounded by an ancient Tambuti Forest, the lodge is situated in the malaria- free Black Rhino Game Lodge, a concession of Pilanesberg National Park. It offers guests an intimate and luxurious safari experience. Accommodation is provided by 5 luxury suites with quality finishings. Suites feature beautifully appointed bathrooms as well as indoor and outdoor showers. A private deck completes the pi...

The Feather Awards are an awards show that recognizes and celebrates the LGBTI community and iconic personalities and achievers who inspire many. We speak to some of yesterday’s winners and the significance of these awards. Guest: Phumi Mthethwa – Activist and Winner of the Simon Nkoli award Steve Letsike - Director of Access Chapter 2 (Human Rights org focusing on LGBTI rights) and winner Cutest...

Miriam Tladi was the first black woman in South Africa to publish a novel, Muriel at Metropolitan, a semi-autobiography which was based on her time as a clerk at a furniture store in downtown Johannesburg during the height of apartheid. She was also the author of the critically acclaimed Amandla, which reflected on the 1976 student uprising. Her literature took her all over the world‚ including a...

How many couples have sat down and had honest conversations about money, estate planning and wills? Why is this conversation often overlooked? Why do couples have the ‘money-talk’ when things go wrong? What leads to situations where a wife is thrown out of her home after her husband passes on – between her and her husband, was there no talk of death and what happens should one die before the other...

Guest : Yvonne Kgame - Author, teacher, inspirational speaker

Diabetes has always been seen as an old people’s disease but many young people are coming out and talking about living with diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism -- the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. There are three main types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. GUEST: Mpolokeng Mudau & Founder of Ntsikayezwe Development Foundation

A preacher's wife is probably one of the most respected women in our community, she teaches inspires and lends a helping hand wherever and whenever she can. She is the founder and Executive Producer of the Crown Gospel Awards. Guest: Zanele Mbokazi - Founder of the Crown Gospel Awards and President of the World Powerhouse Gospel

Guest: Billy Selekane - Author, Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Facilitator and Executive Chairman of The Billy Selekane Group

The Royalty Soapie Awards are the only awards in the country that acclaim and pay tribute to South Africa’s much-loved daily soaps and telenovelas… The arts and entertainment industry has always been dubbed unstable, cruel and short-lived yet there are people who tirelessly wake up and give us the best when they go on set. Are we appreciative of our celebrities and soapie stars? What do we need to...

Afrika Tikkun’s Empowerment Programme submitted a report to the United Nations around ‘Children with disabilities’ and ‘Equal recognition before the law’. The Programme supports five peer-led self-help groups of caregivers of children with disabilities, with a collective membership of over 1000 families. Guest: Dr Jean Elphick – Heads up Empowerment Programme at Afrika Tikkun

In this 8th year of the African Women’s Decade and in the time of the resurgence of active feminism seen across the world, this panel will reflect on the status of the African Women’s Movement and its effectiveness in the last decade in changing the lives of African women. In recent years, the Movement has been criticised for having lost its autonomy, vigour and vigilance and thus complicit in the...

Guest: Veli Ndaba - Motivational Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Life and Business Coach

As the festive season looms, fraudsters are also working on plans to make a quick buck off unsuspecting and carefree consumers. From fake products to unsecured online shopping website; from card scams to that R99.00 that keeps disappearing from your account. What should consumers look out for? And when you do fall prey of such scams, how can you get out of the situation? What does an investigation...

As we approach the festive season where road and other accidents increase, blood reserves in South Africa are at critically low levels and despite SA’s youth forming almost 50% of the population, donor numbers continue to remain at an all-time low. Most South Africans will need a blood transfusion at some point in their lives. Alarmingly, less than 1% of South Africans regularly donate blood. One...

Toxic masculinity refers to the socially-constructed attitudes that describe the masculine gender role as violent, unemotional, sexually aggressive, and so forth. GUEST: Nkululeko Nxesi - Executive Director of Men and Boy Foundation

Guest: Dr. Alamain Mnene – Systems Thinker and Leadership Dynamics Specialist

Towards the end of every year, parent s are encouraged to support their children who are in Matric – they are urged to help them visualise their goal for next year, help them re-arrange their study roster if necessary, and to make sure that they stay positive and focused to perform at their very best right until the end. What happens at the end of exam season? When children are anxiously waiting f...

After more than 9 years in the comedy and corporate entertainment industry, Jem Atkins has garnered a reputation as a highly talented Professional MC and Corporate Comedy Entertainer, and indeed one of the top comedy performers in Durban. GUEST : Jem Atkins

Tourists visiting Durban this festive season are in for a treat fit for a king. The Municipality has taken delivery of multimillion Riksha buses that from now onwards will be ferrying tourists around the city. Tourism is a major contributor in the city’s economy and with summer vacations looming on the horizon, the Municipality is pulling all the stops to look after the welfare of all its tourists...