Music of Africa

Guest : Dr. Sheetal Bhoola - Lecturer in Sociology Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Zululand   Dr Sheetal Bhoola lecturer and researcher who has a PhD and two MA degrees penned an opinion piece wherein she asks Hindus are celebrating religious festivals - but at whose expense? In it, she says “An important conversation to be had should be one that intends to modify...

Guest 1: Mkhulu - Solly Nduku General Secretary of NUPAATHPSA also a National Chairperson / Sector Leader for THPs under the @SANAC Guest 2: Fika Mathe, lead pastor and founder of Living Stones Assembly

Guest: Bishop Marothi Mashashane- President of the South African National Christian Forum SANCF The South African National Christian Forum SANCF is of the view that the entire constitution of the country need to be reviewed especially since it doesn't serve or protect the poor and voiceless, instead it advance the powerful and rich political connected.   Democracy should be seen as an instrument o...

Guest 1: iNkosi Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa, Director of Vusizwe sika Menziwa Foundation for Historical Research and Head of the Pokwana ka Menziwa Royal House in kwaZangashe Guest 2: Rafeek Hassen. Founder and Director at iiFRi. iiFRi ISlamic Interfaith REsearch Institute based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Guest 3: Apostle Derrick Moswana –President of Christians of SA       Does this is anyway affe...

Guest : Ras Thau Thau Haramanuba - The president of the Rastafari United Front In the video, Ramathuba was heard saying the patient should seek medical care from Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa because her department does not have the budget to assist illegal foreigners.   In a recent conversation with Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, the Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba says le...

Guest: Professor Thuli Madonsela - Law Trust Chair in Social Justice and Law Professor at the University of Stellenbosch   There she conducts and coordinates social justice research and she teaches constitutional and administrative law. She is also the founder of the Thuma Foundation, an independent democracy leadership and literacy social enterprise.    

Guest 1:Easton Zinhumwe – Evangelist and Hebrew Israelite Guest 2: Sheikh Rafeek Hassen-Founder of – Islamic Interfaith Research Institute based in Durban KwaZulu-Natal Guest 3: Apostle Derrick Moswana – President of the Christians of South Africa   

Guest: Wendy Kahn - South African Jewish Board of Deputies National Director  

Guest 1: Thobeka Tebe-is an executive farmer who is married to a pastor of the Seventh Day Adventists Church. The role of being a Pastors wife encouraged her to study Psychologically and study the Bible to assist her in understanding people and what God really wants from us. Guest 2: Sibobgile Nene-Traditional Health practitioner who underwent training in 1998 Guest 3: Ayesha Kajee-Human Rights Ac...

Guest : Carel Boshoff- the executive director of the Freedom Foundation, which is a think tank based in Orania, addressing issues on Afrikaners’ future existence. Previously I was mayor of Orania as well as president of the Orania Movement

the South African Communist Party was founded in 1921 and has always been in the forefront of the struggle against imperialism and racist domination. The SACP is a partner in the Tripartite Alliance consisting of the African National Congress and the Congress of South African Trade Union. The Youth Wing of the SACP is the Young Communist League. Guest: Solly Mapaila-General Secretary Of The Soutb...

The department of Education in KZN has issued a notice calling for a one-day indaba to be held in September where cultural and religious experts will make presentations. The advert calling is for submissions of “abstracts on ancestral calling in schools – exploring ways to deal with the impact of ancestral calling on teaching and learning in schools. This follows the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Ed...

The White House's 2022 fiscal year budget replaced the word mothers with birthing people in a section about public health funding, prompting ridicule Monday from President Joe Biden's conservative critics. Critics in response to this claimed the Biden administration is trying to 'cancel mothers’. Guest: Ipeleng haleluyah Mothusi – An African Hebrew Isralite, currently studying Hebrew Israelite ian...

founded by his father Carel Boshoff Snr, an Afrikaner intellectual and son-in-law of apartheid architect, Hendrik Verwoerd. The town Orania was founded by Mr Carel Boshoff Snr as a registered company shortly before white-minority rule ended in the rest of the country. Orania has also proved to be the answer for those Afrikaners who felt displaced in the land their people had ruled for many decades...

A recent report by Statistics South Africa shows that in the first quarter of 2022, unemployment among young graduates aged 15-24 declined from 40,3% to 32,6%, while it increased by 6,9 % to 22,4% for those aged 25-34.   Guest: Iraj Abedian – CEO of Pan-African Investments and Research Services and member of the Bahai Faith

Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of Manaleng in Northern Transvaal. He attended Rosenkrantz Primary School. As a youngster, he was an enthusiastic football player. In 1978, when he was in Standard Eight (now Grade Ten), Mphahlele and his cousin Moses started a student union, the Un...

What should the role of religious organisations be in protecting democracy? Should there be any? How does South African religious organisations fair? Objective: To better understand the relationship religious organisations have with the church Guest : Easton Zinhumwe  Guest: Sheikh Rafeek Hassen  Guest: Apostle Derrick Moswana

The South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) sent a letter to the eThekwini Municipal Manager in relation to the enforcement of the animal sacrifice by-laws ahead of the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Adha last week. The Red Meat Regulations of 2004 - which oversees animal slaughter, requests that those conducting the practice need to apply for a permit seven days prior. But many in eThekwini say this is...

Guest: Dr Mvoko Gogo Majola- Spokesperson for the SADC University of African Medicine Guest : Mkhulu Solly nduku -General secretary of NUPAATHPSA - Professional Association of Traditional Health Practitioners in South Africa Also a national Chairperson / Sector Leader for the THPs under SANAC (South African National Aids Council)

Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg. His father was a preacher in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church. Chikane attended Orlando High School in Soweto where he matriculated before registering at the University of the North (Turfloop) in 1972 to study science. It is at Turfloop where he met with Cyril Ramaphosa. As a student, he became...

Last week Sunday, South Africa woke up to shocking news of the passing of patrons at a local tavern, who included teenagers as young as 13, in the wee hours of the morning. Guest: Ras Thau Thau - President of the Rastafari United front

Guest; Adv Ranjiv Nargini Guest: Zolani Mkiva

Judges in two U.S. states on Thursday (June 30) moved to block those states from enforcing bans or restrictions on abortion. The moves comes a week after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had established a nationwide right to the procedure. Meanwhile in Kentucky, a judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state from enforcing a ban passe...

Guest: Bantu Holomisa – Leader of the United Democratic Party    

Guest on the phone: Sheikh Thapelo Amad- Muslim theologian and Chief Whip of the Aljama ah party