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If you've asked a friend, was that helpful? Or are you too embarrassed and would rather go online and try to figure things out yourself? Are you satisfied with the information available to you regarding sexual health? Guest on the line: Dr Mariam Khan is a registered Natural medicine doctor with a Masters degree focusing on sexual

Have you noticed that the planet seems to be throwing something of a temper tantrum? Western Germany has been roiled by devastating floods, Haiti has been shook to its core by massive earthquakes and wildfires are still sweeping through the United States. Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland's ice sheet for the first time on record. The tiny town of Sitacusa on Sicily recorded what is believ...

The question will be did the judiciary not lose its moral authority in the public’s eyes when it refused to account for its “sins”. Furthermore, whether this refusal does not make it easier for politicians who easily label judges counter-revolutionaries when judgments and orders are made against them. Guest on the line: Bongani Khanyile- an attorney and a Director at Bongani Khan...

Fundi is South Africa’s leading education finance and education fund management solution specialist. The company’s purpose is to help others realise their purpose. It is positioning its brand as Africa’s single source for all services that enable the education and learning journey. Guest on the line: Phumla Tshabalala - Sales Executive at Fundi

Does your partner have to look the way you like and vice versa? Guest on the line: Coach Mathawe Matsapola - She wears many hats, life coach, seasoned journalist, inspirational speaker and entrepreneur

President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament that employers had to strike a "delicate balance" when implementing mandatory vaccination programmes, but said every South African had a personal responsibility to ensure the safety of others in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa was replying orally to questions in a hybrid plenary of the National Assembly on Friday. The president mentioned the compe...

For those not in the know, “revenge porn” refers to the sharing or distribution of any nude or sexually explicit material of someone without their permission or consent with the express purpose of humiliating or “getting back” at them. Victims may now lay criminal charges against anyone who distributes or shares this material on social media, in text messages, via any elect...

The Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group who are descended from 17th century Dutch, German, and French settlers to South Africa. The Afrikaners slowly developed their own language and culture when they came into contact with Africans and Asians. The word “Afrikaners” means “Africans” in Dutch. About 4 million people out of South Africa’s total population of 56....

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer and is on the increase. According to global research, one in every six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.  Early diagnosis of prostate cancer can mean a 95% chance of being cured. “The Hollard Daredevil Run is an opportunity to dare the men in our lives to be brave, to participate in a run with a difference to mak...

For example maybe you didn't know you can get a sexually transmitted disease through oral sex until you had an STI scare and now you don't engage in oral sex without a condom. What is your primary source of sexual health information? Do you do an internet search, rely on friends or ask your healthcare professional? Guest on the line: Dr Mariam Khan is a registered Natural medicine doctor with a Ma...

Why Being Accountable is Important? Nothing in life can be carried out to the fullest without accountability! It is the one ingredient to this process that glues all these steps together in order to make a new you come to fruition. Accountability means living in integrity, with all your thoughts, words, and actions are consistent with one another and in alignment.  Commitment is one thing, bu...

The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg – the two civil society organisations who took the South African government to court over its illegal and unconstitutional R1-trillion nuclear deal with Russia in 2017 – are concerned at the new push by the Department of Minister Resources and Energy (DMRE) for more nuclear en...

Guest on the line: Coach Mathawe Matsapola - She wears many hats, life coach, seasoned journalist, inspirational speaker and entrepreneur

Following the successful expansion of Cheeba Cannabis Academy's online offering to its first in-person learning campus in the Vaal Triangle in February this year, Cheeba Africa has announced the opening of its second campus situated in the Garden Route of the Western Cape. The new campus is located in the scenic Bitou River area of Plettenberg Bay and is a partnership with the Garden Route Retreat...

It’s been in existence since the 1500s but the Kaaps language, synonymous with Cape Town in South Africa, has never had a dictionary until now. The Trilingual Dictionary of Kaaps has been launched by a collective of academic and community stakeholders – the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape along with the hip hop-driven community...

Guest on the line: Nthabiseng Ngwetsana, Spiritual Medium and founder of Thebeng Medium Readings

Many South Africans are deprived of their right to decide who will inherit their estate when they die, a University of Cape Town (UCT) study has found.   Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 does so by removing death benefits from one’s estate and, therefore, from their testamentary control, and transfers the right and responsibility of allocating their death benefits to the...

The South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. In 2011 then Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Henekom was instrumental in launching the first cohort of young scientists of this academy.  Ten years later, SAYAS remains boisterous and fully cognisant of its essential mandate. The foci to this work, to be a voice of young scientists as a panacea...

When does an ejaculation problem become a disorder? This is a subjective question and is based on the level of distress that is experienced by the man or his partner. The time from initiating sexual activity to ejaculation varies from one individual to another. This time period is called the ejaculatory latency. What may be a problem for one man may be acceptable to another. Typically, ejaculatory...

-From Looting to the current pandemic Guest on the line: MUSA E. ZULU - a published author, artist, poet and motivational speaker.

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has become the first academic institution to sign up as a supporting member of the South African Plastics Pact. The UJ faculty of engineering and the built environment’s Process Energy and Environmental Technology Station (UJ Peets) initiated the university’s involvement with the SA Plastics Pact, resulting in UJ joining the pact. Guest on the line:...

The truth is painfully obvious. Men are programmed to provide. I would even argue that their every action upon meeting a woman is signaling — I can provide for you. Guest on the line: Coach Mathawe Matsapola - She wears many hats, life coach, seasoned journalist, inspirational speaker and entrepreneur among other things

Innovation Edge has launched a call for bold solutions to increase positive involvement by South African fathers and father figures in the early years of their children’s lives. Selected applicants will be supported to pitch their solutions to the Innovation Edge Investment Committee. Successful ventures will receive up to R1.3 million each in grant funding, strategic coaching, customised op...

Guest on the line:  Mmabatho Maboya - CEO of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation.

Guest in studio: Makhosi (Gogo) - Patricia Ntuli