NIGHT FALL

Irrespective of the lockdown, a landlord is not entitled to terminate services without a Court Order. As a landlord will not be able to obtain such an Order during the period of lockdown, any termination of services will be unlawful. Guest on the line: Mpho Mokgehle -Director of Mokgehle Mohlala Attorneys

Things are slowly changing, but the wine industry is still male-dominated, says Koni Maliehe, owner and founder of Western Cape-based Koni Wines. Being faced with both gender and race barriers tends to push women entrepreneurs to embrace creativity to drive business success. “We need to be assertive. We can still be compassionate while driving hard results.” Maliehe, who had already be...

Some people refer to compulsive sexual behavior as sexual addiction. However, the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) published guidelines advising that sex addiction and porn addiction are not diagnosable psychological disorders due to a lack of empirical evidence. Guest on the line: Jackie Phamotse, author of the award-winning Bare – The Blesser&...

In the President Ramaphosa’s July 25th address to the nation, he announced that as of 1 September 2021, registrations to receive the Covid-19 vaccine would be extended to the 18 – 35 age groups…That mean adult South African citizens of all ages will be receiving their doses as of next month. Guest on the line:  Kesentseng Mahlaba is a lecturer at the Sefako Makgatho Health...

This book is inspired by my being a father of two daughters. My natural desire to look out for them created within me the increased awareness over the years, of some of the issues young women (andeven older women) deal with, and how society contributes to moulding the world around them and shaping their worldview. In the book I share some of the conversations I have had and continue to have with m...

Men also generally don't take care of themselves, especially those who are between the ages of 20 and 34. Young men are going through key transitional phases from adolescence to manhood and older males in their 40s and 50s have entrenched beliefs of what being a man is but both groups shoulder societal expectations of manhood. Guest on the line: Garron Gsell, chief executive and founder of the Men...

A Conversation on disability  awareness and empowering people with disabilities. His role (Musa ) in emancipating people with disabilities and of course include his books and life journey Guest on the line: MUSA E. ZULU is an Author, Artist and Motivational Speaker

Guest on the line: Karen Vally New Insights Life Coach

American feminist Gloria Steinem on various occasions has spoken on the "pull her down" syndrome, a way in which too often women denigrate other women. This infighting happens in any society or group that has been impoverished or disenfranchised for a long time. Guest on the line: Coach Mathawe Matsapola - She wears many hats, life coach, seasoned journalist, inspirational speaker and entrepr...

Mathapelo More sees herself as part of the transformation of the civil engineering and related industries, together with all of the other women hard at work in the field, and those about to embark on their journey. “I think being active in industry automatically inspires young women to join, as it shows it is possible to operate in this male-dominated world,” says Mathapelo on the occa...

An estimated 1.24-million South African children between the ages of three and five do not attend an appropriate early learning programme. Over 750 000 of these children are from impoverished communities, where affordability is a key consideration. SmartStart, a national early learning social franchise, is taking a community-centred approach to providing an affordable solution, to give every child...

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

Gangs may deprive non-members of all their personal belongings or deny them access to privileges. Several ex-prisoners described to us the experience of arriving in the section for awaiting trial to have everything they had brought to prison taken away from them. One prisoner described having to "buy" the right to a bed from gang leaders in the cell. Another stated that he had been deprived of acc...

Guest: Gabriella Keeble - Senior Candidate Attorney at Schoeman Law Inc

Maintenance might sound more like something you have to do to a car or a property, but the term itself has been increasingly talked about in relation to sex and relationships. This is largely thanks to model Caprice Bourret, who touted the benefits of so-called “maintenance sex” in a recent interview. Guest: Dr Mariam Khan - a registered Natural medicine doctor with a Masters degree fo...

In many countries, including South Africa, there is stark economic inequality between adults with disabilities and those without. One key to reducing these disparities is improving access to education for children with disabilities or difficulties. South Africa developed a White Paper on Inclusive Education in 2001, recognizing disability as a factor that hinders learning and participation in scho...

Financially vulnerable women in South Africa are more likely to become victims of gender-based violence (GBV) whilst financially vulnerable men were more likely to be perpetrators of GBV. Instances of financial dependency - For a young woman that is forced to sleep with her stepfather in order to attain sanitary towels and other basic needs, the BIG is a means of cultivating human dignity. For the...

What Is Sexual Medicine? Sexual Medicine is that branch of medicine that deals primarily with sexual health, considering the wide range of social, physical and psychological factors that can impair sexual functioning and lead to an individual or couple’s distress. Guest: Dr Anthony Smith –family physician and medical sexologist

How do you break down well-established barriers and encourage more women to enter a growing - yet wholly male-dominated - industry? For Siphindokuhle Mazibuko, director of service delivery for Middle East and Africa at global cybersecurity firm Mimecast, the answer lay in building a global support centre where women would have equal opportunity to develop their technical and leadership skills in t...

Guest: Coach Mathawe Matsapola - She wears many hats, life coach, seasoned journalist, inspirational speaker and entrepreneur among other things

Ms Makoma Lekalakala joined Natural Justice as a Board Member in June 2019. Makoma is the Director of Earthlife Africa, a civil society environmental justice and anti-nuclear organisation. She has long been active in social movements tackling issues from gender and women’s rights, social, economic and environmental justice issues.  In recent years, Makoma has focused on targeting enviro...

The UCT Online High School is an ecosystem that has been designed to enable an entirely new generation of quality, affordable online and blended learning opportunities for learners from all socioeconomic backgrounds across the country. Learners are afforded the opportunity to choose an aspirational school regardless of where they live. The UCT Online High School redefines what it means to be a sch...

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

Guest: Gogo Skhotheni is a traditional healer, community leader, businesswoman, and above all a mother to many young women under her wing in their journey to becoming traditional healers.

It’s well documented that post-partum depression (being depressed after childbirth) is a serious and not uncommon condition. In some women, it can lead to post-partum psychosis, which has a range of symptoms such as delusions or strange beliefs, hallucinations, extreme irritation, restlessness, reckless behaviours that aren’t usual for the person, decreased need for sleep or the inabil...