NIGHT FALL

Guest: Dr Mariam Khan - is a natural medicine doctor registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Social conversations –Mindfulness Wednesday- Heart and Mind Coherence: The foundation of a life being made epic... Guest on the line: Billy Selekane - Africa’s #1 Professional Inspirational Speaker. CSP, SASHoF, Speaker Expy recipient.

Being in nature has benefits for people, as studies have shown. There’s ample evidence that experiences of nature have positive physical and psychological outcomes. But these insights have largely come from the Global North. There’s very little research on how urban communities in the Global South experience or view urban nature. A recently published book we co-edited, Urban Nature Enriching Belon...

Guest: Hakeem Anderson-Lesolang, a complementary therapist, relationships coach, podcaster (SincerelyBlackLove), Best Selling Author (200TruthsAboutLove & In Rosewater) and a black love Yoda.

He would be able to discuss the following in relation to open education resource: • learner performance and how open education resources improve access to quality and culture sensitive and relevant material • the difficulty that learners in disadvantages communities have in accessing books and other learning materials • Possible solutions: could be to make literacy materials readily and freely ava...

An estimated 600 000 children with disabilities are out of school, according to a 2019 Human Rights Watch article, but the L.U.C.C.A Support and Care Centre in Randburg is bridging this gap by supporting neuro-atypical children from birth to 21 years with their diverse educational, vocational, and functional mobility needs. Guest on the line: Alison Moschetta -L.U.C.C.A Support and Care Centre fou...

Guest: Psychic Medium - Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete

Around the world more and more people are taking an interested in plant-based diets and a vegan lifestyle, but in meat-loving South Africa the idea of ditching meat might sound like an unrealistic idea. The thing is that most of the media talking about vegan diets is either focusing on the reasons that someone might want to eat less meat - like health, environmental and ethical concerns - or focus...

To some people an ante nuptial agreement seems like a sign of mistrust between partners. In fact, it gives a couple the opportunities to agree on their financial future and how their assets and gains will be distributed or divided when their marriage comes to an end because of death or divorce. It also prevents the marriage from automatically being one of in community of property. An ante nuptial...

Guest: Dr Prithy Ramlachan - the past president of the African society for sexual medicine (ASSM)

A video of Nigerians evicting South Africans out has been doing rounds on Twitter, this did not sit well with a lot if people as they felt that they had no right to throw them out in the streets without giving the three months notice. According to the South African law landlords are not allowed to evict their tenants until a period of three months’ notice is over. A lot if people had a lot to say...

According to a recently released report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and its network of partners, the Covid-19-related economic slowdown failed to put the brakes on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts. The report, State of the Global Climate 2020, documents indicators of the climate system, including greenhouse gas concentrations, increasing land and ocean temperature...

Society turns to judge women who date men younger than them, even if it's by 2/3 years. However, for men it is somehow acceptable unless a man is 20+ years older than the partner. What does it really mean to date according to your age as an individual? Should one look at the societal norm to dictate their happiness or should the freedom of choice prevail? Guest: Coach Mathawe Matsapola -She wears...

In an article published by the Mail and Guardian this weekend, Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe says ‘In the history of South Africa’s liberation women and youth played a pivotal role in defining and realising transformation. Yet, in maintaining this new South Africa, their role has retreated to traditional boundaries. If we want to achieve an inclusive, holistic and full recovery, all voices must be he...

As we reflect on Freedom Day in South Africa, perhaps it is a good time to also think about the idea of financial freedom. Many people consider financial freedom to be something elusive, like winning the lottery. But in reality, it is more achievable than people think – provided you are prepared to adjust your lifestyle and expectations somewhat. Financial freedom generally means that you have eno...

Guest: Psychic Medium - Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete

Immediately following a person’s death, the process of winding up his/her deceased estate starts (regardless of whether he/she passes away with a Will or Intestate). But this is not as easy or as cheap as we may think…. As a reminder – a deceased estate refers to the money and/or property that an individual leaves behind when he/she passes. An estate must then be administered and distributed in te...

Relying on a single income may prove unfeasible, but before getting that side hustle off the ground, employees must know what their employment contract and work policy states about supplementing their income with another job or personal business, in case they find themselves facing disciplinary action, says Tertius Wessels, advocate and legal director of Strata-g Labour Solutions. Guest 1 on the l...

Guest: Dr Natalia Novikova - a gynaecologist with an interest in aesthetic gynaecology and urogynaecology

There is clear evidence that becoming unemployed has a negative impact on mental health. There is also clear evidence that people with mental health problems are more likely than others to become unemployed. Guest 1 on the line: Africa’s #1 Professional Inspirational Speaker –Billy Selekane

Guest: Dr Mariam Khan - is a natural medicine doctor registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.

“We support the Department’s efforts to limit landfilling, but they need to take more drastic steps and ban problematic and non-essential single-use plastics if we are ever to defeat the growing plastic pollution crisis,” said Angelo Louw, Greenpeace Africa Pan-African Plastic Project Lead. “It is time to hold companies to account for what they put into the marketplace without consideration of the...

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

“There is a need for the promotion and preservation of our country’s languages and culture in the 21st century. South African languages are protected by the Constitution and UJ is fully committed to the values enshrined in the Constitution. At UJ, we pride ourselves on the multicultural diversity of our students and academic body. We live in a multicultural country, therefore there is a need for m...

“South Africa could be facing a health-care worker crisis if the current and projected shortage of skilled health professionals is not addressed.” This is a stark warning issued by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA), following the recent release of data around critical skills. While the World Health Organization projects a worldwide workforce shortfall of about...