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#TheOpinionPiece we highlight #SuicidePreventionMonth – HHPs passing two years ago cast a dark cloud on the music industry. We speak to a music writer and photographer , Sabelo Mkhabela & Clinical Psychologist, David Makhaya about whether or not this helped the music industry open up about Mental Health in South Africa & whether there should be special attention to this matter now under Covid-19 t...

As part of observing the 2020 National Book Week - On Wednesday, we ran a poll… Only 15% of South Africans are avid book readers; how often do you read & why?#SAfmSoundAwake 22.2% - Ï don’t have time 22.2% - Ï always make time to read 44.4 % - I refer movie adaptations over the actual book 11.1% - I don’t know what to read This week South African observed National Book Week from 2 to 8 September....

On today’s #LeadersofIndustries we chat to Dr Tozama Qwebani-Ogunleye, Project Manager of the Institute of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Medicine – Dihlare, at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in the Faculty of Applied and Computer Sciences. She collaborates with Traditional Health Practitioners (THP), other scientists and different stakeholders as this is a trans-disciplinary proje...

- #MindingMyBusiness affords us the opportunity to converse and celebrate solution-driven individuals and this week is no different. We are joined by a Start-up Venture Scout & founder of Brillianaire, Octavius Phukubye who highlights us about the work he does in developing SA’s promising tech start-ups and their newly launched 2020 I’M IN Pre-Accelerator, currently targeting black female-owned en...

#TheConnection Have you been having dreams that bother you? We have Traditional healer, GogoNtombiyamanzi joining today to help us understand our dreams – everything from understanding & interpretation and the significance of dreams. Send us a WhatsApp message if you wish to engage with Gogo Ntombiyamanzi… Do it now! Today’s Talking Points; 1. Gogo, you have a blog gogontombiyamanzi.blogspot.com.....

#TheOpinionPiece Are we doing enough to celebrate our HAIRitage and how do we encourage women to do so, are brands tone-deaf to the black hair industry’s many movements around Black Hair & inclusive standards of beauty? African hair is, and has always been viewed with fascination and sometimes courted controversy among those inside and outside the black communities. We are joined by Black Hair Ind...

As part of observing Heritage Month: We are joined by Karabo Magofe Mahlaela & Dimpho Edwin Mabodima, the directors of "Re Bo Mang?" - a 25 min film documentary which looks into the basic onamastic that was and is used within the Bapedi culture. It follows lives of two characters with unique stories that believe their names have a direct link to how their respective lives have turned out as they h...

#SheIsPower is the station's hashtag for Women's Month 2020 and our guest this week is Mpho Sebina from Botswana, a songstress who first caught the attention of patrons of the art when she fused classic songs from South Africa with classics from the US, such as Erykah Badu’s Over The Game, mashed with Lerato by Boom Shaka. Since then she has dropped an EP, Neo. She joins us later as we celebrate h...

#LeadersOfIndustries Our leader of industry is Amsterdam based Lethabo Motsoaledi, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Voyc, a company that helps businesses understand their clients better. This remarkable young lady talks to us about innovating in a space that is traditionally male-dominated, being passionate about African Tech Solutions & caving a career that affords her the luxury to globe tr...

Our #LeaderofIndustry is Lekgetho Makola who is currently Head of the Market Photo Workshop, where he leads the strategic visions of artistic and educational programming of the 31 year old photographic institution that among numerous curatorial and research initiatives, offers photography courses prioritizing students from marginalized communities. Many of the photographers who came through these...

Every Tuesday we profile innovative entrepreneurs who’ve chosen to solve problems in society and this Tuesday is no different. Local automation startup Autopilot has created a tool aimed at easing validation and authentication in the procurement process for local government. The procurement of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies has become a critical issue around the...

As a man, looking at Women’s Month activities and events from a distance – do you understand the plight of women and do you think women are doing well in commemorating the women of 1956 – if not, what more do you think can be done? Today’s #OpinionPiece states, “Over the years, Women’s Day has somewhat lost its true meaning. Instead of remembering and celebrating the courageous women who fought fo...

#LeadersOfIndustries Every Wednesday we profile women who've taken up space in their respective industries. As we observe Women's Month 2020 and showcase how #SheIsPower Thandi Sibisi, a Pioneering Black South African Gallerist joins us on the show to reflect on her interests in the arts from opening her gallery first gallery in 2012, as the first in South Africa to be entirely owned by a Black wo...

On #LockdownCommunity Samuel Hlonyana, popularly known as Sam The Challenger, is the founder of 90 Days Without Sugar. He is also the author of Life after Dieting. He joined Mandla Shongwe on #SAfmSoundAwake to discuss the online weight-loss programme and more.

#SheIsPower is the station's hashtag for Women's Month 2020 and our guest this week is Azana - a Durban born singer whose Neo-soul, Afro-pop and house body of work channels the vocal powers of heavyweight musicians such Camagwini, Simphiwe Dana, Letta Mbulu, Nina Simone and Erykah Badu. In July, the songstress released her 14-track debut album, Ingoma – meaning drum – which features award-winning...

#WomensMonth2020 Well, now that we’re in the middle of a pandemic what does the furture of work look like for most African professionals, especially women? Well, Through a series of expert panel discussions, CNBC Africa; a leader in business, financial data, news and insight, in partnership with Forbes Africa, will be hosting a first-of-its-kind virtual Pan African summit on 20 August 2020. The Fu...

On today’s #Leadersofindustries, we’ve invited two women leading the pack in medicine whilst devoting their time & lives to making a change in society. Doctor Patience Ntshani affectionately known to many as Dr Pashy is an award-winning anesthesiologist with a penchant for fashion and finer things in life. She’s recently established the Dr Pashy Foundation and called upon the services of young fem...

As part of #WomensMonth2020 we’re featuring women solving problems in society… This week’s edition of #MindingMyBusiness features Tsitsi Marote, a co-owner of Guardian Health, a maternal and foetal health solution that won the ITWeb Business Intelligence Summit data hackathon earlier this year. The app helps healthcare professionals by using AI and data to help determine risks for complications, I...

On today’s #OpinionPiece So you’re a woman & suddenly you’ve become the breadwinner in your home or, you’ve been a breadwinner but the impact of Covid-19 are weighing on you with the scarcity & loss of & no means to get an income through a side hustle… You might feel overwhelmed but in the South African society, many women have overcome traditional notions of gender by becoming primary breadwinner...

#WomensMonth2020 Cape Town-based WOMEN’S right activist, Lucinda Evans is known for having led nationwide marches and was one of the speakers at the #AmINext protest outside South Africa's parliament calling for government action against gender-based violence and femicide. She has emerged as a powerful voice for women in South Africa as we battle high levels of femicide and sexual violence, her vo...

It’s Tuesday and we get into conversations with individuals solving problems in their communities on #MindingMyBusiness our guest is Manti Maifadi, who along with her husband, Sam, own Naledi Farm, an agritourism destination for guests who come from the city. She shares how they’ve built a business around the land, beyond just your traditional sales of fresh produce & crafted a special niche for t...

#TheConnection Have you been having dreams that bother you? We have Traditional healer, Gogo Magosha joining today to help us understand our dreams – everything from understanding & interpretation and the significance of dreams. Send us a WhatsApp message if you wish to engage with Gogo Magosha. Do it now! Today’s Talking Points; 1. Dreams with different types of water colous – murky water, clear...

#SheIsPower is the station's hashtag for Women's Month 2020 and we've invited a vocal powerhouse whose vocals will make you travel back in time and back. She's Soweto-born Sebe Spring and she's our #WomensMonth2020 feature as we celebrate #84YearsofSabc with amazing South African woman and remind you that #SheIsPower

To mark World Lion Day, we are celebrating a woman who together with another female partner devote their time to a sanctuary that is caring for 25 big cats… a home called Love Lions Alice Sanctuary. CEO of Love Lions Alice Sanctuary, Andi Rive joins us to talk to us about working with BIG CATS!

Kabelo “Cabblow” Maaka is a 24-year-old animator, illustrator, animation lecturer and company director of the recently formed Cabblow Studios – a Johannesburg based animation studio focused on creating original animated stories, medical animation services and client commissioned illustrations. Kabelo is passionate about animation and about sharing that passion with others. She has received a Bache...