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#TheOpinionPiece We chat to Berniece Hieckmann, head of Metropolitan’s new business focused on financial solutions for younger clients about a piece she recently wrote that looks at extensive research that was done on the youth today – which she terms “Afrillenials” and questions whether we’ve completely misunderstood them to be a homogenous crowd with a penchant for a digital lifestyle over their...

#TheConnection Every Tuesday we help you understand your dreams and the messages you’re receiving. We have Traditional healer, Gogo Magosha joining today to help us understand our dreams today.

#SAfmYouth 35 year-old Thabo Malema is seasoned actor with both international and local recognition. He holds a BA Honors Degree in Live Performance from the SA School of Motion Picture Medium & Live Performance (AFDA). You know him as Mondy on the Movie, Kalushi (a historical film that tells the story of Solomon Mahlangu) – And we find out how playing a role in a movie adaptation of the lives of...

To commemorate 44 years since the uprising and the violence that erupted in the 1976 Student Uprising, we caught up with some young South Africans who spoke about their Activism in a segment we call, #MyActivismToday Listen to their views later on the show.

It’s Friday we profile young people with a cause for #SAfmYouth Siyabulela Jentile is a multi-award winning South African youth leader, social activist, author and social entrepreneur. He is the founder & president of Not in My name SA civil rights organisation and the director of the Siabulela Jentile Leadership Network, a civic leadership development & social entrepreneurship consulting firm.

Are we winning the fight against persecution of persons with Albinism & how the media can help protect people with albinism? We’ve just come off a weekend where there world was observing #InternationalAlbinismAwarenessDay an effort to educate people on albinism in a quest to demystify and debunk deep-seated misconceptions and superstitious beliefs on this condition. Puleng Molebatsi and Machaba Ma...

13 June is International Albinism Awareness day and ahead of that we cross SA borders and go all the way to Uganda and talk to Human Rights Activist & former journalist Pat Robert Larubi who started a movement called #Action4Albinism and he delivers free Sunscreen to people with Albinism – using his motorbike across the country.

- On today’s #LetsTalkTech Inspired by her own experience with technology and a firm belief in women’s education, Baratang Miya knew she had to do something to ensure that women and young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds had the opportunity to pursue careers in the tech industry, so in 2003 she founded GirlHype & today it’s still going strong. She talks to us about; how young people can help f...

Hlengiwe Ndlela is an auditing lecturer and researcher in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville Campus and is pursuing her PhD. She was also a panellist on the young academics segment of the 2019 Forbes Africa Woman Leading Women Summit and is also a Thuthuka programme manager and her students have achieved a 97% pass rate in the 2019 academ...

With a vision to eliminate the payday poverty cycle, the founders of SmartWage assist in giving employees access to a portion of their earnings in real-time, and in doing so promoting financial control, encouraging saving and decreasing debt. We chat to Nick Platt, co-founder of SmartWage, to find out more about the start-up changing the way people get paid and what problem it is solving at the en...

#TheConnection Have you had any bothersome dreams lately? Every Tuesday we help you understand your dreams and the messages you’re receiving. We have Traditional healer, Gogo Ntombiyamanzi joining today to help us understand our dreams today...

#PutSouthAfricaFirst a # that has been in our view throughout the lockdown as the scuffle for food aid, employment and government relief continued amongst South Africans and foreign national (documented and undocumented) As the economy opens gradually and many industries start to function, does the call for SA labour and expertise become irrelevant and impractical as many employers look for what i...

For #YouthMonth At the age of 26, Fhatuwani Nemakhavhani became the first black female actuary from the University of Pretoria (UP) and today at the age of 29 she is the president of ASABA (Association of South African Black Actuarial Professionals)... She's our first feature for #SAfmYouth today... And tell us her story to success!

- What has the #LockdownSA inspired you to do? Every Friday we catch up with individuals that have started projects inspired by this Lockdown Period and today’s guest on #LockdownCommunity is Sergeant Matome Rathupetsane, a 40 year-old police officer at Sandrignham Police near Alexandra who recently decided to use his birthday to fundraise and buy food for close to hundred people in his policing a...

On today’s #LetsTalkTech Podcast have found their voice during this lockdown and some of them offer quite niche and unique content. Podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht launched her one of a kind podcast last year in July and it has since massed a big following due to its unique nature – True Crime South Africa is the first victim-focused true-crime podcast in the country that covers both solved and unsol...

Comedy has been our biggest comfort during #LockdownSA and South Africans have found creative ways to find the mickey out of the dreadful experience. Today's guest is Tyson Ngubeni - a qualified actor and an outstanding comedian and his alter ego as American newscaster Bob O'Connor is winning the internet. We speak to him on the show…

Have you been having dreams that bother you? #TheConnection For many of us, the introduction of Covid-19 cases and fears plus the lockdown has seen our schedules thrown out the window - including a good night’s rest! New research published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic can trigger the re-emergence of traumatic dreams in people. Have you been having d...

- It’s Tuesday and we get into conversations with individuals solving problems in their communities on #MindingMyBusiness Many business are faced with the daunting prospect of contemplating retrenchments due to the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses. But what if there’s a way your company could retain their talent and still make an income? We spoke to Stellenbosch based Entrepreneur Remmone Mo...

#TheOpinionPiece Why are South Africans so outraged by racially charged police brutality happening in the USA whilst we have our own problems here at home – do we turn a blind eye to our own problems & Why? We speak to Social Commentators, Ziyanda Stuurman whose been living in Boston, USA for some time and Nelisa Nqulana, an activist and advocate for social justice. This will also touch on #YouthM...

What has the #LockdownSA inspired you to do? Today on #LockdownCommunity Language activist Enock Shishenge chats to us about his first individual poetry anthology titled “LOCKDOWN” a project he says was created (written and published) during #LockdownSA

#LetsTalkTech My Broadband Editor, Jan Vermeulen spoke to host, Mandla Shongwe as we wrap up #AfricaMonth we question whether Rwanda has positioned itself as leader in innovation and technology in Africa in the way that they are fighting #Covid19, and what about the rest of the continent? Listen to the amazing references he makes to Rwanda technological advancements and progress which is impacting...

#LeadersOfIndustries we’re joined by CEO and founder of Riverbed Agency Monalisa Sibongile Zwambila after they walked away as the biggest winner at the 2020 PRISM Awards. The agency took home 12 Prism Awards, including the South African Campaign of the Year Award 2020 for the Association for the Alcohol Responsibility and Education's, (Aware.org.za)’s 'Underage Drinking' campaign. She talks to us...

We were joined by Founder and CEO at Syafunda, Social Entrepreneur, Innovator & Business Coach Mr Zakheni Ngubo. He founded Syafunda, an educational platform that partners with local content developers and publishers, setting up digital libraries in places like township and rural schools where connectivity is limited or non-existent. They’ve received investment funding from SME-enabler Edge Growth...

The value of African Innovation and endorsing ideas by Africans for Africa to lead the fight against #Covid19 We are joined by Professor Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi, associate professor at the University of Fort Hare and Chairman and Executive Editor at (Africa.com), Ms Teresa Clarke .

Do you think more South Africans will be addicted or co-dependent on alcohol when the government finally lifts the #AlcoholBan? The continued ban on alcohol has given rise to thriving but potentially deadly black markets. The popularity of illicit products has allowed those manufacturing their own beers not only to take advantage of demand and inflate prices, but to take chances with ingredients t...