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: A high court has dismissed an urgent application to block Shell from proceeding with a seismic survey off the Eastern Cape coast. Acting judge Avinash Govindjee said that he was not convinced that there is cause to fear "irreparable harm" if an urgent interdict was not granted. Meanwhile communities on the Wild Coast have also filed an urgent application to block the seismic survey. We now...

A group of disgruntled fathers has marched to the head office of the Social Development Department in Pretoria, to demand unlimited access to their children. Most of them say the law has restricted them from accessing or spending time with their children. They are demanding changes to the country's Children's Act. Organisers of the march want the law to enforce the rights of children and fathers i...

Police in Mpumalanga have tracked down a young woman who was reportedly kidnapped as a newborn baby, in Ermelo in 2001. Police say the mother who was 16 at the time gave birth to a baby girl, and was later discharged from the Ermelo Provincial Hospital. She was on her way home when the alleged kidnapper; offered to assist by holding the baby as her mom was experiencing pain. The alleged kidnapper...

ARTS: The 6th Eastern Cape Film Festival will be happening from Monday until Friday next week. This year’s installment of the festival will be virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re joined on the line by Nceba Mqolomba, Festival Director: Eastern Cape Film Festival.

The Nelson Mandela University Medical School officially launched this week. This is South Africa’s 10thmedical school. The school is situated at the university’s township campus, Missionvale, next to Zwide township, eGqeberha. We now speak to Professor Fikile Nomvete, Director of the school and the Medical Programme.

We had a chat  with Nobuhle! South African songstress.

SA has close to 2 million children living with HIV/AIDS. We now chat to the author of a children’s book titled I Am Still Zuri which helps initiate conversations around HIV/AIDS. We’re joined on the line by Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba who is an HIV activist, social entrepreneur and self-published author.

The South African Medical Association has called for the establishment of specialised medical courts to deal with medical negligence cases. SAMA says these courts would be where trained medical practitioners will be called to scrutinise decisions made by doctors. We now speak to Dr Angelique Coetzee, chairperson of the SA Medical Association.

 Police say Gauteng and Mpumalanga are under siege by blue light robbers who are responsible for a spate of vehicle hijackings in these areas. They are armed gangs who impersonate police and travel in vehicles fitted with blue lights and sirens. Pretending to be police officers, they force motorists to pull over, before hijacking them. Since April 2020, there have been about 300 such cases re...

The Kannaland Municipality in Ladismith in the Little Karoo hangs in the balance after the ANC broke ties with its coalition partner, the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA), over the current mayor's rape conviction. The ANC was put under pressure to review its coalition agreement following gender-based violence activists' calls, upon hearing that they supported a partnership wi...

We had a chat with the winner Tshidi Mokoma from Limpopo. She is the owner of Rabbitville - a 100 % black, female, youth social entrepreneurs promoting nutritional alternatives for sustainable livelihoods…..winning R1 million in prize money.    

Seda successfully had its 2021 Pitch For Funding Competition in all provinces across the country.   Pitch for funding offers investment ready SMMEs an opportunity to showcase their ideas, innovations and investment business cases to Sefa, Seda and DSBD.  We had a chat with Kgaladi Phemasethokga consultant innovation and technology at Seda

Magalies Water has over the past few years been struggling with water supply as demand exceeded obligations to their service municipalities due to the Magalies Water Demand Management. We had a chat to Magalies Water spokesperson David Magae..

Gogo Palesa gives a reading to Konke.

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Coach Lonwabo Nkohla chats to female boxer Sharadene "Shinzo" Fortuin about the rematch between her and Mellissa 'Honey Bee' Miller in an all female tournament in Durban this weekend.

# TheTakeoffInterview| Compared with 12 months ago, South Africans show a strong shift to introspection and their wellbeing, while also seeking to better balance purpose with earning more money, that’s according to Deloitte’s 'State of the South African Consumer Tracker' report states.

#BusinessMeetsPleasure|   Entrepreneurs rise this is your chance if you would like to take part send us a message with your name to 060 584 2250 , we will get in touch.   We will take 5 calls to determine the winner     Competing Entrepreneurs for today:     Alfa Clothing, A clothing brand Song:  Oscar Mbo – Grateful Ft. SGVO & Seko...

#BusinessMeetsPleasure|   Entrepreneurs rise this is your chance if you would like to take part send us a message with your name to 060 584 2250 , we will get in touch.   We will take 5 calls to determine the winner     Competing Entrepreneurs for today:     Alfa Clothing, A clothing brand Song:  Oscar Mbo – Grateful Ft. SGVO & Seko...

TECH TUESDAY with Tech Blogger Dave Greenway

INTERVIEW : On Sunday night President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that he was instituting a task team to look at the issue of vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, from the first of January next year employers such as Discovery and Momentum are insisting that all of their workers are vaccinated. Several institutions of higher education are doing the same. However, lobby group, Afriforum says they will oppose...

We had a chat with Maatemeke Phasha – she is a plus size model who was recently crowned Miss Curvy Africa Bold and Beautiful as well as Best Model of the Year in Nigeria – Lagos. She is using her journey to inspire other girls to love and embrace their bodies.