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What started as a dream in the pursuit of eradicating hunger, has come into fruition when the Garden Route Food Pantry (GRFP) was officially launched last month. This is a first of its kind where a District Municipality, Local Municipalities, the Private Sector and a Non-Profit Organisation, work together to alleviate hunger. GUEST: CARL VAN BLERK - Managing Director and Founder of the Garden Rout...

South Africans must grasp the chance to be “a tourist in your own city” The relaxation of lockdown regulations offers us the chance to be tourists in our own cities, no matter where we live. South Africa has a range of attractions and unique sites in each city worth exploring. GUEST: GISELLE ESAU - Brand Manager Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company in Cape Town

TODAY marks one year since South Africa went into lockdown; we reflect on the top lessons learnt over the last year in terms of resolving the challenges and inequalities within society through social investment. GUEST: TRACEY HENRY - CEO of Tshikululu Social Investments

switching off lights to honour Earth Hour, the annual environmental campaign that highlights the effects of climate change. This hour with no power, taking place at 8pm GUEST: ARNE STANDER - Entomologists at Candide and Babylonstoren (scientists who specialize in the study of insects)

Professor David McQuoid-Mason began teaching law in 1971 at the University of Natal. He not only established the first law clinic in Durban in 1973, but also founded the first Street Law legal literacy programme in South Africa in 1986. This led to him visiting more than 132 countries worldwide, to conduct clinical legal education and medico-legal training as well as to assist with the drafting of...

Monday 15 March – “Writing in the time of COVID-19” Moderator: Michelle Constant Helen Moffett (editor, writer, poet) Prof. Nadia Davids (writer, theatre-maker and scholar) Coralie Trotter (healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Clinical Psychologist) Dr. Emmanuel Taban (Pulmonologist ) IN: Prof. Nadia Davids reading …”at first you wake up each morning determined to make something of your day”...

24th edition of the Time of the Writer festival, presented by The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) from 15 until today 21 March 2021. The theme is, “The Writer: Whistleblower, Canary in the Mine or Testifier” – drawing inspiration from a quote in an essay written by author Daisy Hernández. GUEST: Siphokazi

It’s International Single Parents Day; it has been celebrated in America since 1984, after being introduced by former president Ronald Reagan, following a petition set up by Janice Molgen and the organisation Parents Without Partners. Since then, this date has been embraced across the countries of the world. GUEST: RUSHKA LEE PEDRO - Family Law Mediator and Life Coach

Play Africa is the first interactive children’s museum in Southern Africa. GUEST: Remimo

Long-awaited digital migration finally begins in Free State Boesmanskop and surrounding towns in the Free State became the first areas in SA to experience digital migration when their analogue television transmitters were switched off on Monday. GUEST: MANDLA NGCOBO – Tech Entrepreneur & Founder of Accelerit Tech-nologies

Guest: Adv Gumbi

I AM WATER takes children from low-resourced coastal communities on a two-day snorkeling workshop to spark a connection and love for the sea and its creatures in a bid to encourage marine conservation and turn these young people into Ocean Guardians. It is also National Water Week in South Africa until tomorrow 22nd March. GUEST: HANLI PRINSLOO – founder I AM WATER (NPO)

For Mokgadi Mabela, founder of Native Nosi, the fear was simple: could she live up to her family legacy? Her grandfather was the first farmer in the family, who used his savings from World War 2 to buy land and start a small beekeeping operation. As a third-generation beekeeper she had the knowledge she could build a business on, but the modern honey economy is a challenging market. Imported honey...

On Sunday 25th April, ‘Jerusalema’ hitmaker Master KG, and the Ndlovu Youth Choir, will be performing live on Robben Island for Africa Rising and the Live Love non-profit GUEST: SANDILE MAJOLA – Choir Member

EPISODE 2 of The Conflict Resolution Series GUEST: ANDRE VLOK - Negotiator, Conflict and Employment dispute specialist

The Grillroom & Sushi Bar’s Head Chef, Jamie Sutherland has 36 years cooking experience with a career that has taken him across kitchens in Europe, Asia and Africa. GUEST: JAMIE SUTHERLAND – HEAD CHEF

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Guest: Professor Helen Rees

This 1 skill will help you survive and thrive in the digital age Creativity is one of the top ten skills that we all need to survive and thrive in the digital age, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report. GUEST: LIEN POTGIETER – Entrepreneur and Creativity Teacher

THE CONSTITUTION HILL HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL will be taking place from to-morrow 21 until 31st MARCH. This year marks the 61st anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. GUEST: JANINE MUTHUSAMY – Marketing Manager Constitution Hill

Cape Town's tourism industry has faced a number of obstacles before. There was the West African Ebola virus epidemic (2013–2016) that, even though it was nowhere near Cape Town, affected travel to the region. Then, of course, there was the Cape Town drought that saw bookings cancelled in massive numbers. We thought we had seen it all, but a year ago COVID-19 hit our shores and nothing could have p...

The Documentary “My Octopus Teacher” is in the running for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature-category. PLAY TRAILER : My Octopus Teacher / OSCAR NOMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT (357) 93rd Oscars Nominations | Announced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jo-nas - YouTube GUEST : BARRY DONNELLY - SOUND DESIGNER My Octopus Teacher

A REFUGEE’S epic journey to triumph is an autobiography of Dr Emmanuel Taban, who is named by the New African Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Afri-cans in 2020. GUEST: DR EMMANUEL TABAN - Pulmonologist & Co-Author (with Andrew Crofts) of The Boy Who Never Gave Up : A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph GUEST: PROF. MICHELLE WONG - Consultant Physician and Clinical Head: Divi-sion of Pulm...

Book Circle Capital is one of Jozi's trendy bookshop located at Melville 27 Boxes. Readers are able to relax, connect and build lifetime networks. GUEST: SEWELA LANGENI – Owner of Book Circle Capital