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Yonaka speaks to the Programme Manager at Earthlife Africa, Thabo Sibeko, about the organisation's Coal Campaign and how everyone can help their greater communities by approaching municipalities to intervene in polluted areas. Thabo also gives us insight as to why the organisation chose to mobilise women and young people specifically in the Climate Change Campaign.

Texting is better than phone calls, even for deep conversations

What’s something you’ve changed your mind about in the last few years?

On this special episode of Challenge Accepted. The team together with Habitat for Humanity is giving their helpful hands in commemoration of Mandela Day. 

The villain is usually more interesting than the hero

What is something your parents were weirdly strict about?

Attorney at the Centre for Environmental Rights, Thobeka Gumede shares the organisation's goal to equip communities with the tools to engage governments and other responsible parties on their right to a clean environment with the focus being on mining-affected towns and communities.

What does a treat yourself day look like for you / involve?

What was the most trouble you got into in school?

On this episode of Challenge Accepted, the team joins the Wildcats Ice hockey team in Johannesburg for this chilling encounter. Will they prevail or slide under the pressure?

What is a discovery that changed the way you saw the world?

Part of amplifying the call against GBV-F is dealing with difficult-to-digest topics, including rape. Speaking to us on YB5 is Jeanne Badenstein, about why we see such an under-reporting of rape cases. We also get more information about the training programmes offered by the organisation and the rape Survivors' Justice campaign.  Whatsapp Support Line:  083 222 5164  Email:  co...

Camping is uncomfortable and the worst way to “relax.”

What’s a South African experience you’d recommend to someone coming to Mzansi for the first time.

On YB5 this July, we continue to learn more about the environment from a giant in the sphere, Wildlife & Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) and how the Blue Flag and Green Key initiatives that continue to uplift the tourism indusrty. Speaking to Yonaka, Kelly Grace Alcock, who is the Head of Education and Sustainability at the organisation also sheds light on the environmental ed...

What is something you feel you need to unlearn?

Small talk is useful and not always fake.

What was your "Thank god its over and ill never have to do it again" thing?

What is your definition of "success"?

In this episode of Challenge Accepted. Kicking off Mandela Month, the team visits Woodrock Animal Rescue in Pretoria.

On YB5 this week, a conversation about GBV-F takes centre stage as we speak to author and advocate, Celeste Louw about how the organisation holds the hands of survivors, empowering them to take their lives back.

People romanticize school too much.

What is something you’ve been trying to get right/figure out for years, but you just can’t?

Unpops: Sticks and stones may break my bones is a trash saying.

The opposite of a trigger is a “glimmer” - glimmers are things that make you feel safe, or alive or just at peace. They can be small moments. What are your glimmers?