NIGHT FALL

THIS Christmas was not a merry one for the Vryheid family whose two girls drowned in the open cluster mines that were not rehabilitated by a coal mining company more than a year ago. The girls drowned while swimming in one of the eight deep holes dug during a mining project that lasted about three months in KwaMnathi Village in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Guest: Ayanda Mdluli, editor of the Daily News...

Guest: Dr. Brighton Mashava - Specialist Urologist at Nelspruit Mediclinic & Busamed Hospital

Today marks almost 617 days since former Lily Mine employees embarked on a sit-in outside the mine, following a shaft collapse on February 5, 2016. The mine made national headlines after Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda were trapped underground in a container office as a result of the collapse. A rescue effort was mounted and abandoned after it was determined that continuing the...

Guest :Gogo Zanele Mazibuko – from Vukani Mathonga

Guest: Ernest North - Co-founder, Naked Insurance

Gauteng could see a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in January as residents return home from their various holiday destinations. This is according to the University of Witwatersrand scientist Professor Bruce Mellado. Mellado sits on the province's Covid-19 advisory committee and is leading the team studying the virus' patterns in Gauteng. Guest: University of Witwatersrand scientist - Profes...

Guest: Makhosi Gcabashe – A traditional healer who has been practicing for over 20 years

Mozambique’s army has struggled to contain the fighters who have regularly beaten back the country’s security forces. Mozambique’s military is struggling to hold back ISIL-linked groups in the northern Cabo Delgado region. Violence has intensified in recent months, displacing at least 400,000 people. The government has asked for help from neighbours South Africa and Tanzania, as well as the Europe...

Guest: S.A. Safety & Security - Mike Bolhuis

The festive season can be a sad period for many people and suicide statistics traditionally climb every year around this time. This year, however, is a particularly bad one for many people and is already seeing higher numbers of suicides than before, as well as an increase in depression and anxiety. Covid-19 has wrought havoc on most lives this year, with massive job losses, salary-cuts, loss of l...

Guest: Gogo Tu Nokwe – South Africa’s legendary musician

African traditional medicine and its practices were prohibited under the pretext of witchcraft in South Africa by the British and later the apartheid government. This led to secrecy in the practice and a lack of infrastructural planning to support it. Guest: Dr. (IDA) Christina Breed - Senior Lecturer • Coordinator Honours: Biodiversity Studio and Research MethodologyDepartment of Architecture, Un...

Guest: Ronald Muringai - Is an author, speaker, MC Extraordinaire and VO Artisit.

Guest: Billy Selekane – Motivational Leadership CSP is the highest designated speaker in Africa, as well as the first South African speaker to speak at the General Assembly (NSA) Convention.

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete.

African customary law is controversial. This is due to the dissonance between the past and present. The social settings in which Africans interact have changed over time. These changes have been characterised by a tense relationship between indigenous customs and statutory laws with colonial origins. Indigenous customs have communal, welfarist features, while statutory laws have industrial, indivi...

Guest: Howard Dembovsky, Founder of Justice Project SA,

Guest: Ephraim Kekana – Branch Manager:Gauteng and National Departments of GEPF

Guest: Dr Brighton Mashava from Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital

The unprecedented decision by the Basic Education Department that two leaked matric exam papers be rewritten has been described as “unfair” and “premature” by some education stakeholders. Others, however, have praised the move, describing it as “ethical and a second bite of the cherry for pupils”. Guest: Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers Organisation of SA (Nap...

Guest: Dr Joan van Niekerk - one of the Children's Sector Reps on the South African National AIDS Council CIvil Society Forum

Eight months ago, when South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a strict lockdown for an initial 21 days in response to the COVID-19 threat, the decision was widely praised. A few critics, including myself, disagreed. I warned against “a strident ‘conventional wisdom’ which holds that governments and societies should respond through drastic measures”. I argued that the government had mov...

Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to the delay in acceptance or the refusal of vaccines, despite the availability of vaccination services. It’s a serious risk to the people who aren’t getting vaccinated as well as the wider community. Guest: Professor Charles Shey Wiysonge - the Director of Cochrane South Africa...

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete

According to Andy the programme need to be improving….and it should be called Gender based crimes. Guest: Andy Mashaile – Interpol Ambassador,Turn Back Crime (Camapaign)