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BOOKS ON JETSET BREAKFAST

“Dear Start-up Entrepreneur" -by Tshepo Moses Mosiedi entrepreneur, accountant, and business consultant.In this book the author outlines the principles and concepts that he wishes he could have been exposed to when he faced and experienced challenges of starting his own business. GUEST: TSHEPO MOSIEDI - Entrepreneur

Sep 6, 202012 min

“Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel

“Today, South Africa is facing a crisis on three fronts. We face an energy crisis, an economic crisis and an unemployment crisis. they present us with unprecedented challenges that will require concerted effort, innovative thinking and speed”. This is from the opinion piece “Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel, Chairperson of SAPVIA (South African Photovoltaic Industry Association) GUEST: CHANDA NXUMALO - Spokesperson for SAPVIA

Sep 6, 20208 min

STORYTELLERS & THOUGHT LEADERS

Tomorrow is International Day of Clean Air for blue skiesUN Member States recognize the need to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030, GUEST: CECELIA NJENGA - Head of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sep 6, 20205 min

My Octopus Teacher

After a decade of connecting people to nature through world-class storytelling, Cape Town based NGO, the Sea Change Project are about to unveil their first feature documentary titled My Octopus Teacher. It will premiere on Netflix to-morrow Monday, 7 September. The film showcases the delicate ecosystem that lies beneath the waves in The Great African Sea Forest for the very first time. GUEST: PIPPA EHRLICH Director of the My Octopus Teach & Environmental Journalist.

Sep 6, 20208 min

FILM

The Durban FilmMart Institute (DMI) has announced the programme for the 11th Durban FilmMart (DFM) Virtual Edition, which opened yesterday Friday and on until 13 September this year.“Using the theme Brave New Cinema, bringing together leading and emerging African film professionals in an online space, to benchmark themselves, learn from peers, pitch their ideas and projects and network, and collectively demonstrate our courage to tell our own stories,” says Toni Monty, Head of the DFM. GUEST: TONI MONTY - Head of the Durban FilmMart

Sep 5, 20206 min

PETROLHEAD WITH NICO SMIT

LUCKY ALLEN ROGER ROGER POLLY THEMBA HANS JETCREW IAN HANS VISH LUCKY RANJAY RADITI ROD XOLANI THEMBA GAIL RAY ANTHONY ANTHONY NICK THEMBA CAL MAHUNGU ELDRID UWE LYN LYN’S HUSBAND AWARD Guest:NICO SMIT Guest: Charlie - LYN’S HUSBAND - PORT ALFRED

Sep 5, 202019 min

TECH

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has partnered with the South African Innovation Summit (SAIS) to host the 2020 Innovation Summit that will be held from 30 September to 01 October 2020. The event will be held virtually, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The summit brings together innovation leaders from different countries, back-grounds, disciplines and worldviews. GUEST: NONKULULEKO SHINGA - Chief Director Innovation and Technology Dept of Trade & Industry

Sep 5, 20207 min

DOWNWARD TREND IN IRON TAKE

A recent study reveals that a downward trend in the intake of iron and other vital nutrients is contributing to poor brain function and other health problems.The study, by the UK’s University of Sunderland, collected micronutrient data from two national nutrition surveys and found that people of all ages showed low levels of intake of iron, vitamin A, calcium, magnesium, iodine, selenium and zinc. In South Africa, research also indicates a high level of nutrient deficiency and hunger, both contributing to poor health.GUEST: GIULIA CRISCUOLO - Pharmacist, Complimentary medicines expert

Sep 5, 20209 min

COVID-19 Q&A

Guest: PROF HELEN REES - Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisa-tion International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19. Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

Sep 5, 202015 min

This iPad-Savvy Penguin Loves Watching 'Pingu' To Get Over His Loneliness

A penguin at Australia's Perth Zoo has taken to binge-watching episodes of the beloved children's television series 'Pingu' to get over his loneliness. Pierre is an endangered Northern Rockhopper penguin who was found washed up on a beach in the south west of the country. He is the only penguin of his kind to be found in all of Australasia. GUEST: DANIELLE HENRY - Communications Manager Perth Zoo a Zoological park in South Perth, Western Australia

Sep 5, 20207 min

BOOKS ON JETSET BREAKFAST :STRAY CATS OF HOMS BY EVA NOUR

Sami’s childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof). But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal. And Sami’s hopes for a better future are ripped away when he is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map maker. Guest: Eva

Aug 30, 202012 min

GUEST PRESENTER - AMBASSADOR NOZIPHO JANUARY-BARDILL

Passionate about human rights, ethical leadership and social justice. Institutional transformation with a focus on race and gender justice have been central to her work both in SA and abroad. Guest: Ambassador Nozipho January- Bardill is the Chairperson of the Council of the Nelson Mandela University and the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Local Network in South Africa (SA). Guest: AYA CHEBBI - first ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet

Aug 30, 202038 min

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation & LitNet present the Kommadagga writing workshop

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation & LitNet present the Kommadagga writing workshop. A mentorship programme for promising English and Afrikaans writers in Somerset East from 12 October to 1 November 2020. The Kommadagga writing workshop, intended for short-prose writers, seeks to encourage new writing in South Africa. GUEST: THEO KEMP - Executive Director Jakes Gerwel Foundation

Aug 30, 20208 min

TRIBUTE TO A STORYTELLER : CHADWICK BOSEMAN

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing the role of T'Challa in the hit Marvel superhero movie Black Panther, has died of colon cancer at age 43. Veteran actor John Kani who played the role of T'challa's father in the highly acclaimed movie said he was devastated by Boseman's passing: “I am devastated by this young man who was such a great promise. But he worked so hard knowing that his time was limited. He will leave a memorable mark in Hollywood.” GUEST: JOHN KANI - Legendary Actor

Aug 30, 202011 min

Africa Rising Music Conference

Guest: SJ Nicholson - Founder of the Africa Rising Music ConferenceParadise Africa Distribution and Africa Rising Music Conference are backing 5 South African women artists, producers and managers to provide a gateway for them to be groomed as independent artists.

Aug 30, 20205 min

Showing at this year’s Encounters Documentary Film Festival Influence

Showing at this year’s Encounters Documentary Film Festival Influence charts the recent advancements in weaponised communication by investigating the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious public relations and reputation-management firm, the British multinational Bell Pottinger. GUEST: DIANA NEILLE - Film Director “Influence”

Aug 30, 202013 min

ALLERGY SEASON

The end of August signals the arrival of the pollen season, which this year, is said to possibly be more troublesome during the pandemic as tree pollen counts start to surge throughout most of the country. GUEST: PROF. Guest:JOHNNY PETER - Head of the University of Cape Town's Lung Institute’s Allergy and Immunology Unit

Aug 30, 202010 min

The Real “Prime Suspect”

Former Scotland Yard detective and an inspiration for the character of DCI (Detective Chief Inspector) Jane Tennison in the award winning series “Prime Suspect”, Jackie Malton joined the force in 1970 and spent most of her service in the Criminal Investigation Department, probing all aspects of crime including armed robberies, rape, murder, fraud, arson, and blackmail. She served on The Flying Squad as the only female amongst forty men and was a trained hostage negotiator. GUEST: JACKIE MALTON - UK TELEVISION SCRIPT CONSULTANT & FORMER SENIOR POLICE OFFICER

Aug 29, 202012 min

PETROLHEAD WITH NICO SMIT

Guest:NICO SMIT

Aug 29, 202024 min

IdableFemaleFarmersProducingFreshProduceForFamilies

AGRICOLLEGES international (ACI) is celebrating Women’s Month with fearless and fierce women who break boundaries. Women who think about the future of food security and celebrate the formidable female farmers producing fresh produce for families. The future of farming is female Guest: Nsuku Nhlangwini - a Mixed Farming Management graduate and alumni

Aug 29, 20207 min

FROM NURSE'S SCRUBS TO ICE CREAM BUSINESS

Guest: Kristen Buttress - owner of Kristen Kick-Ass Ice Cream exchanged her nurses scrubs for ice cream scoops and within two weeks she’d opened her first store and is now a flavour alchemist with branches in South Africa and Mauritius.

Aug 29, 20205 min

COUCH TOURIST - DREAM NOW TRAVEL LATER

Guest: Kwandisiwe Nhlapho

Aug 29, 20202 min

WORLD LETTER WRITING DAY : The Power is in the Pen

September 1st marks World Letter Writing Day, an opportunity for people to remember and embrace the handwritten word. The day calls on children and adults to pick up a pen or pencil and write a letter to a loved one, or even a younger or future self. To help celebrate the day and pay tribute to the art of letter writing, BIC is kicking off a #WriteWithBIC challenge in South Africa.Guest: Reabatswe - Counseling Psychologist

Aug 29, 20207 min

COVID-19 Q&A

Guest: PROF HELEN REES - Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisation International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19.

Aug 29, 202013 min

SCIENCE, NATURE, CLIMATE

Guest:Mike Alsop

Aug 29, 20207 min

GUEST PRESENTER - PAT HORN

PAT HORN - Collective Bargaining Project coordinator, WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing – www.wiego.org)

Aug 23, 202040 min

BOOKS ON JETSET BREAKFAST - “THESE ARE NOT GENTLE PEOPLE” by ANDREW HARDING

ANDREW HARDING - Author & Award Winning Foreign Correspondent

Aug 23, 202022 min

TELLING THE COVID-19 STORY THROUGH PUPPETS A

A new short film designed to teach children about Covid-19 stars life-sized wooden puppets created by the Ukwanda Puppet and Designs Art Collective. GUEST: SIPHOKAZI MPOFU - Member of the Ukwanda Puppet Collective & Puppeteer of 14 year old character Nande

Aug 23, 20204 min

BREATH OF FRESH AIR

Fourteen-year-old social media star Oxipinion has taken the world by storm after a tik tok video of her confronting adults who told her to stop making videos about her opinions on history and politics went viral all over the worldGuest: OxiPinion - A fourteen year old South African Youtuber, Reader and Change Agent.

Aug 23, 20209 min

STORYTELLERS & THOUGHT LEADERS

Close to 3,000 women are murdered in South Africa every year. This means that a woman is murdered roughly every three hours in our country. About 110 women are raped every day. About one in three South African women experience abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime. This is from the article “Herd solidarity: A vaccine for the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence” GUEST: PROF. FRANCIS PETERSEN - Rector & Vice Chancellor University of The Free State

Aug 23, 202010 min

STEM education to connect SA children, teachers and parents to the global science community

STEM education specialist, Sakhikamva Foundation has announced the launch of an action-packed, virtual science event that is free to attend, it kicked off Friday and continues through to 4 September which will connect South African children, teachers and parents to the global science community. GUEST: FATIMA JAKOET - Founder of Sakhikamva Foundation, Forensic Scientist and airline pilot

Aug 23, 20208 min

Responses to COVID-19 require inputs from every angle of people’s lives

A recently released special edition of the South African Journal of Science asked experts in the humanities and social sciences to weigh in. The collection of articles is not comprehensive, but it adds nuance to the national debate. GUEST: JESS AUERBACH - Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, North West University

Aug 23, 202010 min

POLLYWOG IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT

#PollywogSurfluencer Online surf brand and travel experts, Pollywog, launched a creative

Aug 22, 20207 min

GUEST: NICK DREYER - CEO of Veldskoen

THE VELDSKOEN is taking over the world

Aug 15, 20207 min

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO) - MAXIMO TORERO - Chief Economist The Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform with a large and rich set of data on food, agriculture, socioeconomics, and natural resources to help strengthen evidencebased decision-making in the food and agriculture sectors. The platform is a crucial tool for all efforts to build back better and create more resilient food systems post COVID-19.

Aug 15, 20206 min

SCIENCE, NATURE, CLIMATE - DR. VIKASH TATAYAH - Conservation Director Mauritian Wildlife Foundation

Mauritius issued an appeal to the international community for emergency assistance in this unprecedented ecological catastrophe. On 7th August, nearly two weeks after the Japanese shipwreck, the Mauritian government declared the incident a national emergency. It is thought that more than 1,000 tonnes of fuel have leaked out of the ship and into the lagoon. Mauritius is a biodiversity hotspot with a high concentration of plants and animals unique to the region.

Aug 15, 20207 min

Mama Sophia Du Bruyn

Guest: Mama Sophia Du Bruyn

Aug 9, 202032 min

Guest Presenter - MAMA SOPHIA WILLIAMS -DU BRUYN

64 Years ago; 9 August 1956 about 20,000 women from different backgrounds marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws. The march was led by Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and Sophia Williams. The women left 14,000 petitions at the office doors of prime minister J. G. Strijdom. The last living member of the leaders of this march MAMA SOPHIA WILLIAMS -DU BRUYN was 18 years old on the day and the youngest of the women leaders. Today she is 82 and has served South Africa is many positions

Aug 9, 202032 min

Makhosazana Xaba Writer

Guest: Makhosazana Xaba Writer

Aug 9, 202023 min

Lillia Lessev

Guest: Lillia Lessev - 16 year old singer

Aug 9, 20206 min

Dr Brylyne Chitsunge

Guest: Dr Brylyne Chitsunge

Aug 9, 202010 min

Styli Charalambous from Daily Maverick

Stories that made the headlines.Guest:Styli Charalambous - Publisher and CEO of Daily Maverick

Aug 9, 202013 min

STORYTELLERS & THOUGHT LEADERS - CEO and Publisher of THE DAILY MAVERICK Style Charalambous

CEO and Publisher of THE DAILY MAVERICK Style Charalambous talks printing a newspaper in the midst of a pandemic.

Aug 9, 202012 min

Yavi Madurai

African unions african women's decade of economic and financial inclusion. Guest: Yavi Madurai - Executive Director at PABWA

Aug 9, 20209 min

Korkor Cudjoe Graca Machel Trust

Women creating wealth programme. Guest:Korkor Cudjoe from Graca Machel Trust

Aug 8, 20209 min

GUEST PRESENTER - MYMOENA SCHOLTZ - Director Where Rainbows Meet

WHERE RAINBOWS MEET Three million – that is how many people in South Africa have lost their jobs, with women accounting for two million of those during the nationwide lockdown so far, according to a new study conducted by 30 social science researchers from five South African universities. The research was released on Wednesday.Where Rainbows Meet, is a Cape Town based community support organisation that has responded to the worsening COVID-19 food crisis.The organisation’s Food4COVID19 programme provides help to over 10,000 people in the Western Cape, serving meals to over 2,500 people within the Vrygrond communityThey provide resources to an additional 30 kitchens active in the Steenberg, Lavender Hill, Riemvasmaak, Overcome Heights, Hillview and other areas. Mymoena Scholtz, Director of the organisation. “People are hungry every day, people need meals and support every day and so we need long term, sustained support from our government and the broader Cape Town community to be able to provide for people every day. Our organisation brings hope to our communities, it is what drives us and why we get up every day. We are here on our own looking after our people and we desperately need help, we are in great danger” says Mymoena Scholtz, Director of Where Rainbows Meet.How can you help?We are grateful to the individuals and organisations who have supported the Where Rainbows Meet COVID-19 relief programme thus far. Their contribution has helped to feed many people in dire need. We know that people are fatigued in giving and donating to charities, but we are asking that if you have the means, please help us feed someone tomorrow. #Food4COVID19WWW.WHERERAINBOWSMEET.ORG 021 205 3496

Aug 2, 202040 min

JERUSALEMA

Jerusalema continues to ride the wave of global success.The chart-topper has reached a new peak on the 'Shazam global top 200' at number four this week.Master KG and vocalist Nomcebo Zikode have recently been enjoying attention from fans across the world, now with over 58 million views of the video on Youtube. They have also been appointed by sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa to serve as ambassadors to the world.We have seen Healthcare workers in France dancing to the song, A wedding in Spain, Italian nuns and priests dancing to the song, Uganda, Nigeria, America… In Italy, DAUDIA is a band made up of two songwriters and musicians, Claudia Pasquariello and Davide Maiale they did an acoustic cover of the song and received 1 million views in 3 days. GUET: DAVIDE MAIALE - Daudia member

Aug 2, 20204 min

STORYTELLERS & THOUGHT LEADERS - GITA CARROLL - Social Entrepreneur & Founder of The Good Machine

Redefining modern philanthropy in a post-Covid-19 world In the light of the unprecedented need created by Covid-19, NGOs and corporate social investment (CSI) programmes will be looking for ways to best utilise their resources, finances and people to build sustainable, ethical businesses with maximum impact.Integrated, consolidated initiatives

Aug 2, 20208 min

HOMELOAN PAYMENT HOLIDAY - TIM AKINNUSI - CEO Mortgage Market

What happens when your home loan payment holiday comes to an end? A number of South Africans were offered home loan payment holidays by their respective banks at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of these payment holidays are coming to an end soon. What can you expect and do going forward?

Aug 1, 20206 min

COOKING WITH ZOLA ZOLA NENE - Author of Simply Delicious & Simply Zola CONTACT: 082 890 8615 A Birthday Cake for 84 Y

COOKING WITH ZOLA ZOLA NENE - Author of Simply Delicious & Simply Zola CONTACT: 082 890 8615 A Birthday Cake for 84 Year Old SAfm! PINA COLADA CAKE!

Aug 1, 20206 min