Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

Guest : Liezel Van Der Westhuizen | KFM Mornings host at KFM

Worried about having made a fitness New Years Resolutions you may not stick to? Your

favourite Fitness Enthusiast has a different take to pace you towards your goals. Tune in

for perfect, bite-sized fitness wisdom you can't miss, with Liezel van der Westhuizen this

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Guest : Zaynab Mohamed | Political Analyst at Nkc

African Economics

OMNY: General elections will be held in Uganda today, 14 January 2021, to elect the President

and the Parliament. Current president and septuagenarian Yoweri Musveni has won very election

since his first in 1996. Museveni is facing a formidable challenge from Robert Kyagulanyi, a singer-

turned-politician better known by the stage name Bobi Wine. Days leading to the elections have been

marred by violence and a clampdown on social media. 

Zaynab Mohamed is a Political Analyst at NKC African Economics

 

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Guest : Brooks Spector | US foreign policy expert and associate editor at Daily Maverick

The US House of Representatives will vote today to impeach President

Trump a second time. Democrats are charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his

role in last week’s deadly Capitol attack. The riot last Wednesday happened after Mr Trump told supporters at a rally in Washington DC to "fight like hell" against the result of November's election. Brooks Spector is a US foreign policy expert and associate editor at the Daily Maverick.

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Guest: Lerato Radebe Ntsimane | Lactation Consultant and National Spokesperson at Association for Dietetics in South Africa(ADSA)

A recent study shows that global commercial milk formula sales are booming, particularly

in many highly-populated countries, including the Middle East, north Africa, eastern

Europe, central Asia, and parts of Latin America . Between 2005 and 2019, world milk

formula sales more than doubled from 3.5kg to 7.4kg per child. Total sales grew from 1

million tonnes to 2.1 million tonnes.

 

While mothers are still strongly advised by WHO to breastfeed from the first hour of life

until six months of age. Lerato Radebe Ntsimane is a lactation consultant and the national

spokesperson for the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA) will look at whether

a increase sale of formula really matters for the health of baby and mother

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Guest : Layton Beard | Spokesperson at Automobile Association

The Department of Transport has clarified that the extension of the validity of all learners

licenses, driving license cards, temporary driving licence cards and professional driving permits until

31st of August 2021, did not include vehicle licenses or license disks. 

AA spokesperson, Layton Beard, joins Early Breakfast to discuss the impact an extension of car

license disk and the subsequent loss in revenue will have on municipalities.

 

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Guest : Mandla Shabangu

 

In his address regarding the country's response to the second wave of the coronavirus

pandemic, President Ramaphosa painted a grim picture of KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest

number of deaths in the country as well as a notable increase in new infections.

Denosa is decrying the provinces response to the second wave, citing staff shortages, inadequate and

poor PPE, lack of psychological support for staff as some of the issues faced by front-line workers.

Denosa KZN provincial secretary, Mandla Shabangu joins weekend breakfast to discuss some of

the recommendations it hopes to be implemented at health-care facilities.

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Guest:Lebogang Gaoaketse | Head of Marketing and

Communication at WesBank

Many consumers commonly misunderstand a balloon payment to make cars cheaper, or

it allows them to drive a vehicle they simply cannot afford. This is not what a balloon payment is

designed for. This type of payment is intended to assist with cash flow management at the start of a

finance agreement, but only if you can afford it. 

Explaining how you can use this choice of payment to your advantage is the Head of Marketing and

Communication at WesBank, Lebogang Goaaketse.

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Guest :Tapiwa Chagonda | Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Johannesburg

As Zimbabwe experiences its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and

a hard lockdown, it seems the second wave of crackdowns on alleged dissidents is also

being implemented.

 

Zimbabwean police have arrested the Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance‘s

Spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere. Mahere is the third person to be arrested in less than a

week. Following another MDC leader, Job Sikhala, and investigative journalist Hopewell

Chin'ono who were taken into custody last week.

 

Tapiwa Chagonda, Associate professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg,

joins Early Breakfast to give further context on the developments in Zimbabwe.

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Guest :Mathanzima Mweli | Director General at Department Of Basic Education

The Department of Basic Education is confident that schools could re-open

safely and confirmed that schools are on track to reopen on 27 January. The department

has set up a team of researchers who have looked at covid developments around the

world and would present their findings to NCCC.

Hubert Mthanzima Mweli is the Director General for the National Department of Basic

Education.

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Guest : Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold | Founder at Destinate

The expectation is that 2021 will most likely continue to be a difficult year for

the travel and tourism sector.

Marriette dut Toit-Helmbold, founder of Distinate, is confident that travel will never die, the

yearning for ‘elsewhere’, for ‘discovery’, being forever changed by an encounter with

people and place is so deeply ingrained in the human psyche.

So while hesitant to make any predictions She highlights a few travel trends for the

coming year and beyond, that should stand out.

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