Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

We’re now heading into week four of the national lockdown – and many are experiencing cabin fever being stuck inside.  And it’s not only humans that are cooped up indoors – our pets are also having to endure the lockdown for five weeks like us. 

Topic: Fitness Friday’s with Liezel V – Exercise with your pets

Guest:  Liezel van der Westhuizen, KFM early mornings host

Topic: From the Continent: Zimbabwean Startup Launches “Knowledge Engine”

Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com

Financial and strategic advisory company, Fluence Capital, is offering pro-bono support and guidance for South Africans facing the potential loss of their business due to the COVID-19 shutdown. 

Topic: Pro-bono advice for SA businesses in trouble due to lockdown

Guest:  Sandra Beswick, Fluence Capital director

Guest: Jean - Jacques Cornish, Africa Correspondent

Topics: From the Continent: Governor of Nairobi slammed for saying he’ll put a bottle of brandy in every food parcel for the city’s poor.

Brazil’s biggest cocaine smuggler arrested in Maputo.

10 die in Nigeria dispute over the fishing pond.

Coronavirus is the obvious focus at the moment from a health and safety perspective.  There’s plenty of fake news/myths out there, about how you can contract the virus, to what measures you can take to prevent infection

Guest: Dr. Mokete Setoaba, General Practitioner

Topics: Healthcare with Doctor Setoaba – Debunking the Covid-19 Myths

Topic: From the Continent: These Nigerian Influencers have caught Hollywood's eye

Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com

Farming and food production is one of the sectors regarded as essential and continues to operate as normal during the lockdown period.  Farmworkers have for centuries been exploited and made to work under tough conditions, often for measly pay. Independent agricultural economist Dr Kobus Laubscher, says COVID-19 is highlighting the importance of certain individuals in our society, and the roles they play within.

Guest: Dr Kobus Laubscher, Independent agricultural economist

Topics: Covid-19 highlights the important role farmworkers play in society

From the Continent: Nigeria lockdown measures

Guest: Jean-Jacques Cornish, Africa Correspondent

SAYes Mentoring, a Cape Town-based non-profit that has facilitated mentoring for under-served young people in child and youth care centres for more than ten years is one such NGO that’s had to make the switch.  Executive Director and Co-founder of SAYes, Michelle Potter says there’s been an uptake in young people signing up, but now they need mentors to facilitate the programs.

Topic: Need for Mentorship program grows during lockdown

Guest: Michelle Potter, Executive Director and Co-founder of SAYes Mentoring

Topic: From the Continent: Turning Uganda's Waste into Lifesaving Equipment

Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com