As the effects of climate change visit ever more havoc on communities around the globe, the corporate world has begun to realize that piecemeal commitments to sustainability no longer cut it with customers or with shareholders. The climate-savvy consumer is looking for bolder, systems-level action from the companies that profit from their behavior.

Guest: Leonie Joubert - Science Writer and Author at the Daily Maverick

Guest: Sahara Thagunna - An environmental activist, speaker and writer involved with a number of environmental projects including her signature project for 2020, “What the bag”

He is an Electrical Engineer. He completed his MSc degree in Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand where his work entailed research and development on the solar power aspects of the PeCo Power technology. He is currently working towards his PhD which focuses on the socio-technical aspects of alternative to grid technologies their implementation and impact. His research aligns with his role at PeCo Power which focuses on business development and the roll-out in various markets.

Guest: Mohammed Raees Dangor - MSc Engineering: Wits University and PeCo Power: Business Development

Two young sisters are breaking barriers with bricks. With an invention that uses plastic to create bricks for construction, Kedibone, 30, and Kekeletso Tsiloane, 27, have found a real-world solution to plastic waste.
The sisters are the founders of Ramtsilo, a construction business named after their grandmother. Ramtsilo was created to address the high levels of plastic waste found all around us.

Guest: Kedibone and Kekeletso Tsiloane

The outbreak is not entirely unexpected. Coronaviruses are among the emerging pathogens that the World Health Organisation in 2015 identified as likely to cause severe outbreaks in the near future.For a long time is was difficult to identify the causative agent of infectious diseases. The rapid development of various molecular detection tools has enabled researchers to identify several new respiratory viruses. It has also helped with the characterisation of novel emergent strains.

Guest: Professor Burtram Fielding – The Director: Research Development and Principal Investigator for Molecular Biology and Virology Research Laboratory Department of Medical BioSciences atUniversity of the Western Cape

1. Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera
2. How we fight for our lives by Saeed Jones,
3. A spy in time by Imraan Coovadia,
4. American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

Guest: Griffin Shea - Owner of Bridge Books

Guest: Omar Badsha - He is also the founder of South African History Online, documentary photographer, artist, political and trade union activist and an historian

Guest: Candice Jansen – Manager of Research and Exhibition at the Market Photo Workshop

Guest: Lucien van der Walt, PhD - Professor of Economic & Industrial Sociology // Director: Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU). MA (coursework) coordinator:Sociology, Industrial/ Economic Sociology & Development Studies, Sociology Department, Rhodes University

Guest: Prof Glenda Daniels - Associate professor of media studies at the Wits University

The People's Republic of China is currently experiencing an outbreak of the coronavirus which has caused more than 41 deaths and has spread to other countries such Malaysia, and in some European destinations. This means that African destinations must take precautions on those that have travelled to and from mainland China. The outbreak has led to travel freeze in China on the eve of the Lunar New Year.

Guest: Mr. Unathi Sonwabile Henama - Tourism Lecturer Department of Tourism Management Tshwane University of Technology