Mental health is the biggest threat of 2021
Mental health distress is on the rise as the second wave of Covid-19 ripples through 2021.

Dr: Kagisho Maaroganye, psychiatrist and public sector national convenor of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) says that with the high levels of grief, uncertainty, stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic, we need to ask ourselves “how does the nation ‘sanitize’ or protect their minds and build resilience?”

GUEST: Dr. Kagisho Maaroganye - psychiatrist and public sector national convenor of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP)

South Africa's unemployment rate currently stands at 30.8%
It is the highest jobless rate since quarterly data became available in 2008, with more people searching for work amid the easing of lockdown restrictions.

When President Cyril Ramaphosa stood on the podium of the National Assembly to deliver his state of the nation address (Sona) around this time last year, he declared 2020 as the year to “fix the fundamentals”.

GUEST: Marius Oosthuizen - Lecturer The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science and authored the article “Economics 2021 : Shifting South Africa's debt burden on to the black middle class"

GUEST: Tessa Dooms - National Planning Commissioner
responsible for youth development.

Guest: Sifiso Shezi

Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida has launched her online mental health initiative #Mindful Mondays
When she took the Miss South Africa crown in October last year she announced that she would be focusing on raising awareness around mental health.

GUEST: Shudufadzo Musida - Miss South Africa

Is there a goal for the year ahead that you are feeling stuck with and don't know the next step?

Can you tell if what you want is fear-based or truth-based? Do you know the difference? These questions could be in relation to money, relationships, career or anything else.

GUEST: Yasmeen Engelbrecht - Psychologist & Coach

This February, which is recognized as Reproductive Health Month, the spotlight has fallen on another 21st century crisis – plummeting fertility rates.

Fertility levels worldwide have plunged to an historic low with scientists predicting that by 2025, almost 10 million couples will struggle to conceive. South Africa faces the same conundrum, with already more than 20% of couples struggling to conceive.

GUEST: Dr. Crystal Meletiou - Narrative Therapist who specializes in the counselling of women who supper from infertility and menopausal issues

Cape Town Entrepreneur and Pastor Tlou Ledwaba is always looking for ways to empower members of his community. In December, he launched To Walk a Child, a campaign geared at collecting school shoes for needy children in Mfuleni a Township 32 km from Cape Town.

GUEST: Tlou Ledwaba - ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF SHOE CAMPAIGN

Someone tweeted “I understand why people cut off their parents” and the responses were massive and some of them stated “I lost my job last week and all she cares about is if im going to be able to send her money tomorrow”
How do we deal with toxic parents and family members

GUEST: Mandla Lupondwana – Speaker and Director of Together and Forever

GUEST: Nikki Bush – Parenting Expert

GUEST: Dr. Mocholoko ZuluMathabo Zulu - Doctoral practitioner; a metaphysical scientist; a cosmologist; a technological inventor and a software engineer

GUEST: Dr Velile Ngidi – Public Health Medicine Registrar The University of KwaZulu-Natal

GUEST: Fisani Mahlangu - Executive Member National Shelter Movement of South Africa