Guest: Prof Sekibakiba Lekgoathi - Associate Professor of History the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities AT WITS UNIVERSITY

The 10th of December 2020 marks 24 years since the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa was signed into law by our first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela in Sharpeville, Vereeniging.

Guest: Lwando Xaso - Constitutional Lawyer & Author of "Made in South Africa" and Content Curator for the Constitution Hill Trust

The Solidarity Fund is committed to the eradication of Gender Based Violence and as part of its commitment; we shall be having ongoing conversations every Monday afternoon at 14h05 discussing topics that will challenge all of us to find solutions towards ending the GBV scourge. Today we learn more about the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre and its role. #SolidarityForGBV

Guest: Nomathemba Malvern – Centre Manger for the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC)

The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation (UMF) was founded in celebration of the life of Uyinene Mrwetyana. They aim to continue raising awareness about Gender Based Violence (GBV) even during the lockdown period, as some people are more vulnerable now, stuck in their homes with perpetrators of GBV.

Guest: Masimbulele Buso – Managing director of the Uyinene Foundation

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) anticipates filing an urgent court application before the end of the day, to interdict the department of basic education’s decision for matrics to rewrite the leaked maths and science exam papers.Sadtu’s Nomusa Cembi said they were preparing documentation for the application.

Guest: Prof Mary Metcalfe - EDUCATION EXPERT

Guest: Khosi Jiyane - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Guest: Awonke Nqayiya - Statistician and Author of "Mathematics with Nqayiya"

Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic wrote "Now happily resettled in South Africa, Masekela assembled a seven-piece group there and recorded an informal guided tour of his life and repertoire live in Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and several countries and composers -- from an incantatory Alexandria township tune, "Languta," which he learned in 1947, to a fairly ordinary piece written by keyboardist Themba Mkhize in 1993, "Until When.

GUEST : BONGANI MAHLANGU – Music and Culture Analyst

Is an art fusion expression and creative activism in collaboration with artists of various disciplines. We all had something to say and why not say it together!
Hopes Spring High is inspired by South African Singer-Songwriter Pilani Bubu’s musical version of Maya Angelou’s song Still I Rise, which captures the various human rights transgressions 2020: from Black Lives Matter, Femicide and more. She felt it befitting On International Human Rights Day, have key conversations around the Isms of year.

GUEST: PILANI BUBU – SA MUSICIAN

How are we doing when it comes to raising boys to be exceptional young and older men? There is a book that reflects on this and how all of us as society need to make it our concern. It is titled #”UBUDODA – Raising our Black Teenage Sons into Honourable Men”.

GUEST: PROF. VELILE NOTSHULWANA-MQOTA - Author of Ubudoda and Former Dean of Arts at the Nelson Mandela University

Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and children is a global pandemic that affects many women and children. This week the brutal murder of a woman and her five children in the Eastern Cape during the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign sent shock waves through the country.

GUEST: BONANG MOHALE is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Professor of Practice in the Johannesburg Business School (JBS) College of Business and Economics, Chairman of both The Bidvest Group Limited & SBV Services and past President of the BMF (Black Management Forum) .

Frida Hartley is a shelter that aims to shelter the homeless in Johannesburg, unlike other homeless shelters we offer long term stay, 3 meals a day.

In 1923 wealthy socialite Frida Hartley gave up her comfortable life in London and headed to Johannesburg, where she opened a shelter for destitute women, a solid one-storey brick building in Bellevue.

GUEST: CHERYL HLABANE - Operations Manager at Frida Hartley Shelter

Guest: Ignatius France