NIGHT FALL

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  • Social conversations: Enyobeni Tavern tragedy: Binge drinking and stampede ruled out as causes of 21 deaths

    East London - Health authorities in the Eastern Cape province have ruled out stampede and high alcohol intake (binge drinking) as the cause of the 21 deaths at Enyobeni Tavern in East London, Eastern Cape on June 26. However, the probe on what exactly caused the deaths of 21 pupils from local schools who were celebrating the end of the term in the tavern at Scenery Park township, is not yet over. Giving the update to the media on Tuesday from East London, Dr Litha Matiwane, the deputy director for clinical services from the Eastern Cape Department of Health, said more digging has to be done even though some possibilities have already been ruled out.

    Guest: Professor André Duvenhage, a political analyst at North-West University

    25 min
  • Social conversations - Lily mine victims’ families need your support (1176 days on)

    According to Harry Mazibuko :”As you are aware that ActionSA support our plight, yesterday a team of councillors came to spend Mandela day with the families at the camp to give them moral support and some mattresses and etc.To say to the families that they are not alone and encourage us to continue fighting for our rights. We are not happy once more as one of the officials came and take pictures without our permission where we camping”.

    Guest  -Spokesperson for the families, Harry Mazibuko

    16 min
  • Social conversations: Tribute to Donato Francisco Mattera, OBG, better known as Don Mattera, was a South African poet and author.

    Born in 1935 in Western Native Township (now Westbury), Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, Mattera grew up in Sophiatown,[1] at that time a vibrant centre of South African culture. His diverse heritage was derived from his Italian grandfather, Xhosa grandmother and Tswana mother. In his autobiography Memory Is the Weapon he writes: "Sophiatown also had its beauty; picturesque and intimate like most ghettoes.... Mansions and quaint cottages ... stood side by side with rusty wood-and-iron shacks, locked in a fraternal embrace of filth and felony.... The rich and the poor, the exploiters and the exploited, all knitted together in a colourful fabric that ignored race or class structures." This "multiracial fabric" did not conform to the separatist policies of apartheid and so the suburb was destroyed and the people forcibly removed.

     

    Guest on the line: Lebo Mashile -Actor. Poet, author, producer, actress, speaker

    31 min
  • Legal conversations: “What is acceptable and unacceptable when it comes to legal jurisdiction?”

    As we grabble to either accept that South Africa is a country that allows "legitimacy" to be the reflection of facts is and allowing it to be the reflection of what legitimacy should look like

    However will legitimacy come with the consequences of censorship within the number of high profile cases that are of public interest and these are the kind of questions we need to ask ourselves as the public as this may become a public norm to try and scrutinize matters that has not proceeded yet in jurisdiction of the court whilst there is public scrutiny playing out at the same time with different views and opinions that may outweigh one another when it comes to fact checking and understanding how the logic flow of legal practitioners find flaws and truths to cases that spark public outcry and how should these matters be processed.

     

    Guest : Adv. Thabo Modisenyane is a skilled legal practitioner with a well-rounded experience of 15 years in the SA Navy and 4 years in corporate.

    17 min
  • Closet conversations: Love, Marriage and Sex? How important is sex in your marriage?

    Sex isn't always necessary, but it can be an important part of a healthy, fulfilling relationship. How important it is can vary from one individual to the next. Some people may feel that having a sexual connection with their partner is absolutely vital. Others may feel that other types of intimacy and connection are more important.Some of the reasons that you might feel that sex is important in a relationship include:

    Feeling closer to your partner

    Showing affection to your partner

    Finding sex fun and pleasurable

    A desire to have children

    Feeling confident and sexy

    Relieving stress

     

    Guests on the line: Linda Yende - a writer, actor, singer, voice artist, and author of the much talked about book, Wakeup Woman!

    46 min
  • Social conversations: Ten industrial opportunities in South Africa

    We may not exhaust all 10 industrial opportunities – but let’s look at those we can. (Acknowledgment: Citizen and Money Web news) Policy for localisation has been a prominent feature of the PFMA (Public Finance Management Act) and the B-BBEE codes through the “empowering supplier” status which requires that at least 25% of cost of sales, excluding labour cost and depreciation, must be procured from local manufacturers or local suppliers in SA. The question from commerce is usually “where are the market opportunities?”.Here is a list of some of the industrial (value-adding) opportunities, outlined

     

    Guest on the line: Gugulethu G. Xaba -Chairman Adamo Holdings (Pty) Ltd / Amandla Omnotho

    25 min
  • Social conversations: Prevention and Early Intervention

    Prevention and Early Intervention programmes under our scope in the Joe Gqabi District actually cut across 7 categories. Outreach Services, Education and Information, Temporary safe care, diversion programmes, skills development programmes, therapeutic programmes and family preservation. The Isibindi Drop in Centre is the project where I'm based in Barkly East; looks at home visits and counselling, mentorship classes to human rights essays with high school kids, reading campaigns, motivational classes and youth dialogues. At Maclear there is Khaya organization, which has not commenced with its work because the proper structures are being put in place. Then GXD in Aliwal north with looks at conflict resolution between parents and children and adoption marketing and drug awareness talks. In Ugie, Masincedane looks at statutory work, temporary placements and home visits and Khaya Organization and there is statutory work carried out in Stynsburg.

     

    Guest on the line: Asanda Molose -PEIP Chief Social Worker

    22 min
  • Closet Conversations –Sexual Desire and Aphrodisiacs e.i. Food, scents and sounds

    Aphrodisiacs can be classified by their mode of action into three types: Those that increase libido, potency, or sexual pleasure. Various substances of animal and plant origin have been used in folk medicines of different cultures to energize, vitalize and improve sexual function, and physical performance in men, out of these very few have been identified pharmacologically. For increasing libido, ambrein, a major constituent of Ambra grisea, is used in Arab countries. It contains a tricyclic triterpene alcohol which increases the concentration of several anterior pituitary hormones and serum testosterone.

     

    Guests on the line: Norma Mzizi, a qualified life coach and owner of holistic range Norma’s Touch

    49 min
  • Social conversations: APC embarks on countrywide protests as it seeks solutions to Eskom crisis

    Seeking a solution to the Eskom crisis, the African People's Convention (APC) will be embarking on countrywide protests to keep the matter in the public discourse and force changes in the power utility's leadership. The APC kickstarted its nationwide campaign on Wednesday at Eskom's Megawatt Park. Among its demands are that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, the Eskom board, and the management step down due to the failures that have plunged the nation into Stage 6 blackouts.

    Guest : African People’s Convention leader Themba Godi

    31 min

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