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 NAPTOSA welcomes Umalusi’s approval for the release of the 2021 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results, as this removes anxiety about the certification and doubts about the validity of the results. NAPTOSA acknowledges that the past two years have been extremely challenging for all in the education sector, especially the class of 2021, having to contend with rotational, online and hybrid classes as well as forced school closures. Loss of teaching time in their Grade 11 year (as much as 50%), the psychological impact of the pandemic, having often to work in isolation, as well as load shedding have further impacted learner performance in 2021.

Guest on the line: Mr Basil Manuel (Executive Director) at NAPTOSA

The urinary system works hard to regulate, manage, and eliminate your urine waste. It includes a number of moving parts, such as your kidneys, ureters, bladder, and the urethra. Like other organs and systems in your body, the urinary system can have problems. These problems, or conditions, are commonly referred to as urologic problems or urologic diseases. Regardless of your age, gender, or ethnicity, you can experience urologic problems. In both men and women, this has a direct effect on the urinary tract and how you expel urine. In men, urologic problems can also affect reproductive organs.

Guest: Dr Moshokoa, Evelyn Mmapula, is a healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Urologist & Surgeon (Urogynaecologist),

It’s the start of the New Year and everyone heading back to the office might be fixated on implementing their New Year resolution. This can prove to be a challenge for those who are not in sync with the “New Year new me” mantra.

If that isn’t enough to get you peeved to be back at the office the overspending from the festive period and the long wait to the next pay day could be the reason for the back to work gloom.

Whatever the reason for the lack of enthusiasm at the office, something must be done to remedy the situation or improve your working mood. It is important to get the negative attitude out of the way and focus on achieving those work goals.

Having career goals is essential in transforming your work life and ensuring these well-rounded goals are achieved. Career goals help us to have a vision at work and they steer us in the right direction of meeting the work expectation.

Guest: Devan Moonsamy is the CEO of ICHAF Training Institute, a South African TVET College.

The New York-based The Africa Center, narrative change organisation Africa No Filter, Media Monitoring Africa and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have joined forces to develop the Global Media Index that will track and measure the way Africa is covered by top global media outlets. 

The Global Media Index will put 20 leading global media platforms under the microscope to analyse how they tell Africa’s stories, whose voices are being heard, which topics are prioritised, and how they are covered. The Global Media Index will also highlight best practices in reporting on the continent.

The project will draw on a range of methods, including content analysis, institutional analysis and interviews with journalists working for global media outlets. The aim is to establish the dominant themes, narratives and journalistic practices shaping the image of Africa.

Guest: Professor Wallace Chuma, The Centre for Film and Media Studies, UCT.

South African university students are fighting mandates that require they be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to the classroom on February 14. Even students who are vaccinated, and want others to get inoculated, are against the policy and the students' union is threatening protests across the country.

Guest on the line: Student Union of South Africa spokesperson -Asive Dlanjwa

What can the community do to prevent child sexual abuse in the community?

What can schools do?

 Guest on the line: Dr Mariam Khan is a natural medicine doctor registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Unrealistic New Year’s resolutions will only multiply the angst we feel, according to Dr. Susan Anders in a WYKC interview

 “’This has been a very hard year for people and often when we make significant or extreme behavior changes, that adds a lot of pressure and stress. That raises our cortisol level.

“’When we think too far into the future that raises our anxiety… Instead, focus on the process goal. These are things that you can write down and do every day that you do have control over… that’s going to lead to that outcome goal. Just make sure to make your mental health a priority this year. Put that on the resolution list [as] something you can do to take care of yourself.’” (Ujek, 2020

Guest on the line: Allan Sweidan – Clinical Psychologist (The Panda App)

Guest: Nicholas Riemer, CEO and co-founder of The Invigilator App. 

With a reputation as one of the most dangerous industries in the world, mining enterprises keep pushing to increase workplace safety. One of the most critical aspects of safety to address is the consumption of alcohol in the workplace.

Given that alcohol can significantly impair the ability to drive and operate heavy machinery with accuracy, one of the most critical aspects of safety to address is the consumption of alcohol in the workplace. It is understandable why there should be a zero tolerance to alcohol in mining.

Guest: Rhys Evans is the Director of ALCO-Safe, suppliers of superior drug and alcohol testing equipment and accessories throughout Africa

For transgender and transsexual people, this process commonly involves reassignment therapy (which may include hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery), with their gender identity being opposite that of their birth-assigned sex and gender.

Tonight we are talking to the friend of our show Shibu on how far it is she with the process and talk about new developments in her life.

Guest on the line: Shibu