NIGHT FALL

NIGHT FALL

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NIGHT FALL episodes

  • Legal conversations: The Duty of Child Support – Who is Responsible?

    It is no secret that the poor communities in South Africa face a high unemployment rate and poverty due to a struggling economy. But an even more prevalent theme in the townships and communities is the number of children left without parents, leaving them to fend for themselves. With a lack of finances, and no parents to support the children, what remedies are left for the children to obtain financial support? While the primary responsibility to support the child(ren) is vested in their parents, South African law provides various recourses available to children to obtain support. For purposes of this article, I will touch on two of those options available, namely, support from the grandparents or siblings.

    Guest: Gabriella Keeble - Senior Candidate Attorney - SchoemanLaw Inc

    21 min
  • Social conversation - teachers and education support personnel to be vaccinated

    The Five Teacher Unions in ELRC confirm that the Vaccination programme is continuing in all provinces this week, even though schools have closed. The Unions urge all teachers and education support personnel in schools who have not yet been vaccinated to do so as soon as possible. Information on the schedules for vaccinations is issued by education districts, and all queries should be taken forward at District level.

    Guest: Basil Manuel- Executive Director Naptosa at National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa.

    23 min
  • Closet conversations: SEXUAL PROBLEMS AFTER PROSTATE CANCER

    Sexual Problems are often left to deal with last, when you have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. It is however sexual dysfunction that is strongly associated with treatment satisfaction post prostate cancer treatment. Sexual dysfunction is also a major predictor of both bother and depression in prostate cancer patients, even after the sexual dysfunction has been resolved.

    Men are faced with the daunting and debilitating task of trying to search for answers on how to “fix” their sexual dysfunction, often failing so many times that they simply give up trying. 

    Guest : Andrew Oberholzer - CEO of The Prostate Cancer Foundation

    42 min
  • Health conversations: Top SA urologist becomes first to complete 1 000 robotic surgeries

    Top surgeon, Dr Lance Coetzee, who has become the first urologist in SA to complete 1 000 robotic procedures, says robots are changing the face of cancer treatment and are helping save lives.

    “As robotic technology evolves into smaller, sleeker machines, they can perform even more precise procedures, saving many more lives,” said Dr Coetzee, a world-renowned surgeon at The Urology Hospital Pretoria -- the first institution in Africa to acquire a robotic surgical system in 2013.

     Guest: Dr Coetzee, a world-renowned surgeon at The Urology Hospital Pretoria

    12 min
  • Closet conversations: RAISING A CHILD or Children WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
    Let’s face it; parenting is not for the faint hearted. From broken bones to broken hearts… we survive one crisis after another, right?
    Truth is, raising a healthy child is not easy, but raising a child with a mental illness is taking parenting to a whole new level, its life altering.
    When a child is diagnosed with a mental illness, it ricochets to the entire family.
    Guest: Corna Olivier - HPCSA Registered Counsellor in private practice
    36 min
  • Education conversation - Boosting connectivity in African universities: a lofty ideal, but doable
    Connecting African universities to high speed internet can help drive the development of digital skills and capabilities. This would also benefit secondary schools and technical and vocational colleges.
    A strong argument has been made, that improving connectivity should be viewed as a priority infrastructure investment.
    Guest: Prof Willie Chinyamurindi - Senior lecturer in business management, University of Fort Hare
    27 min
  • Education conversations: #YouthMatters: Shivad Singh, founder and CEO of Head Start Education
    Head Start Education serves as the gateway to Africa for the leading education technology companies in the world, in order to lead the advancement of education across the continent. Head Start is a full-blown edtech provider, having exclusive licenses of over 20 of the leading educational apps worldwide and in South Africa.
    We have been described as the ‘Netflix for Education’ with a catalogue that has over 50,000 activities, games, videos and PDF content. Our current offerings cater for early childhood development to high school. Our offerings are award-winning, internationally recognised and research-tested and provided at prices more economical than the market rate.
    Guest: Shivad Singh, founder and CEO of Head Start Education
    14 min

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