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South Africa has some of the most mature air quality legislation and infrastructure in Africa, providing a relatively consistent supply of quality data. There’s a network of government-run stations and some industry-run stations reporting to the South African Air Quality Information System.

Guest: Dr Rebecca Garland - Principal Researcher in Climate and Air Quality Modelling Research Group, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Climate change is playing an increasingly important role in the decision making processes of mining projects. Even as early as the pre-feasibility stages, its impact on factors such as water management and social licence needs to be considered.

Water management, for example, is becoming more complex as rainfall patterns in many areas start to change in frequency and intensity, says Philippa Burmeister, principal scientist at SRK Consulting.

Guest: Philippa Burmeister, principal scientist at SRK Consulting.

So in brief, I recently published a book called ‘Fathering Sons' which was officially launched in March 2019. The book is a compendium of issues raised in a survey of 120 men on what kind of relationship they had with their fathers and how they would like to relate with their sons.

Guest: Ronald Muringai – Founder and CEO of Muriz Consultants International; A life coach, speaker etc

Smartick is an intelligent online program that teaches children Mathematics and Coding, from the comfort of their home or school, in just 15 minutes per day. The program covers all aspects of maths and uses rewards and gamification to incentivise learning.

Smartick also includes a series of brain games (only accessible once entering the virtual world which is unlocked after completing the 15 minutes of maths or coding for the day) focused on developing memory, focus, logic, reasoning and critical thinking skills.

Guest: Philip von Ziegler is the global head of English markets at Smartick, an AI-powered online maths and coding program for kids

The war drums started beating when Joe Biden was declared to be US President-elect, and Iran is again the target. Senior American officials made unprecedented trips while the country was still digesting the defeat of sitting President Donald Trump, raising suspicions that he is planning something in the Middle East before leaving the White House. Indeed, such trips even took place before the election.

Guest: Thembisa Fakude - Al Jazeera Researcher ,Analyst from Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in Qatar, Doha and he is also a Columnist Middle East Monitor, London United Kingdom

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete.

As many people are now forced to work for longer, the question of when an employee is obliged to retire has become topical and much discussed.
The obligation to retire depends on a number of factors which include the industry of the particular employee and, more particularly, the rules and policies of their employer in relation to prescribing a retirement age.

Guest: Darryn Mer, director, labour and human resources department of Fluxmans Attorneys

Guest: Dr Thabani Nkwanyana, Independent Medical Practitioner with interest in human rights, ethics and social sciences.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has recently established a wastewater-based early warning system for COVID-19 in various parts of the country – the SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard was launched today.

Guest: Prof Angela Mathee, head of the Medical Research Council’s environment and health unit.

Most of South Africa’s seasonal rainfall occurs during the warmer summer months, from October to March. As a result, October is an important period for farmers to begin planning when to sow crops (such as maize, wheat and sunflowers) for the growing season. October is also an important period for the tourism industry to think about water supplies for the upcoming summer holiday season.

Guest: Sarah Roffe - PhD student, Climatology at University of the Witwatersrand