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Wandisile Nqeketho is the CEO and founder of 18 Gangster Museum, a social enterprise based in Khayelitsha that targets at-risk youth in the community, drawing their attention to the perils of gangsterism. Having grown up in Khayelitsha himself, Nqeketho has had first-hand experience of the effects of gangsterism on family, friends, and the community at large. He shares his story and how 18 Gangster Museum came to be on today’s edition of #LockdownCommunity

October is Mental Awareness Month and in line with creating awareness to help you make informed decisions & seek support, we’re introducing #MentalCareThursdays from next week Thursday. This space is for you to share and engage with professionals (Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychiatrists etc).
What are some of the topics you’d like us to cover, what are you currently struggling with and would want it discussed with our professionals or have you perhaps overcome your own battles – Tell us how? Share with us so that we help you whilst we play our part in ending the stigma around Mental Health in South Africa.
#LockdownSA has presented heightened cases of mental health problems in our society – the impact could be far-reaching post-lockdownSA. For the next weeks, make us your guide to mental restoration as we unpack a host of issues under mental health. We are joined by Clinical Psychologists, David Makhaya & Khanyisa Mabunda …

We speak to Dr Morokolo Silas Sathekge – who has written what been described as the ever Medical Journal written in his indigenous language, Sepedi. Find out how he did it and how it can contribute to the need for us to preserve and develop our languages in South Africa.

#TheOpinionPiece The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) released a research report, “Child trafficking in South Africa: Exploring the Myths and Realities”. The report and policy brief form part of the Centre for Child Law’s efforts to show the realities and complexities shaping the lives of vulnerable children in South Africa and to recommend ways of reducing the vulnerabilities they face. The study was conducted by Dr Rebecca Walker and Dr Stanford Mahati, both from the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, along with Centre for Child Law (CCL) researcher Isabel Magaya. Dr Rebecca Walker joins us later on the show.
Dr Rebecca Walker talks about the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Child Law & University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)'s research report, “Child #trafficking in South Africa: Exploring the Myths and Realities” #SAfmSoundAwake

It’s Tuesday – do you know any business that is innovative and solution-driven? We do! We chat to Solopreneur, Tebogo Bathebeng who has found a way to help farmers feed their chickens using nutrients recycled from food waste with some help from Black Soldier Flies. She is the founder of the Montsho Sustainable Project & she joins on the show…

#TheConnection Have you been having dreams that bother you? We have Traditional healer, Gogo Khanyakude joining today to help us understand our dreams – everything from understanding & interpretation and the significance of dreams.

Our #LeaderofIndustry is Millicent Mphela, a Skills development facilitator for the EIE Group who after discovering her passion for a male-dominated industries like the heavy machinery sector – took it upon herself to drive learning and development by capacitating people (many of them women) from disadvantaged areas through internships, graduate programmes, apprenticeships, CSI projects and social development programmes. She joins us as we reflect on her journey…

A 2019 Climate Transparency report revealed that almost 23 000 people die in South Africa every year as a result of outdoor air pollution: because of strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, advising that South Africa will need to scale up climate action to meet the lower-end of its NDC [nationally determined contributions] in 2025 and 2030. We speak to members of the Climate Justice Coalition (CJC) a collective of members who’ve launched the campaign for a Green New Eskom, demanding a just transition to a more socially owned, renewable energy future, providing clean, safe, and affordable energy for all, with no worker and community left behind. We find out about this call to action.

A little later on, our celebrity guest, Gabriel Temudzani joins us. If you’re not certain who he is, he has played the role of Chief Vhafuwi Azwindini since 2000, on the TV soap opera Muvhango on Sabc 2 – a soapie that plays big role in tactfully displaying and celebrating the VhaVenda culture.

Author and publisher, Phehello Mofokeng talks about writing & publishing Sankomota: An Epic in One Album - A Reflective Essay plus his role as a curator at the upcoming Rutanang Kasi Book Festival (#Rutanang2020) – which is an annual township book festival established to celebrate African languages literature written in all languages of the continent. The festival takes place virtually on 25-27 September