In honour of International Hot Dog, which is celebrated on Wednesday, July 19, we asked the chefs at Capsicum Culinary Studio, to send us their favourite recipes and to join us in studio as try out some of their recipes. 

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol head

In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship

Today (July 15th) is WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY... The 2023 Theme is: Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a transformative future.

GUEST:  ZAHEERA SOOMAR  - lead for education and community skills at Anglo American

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Mahlodi Letsie, Founder and CEO of Bare Mind – an app for local youths who lack access to mental health services.

Users can access learning modules in African languages, earn crypto from completing daily tasks, and is designed to help young people learn how to take better care of their mental health. 

GUEST: MAHLODI LETSIE - Founder & CEO, Bare Mind

WILDTRUST together with multiple collaborators has undertaken a study to address the pressing need for enhanced protection of sharks and rays in South Africa. The study found that if 10% of South Africa’s mainland Ocean area, known as the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), were to be designated as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), it would meet the 30% range protection conservation target for the species included in the study.

GUEST: NINA FAURE-BEAULIEU - lead author on the paper and Research Assistant at WILDTRUST

The Black Mambas are the world's first all-female anti-poaching unit and a passion for wildlife and rhino conservation. 

GUEST: LEITAH MKHABELA - Black Mamba Supervisor

EMBO TIME TRAVEL EXPERIMENT is Msaki’s large scale Standard Bank Young Artist for Music performance in the Guy Butler Theatre. A sonic work that explores personal and collective healing through sound, Msaki will perform two shows of this definitive sound journey during the National Arts Festival and then begin a period of withdrawal from public performance as she makes time and space for the seeds planted over this period, to find light.

Straight from the Makhanda National Arts Festival; The Kesivan Naidoo Big Band Experience is on a South African Tour; tonight the show is taking place at the John Kani Market Theatre Newton Jhb from 7pm. 

GUEST: KESIVAN NAIDOO - Drummer and Band Leader 

Pre-record Zoom 

South Africa’s longest-running film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, is widely regarded as a leading film festival on the African continent and a vital event on the international film calendar.

GUEST: Andrea Voges – FESTIVAL MANAGER 

One drink can change your life - especially if made with flair by a World Class finalist. Eleven bartenders have been selected from around South Africa to create, shake and make their finest cocktails as they compete to be named as the country’s representative in Diageo’s World Class competition.

GUEST: Joshua Hendricks - World Class SA champion 2022  (He’s this years judge)