GUEST: WESLEY DIPHOKO - Editor in Chief Fast Company SA

GUEST: PROF. JOHNNY PETER - Unit Head and also serves as Head of the Division
of Allergology and Clinical Immunology at Groote Schuur Hospital

Fula Mobile is a global app which supplies fuel and other convenient supplies at any time, anywhere. Our next guest is a tech specialist whose travels inspired the development of the mobile application: “I traveled to France a couple of years ago to a tech conference. There were very exciting and new tech developments including Uber. I wanted something different and how to advance technology.”

Guest:  Lubabalo Nojiwa - Founder of the Fula Mobile App

In the belief that reading provides a crucial tool in assisting inmates with their reintegration into communities, the Department of Correctional Services has launched the annual Funda Mzantsi Championship. Working in collaboration with the National Library of South Africa, the department officially kicked off the 11th Funda Mzantsi Championship (4 – 7 October) at the Anew Hotel Capital in Pretoria.

Guest:  Mandla Mona – Programmes Manager at the Centre for the Book (Outreach Unit) – National Library of South Africa

Food rescue organisation, SA Harvest, has celebrated its second anniversary, coinciding with World Food Day on 18 October 2021. It celebrates two major milestones – the delivery of 11 million meals to hungry people and the imminent launch of a branch in the Eastern Cape.

Guest: Alan Browde –Founder and Chief Executive Officer at South Africa Harvest

The Poetry in McGregor Festival, an annual highlight on the festival calendar in the Western Cape, is now in its ninth year and will bring together poets and poetry lovers from all over the country for a feast of the written word once more.

Guest: Jane de Sousa - Coordinator of the Poetry in McGregor Festival

The 25th Edition of Poetry Africa is one of the biggest contemporary poetry events on the African continent and offers a weeklong celebration of wordsmiths across all ages and cultural and diverse linguistic backgrounds. This year’s winner of the Youth Poet category is 17 year old learner Tshiamo Mqweba.

Guest:  Tshiamo Mqweba – Winner of the Youth category at Poetry Africa

This week's major story on Social Media in our country involved Grilled chicken brand Nandos and Gareth Cliff's Burning Platform show as he hosted a discussion on politics and the upcoming elections with DA Leader John Steenhuisen and community activist, Mudzuli Rakhivhane, in which Cliff insinuated that racism was not as big a problem as poor service delivery.

Guest:  Nelisa Ngqulana - Managing Director and founder of PR Trends ZA

The Media Innovation category at the Loeries focuses on the ideas that truly push our creativity forward. It recognizes innovation on any media platform and is designed to recognise the brands and agencies who exhibit truly brave thinking in their use of media. The TikTok and Loeries relationship is set to flourish in 2022, with bi-monthly TikTok awards and a TikTok sub-category that aims to develop, grow and reward brands and agencies, from across the region, with the most innovative TikTok content.

Guest:  Preetesh Sewraj – Chief Executive Officer of the Loeries

The contribution of the Cultural and Creative Industries to the GDP shrank by R42.2 billion in 2020, representing a 50% drop from 2019. This is one of the findings from the latest report on the Impact of Covid-19 on the Cultural and Creative Industries undertaken by the SA Cultural Obser- vatory (SACO). The report was released this past Friday in Soweto.

Guest:  Prof. Jen Snowball - Chief Research Strategist at the SA Cultural Observatory