Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has announced that the second phase of the country’s vaccination rollout will begin on 17 May. This, he announced in Gauteng on Thursday, was owing to the millions of vaccine
doses that are expected to land in South Africa in the next coming weeks.

GUEST: DR. LESLEY BRADFORD – Department of Health

A new biocontrol agent, Evippe sp, a moth that develop on foliage of
invasive Prosopis species, researched by ARC-PHP, was released for the first time in Africa, on 23 February 2021 at the Square Kilometre Array telescope in the Meerkat Nature Reserve in the Northern Cape by one of their scientists Fritz Heystek’s at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).

GUEST: FRITZ HEYSTEK – Researcher Agricultural Research Council – Plant Health and Protection.

GUEST: MOKGADI MABELA – Beekeeper / Founder of Native Nosi Honey Empori-um

GUEST:
1. Makgatla Thepa-Lephale
+27 73 565 1890
Founder of Ponelopele Reading Club - An NPO in Limpopo focused on breaking literacy stereotypes in rural communities by teaching kids in Botlokwa Village how to read, write and play e.g. chess, spelling bees etc.
GUEST:
2. Kgaladi Thema-Sethoga
Founder of House of Indiza
An indigenous tea brand aimed at promoting the medicinal properties of indigenous plants to aid healing of lifestyle diseases and conditions.

Yesterdays and Imagining Realities: An Anthology of South African Poetry is produced through the continued poetry partnership between the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and impepho press.

PRE-RECRODED POEM READING : “A Metaphor for Africa” by Zizipho Bam
PRE-RECORDED POEM READING: “Smartie town” by Keith Lewis
(389) smartie town by Keith Lewis - YouTube (will play short edited version)
(389) A Metaphor for Africa by Zizipho Bam - YouTube (will play short edited version)

GUEST: FRANKIE MURREY - Project Manager of the anthology
GUEST: BUSISIWE MAHLANGU – Poet (she has 2 poems in the anthology )

Internationally acclaimed cultural icon, Singer, Songwriter and traditional instrumentalist, Madosini has re-released her first album Power To The Women which has been previously released by UK based label M.E.L.T 2000 in 1995.

GUEST: MSAKI – Musician and Founder of Independent Label One Shushu Day

More than 60 children in grades five to seven at nine primary schools in Katlehong, Gauteng, have, since 2016, been part of a programme facilitated by the JumpStart Foundation, which aims to “transform underperforming classrooms into centres of maths and science excellence”.

GUEST: MBALI MPANZA – 13 years Grade 8 Panorama Combined School KZN (she was in Katlehong primary last year when she went through the programme)

The City, a research, publishing and place-making agency founded by urbanist Zahira Asmal in 2010, initiated a transnational project called See four years ago to encourage debate and develop ways to bring about equal representation in the public life of South African cities.

LAST WEEKEND (Sat 27 March) The City organised a knowledge-sharing workshop at the District Six Museum Homecoming Centre.

GUEST: ZAHIRA ASMAL – Director ; The City

South Africa, the world’s 12th-biggest producer of greenhouse gases, has committed to improving its target for reducing its projected emissions of the pollutants by 28% by 2030. How are we going to do it?

GUEST: SIMON GEAR - Climatologist & Author of “365 Ways to Change Our World”

GUEST: CHRISTINA COLMER McHUGH - Founder & Director Moodbeam

EPISODE 6 of The Conflict Resolution Series
CONFLICT IN THE WORKPLACE
GUEST: ANDRE VLOK - Negotiator, Conflict and Employment dispute specialist