52 Week Challenge

Talking Cars with NICO SMIT

What started as a dream in the pursuit of eradicating hunger, has come into fruition when the Garden Route Food Pantry (GRFP) was officially launched last month. This is a first of its kind where a District Municipality, Local Municipalities, the Private Sector and a Non-Profit Organisation, work together to alleviate hunger.

GUEST: CARL VAN BLERK - Managing Director and Founder of the Garden Route Food Pantry

South Africans must grasp the chance to be “a tourist in your own city”
The relaxation of lockdown regulations offers us the chance to be tourists in our own cities, no matter where we live. South Africa has a range of attractions and unique sites in each city worth exploring.

GUEST: GISELLE ESAU - Brand Manager Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company in Cape Town

TODAY marks one year since South Africa went into lockdown; we reflect on the top lessons learnt over the last year in terms of resolving the challenges and inequalities within society through social investment.

GUEST: TRACEY HENRY - CEO of Tshikululu Social Investments

switching off lights to honour Earth Hour, the annual environmental campaign that highlights the effects of climate change. This hour with no power, taking place at 8pm

GUEST: ARNE STANDER - Entomologists at Candide and Babylonstoren
(scientists who specialize in the study of insects)

Professor David McQuoid-Mason began teaching law in 1971 at the University of Natal. He not only established the first law clinic in Durban in 1973, but also founded the first Street Law legal literacy programme in South Africa in 1986.

This led to him visiting more than 132 countries worldwide, to conduct clinical legal education and medico-legal training as well as to assist with the drafting of legal aid legislation.

GUESTS:
1.Phumzile Xulu – KZN Provincial Street Law Coordinator, DUT Community En-gagement Officer – works with student, communities and waste pickers

2.Daven Dass - Director Wits Law Clinic, Southern African Representative of the Global Alliance for Justice Education

Monday 15 March – “Writing in the time of COVID-19”
Moderator: Michelle Constant

Helen Moffett (editor, writer, poet)
Prof. Nadia Davids (writer, theatre-maker and scholar)
Coralie Trotter (healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Clinical Psychologist)
Dr. Emmanuel Taban (Pulmonologist )

IN: Prof. Nadia Davids reading …”at first you wake up each morning determined to make something of your day”

END: Helen Moffett reads poem …”stay , stay with your little dog who is so heart wrenchingly confused, stay stay.”

24th edition of the Time of the Writer festival, presented by The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) from 15 until today 21 March 2021. The theme is, “The Writer: Whistleblower, Canary in the Mine or Testifier” – drawing inspiration from a quote in an essay written by author Daisy Hernández.

GUEST: Siphokazi

It’s International Single Parents Day; it has been celebrated in America since 1984, after being introduced by former president Ronald Reagan, following a petition set up by Janice Molgen and the organisation Parents Without Partners. Since then, this date has been embraced across the countries of the world.

GUEST: RUSHKA LEE PEDRO - Family Law Mediator and Life Coach

Play Africa is the first interactive children’s museum in Southern Africa.

GUEST: Remimo