Robots and artificial intelligence has caught the public’s imagination. A survey of public attitudes to these technologies in eleven countries, including South Africa, on how people feel about robots that look and behave like humans.

GUEST: PROF. PHILLIP BREY - Professor of philosophy of technology at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente in the Netherlands

South Africa’s first road made from a mixture of recycled tyres and asphalt has been hailed a success, and it may be the start of a new road structure for the country.

GUEST: SAIED SOLOMONS – CEO SABITA

The Handspring Puppet Company is a puppetry performance and design company established in 1981 Kohler, Jones, Weinberg and Joubert. It is situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Jones and Kohler met at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town.

At first, they designed puppets for children-targeted productions, which Jones initially disliked. Kohler "introduced him [Jones] to the West African tradition of puppetry for adults,” working with Malcolm Purkey and Barney Simon, among others.

Guest: Adrian Kohler

Guest: Basil Jones

Guest: AMIR NIZAR ZUABI

IF YOU DON'T DO POLITICS, POLITICS WILL DO YOU…: A guide to navigating office politics effectively and ethically. (And yes, it is possible.)

GUEST: NIVEN POSTMA - Author and MD of Niven Postma

Soweto born, Kgaogelo Bopape, a grade 12 student from Horizon International High School made history when he won a bronze medal at the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) which was held in Russia this year. The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held annually in a different school.

GUEST: KGAOGELO BOPAPE - Grade 12 Student

Rising surfing prodigy, Ntokozo Maphumulo from KZN will be surfing the waves at Sun City’s Valley of Waves. Ntokozo, who is only 14 years old, has been competing within the surfing junior championships for a number of years and a product of the SA Surfing Legends High Performance Academy.

GUEST: NTOKOZO MAPHUMULO - Surfer

The Reverend Frank Chikane will end his time as Chairperson of the Kagiso Trust during an unprecedented year that has impacted every aspect of our lives, happy in the knowledge that the Trust is well set to take on these challenges and thrive.

GUEST: REV FRANK CHIKANE - Continues to be part of the board of Trustees at Kagiso Trust; departure as the chair.

On Monday 19 October will be Media Freedom Day, the Aggrey Klaaste Trust (AKT) in partnership with Sowetan, Wits University, the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and DM5 Attorneys will host a virtual Aggrey Klaaste Colloquium; Themed “Surviving 2020 and Media Credibility Going Forward...”

GUEST: PROF FRANZ KRUGER : Head of Wits University Journalism

12-17 October is MARINE WEEK in South Africa, a Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries led awareness campaign. The Green Connection is an environmental justice organisation that works with coastal communities and small-scale fishers, who are dependent on the ocean for their livelihoods. They are saying more needs to be done in protecting our oceans.

GUEST: NEVILLE VAN ROOY - The Green Connection Community Empowerment Co-ordinator

The Center for the Less Good Idea (founded by world renowned artist William Kentridge.) has partnered with celebrated writers and culture-shapers on an exciting highway project. We spoke to them earlier in the year when they called out for entries. Recently center successfully installed the first billboard by William on the M1 and M2 and announced the selected artists who made the cut.

GUEST: LINDA RADEMAN - One of the Selected Artist