A recent study reveals that a downward trend in the intake of iron and other vital nutrients is contributing to poor brain function and other health problems.
The study, by the UK’s University of Sunderland, collected micronutrient data from two national nutrition surveys and found that people of all ages showed low levels of intake of iron, vitamin A, calcium, magnesium, iodine, selenium and zinc. In South Africa, research also indicates a high level of nutrient deficiency and hunger, both contributing to poor health.

GUEST: GIULIA CRISCUOLO - Pharmacist, Complimentary medicines expert

Guest: PROF HELEN REES - Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisa-tion International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19.
Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

A penguin at Australia's Perth Zoo has taken to binge-watching episodes of the beloved children's television series 'Pingu' to get over his loneliness. Pierre is an endangered Northern Rockhopper penguin who was found washed up on a beach in the south west of the country. He is the only penguin of his kind to be found in all of Australasia.

GUEST: DANIELLE HENRY - Communications Manager Perth Zoo a Zoological park in South Perth, Western Australia

Sami’s childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof). But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal. And Sami’s hopes for a better future are ripped away when he is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map maker.

Guest: Eva

Passionate about human rights, ethical leadership and social justice. Institutional transformation with a focus on race and gender justice have been central to her work both in SA and abroad.

Guest: Ambassador Nozipho January- Bardill is the Chairperson of the Council of the Nelson Mandela University and the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Local Network in South Africa (SA).

Guest: AYA CHEBBI - first ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation & LitNet present the Kommadagga writing workshop. A mentorship programme for promising English and Afrikaans writers in Somerset East from 12 October to 1 November 2020. The Kommadagga writing workshop, intended for short-prose writers, seeks to encourage new writing in South Africa.

GUEST: THEO KEMP - Executive Director Jakes Gerwel Foundation

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing the role of T'Challa in the hit Marvel superhero movie Black Panther, has died of colon cancer at age 43.

Veteran actor John Kani who played the role of T'challa's father in the highly acclaimed movie said he was devastated by Boseman's passing: “I am devastated by this young man who was such a great promise. But he worked so hard knowing that his time was limited. He will leave a memorable mark in Hollywood.”

GUEST: JOHN KANI - Legendary Actor

Guest: SJ Nicholson - Founder of the Africa Rising Music Conference
Paradise Africa Distribution and Africa Rising Music Conference are backing 5 South African women artists, producers and managers to provide a gateway for them to be groomed as independent artists.

Showing at this year’s Encounters Documentary Film Festival Influence charts the recent advancements in weaponised communication by investigating the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious public relations and reputation-management firm, the British multinational Bell Pottinger.

GUEST: DIANA NEILLE - Film Director “Influence”

The end of August signals the arrival of the pollen season, which this year, is said to possibly be more troublesome during the pandemic as tree pollen counts start to surge throughout most of the country. GUEST: PROF.

Guest:JOHNNY PETER - Head of the University of Cape Town's Lung Institute’s Allergy and Immunology Unit