Drinking Coffee Tied to Better Outcomes in Colon Cancer Patients
In people with advanced colorectal cancer, drinking coffee was associated with longer survival and less cancer progression.

GUEST: DR. MARLIN MCKAY - GP

My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. It stars Craig Foster, who also produced the film. The film captures a year Foster spent with a wild octopus.
Foster followed the octopus for most of the octopus' life.
In partnership with Sea Change Project, My Octopus Teacher, executive produced by Ellen Windemith, took ten years to make. Cinematography was by underwater cinematographer Roger Horrocks

GUEST: ROGER HORROCKS - Cinematographer

SA Heritage Publishers, in cooperation with the University of Pretoria, has come across rare writings in seven of South Africa’s indigenous languages. The writings cover history, traditional medicine, agriculture, and village and hut construction. Their translation will be a cornerstone in the preservation of the history and culture as we celebrate Heritage Month. THIS MORNING we look at MODJADJI The Rain Queen.

GUEST: TERENCE BALL - Publisher Heritage Publishers

Given the disruption of COVID-19 and school closures, learners are facing challenges such as work overload, a rushed syllabus, teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, stress, and anxiety. The Learning Trust is supporting a number of programmes that offer direct support to students at different schools.

GUEST: NALEDI MOTSOENENG Grade 10 Student & participates in the Bophelong Tutoring Programme supported by The Learning Trust. She attends Hoerskool Vanderbijlpark

Archive of Kindness is a platform created to record the kind deeds that are holding South Africa together during this extraordinary time. Dr. Jess Auerbach is archiving acts of compassion and generosity from around the country.

GUEST: DR. JESS AUERBACH - Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, North West University

The Department of Basic Education and E³ have launched the COVID-19 digital pre-screening, risk assessment and mapping tool HealthCheck on the newly launched platform TeacherConnect.

GUEST: DR. TADDY BLECHER - E³ National Chairperson

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has been nominated in the "leading tourist attraction category" of the 2020 World Travel Awards. We as the public have been asked to vote to ensure a win; Public voting closes next week Thursday 24 September 2020.

GUEST: WAHIDA PARKER - Managing Director Table Mountain Cableway Company

August House and the Meta Foundation have partnered with artist Bambo Sibiya to champion his career. He manages to interlace South Africa’s history using the faces of experience in the current generations, providing them with a loud, articu-late and clear voice, the voice of his generation.

Through his experimentation with fabric and his extensive printing experience (at Artist Proof Studios), his work contains a level of intricacy and fragility which is in contrast to his characters confidence, providing a new depth and asking the audience to question their preconceived notions about topics of masculinity, family, gender, history, race and youth.

Guest: Bambo Sibiya’s

During lockdown Stevenson offered free portfolio reviews to unrepresented artists, in collaboration with VANSA. These reviews took the form of virtual studio visits, offering a moment of encounter and exchange during a time of withdrawal and isolation. We looked at the work the artists were doing, and at the way they presented themselves to the world, offering feedback on both aspects of their professional practice.

Guest: Dineo

Under the strictest safety precautions, the FOUR PAWS team, consisting of wildlife veterinarians and experts, performed Kaavan's examination. After the overweight bull elephant was sedated, the veterinarians took blood samples, measured him, and inserted a microchip in his left shoulder.

The “world’s loneliest elephant,” Kaavan, has finally received medical clearance to relocate to a peaceful, friendly sanctuary after languishing in a Pakistani zoo for over 35 years.

GUEST: FIONA MILES - Director of FOUR PAWS in South Africa