Our guest presenter , performer, author, satirist, and social activist Pieter Dirk Uys spoke to us about his illustrious career.

We were also joined on the phone by Actress and Director Lizz Meiring and Lynne Maree who is an Actress and Director. One of South Africa’s most prolific writers Steven Gray also joined the discussion.

Tebogo Bathebeng, founder of Montsho Sustainable Project spoke to us about the initiative . Montsho Sustainable Project is an ecological company that provides feed produced by Black Solider Fly larvae Inspired by nature and her ecosystem, MSP’s objectives is to create long term natural growth solutions for communities and businesses. We do this by carefully harvesting Black Soldier flies and their larvae.

Cheraé Halley, director of DFL Playback Theatre spoke to us about the Drama for Life’s full-time professional theatre company and the Swedish national theatre Unga Klara joining creative forces at the Wits Theatre complex in Johannesburg to explore the role of the arts in building a child-centred society.

Eight year old Eli Burgh is a serial entrepreneur and one of the young 'Board of Directors' for Bata, a shoe company. He joined us in studio together with his father Lillo Burgh to talk about his businesses and his role as the director of Bata.

Dr. Corrin Varady, CEO of global digital education company, IDEA Digital Education spoke about the latest unemployment statistics released by Statistics SA this week.

He warns that South Africa needs to realise that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here, and South Africa is dangerously ill-prepared.

Our Thought leader was Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogu. She spoke about India’s new legislation which criminalises the practice of “triple talaq.” The centuries-old custom allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq,” or “divorce” in Arabic, three times.

World Ranger Day was on Wednesday, 31 July. We spoke to Fundisile Mketeni, SANParks CEO about how South African National Parks are beginning to win the fight against rhino poaching after years of struggle to combat the crime which was threatening one of the country’s big five.

Members of the Meizana band, Bianca Wood and Phathiswa Magangane joined us in studio to talk about their new single- Another You
The name is a combination of the Afrikaans word “meisie” and the Zulu word “intombazana” ultimately creating, Meizana. They have joined forces to create a never before seen South African musical offering.

Cherise Vogt, co- founder of Pink Piggy Lifestyle joined us in studio to talk about the benefits of adopting a vegan.
Pink Piggy Lifestyle is a family owned online vegan shop with offices in Primrose Hill, Johannesburg, which delivers & couriers nationwide.

Maureen Grosvenor, Head of Custom Applications, APPSolve spoke to us about being among a group of women who will summit Mount Kilimanjaro next week.
Prof. Thuli Madonsela will be leading an expedition of influential women up Africa’s highest peak on a mission to raise enough funds for sanitary pads for the Imbumba Foundation’s Caring4Girls programme to ensure that up to two million girl children will not miss a day of school.