GUEST: SETH SHEZI - Stylist 

GUEST: WILLIAM BIRD - Director Media Monitoring Africa

GUEST: YOLANDA ARENDSE - Wellness Therapist and Ontological Coach. Author of “Gentle: A Healing Journey in No Particular Order”

GUEST: Dr Jörgen Vogt - President of GKA Kite World Tour

GUEST: DEAN FERREIRA - Managing Director NCC Environmental Services

GUEST: ANGELA DEH - Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Speaker 

•    How do we go navigate our way into the year with a sense of peace and purpose?

•    The new year can also come with anxiety and still needing to deal with previous years, how do we face this anxiety?

•    How do we know our state of mental health is beyond our own management and that we need to seek help?

•    What tools would you recommend to manage our day to day living, disappointments, plans and overall outlook on life?

GUEST: LISA VETTEN  - research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg

‘Teen pregnancies, other social ills prevalent in fatherless homes’

The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country.

A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year’s Day, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl from the Eastern Cape.

This has raised alarm and some men have been charged with statutory rape

GUEST: PHINAH KODISANG - CEO of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice”.     

Gauteng recorded 31 births to mothers aged between 15 and 19 on New Year’s Day. Additionally  the concerning case of a 12-year-old girl among the youngest mothers in South Africa. Teen pregnancy is a pressing issue in South Africa, with 1 in 7 mothers being teenagers, and nearly 365 teenage girls giving birth daily. This statistic not only highlights a public health crisis but also underscores the systemic issues contributing to cycles of poverty, educational setbacks, and limited future opportunities for young girls.

GUEST: LEBO PULE - A teacher at Stretch School, a life coach, podcast host of the Stretch Podcast

GUEST: MAMETIWE SEBEI - GIWUSA (General Industries Workers Union of South Africa)