In two weeks time, the Baphiring Traditional Authority in partnership with the HRH Princess Lerato M Foundation will be launching a new psychosocial centre in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality (Mabaalstad, North West).The centre is aimed at making mental health services and support groups accessible to communities.

The centre has a dedicated team that will be supported by psychologists, pastoral counsellors and motivational speakers who will be running mental health workshops in the days running up to the launch. These workshops are aimed at debunking myths and stigmas surrounding mental health. The foundation envisions working alongside with traditional authorities to build support centres of this nature across the country.

Guest: Her Royal Highness, Princess Lerato Mabalane - Founder & Executive Director of the Lerato M Foundation

Feet in the tradition and head in the future, our next guest is the new indie voice of Soweto. With their first EP (UBaba), the four musicians get their inspiration from the rich musical heritage of South African soil. The band consists of four musicians who hail from Soweto: Singer/Flautist - Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, Guitarist - Lerato Lichaba, Drummer - Xolani Mtshali, and Bassist - Simangaliso Dlamini.

The band have been described as an original synthesis of Zulu guitars, indie-folk, maskandi and jazz, all carried along by an undoubtable energy and charisma. The band is inspired by greats like Ladysmith Black Mamabazo, Dorothy Masuku and Strike Vilakazi. The band has recently released their debut album: Udondolo, a new documentary and toured France.

Guest: Lerato Lichaba - Musician

 Last month we had a call from one of our listeners by the name, Sando, who alerted us to a scam involving the selling of RDP houses by someone calling himself Mlungisi Mabaso, City of Johannesburg’s MMC for housing. We then contacted the real Mlungisi Mabaso who promised to deal with the scammer. So today he is back to tell us what has since happened and just how big this scam is. Also what is the latest regarding tracking the guy doing the scamming. Let’s welcome now…

Guest: Mlungisi Mabaso – MMC for Housing at the City of Johannesburg

On Tuesday, the Eastern Cape’s Department of Socialheld a Social Sector summit around the impact of child poverty and malnutrition in the province. This is a problem that has been persisting for many years with NGOs doing all they can to assist. The department says that it disburses more than R370- million to non-profit organizations each financial year, but this does not seem to make a difference as the problem is on-going. To talk more on how serious this problem is and what is being done to deal with it, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Wandile Ncapayi – Eastern Cape Chief Director for Social

Development

Guest: Asekho Motabene – Programmes Manager at JAM (JointAid Management) South Africa

 Kenya's Deputy President, William Ruto, says he is best suited to solve his country's high cost of living. Speaking exclusively to SABC's Sarah Kimani in Nairobi, Ruto says if elected president in next months; general elections, he will decisively deal with corruption, and invest in agriculture and manufacturing, to tackle the country's ongoing economic crisis. Ruto, who has since fallen out with his boss, outgoing President, Uhuru Kenyatta, says his main opponent, former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga's election plan fails to show how it will deliver the country from poverty. To help us unpack the dynamics at play around these elections, 

Guest: Nixon Katembo - African Affairs analyst &

language specialist at Channel Africa Kiswahili desk

The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South Africa has revealed that it’s not all doom and gloom for the country’s entrepreneurship sector. Even though South Africa is said to be one of the toughest countries in the world to be an entrepreneur, the report by the Stellenbosch Business School in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and SEDA revealed some positive results one of them being that early-stage entrepreneurial activity has risen. To talk to us on this issue, 

Guest: Angus Bowmaker-Falconer - Lead author of the report

and research fellow at Stellenbosch Business School

Yesterday, we had a caller from Durban who spoke tous about taxi associations targeting lift clubs in the Durban region. Listeners also sent messages that confirmed that there is an operation called “Tlhokomela” and passengers of the lift clubs in townships are being thrown out of the vehicles. Today, we get a response from the taxi industry and what it is that commuters can do when they are being targeted…

Guest: Bafana Magagula – Spokesperson for SANTACO

The University of Wits yesterday (Tuesday) bestowed an honorary Doctorate in Literature to Professor Molefi Kete Asante who was born Arthur Lee Smith. He was honoured for his life-long commitment to Africa-centred scholarship and philosophy. He is also credited for his influence and intellectual thought on Africa and the African Diaspora We thought to catch-up with him today before he leaves the country this evening (Wed) back to the US. Being someone who has raised the image of the African continent and preached positivity for around the subject, how would he describe the current state of the Africa and its leadership?

Guest: Professor Molefi Kete Asante, born Arthur Lee Smith - Professor and Chair in the Department of Africology and African American Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia

Having a baby is a big life event. It's natural to experience a range of emotions during pregnancy and after giving birth. If any difficult feelings start to have a big effect on your day-to-day life, you might be experiencing a perinatal mental health problem that may affect your pregnancy. It affects up to 20% of new or expectant mothers and covers various conditions like depression and anxiety.

As we commemorate National Fertility Week, we focus on perinatal mental health as an important aspect of a healthy pregnancy and how communities can support expecting parents. 

Guest: Prof. Simone Honikman - Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project | Senior Researcher at the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health (University of Cape Town)

An online crime-tracking initiative, NEWS24 CrimeCheck, recently released the top 10 police precincts where women were at the highest risk to become a victim of gender-based violence. The precincts featured on the list were based in the Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape.

Activists have challenged the list and point out that due to low rates of reporting GBV, crime data for the period is not a true reflection of the realities victims face within these precincts. We are joined on the line by…

Guest: Bronwyn Pithey - Advocate at the Womxn's Legal Centre