The World Health Organization is urging countries to deal more forcefully with dirty air in order to save millions of lives. The organisation issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Let’s hear now from a medical specialist about the health impact of pollution in the country as we welcome…

Guest: Dr Caradee Wright - Senior Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council

Finance Minister Enock Godongwana says that South Africa needs to re-evaluate its policy on reviving the struggling manufacturing industry. This is something some of the economists have been calling for over the years. 

Guest: Duma Gqubule - Founding Director at the Centre of Economic Development & Transformation

We wrap up our Heritage Month edition by talking to Sepedi musician and Hip-hop artist, Maleboo about performing his artform in his native language. He’s also passionate about  fathers passing on their heritage values to their children. He now joins us on the line to talk about his music and the role of the father when it comes to passing on their heritage…

Gust: Maleboo – Sepedi Hip-hop artist

The Pan South African Language Board in partnership with the African Language Association of Southern Africa and the University of For Hare are hosting a conference under the theme: Perspective in African Languages for Decoloniality and the Fourth industrial revolution in the 21st century. Interestingly, this conference comes at the back of a constitutional court has given the University of South Africa until the start of their 2023 academic year to change their language policy and include Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in modules that it had previously offered in the language. One wonders in a country like South Africa, how do we find the balance?

Guest: julius dantile - executive head of languages at PANSALB

Psychiatrists say that as much as remote working was seen as a solution to keep productivity going during the lockdown period, excessive screen-time while watching television or using devices including laptops, mobile phones and tablets has increased ADHD symptoms such as lack of focus. They have also seen an increase in adults experiencing ADHD-type symptoms and parents requesting ADHD assessments for their children. To get an understanding on how bad the situation is, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Professor Renata Schoeman – Member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists  

Lately many people have been questioning the safety of the Covid-19 vaccines with many theories doing the rounds. Well, in an effort to spread the message of encouragement, the Department of Science and Innovation hosted a webinar on Wednesday focusing on the role women can play in debunking myths on COVID-19 vaccination. To get a sense of what came out of it and also where these fears come from, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Ntokozo Mzimela - Pathologist/ Senior Lecturer · National Health Laboratory Service, University of Free State

Today being Heritage Day, we use the opportunity to talk about if South Africa can have a common heritage? When we look at ourselves, what do we put first, do we identify ourselves according to our ethnicity or nationality? Looking at how diverse we are as a nation, is it possible to build a common heritage?

Guest: Prof Pitika Ntuli – Cultural activist and commissioner at the CRL Commission

The latest Ipsos report says that businesses that allow their employees to work from home are putting themselves in great risk. It goes on to say that the companies risk losing competitiveness as productivity slumps and employees lose motivation.

Guest: Stella Fleetwood – Service Line Lead at Ipsos

The South African Post Office is again in the news for financial reasons. This time around they have reportedly not been able to pay worker’s medical aid. The other worry is that people’s pension could also be affected. Spokesperson Johan Kruger says that the post office started seeing reduction in revenue during the Covid-19 lockdown. He goes on to say that the revenue levels have still not recovered. What then is the way forward for the post office?

Guest: Aubrey Tshabalala – General Secretary for the Communication Workers Union

Focus: Corruption Watch yesterday released its analysis of corruption trends report in the public and private sector. One of the things it has highlighted is the constant threat to the lives of whistle-blowers. Abuse of power by authorities was another one that the report has brought to light. To find out some of the other things the report has found, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Melusi Ncala – Author of the Corruption Watch Report