Today mark World Food Day – a day dedicated to highlighting the impact of Food Security. Sadly, here is a story that will make you feel the extent of poverty in our own country. There’s a growing number of cases of child labour in rural areas of Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. Children as young as ten years old are used as child labourers for illegal sand mining in Hlolweni village. They carry spades and shovels to excavate river sand. Extreme hunger forces these children to drop out of school. Their customers are traders who sell the sand to well-established businesses in Mbizana. Nkululeko Nyembezi filed this report..

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LINK: On the bright side, there are organisations and individuals who are trying to make a difference in the lives of those who are less fortunate. We will us this opportunity today to talk to some of them. The kolisi Foundation partnered with Kellogg’s South Africa to drive initiatives such as the Better Days™ Programme to reduce hunger and food insecurity in communities that are in need. The Better Days programme provides a breakfast of nutritious cereal and milk every school day to approximately 36 000 learners at schools in partnership with the Department of Basic Education in South Africa and to tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Zandile Mposelwa - Leader of the better days Programme

Earlier this month we spoke Deputy DG for Land Reform Terries Ndove about some of the agricultural schemes they were introducing for emerging farmers. Then many of you called about land claims. We then put through a call for someone who will be able to deal with land claims. We welcome…..
Guest: Nomfundo Ntloko-Gobodo – Chief Land Claims Commissioner

Agri South Africa has urged farmers and the community to act within the confines of the law during the court case of two murder accused in the Senekal Magistrate Court today Friday. The call follows threats of more chaos by farming community should the two accused get bail. Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa are expected to apply for bail following their arrest two weeks ago. They are accused of the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. Horner's body was found tied to a pole with a rope in an open space on the De Rots farm two weeks ago. Ishmael Modiba reports…

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LINK: Our reporter Thabiso Radebe is at the court and he now joins us on the line to paint us a picture of what’s happening on the ground…

Guest: Thabiso Radebe – SABC reporter in the Free State
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Closing off now with an uplifting story about the Market Photo Workshop and the Market Theatre Laboratory in collaboration with Raw Multimedia. They are conducting what they call the Re-Imagining Riverlea: A Participatory Arts Project. The aim of the project is to facilitate processes for community members of Riverlea to find, explore and represent their stories. To tell us more on this,

Guest: Bekie Ntini – Project Manager for Re-Imagining Riverle: A participatory Arts Project

As life goes back to normal with employees reporting for duty, labour experts are drawing the focus back to the Employment Equity Act and how government can impose and ensure that employers adhere to it. What are the loopholes in the act and why do some employers not comply?

Guest: Teboho Motsoane - Skills Development and Employment Equity Specialist of Strata-g Labour Solutions

Earlier this week, the issue of the protection of whistleblowers was again raised by many of you around the fact that many are not protected. Some spoke about being fired after blowing the whistle. How then can we expect to deal with the issue of corruption if whistle blowers are not protected? What are we not doing right as a country when it comes to this issue? To help us navigate the subject,

Guest: Ntokozo Mngadi – General Manager at Whistle blowers PTY LTD

This morning we talk to Celeste Margo Le Roux, she is the Co-founder and CEO of React24. They are a company that renders bespoke specialist maintenance services to the residential, industrial, commercial and retail markets. Where did it all start for her and what would she say are the biggest challenges for women in this industry?

Guest: Celeste Margo Le Roux – Co-founder and CEO of React24

High expectations from the nation as President Cyril Ramaphosa will be addressing a Joint Sitting of Parliament later today to outline the country's economic reconstruction and recovery plan. Commentators and opposition parties want to know more about job creation and Eskom. Looking at the current state of our economy, what should we expect from the president?

Guest: Mandla Isaacs – Political Economist and MD at Zehuti Advisory

Arthritis is one of those diseases one often associates with old-age, but lately people between 55 and 60 are starting to be affected by it. This is according to various experts around the world marking World Arthritis Day on Monday. What is it exactly and what are the symptoms?

GUEST: Dr Mpoti Seboka – Rheumatologist working at Charlotte Maxeke and Olivedale Hospitals

This morning we focus on women in the Human Settlements value chain. What is the current state of women in this sector and how is the department making strides?

Guest: William