The Mankind Project #99949 is this morning encouraging men around to stand together wherever they are, be it at home, work or in transit to stand together in silence for 9 minutes as a symbol of solidarity for standing together in peace. Well its 10 minutes later and we find out now as to whether this initiative is being supported by the men of our country?

GUEST: Mark Van Der Walt, from Mankind Project

Today we feature Mamphore Mohoje-Rabanka. She’s a vocalist who comes from Katlehong and goes by the name Lioness. She’s described as a talented newcomer who is stating her claim in the local music industry. She has an 11-year journey which is said to be punctuated with false starts and broken promises as some of her setbacks. But through perseverance she finally made it.

GUEST: Mamphore Mohoje-Rabanka, Who is a vocalist, popularly known by her stage name “Lioness” – Vocalist

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for life imprisonment for rapists. He has told the nation last night that all serious cases of gender-based violence that have been left unsolved or "cold cases" must be reconsidered by the relevant authorities. Ramaphosa made the comments in a national address on gender based violence and the attacks on foreign nationals.
OUTRO: Seeing how traumatized many of us are over these developments, the question then becomes how do we recover from this and what does it say about the nation’s psyche? To help us through this discussion,

Guest: Dr Saths Cooper, who is the President of the Pan-African Psychology Union

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson, Lunga Ngqengelele says the South African embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, will remain closed, after it was forced to shut its doors. South African businesses operating in Nigeria including Shoprite and MTN have also come under attack. Nigeria has since announced a boycott of the World Economic Forum on Africa currently being held in Cape Town, following the continued attacks on foreign-owned businesses.

GUEST: Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa Director, for Human Rights Watch

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died. He was 95. According to reports he died in a hospital in Singapore this morning, where he has often received medical treatment in recent years.

GUEST: Lovemore Matuke, Zanu PF's Secretary for Security

GUEST : Daniel Molokele, Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

Suicides! Breakdowns! Burn outs! What's happening to South Africa's employees and future workforce? To address this there is a Mental health conference, taking place at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, specifically aimed at business. Mental health advocacy organisation Work Mind Matters is launching their inaugural conference this Friday, ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month, which takes place in October each year. This one-day business conference aims to start conversations around this concept and will provide business leaders with a platform for engagement and collaborative problem solving as well as realizing solutions that are a good fit for their organisation.

GUEST: Alison Hallett, the founder of Work Mind Matters and a qualified occupational therapist

Seeing how many retailers are taking strain due to economic reasons, also the high unemployment rate in the country, our guest this morning is of the belief that the solution is for us as South Africans to buy locally produced products. Also for retailers to buy locally manufactured products. But then what is it that makes them buy imports and how can we encourage them to rather source locally?

GUEST : Elsebe Koorsen – Owner of the Lux Box Gifting Services

Police in Durban have arrested a man who allegedly killed his three children and stepdaughter on Tuesday. This follows the grim discovery the body of his 16-year-old stepdaughter in a bush in New Germany, west of Durban where she was found hanging from a tree. The big question to ask is what possesses one to do something like this? What did the children have to do with the parents fighting? To help us navigate through these questions,

GUEST: Mbuyiselo Botha - Commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality and activist

With one third of South Africans experiencing a mental disorder in their lifetime, and limited access to psychiatric treatment in the public health sector, there's belief that traditional healers can play an important role in the front-line of treatment for depression, anxiety and substance abuse. A 2009 first nationally-representative research into mental disorders, revealed that alternative, or traditional, medicine is widely used by South Africans, and that those suffering from anxiety or a substance abuse disorder were likely to consult traditional healers. To discuss this issue further we are now joined on the line by Specialist psychiatrist Dr Lerato Dikobe-Kalane, who calls for greater cooperation between conventional Western medicine and traditional health practitioners to improve access to mental health care…

GUEST: Specialist psychiatrist, Dr Lerato Dikobe-Kalane

NGOs in the Western Cape have called for an urgent national plan to address gender-based violence. The outcry follows the rape and murder of 19-year old UCT student, Uyinene Mrwetyana. Her body was found in Khayelitsha last Monday.

GUEST: Crispin Phiri, Spokesperson for the Department of Justice