Rebecca Davis & Haji Mohamed Dawjee recently penned an article in the Daily Maverick titled: Lut's People: The struggle to be gay & Muslim in South Africa. In their article they ask: How do gay South African Muslims negotiate the seemingly irreconcilable divide between their sexual orientation and their religion?

Zakaryiya says “When I was a small innocent child, I was unable to coin the phrase "gay" for myself but I always knew I was born that way. Between the ages of 11 and 15, I battled with my queerness and was unable to fathom how God could have created me this way. I felt ashamed, suicidal and depressed for a long time.”

Guest: Zakariya Moola - A mentor for young Muslim guys going through the same experience

Every year, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean. With global production of plastic increasing exponentially, the amount of plastic finding its way into the ocean is likely to get much bigger. Bits of plastic that gets thrown into the ocean or swept downstream out to sea, either sinks or is picked up by currents. Much of it is eventually carried into one of five massive ocean regions and If the current trends continue, there will be more plastic in the world's oceans than fish by 2050, this according to UN secretary general, António Guterres. For more on this we are now joined in studio by KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board Maritime Centre of Excellence Board Chairman, Mr. Sipho Mkhize. The Board has launched a campaign to address the devastating effects of plastic pollution in the oceans.

guest : Mthokozisi R adebe

Profit Share Partners is about more than disruptive funding. This company is forging the way for a new movement; one that will enable the stepping stones for small businesses to become sustainable, empowered and solutions driven. For more, we are now joined in studio by...

Guest: Andrew Maren, who is the CEO of Profit Share Partners…

While the same barriers persist for women in the workplace, 2018 may be the year social awareness and legislation catalyzes a big shift. So says Sarah Babb from the University of Stellenbosch. She explains the glass cliff and says - Often, when a disaster or dramatic company restructuring occurs, a woman or person representative of a minority group is very publicly promoted to a senior leadership position. Think of Nhlamu Dlomu, appointed CEO KPMG South Africa in September 2017, following the company’s Gupta scandal. Frequently, the new position is tenuous – it can seem to set the leader up for failure, with unfair expectations for the role. And if the leader does fail, all too often the existing notion of gender bias is reinforced.

Guest: Sarah Babb, programme director, facilitator and lecturer for the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (USB-ED)

Nathi Nkomzwayo – Chairman of Enterprise at Ilembe in Durban

Guest: Dr Laura Brewer – Senior employment specialist at te International Labour Organisation

Guest: Maura Feddersen, Economist with PwC's Strategy

Guest: Dr Thembinkosi Mhlongo -Deputy Executive Secretary for regional
integration ADC Secretariat and Ereck Chakauya – Network Manager at the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences

Guest: Prof Frans Viljoen, our Director at the Centre for Human Rights

Guests: Thapelo Mohapi – General Secretary of Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement of South Africa and Musa Gwebani – Co-Head of Programmes: Social Justice Coalition.