Focus: As we start off Youth Month today, we turn our focus on the challenges we always hear about regarding young people in the country. This year marks 40 years since the uprising and often a picture is painted about just how they are not showing interest in their future. Looking back to what those in the 70’s did to shake the country, are we expecting too much from the youth of today?

Guest: Ntsako MKhabela – Founder of the Mzansi Spelling BEE and also daughter of one of the June 16 activists

Focus: We discuss how cleanliness and punctuality can positively affect development on the African continent. Our guest argues that when you look at African cities you see dirt, unkempt gardens, unkempt fences, chaotic traffic. And these cities according to him run on “African time”, itself a discredited concept. As Africans what do we need to do to change or modify our attitudes?

Guest: Sandile Swana, Lecturer at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand

Focus: The Mineworkers Investment Company and Stella Credit together with government, private and SMME sector are tomorrow (Tuesday) holding a debate on how companies can assist in resolving challenges faced in our economy while also scoring BEE points. The debate will also focus on solutions for the SMME sector which government see as one of the solutions for the unemployment challenge we are facing. As things are at the moment, how should we deal with the direction or economy is taking and also how do we bring everybody to be active participants in it?

Focus: former Prime Minister of Australia Mr Kevin Rudd shares his views and thoughts on South Africa’s role in the multilateral system. Rudd is currently visiting South Africa to discuss the ICM’s evaluation of the current multilateral system and how it can adapt to address key global challenges.

Guest: Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, now Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM)

Focus: Extraordinary Professor, Henning Melber dispels the myths about Africa’s rising middle class, he argues that if we are serious about the need for social change and transformation, we should be as serious about class analysis.

Guest on the line (Germany): Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria

Focus: For many years governments around the world have been trying to deal with the problem of illegal brewing. The strange thing about this is that it has a high demand while impacting on formal manufacturers, government revenue and people’s health. Some experts say Tax stamps are becoming more widely used by governments to deal with this problem. How exactly do they achieve success and what are they?

Guest: Kyle Parker - CEO of PageMark Africa

South Africa made international headlines over the xenophobia attacks which brought a lot of shame on the country. Government came up with various initiatives aimed at teaching South Africans to embrace other nation’s cultures. On a day like this, have we learnt how to embrace and not to discriminate against our fellow Africans and what will it take?

South Africa is said to have an incredibly rich biodiversity, third after Brazil and Indonesia. It is also the only country to contain entire floral kingdom which is said to provide a wide range of products and services for both commercial and subsistence purposes. To celebrate International Biodiversity Day, the South African National Biodiversity Institute has come up with different educational programmes that may also attract young people and highlight the importance of this field…

As we continue to celebrate Africa Month in different aspects, this morning we get to understand what the African Peer Review Mechanism is all about. The APRM was initiated in 2002 and established in 2003 by the African Union in the framework of the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The objectives of the APRM are primarily to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth just to name a few. Since its inception, what has it achieved and how do African leaders work with it?

Today we discuss “Childhood Stress’ – signs to look out for and tips on how to manage it”