The Fringe

Guest: Neil Coppen - Director, Mpume Mthombeni - Lead Actress, Ulwembu and Shaun Shelly - Founder of SA Drug Policy Week 2018/Drug Policy and Advocacy for TB HIV Care
Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: Ulwembu

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Guest: Monique Strydom, An award-winning hostage survivor, author, TV presenter, and philanthropist and Founder - Matla a Bana, Voice Against Child Abuse NGO
Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: An award-winning hostage survivor – Monique Strydom
In 2000 my next guest was one of 21 people taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf rebels in the jungle on the Philippine island of Jolo. She was held for 127days, in dire circumstances. Under continuous attack by the military, she and the other hostages had to run for their lives through the unforgiving territory and received very little food and water throughout their ordeal. After being released and returning to South Africa Monique, sold her business and formed a charitable trust and in 2002, Matla A Bana, a non-profit-organisation assisting abused children, was founded. Monique is the recipient of the numerous awards and nominations including Greatest Women of the Century by the American Biographical Institute and after hearing her story it’s easy to see why.

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Guests: Milla and Eric Bottomley, The Angel Gown
Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: The Angel Gown
The Angel Gown Initiative repurposes old wedding dresses and formal gowns into Angel Gowns for infants who have died.

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Guests: Marlene and Francois van den Bergh  

Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights

Topic: The Fringe: Crazy for walking

Crazy for Walking is an initiative that aims to de-stigmatize Mental Illness and promotes mental wellness. The initiative kicked off in 2017 with a CRAZY 1500km walk from Pretoria to Cape Town. At many of the towns along the route, we had expert speakers present public talks and presentations about mental illness. These talks increased awareness of mental illness and shared some insights into how to cope with- and manage- mental health. The five-week walk culminated with an official arrival in Cape Town on 10 October – World Mental Health Day. The entire campaign was sponsored by a group of key private Psychiatric hospitals within the National Hospital Network (NHN) group.

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Guests: Cliff Court, CEO – Coral Tech

Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights

Topic: The Fringe: Alexa - Voice-Activated Quality of Life (VoQol) system

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Guests: Liyana Badi

Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights

Topic: The Fringe: 4th Annual Recovery Walk

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Guest: Lioda Conrad, Fumage Artist
Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: Lioda Conrad is one of 3 South African's who paint using smoke
As a Fumage Artist Lioda is launching a Solo Exhibition at Gallery One11 titled 'Incendiary Conversations'

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Guests: Prof. Kamran Siddiqi, Global Public Health, University Of York
Host: Linzi Bourhill, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe – Hookah Addiction

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Guest: Lorna Morrissey, Birth Doula
Host: Linzi Bourhill, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: Lorna Morrissey is a birth Doula

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Guests: Ansie Minaar, Animal Behaviorist and trained animal wrangler
Host: Linzi Bourhill, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe - The life of a pro-animal wrangler

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