INTERVIEW: We now speak to Benedict Mhlongo who is a psychologist and lecturer about the pandemic and how it affects people’s mental health.

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ARTS: The Theatre and Dance Alliance has launched its ‘Open Theatres Safely Campaign’ to lobby the government and relevant structures to help open theatre spaces in a safe and responsible manner. To speak to us more we have Jaco van Rensburg, Secretary General at the Theatre and Dance Alliance.

INTERVIEW: We’re now catching up with Daniel Ndima, CEO and Founder of a biotechnology company CapeBio. When we spoke to him in July last year, he was introducing Covid-19 testing kits and he has now partnered up with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to co-develop the kits. This will help to reduce SA's reliance on imports, making it easier for the country and the rest of the continent to gain speedy access to test kits. Daniel Ndima joins us on the line.

BE DRIVEN: Sergeant Zoliswa Kabini is an Airborne Law Enforcement Officer at the Johannesburg Airwing Unit.

Kabini has a BA degree in Policing and is one of only 10 female Air force Law Enforcement Officers in the country

The thirty-four-year-old member has 12 years' service having joined the organisation in 2009 when she was only twenty-two-years-old.

She joins us on the line.

INTERVIEW: The Gauteng Health Department recently revealed that more than 23,000 girls and teenagers were impregnated between April 2020 and March 2021. From these, 934 babies were delivered by girls between the ages of 10 and 14. We now speak to Dr Shahida Omar, Director of the Teddy Bear Foundation

TECH TUESDAY: Digify Africa has partnered with Facebook to create a WhatsApp learning platform called Naledi. The platform offers accessible, low-data-cost online learning for young people on the African continent who may have limited access to connectivity and devices. We’re now joined on the line by Qhakaza Mohare, Chief Operating Officer at Digify Africa.

INTERVIEW: The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.

The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing all major cities in a matter of days.

We now speak to Ebrahim Deen. Researcher at the Afro Middle East Centre.