A recent study has found that around 17% of melanomas occur in black South Africans. This means that it's important to take steps to protect their skin from the sun, regardless of your race or skin type. There are over 22 000 people are living with skin cancer in South Africa. 

Guest: Dr Johan de Wet - Founder of The Dermatology and Skin Cancer Institute

Today being the last Tuesday pf the month, Bryan deals with questions he received of a similar nature. But as always, he will also deal with any other financial questions you may have....

Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited 

The problem of teenage pregnancy has been with us for so many years. The biggest worry now is that the ages are getting younger. This is a major concern as experts no longer know what to say and where exactly to point the finger. So today we thought you bring it back on the agenda to talk about solutions and how we as society can turn things around for these young people. 

Every Tuesday around this time we’ve been bringing you some of the institutions and businesses that are helping to improve the lives of young people. So today, we bring you Skills Pasada, an institution that deals with skilling young people. To tell us all about it, we are joined in studio by...

Guest: Floyd Mazibuko – Owner and founder if the Skills Panda Group

Attacks on Emergency Medical Services seems to be on the rise again. As you may have heard in the news that this past weekend two paramedics were hijacked, kidnapped, assaulted, and robbed of their personal belongings while responding to a bogus distress call in Nellmapius near Mamelodi in Pretoria on Saturday. Upon arrival the crew was stopped by criminals before being forced to drive to a secluded veld where they were tied up while the assailants drove away with the ambulance. 

Guest: Simphiwe Hlongo – Assistant Public Relations Officer for the Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa, HOSPERSA – He will speak on KZN

Guest: Gauteng 

Guest: Western Cape 

We wrap up the jour by talking to Dr Uduak Johnson, an academic from, Mancosa. He and two colleagues were invited to present a research paper titled: Whistle Blowing in South Africa: a vulnerable watchdog. This subject is a very thorny one for our country as we’ve seen so many whistle-blowers who uncovered fraud being killed, the most famous being Babita Deokaran who was murdered for exposing R1 billion worth of irregular tenders issued at the Tembisa Hospital.  

Guest: Dr Uduak Johnson - Lecturer and Academic at Mancosa

Our artist today is Lungisa Xhamela who was finalist in the 2015 Idols SA. He took a three-year extended break which he says was to rediscover himself. He now joins us in studio to talk about his comeback and musical journey…. 

Guest: Lungisa Xhamela – 2015 SA Idols finalist  

Sabine Dall’Omo, who is CEO of Siemens South Africa has been commenting, giving her views on energy transition on the African continent. She is of the belief that technology can play a big role in the continent’s just energy transition. She has also been sharing her views on how governments better manage water supply through some of their utilities. 

Guest: Sabine Dall’Omo – CEO of Siemens Sub-Saharan Africa

Parliament's Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements is in Gauteng this week to assess the state of municipalities and their ability to provide the much needed services. The committee's chairperson China Dodovu says that they have witnessed negative municipal audit reports and how they negatively impact service delivery. He now joins us on the line to tell us more about their oversight and what it is they are hoping to achieve

Guest: China Dodovu - Chairperson of Parliament's Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements 

This year marks 40 years since the establishment of the United Democratic Front in 1983. The UDF was an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid and civil society organisations. The exact date is August the 20th 1983, but the stalwarts have decided to engage in various initiatives as a build-up to the day. To take us down memory lane and also talk about the role that civil rights movements can play today, we are joined by….

Guest: Prof Brian Nakedi

Guest: Rev Frank Chikane