Our next guest says that every time a heart starts beating spontaneously under his fingers after an operation, it is as if in that moment he can observe the absolute miracle of Creation. He wishes to share this miracle to children who need life-saving surgeries by raising funds through a new musical project: Sacred Heart. Through his work at Young Hearts Africa, he has collaborated with the likes of Brian May of the rock band Queen, Etse Gros and Katlego Maboe.

Guest: Dr. Wilhelm Lichtenberg - Classical Singer,

Cardiothoracic Surgeon and founder of Young Hearts Africa

We have heard about how we need to build our township economies to create opportunities for development. We understand some of the socio-economic challenges our communities face on the periphery of urban contexts. But what if we could use technology to respond to health, education, unemployment and other structural challenges? Our next guest joins us to unpack what it means to see an innovation lab work within the community and make social interventions at a grassroots level.

Guest: Wesley Diphoko - Editor-In-Chief of Fast Company (SA) magazine

As we start the year, we thought to use the opportunity to talk about elections to watch out for on the African countries. Three countries that commentators are worried about are Zimbabwe, Nigeria and the DRC. In west Africa, the worry has been mostly on the return of coups, something that analyst believe could be orchestrated by western powers. To help us navigate this issue,

Guest: Adv Sipho Mantula - African analyst

One of the lessons from 2022 was that social contracts were deteriorating at a rapid rate and we could attest to this when it came to the impact it had to our daily lives. Last year, the decline in service delivery came under the spotlight in

many configurations: in the form of shadow governance (privately-funded initiatives); in disconnection of basic services due to municipal debts or illegal connections and the division of basic services (greenling). Our next guest outlines what to look out for in 2023 as she challenges her readers to consider whether we are getting a fair deal when it comes to relationship between service delivery and t rights. 

Guest: Bronywn Williams - Trend Analyst at Flux Trends

Today being the last Friday before Christmas, we thought to dedicate the hour to truck drivers. These are the people who transport all the goods we see in our shops over the busy weekend. Many of them cross borders delivering all types of goods to various countries. They don't see their families regularly as we do. Also how do their families feel about not being with them around the holidays.

So this is your time as a truck driver to call in and share some of your experiences on the road. What sort of things do you see? What crimes do you experience? What are some of the funny crazy moments? Also for family members of truck drivers, how do you feel? Let's hear from you....

Guest: Uncle Joe - Truck Driver

Guest: Uncle Pranesh - Truck Driver

Focus: Our next guest has been working in the gospel industry for the past 15 years and has reached 2.4 million listeners. He has worked alongside Winnie Mashaba, Omega Khunou, and the late Neyi Zimu and Sfiso Ncwane. His work has won the Best Album at the Ingoma Awards for his 2016 album: Time of God Manifest. He has also been nominated for the South African Music Awards and the Crown Gospel Music Awards.

Guest: Paul Kganyago - Gospel Artist

This year has been tough and it has been most distressing when it comes to our personal finances. While there has been a decrease in overdue balances for credit accounts by 12% in the past twelve months, consumers are still under significant pressure due to the increases of the interest rates. Beyond the impact of inflation, most South Africans that fall into the middle class are worried about the cost uncertainties associated with food, petrol and loadshedding. They are also worried about the social uncertainties associated with rise in violent crime, substance abuse and climate change (water shortages/flooding).

Guest: Brandon De Kock - Director of Storytelling at the BrandMapp

Guest: Andrew Fulton - Director at Eighty20

Earlier this week, two beaches in Cape Town were closed due to a sewage spill. This spill was induced by loadshedding in the Fish Hoek and Muizenberg areas. There have been sewage spills that have affected beaches in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Ballito, North Coast) and Eastern Cape (Nahoon, East London) this year. These spills compromise the quality of water leading to their closure to the public. While municipalities have warned the public of the

health implications, there are environmental and tourism implications due to this closure.

Guest: Desmond D’Sa - Environmentalist and Coordinator of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance

Guest: Duncan Heafield - Chairman of The Umhlanga Tourism Association

Guest: Herman Radali - PPF Gauteng Chairperson and the member of PPF National Executive Council

Guest: Rev. Mpho George Molebatsi – Social Commentator

Guest: Sineo Perry