Guest: MEC Ekurhuleni Municipality

Our next guests have been working alongside employees on farms to raise issues surrounding their working conditions. Yesterday, farmworkers took to the streets to protest and call for the end of the use of Dormex in SA agricultural sector. In European Union, the deadly pesticide has been banned and yet, the South African government has allowed for the pesticides to be purchased and used in commercial farming. The pesticide has said to have immense health consequences leading to neuro-toxicity and it can lead to cancer. The protest also highlighted the lack of health as well as safety procedures required to protect farmworkers from exposure and necessary coverage in case of illness. To share more about the protest and their experiences, we are joined by…

Guest: Kara Mackay - Campaigns Coordinator at Women on Farms Project

Guest: Nicoleen McGee - Farm worker and Activist

In the next 7 days, the creative industry is set to March to the Department of Sports,  Arts, and Culture. The march is said to outline the industry’s dissatisfaction with the Ministry and the unanswered questions regarding the Mzansi Gold Economy funding initiative. 

According to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture; the Mzansi Golden Economy strategy considers the arts, culture, and heritage sector as the “new gold” which has the potential to reposition the sector as the key market player in the country’s economic development. With improved investment in key creative economy areas, the department believes the strategy has the potential to enhance job creation, and productivity as well as to increase the sector’s global competitiveness. To discuss this further, we are joined by…

Guest: Mr. Zama Ntshona - Artists Convenor for Concerned Cultural and Creative Industries Practitioner

Guest: Luzuko Khohli - Managing Director at the C Tone Production

Guest: Mr Olebile Mothelesi - Spokesperson for Concerned Cultural and Creative Industries Practitioner

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025.

Guest:  Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

Guest: Dr Whitney Roosenberg, Baby Saver SA

Guest: Mpho Mathalauga, Senior Horticulturist

Pretoria National Botanical Garden Awarded Level 4 Accreditation by Arbnet Accreditation

As we kick off Child Protection month, we unpack a developing story unfolding on child abandonment. Every year, 3500 newborns are abandoned. We have read reports on how babies are abandoned in pit latrines, in bushes, rubbish dump, and storm drains. Baby Savers are a safe alternative to unsafe baby abandonment and is an extra option for a parent who has been failed or abandoned by family, communities and the system.

This past Friday, Baby Savers South Africa and 40 network members appeared in the Pretoria High Court for the court application where they are challenging the ban of baby saver devices issued in Gauteng by the Department of Social Development

back in October 2023 and the reregistration of Door of Hope. This is not the first time government has made babysavers illegal. The National Adoption Coalition of South Africa has launched a constitutional bid to reform the Children's Act in order to protect destitute parents in distress. Since the ban, 7 baby-saving organizations have been affected. The country only has 45 baby-saving organizations. 

Guest: Dr. Whitney Rosenberg - Baby Savers SA 

There has been mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that he is going to establish a judicial commission on enquiry in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s delayed cases that were referred to the National Prosecuting Authority. The NPA never pursed them due to allegations of political interference. 

Guest: Yasmin Sooka- Former TRC Commissioner and currently Chair of the UN’s rights commission

Guest: Professor Barney Pityana – One of the country’s prominent human rights voices, a co-founding member of the black consciousness moment, anti-apartheid activist

Guest: Nomfundo Mogapi – Clinical psychologist with passion for a healed nation and Chief Executive Officer and Founder at the Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership