Weekend Breakfast with Sara-Jayne Makwala King

Africa Melane talks to Lara Kruiskamp CEO of The President’s Award for Youth Empowerment

A GROUP of reformed youth offenders are getting on their cycles to literally put an end to the cycle of violence and drug abuse that grips so many Cape neighbourhoods.

The four youngsters will be completing a 240 km cycle tour on mountain bikes through the Breede River Valley area from the 4th to 7th April.
They will however not be alone. There will be approximately 30 cyclists who will participate in the upcoming Break the Cycle of Crime (BCC) cycle tour including the four youth offenders, four correctional service officials and four SAPS members.

Ghana's new gender minister Otiko Djaba warned girls not to attract rapists with short skirts and received backlash from citizens, explains Accra-based journalist Nana Ama Agyemang Asante.

The Psychiatry Management Group's Dr Shaquir Salduker says the landmark dagga ruling will have the opposite effect of a deterrent.

Africa Melane talks to Professor Piet Naude Director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)

It has been a little over 24 hours since President Jacob Zuma dealt this country a body blow by reshuffling his cabinet.

The most controversial of his decisions being to sack Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas.

Autism therapist Jenna White says autism is on the rise across the world and adds South Africans need to increase their awareness.

Africa Melane talks to Gavin Grey about the international news headlines

Africa Melane talks to Michael Fichardt Head of SingularityU Cape Town Chapter

Climate change and its impact is very real, especially living in Cape Town.

Our dry spells are becoming longer and hotter and our rainy season is becoming shorter and more intense.

And this is why – in its third year - SingularityU is running the Global Impact Challenge in Southern Africa. The Challenge is a global project that invites scientists, PHD students and entrepreneurs’ to submit their world changing ideas that could impact on Global Crisis’ across the globe.
This year the focus is on Climate Change.

Africa Melane talks to Shelagh Gastrow Director, GastrowBloch Philanthropies

US President Donald Trump may be sitting on the other side of the world, but a stroke of his pen which finalised budget cuts recently was felt here in South Africa.

Trump last week unveiled his first budget blueprint.
And to offset increases in defense spending, The Donald is proposing $54 billion in cuts to large parts of the federal government and popular programs that include donations to locally based NGOs.

Africa Melane talks to Jan Jan Joubert Sunday Times

According to the latest reports, there is a showdown brewing between DA leader Mmusi Maimane and under-fire Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille.

The Sunday Times reports that insiders confirmed this after a behind-closed-doors meeting between the two at Maimane’s parliamentary office Thursday.

Africa Melane talks to Cathy PowellSenior Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Cape Town

Minister Bathabile Dlamini has become one of the country’s most hated politicians when she allowed the country’s grant payment system to slip into near chaos.
The judgement against her by the Constitutional Court last week was one of the most damning in this country’s democratic history.