Tonight with Lester Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tonight with Lester
Get the best of both worlds with Lester Kiewit, a writer for the Mail & Guardian by day and presenter by night. Rather than looking back at the news of the day, explore new subjects and new perspectives.
Guest : Eldred De Klerk | Senior policing and Social conflict specialist at Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis
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Guest : Rafieq Mammon |
Artscape has partnered with community, regional and national radio stations across the country to bring the 2020 New Voices Programme to individual South African households as radio dramas over a two-month period from June to August. The project seeks to give an opportunity to young writers as well as restoring dignity and confidence to those who have been disregarded and under-represented in the past.
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Guest : Kerry Mauchline | Spokesperson for Education MEC Debbie Schäfer|
The Council of Education Ministers has made amendments to some grades returning to school. Minister of the Department of Basic Education Angie Motshekga held a meeting with stakeholders on Thursday and announced that "After careful consideration of all the reports CEM took a decision that only Grade 6, Grade 11 and Grade R will return to school on Monday, 06th July 2020," the council said in a statement. Other grades will be phased during the month of July.
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Guest : Ashley Newell
Food Flow is a new initiative pioneered during this crisis in Cape Town – with donations they buy produce from small-scale farmers who would usually supply the restaurant business – to make up essential vegetable boxes to distribute to communities facing food insecurity. Thus, protecting the supply chain for the future, keeping small farmers afloat – Food Flow shifts the flow of produce coming from farms to those most vulnerable. FoodFlow then matches the farmer with a community organization in their vicinity who distributes harvest bags or cooks a meal for their beneficiaries. FoodFlow works to sustain food livelihoods, enabling farmers to continue sustaining their business despite the loss of restaurant, hotel and market clients and ensures fresh nutritious food keeps flowing to those who are most impacted by food insecurity
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Guest : Lawrence Manaka Liyema Saliwa
Today, Equal Education held an online Children’s Conference, bringing together learner members of Equal Education (Equalisers) and education officials from various provinces, to discuss how to address the challenges faced by learners during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the realisation of a Charter for the Equal Education organization.
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Guest : Chantal Bredenkamp | Grade 3 teacher at Sunnyside Primary School
The last few months have been tough on the education sector. Schools were one of the first institutions to shut down even before the nationwide lockdown was announced and soon all classes turned digital. As the economic repercussions of lockdown led to job losses and pay cuts, many parents found themselves battling to pay school fees. The effects have been dire. But one school refuses to go down without a fight.
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Guest : Dr Pieter Kotze | Head at Geomagnetism Group At Hermanus
The launch of NASA’s next Mars rover mission has been delayed to no earlier than July 30 because of a launch vehicle processing issue, the latest in a series of slips that have now used up nearly half of the available launch opportunities for the mission. NASA announced June 30 that the mission, previously scheduled to launch July 22, would be delayed to investigate “off-nominal” data from a liquid oxygen sensor line during a wet dress rehearsal of the mission’s Atlas 5 launch vehicle June 22 at Cape Canaveral, Florida - according to SpaceNews.com.
The mission was originally scheduled to launch July 17, the beginning of its launch period, but has slipped three times. None of the slips have had to do with issues with the Mars 2020 spacecraft itself - NASA announced.
The Mars 2020 project (carrying a rover named Perseverance) will land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, regardless of what day it launches during the current launch period. The rover will land in Jezero Crater on Mars for mission designed to last at least one Martian year, or 687 Earth days. Perseverance’s instruments will reportedly look for signs of past life on Mars, but the mission’s biggest purpose is to cache samples of Martian rock for later return to Earth.
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Guest : Dick Forslund | Economist & Researcher at Alternative Information & Development Centre |
Close to 100 economists have rallied together and written an open letter to the Standing Committee on Finance to reject the newly released supplementary budget (as tabled by the Minister of Finance on Wednesday 24 June 2020). The open letter and submission from South African economists, economic and business analysts, and others on the Supplementary Budget (tabled 24 June 2020) argues that the Supplementary Budget Reneges on the President’s COVID-19 Rescue Package and poses dire risks to the country. South Africa is in an unprecedented crisis. The Minister projected a fall in GDP of 7.2% and estimates of jobs at risk vary to as high as 2 million. Millions will be plunged deeper into poverty if action isn’t taken immediately.
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Guest : Marcelle Du Plessis | Fund Raising and Communications Manager at Mdzananda Animal Clinic Khayelitsha
The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha has recorded a sharp increase in dog abandonments since the implementation of lockdown level 3. The clinic say this is an unusual increase.
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Guests : Tracey Malawana DG secretary for Equal Education Lawrence Manaka
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Guest : Anna James | member at OBS CAN (community action network)
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Guest : Kaylynn Palm| Reporter at EWN|
Young people from across Cape Town gathered at Parliament on Tuesday to protest against gender-based violence. About 300 people are standing at the gates calling on government to take action. Dressed in black, young women and men are holding placards and pictures of victims of violence. Some of the posters read "Gender-based violence is a pandemic" and "Women are not your property". During a moment of silence, they lay on the ground, some with posters in the air.
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https://www.beautifulnews.com/show-will-go-pioneering-virtual-transformation-africas-largest-arts-festival
https://www.beautifulnews.com/protect-his-parents-12-year-old-invented-life-saving-tool-against-covid-19
https://www.beautifulnews.com/covid-19-sowed-seeds-disorder-farmers-solution-they-cultivated
https://www.beautifulnews.com/these-flying-foxes-build-australias-forests-while-you-sleep
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Guest : Bonnie Smith| FCM General Manager for South Africa|
The South African business travel sector is gradually getting back to ‘normal’ as more airports are opening. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula today announced that in addition to the original four airports that are currently operating, the following domestic airports will reopen from 01 July: • Bram Fischer International Airport • Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport • Pietermaritzburg Airport • Port Elizabeth International Airport • Richards Bay Airport • Skukuza Airport • Upington International Airport
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Guest : Talya Ressel
If anyone is familiar with the board game Risk, sometimes I feel like we had all worked hard on our game plan and strategy for 2020 and then the entire board got flipped - all plans, strategies, expectations and assumptions got turned upside down, almost overnight, and pretty much across the globe. And for parents, we have had to multitask like never before! Family systems have been placed under great pressure as we try navigate lock down, home schooling, poor health, financial stress and many other uncertainties.
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Guest : Andrew Thompson, freelance writer for Business Insider
What happens to SAA Voyager miles during the lock down? Could one even cash on those voyager miles now and how would it work?
To read more of Andrew's fascinating research and informative articles, visit: www.Andrew-Thompson.com
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Guest : Professor Talita Greyling |Well Being Economist at UJ|
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have implemented lockdown regulations to curb the spread of the virus. Though lockdowns do minimise the physical damage of the virus, there are substantial damage to populations happiness, well-being and livelihoods.
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Guest : Cassandra Hendricks | Former Pupil at an Elite All Girl School|
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Guest : Crispin Sonn| Parent at Springfield Girls Convent & Company Director|
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Guest : Danielle Moosajie
A Heideveld family centre and NPO, Arise, is using love and kindness to helps strengthen families on the Cape Flats Arise offers Family Strengthening Services aimed to preserve, strengthen and support families in resource-poor communities to build resiliency so that children and their families can overcome adversities and reach their full potential.
Based in Heideveld on the Cape Flats, they support surrounding communities that face many challenges ranging from poverty, lack of employment, poor quality education, drug and alcohol addiction, violence and gangsterism.
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Guest : Andrew Ribeiro | cyber security specialist at ESET Southern Africa |
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Guest : Steve Pike| Editor and founder of Wavescape.co.za. A surf reporter, author, Journalist and lecturer in wave dynamics
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Guest : Marcelle Du Plessis | Fund Raising and Communications Manager at Mdzananda Animal Clinic Khayelitsha|
The team at the Mdzananda Animal Clinic have created an easy way for the public to help the pets of Khayelitsha stay warm. They have launched their fifth Wagging Winter Shoebox drive. This is how it works You pick which animal you want to help, and then you pack a shoe box with filled with goodies to keep them warm and send it to Mdzananda Animal Clinic. It is that simple.
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Guest : Kerry Frizelle
On Monday we heard that two more medical professionals have died due to the Coronavirus pandemic. On Monday Groote Schuur announced that Eva Isaacs and Patricia Coetzee have passed on, both were valuable members of the hospital. Medical Professionals are already under stress. Many are feeling anxious about being on the frontlines, helping those who have COVID-19, which we know is highly contagious.
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Guest : Desiree Ellis | Head coach at Banyana Banyana|
We are still reeling from Finance minister, Tito Mboweni's budget speech. Yesterday he outlined just how bad our economic situation is. This has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. That means that there are a lot of people who are in need.
This is something that the City of Cape Town recognised. To help they are making donations assist organisations feeding residents. One of these organisations is the Desiree Ellis Foundation. Created by Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis, the foundation in partnership with The Alcardo Andrews Foundation provide between 400 and 600 cooked meals daily for those in need.
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Guest : Kevin Kriedemann | Founder at Africa.film
BLACKKKLANSMAN on Showmax
GIRI / HAJI on Netflix
BLOW THE MAN DOWN on Prime Video
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Guest : Tim Lundy
It's Thursday, and that means our hiking expert Tim Lundy joins us. One of the essential items when going on a hike is water. It cools you down, hydrates you and (as we all now know very well thanks to the novel coronavirus) is used to clean when needed. A reminder to all to keep washing those hands. We can also encounter water when out and about, whether it be through streams, dams or waterfalls. In fact, some may even seek to find these bodies of water on their walks.
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Guest : Saeed Nyovane| Co-founder of the ‘Gender-Based Violence and Rape Must End’campaign|
If you live in or around town, you may have heard what sounds like gunshots yesterday. These were the sounds of police firing stun grenades at protestors who were marching against Gender-Based violence.
The march, that mostly consisted of young people, was meant to be a peaceful demonstration. The police apparently used the stun grenades to disperse the group in front of Parliament.
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Guest : Liezel Van Der Westhuizen | Tv & Radio presenter, MC & Motivational Speaker |
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Guest : Danielle Gilbert
If you are a regular listener, you would now that normally we have social activist Lisa Sonn on in this slot. Lisa is unavailable today but has referred us to our next guest.
Now as we know the entire world is undergoing an examination of racism and more importantly systemic or institutionalized racism thanks to massive Black Lives Matter movement initiated in the United States. One of the issues that this movement has shone a light on in South Africa is the racist systems that occur in Model C and private schools. There have been many calls for elite schools across the country to reform their policies that directly or indirectly discriminate against certain students.
This has inspired a lot of people to speak up on their own experiences. This month an Instagram account called you silence we amplify was created and is a platform where students of elite schools (past or present) can share acts of racism they experienced as students of colour. One such person is Danielle Gilbert, a person of colour who attended an elite all-girls school.
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Guest : Desiré Goliath | Community Chest Public Relations|
This month Cape Town-based NGO, Community Chest, in partnership with Top Events, launched their first-ever virtual Charity Event. And they are doing it to help support the education sector. As we heard in the first hour, safety for schools during the COVID-19 pandemic is paramount, and teacher, as well as learners, need access to as much hygiene and PPE to keep themselves safe.
That is why Community Chest are running the #Coalition of the Committed event. The event invites participants across the world to fire up their physiques, get moving and gain some serious health benefits while raising some money. The event is open to walkers, runners, cyclists and mountain bikers and there are various options to suit your fitness level with distances ranging from a leisurely 5km to a tough 100km.
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Guest : Kerry Mauchline | Spokesperson for Education MEC|
Despite a lot of controversies, schools across the nation have been opened with schools in the Western Cape opening first. This week we have seen a rise in positive COVID-19 cases amongst schools, with a coronavirus cluster outbreak in the Eastern Cape. Today the Department of Basic Education said that it was working with health officials to help pupils, educators, and parents to help with this outbreak.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said that cases being reported in schools showed that many people already had the virus but were unaware of it until they were screened. This may be the case, but it does not alleviate the worry many people have around sending their children to school during this time. So with schools being open for a while, we thought we would check in on how things are going.
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Guests : Jon-Dylon Peterson | Activate Leadership Network| Eliene Scott | Activate Leadership Network|
This afternoon finance minister Tito Mboweni delivered a special Budget Speech to the nation. In his speech, the minister stated that the country has generated far too much debt and that was the country's weakness. On top of this we have also been hit hard with unemployment. The debt will grow as the government looks to borrow $7 billion to try and keep the economy going.
With such gloom surrounding our economy, I am reminded of what President Cyril Ramaphosa said about the youth needing to step up, get creative and help strengthen the economy. That is all good an well, but the youth are also victim to that high unemployment rate, and have been since before lockdown.
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Guest : Kristal Duncan-Williams | Project Lead at Youth Capital|
Stats SA has published its latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the three months to March 2020, revealing that the country’s unemployment rate rose in the first quarter of the year. According to Stats SA, the official unemployment rate increased by 1.0 percentage point to 30.1% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. The unemployment trends before (and now during COVD-19) will continue to show an increase given our shrinking economy - which no doubt paints a very bleak future for the youth of South Africa. Project Lead at Youth Capital, a youth-led campaign with an Action Plan that connects the lived experiences of young people with data and research to shift gears on youth unemployment.
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Guest : Melinda Ferguson | Motoring Journalist |
Review: BMW x4 M COMPETITION Local BMW fans are in for a treat with this version of the X4 M Competition in SA Fast facts: Price: starting at R1.590 000 Engine: M TwinPower Turbo 3-litre high-rev engine Power/Torque: 375 kW, 600 Nm of torque and 4.1 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. Transmission: 8-speed Sport Steptronic Automatic transmission with Drivelogic
Review: Mahindra S11 Pickup Mahindra is hoping to cash in on the shift towards automatic transmissions in the double cab bakkie market with a new S11 version of its Pik Up, and South Africa is the first country in the world to receive this new six-speed autobox Fast facts: Price: starting at R312 499 up to R429 999 Engine: 2.2-litre mHawk turbodiesel engine Power/Torque: 103kW and 320Nm Transmission: six-speed automatic unit •
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Guest : Yaseen Johnson | Teacher & Planner for Northlink College Bellville South|
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Guest : Moeshfieka Botha | Head of Research and Consumer Education at National Debt Advisors|
Raising children is tough, raising children in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic is unchartered territory. Since the pandemic has also impacted our finances in a big way, we should now start communicating as freely with our children around money. But how much do children really need to know about the family's financial situation?
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Guest : Dr Armand Bam | Executive Director at League of Friends of the Blind (LOFOB) |
Very sad news to open the show today. Tonight we remember Heidi Volkwijn, a visually impaired respected motivational speaker and manager of services for youth and adults at the League of Friends for the Blind, who died over the weekend due to Covid-19. Heidi was very passionate about we as a community can link up and stand together in support of those struggling to find their feet after losing their eyesight. This is the kind of message (from LOFOB's Facebook page) , Heidi would wish to share with the young girls and women who access LOFOB’s rehabilitation programme after becoming blind. “Through my blindness I have learnt many lessons. Above all I have learnt that life is 10% how you take it and 90% what you make of it! Blindness is an impairment, it does not determine your ability to achieve all you aspire to be and dream of doing.”That's the kind of legacy she held Dr Armand Bam Executive director at LOFOB remembers Heidi now We’re so sorry for your loss and for the loss to LOFOB. Can you share a few personal memories of Heidi?How would you like to honour Heidi and the work she did for the visually impaired community? Heidi has left behind Amy Volkwijn (19) who sadly also lost her dad Barry in one day Our thoughts are with her family at this very sad time. She could put sighted people to shame, because you can see, but what are you doing with your life?
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1) This bakery is changing the way refugees earn their bread and butter 2) We will never give up the fight for racial equality 3) These performers are playing their most memorable role off-stage First up: https://www.beautifulnews.com/bakery-changing-way-refugees-earn-theirbread-and-butter Patil Aghazarian disappears from the kitchen behind a poof of white dust. While the flour settles, she carves out the loaves and places them into the oven. As each edible pillow transforms, so does Aghazarian’s life. When she fled war-torn Syria for Australia with her family, she was optimistic and ready to start afresh. But the language barrier and her lack of job experience presented an obstacle to starting a career and earning an income. The moment she stepped inside a bakery in Sydney, however, her world began to take shape. Next: https://www.beautifulnews.com/we-will-never-give-fight-racial-equality-0 How long will people of colour face oppression? While heinous systems such as colonialism and segregation have been abolished, people still face injustices across the world. But the fight for equality will never be relinquished. Omar Badsha, Albie Sachs and Yugen Blakrok are three leaders championing freedom. They’re not only rewriting the course of history, but creating a movement for the future. Third story: https://www.beautifulnews.com/these-performers-are-playing-their-mostmemorable-role-stage As performing artists, Mandisi and Liso Sindo are masters at playing the part. Yet when the couple is out of the spotlight, their true roles are even more impressive. In the heart of Khayelitsha, the duo train youth in theatre, music, and dance, empowering them to make their mark in the arts. But with the advent of COVID-19, their students were no longer hungry to learn, just hungry. South Africa had enforced a stringent lockdown, preventing many people from earning an income and leaving families without food. Stepping off the stage and up to the plate, Mandisi and Liso are filling their community with the nourishment and support to carry on. WHICH STORY GETS YOUR PICK? Whatsapp us now with your preferred selection. Your top suggestion will be selected as a live interview on Wednesday. https://www.beautifulnews.com/bakery-changing-way-refugees-earn-their-bread-andbutter https://www.beautifulnews.com/we-will-never-give-fight-racial-equality-0 https://www.beautifulnews.com/these-performers-are-playing-their-most-memorablerole-stage
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Guest : Ryno Schutte | Non-Executive Chairman at Stand United South Africa |
Gender based violence is a pandemic of violence against women and children. It is a form of interpersonal violence and bullying that takes place in the home and communities across South Africa and globally. Stand United South Africa in partnership with #Fightback and LeadSA is trying to do their part in making it easier and safer to report an incident of GBV. The silent alarm program hopes to assist women living with their abusers who are unable to sound out their plea for assistance. Report a incident on their site, by sharing the necessary details for law enforcement or shelters to step in, the report will be automatically be sent to a Gender Based Violence Command Centre and give you the necessary steps to follow.
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Guest : Neil Kinsley | CEO at Medici South Africa |
It is no secret that ‘things have changed’ thanks to the onset of COVID-19 and subsequent living and working restrictions. For many, this has been a time of great reflection and innovation, for others it has brought fear as they face radical change and are pushed from their comfort zone. Change comes in all different guises and the approaching 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is one that has seen many businesses and industry sectors switch to embrace the realm of digital. An industry ripe for this change, is healthcare. For a variety of reasons, there is a greater need for healthcare intervention than ever before. Additionally, doctors and healthcare practitioners (HCPs) are themselves falling ill as a result of being over-burdened by the demand on their time and services. Enter technology to save the day – and many a life too. Technology can help address the supply and demand on a number of levels. Right now, it can assist practitioners with their admin, streamlining the running of their practice to free them up to spend quality time treating and consulting with their patients. Already in existence prior to lockdown, telehealth has been given a huge boost by the need for patients to still see their practitioners.
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Guest : Wynand van Vuuren | head of legal and claims at King Price Insurance |
The days of having a beer after work and driving home will soon be over – and that’s not just because of the lockdown restrictions. Once South Africa’s strict new drunk-driving laws have been passed, drivers won’t be allowed to drink alcohol at all. Currently, it’s still legal to get behind the wheel if your blood-alcohol level is under 0.05g per 100ml. The new bill adopts a zero-tolerance approach to drunk driving by setting the legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers at 0%.
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Guest : Andrew Thompson, freelance writer for Business Insider
Almost as soon as South Africa’s national lockdown shuttered all but essential business, airwaves filled with ominous tones, eerily upbeat jingles, and stern presidential speech voice overs of lockdown-themed commercials. In spite of the forced closures, businesses were still eager to tap into the increased media consumption, as millions of South Africans were forced to stay at home. Brands also wanted to remain relevant, and show the public that they cared - presumably also in the hope that they’d continue opening their wallets, even as many were losing jobs and growing increasingly concerned about venturing into stores.
To read more of Andrew's fascinating research and informative articles, visit: www.Andrew-Thompson.com
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Guest : Lorenzo Davids | CEO at Community Chest WC |
From Facebook: On the 25 May, I by mistake, gave my cellphone number out on air during an interview on Food Relief on a national radio station. I could not believe what happened next. Within minutes I had hundreds of WhatsApp and SMS messages. Within the first 30 minutes I had over 1000 messages. The messages now total several thousand. Today, it is still going on. Each day I get hundreds of messages. I am unable to respond to all of the messages. My colleagues have jumped in to try to call people back. Every day it continues. I get called early morning, late at night. To those people we have not called back as yet: I apologize. Its literally thousands. To those who, with full understanding, have become abusive and insulting, I understand that as well. Given what insight this has given me into the national hunger crisis, I accept you need to be angry and perhaps even insulting. I am not upset. I wish I can reach out to everyone of you.
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Guest : Kaylynn Palm | Reporter at EWN |
t’s been about 12 weeks since about 800 refugees set foot in this tent for the duration of the lockdown. Before then, they were camping out in the Waldorf Arcade, then at the Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square, and moved again to the streets near the Central Police Station. 20 June marked World Refugee Day, which they celebrated despite all the trauma they've endured.
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Guest : Chulumanco Nkasela | member at Black People’s National Crisis Committee|
Lobby group the Black People’s National Crisis Committee used Youth Day to demand colonial statues be removed, starting with the Louis Botha statue at the main entrance of Parliament, where they staged a picket yesterday. As the country commemorated the June 16, 1976 youth uprisings, which saw pupils taking to the streets to oppose the enforcement of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction by the apartheid regime, the crisis committee, comprising mostly young people, said the removal of colonial monuments was long overdue.
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Guest : Jaco van Schalk
The Character Company is a long term MENtorship program (actively working with communities) for young boys growing up with absent fathers and not positive male role models in their lives. The NPO teaches the boys its 5 core values - courage, kindness, honesty, respect, and self-discipline. With the help of qualified volunteers, The Character Company hosts weekly afternoon activities and monthly camps to spend quality time with the boys between the ages of 5 and 10 and then continues to be part of their lives throughout their school and career.
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Guest : Grant Twigg | Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Management at City of Cape Town |
The Muizenberg Flea Market, operated today for the first time after having been closed due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
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Guest : Phumlani S. Langa | Arts and entertainment reporter at City Press
An ‘office’ comedy (from Showmax) called Miracle Workers A workplace comedy set in Heaven, where the big boss (God) is ready to throw in the towel and move on to better things. To save Earth, two low-level angels join forces to pull off a miracle: helping two people fall in love.
• Netflix's edgy film (by legendary Spike Lee) DA 5 Bloods i Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
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Guest : Nazareen Ebrahim | CEO at Socially Acceptable
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Guest : Jaco van Schalkwyk | founder at Character Company |
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Guest : Lorenzo Davids | CEO at Community Chest WC
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Guest : Rob Van Vuuren | Comedian/Writer
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Guest : Luke Kruyt | Animal Care Manager at TEARS
At the TEARS Animal Rescue centre in Cape Town, every morning starts with a symphony of excitement. First comes the percussion. Paws pound against metal mesh to form the beat. Next, a choir of howls. Pit bulls, tiny lap dogs, and pavement specials all bay in varied intonations, sounding the arrival of potential forever families. But when COVID-19 spread across South Africa, the shelter sank into a deafening silence. Fearing the dogs would spend weeks without human contact, TEARS marketing coordinator Luke Kruyt and his team hatched a plan to keep tails wagging.
TEARS Animal Rescue is a sanctuary for companion animals in need and strives to end homelessness, neglect and abuse in the communities they serve. They offer with medical assistance, rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming. They are active in Ocean View, Vrygrond and Masiphumelele. The non-profit has about 60 staff members and a number of volunteers who now need to comply with the lockdown. Their clinic will however remain open with emergency staff to oversee the adult cats and kittens as they are much more challenging to foster out.
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Guest : Akhona Mashaya
- Return of Premier League - tonight's games, weekend fixture round up and what to look out for
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Guest : Umesh Bawa | Executive Member of the Psychological Society of South Africa at Psychological Society Of South Africa
Empathy is a really great thing. It helps us become better people by understanding and relating to other people's emotions, and sympathise with what they are going through. But if you are in tune with too many people's emotions too much of the time, you may experience "empathy burnout," which is when you get comp
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Guests : Lumkile Mondi | Senior Lecturer at School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand
Sanusha Naidoo | Political Analyst
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation at 8 pm this evening on the country's efforts to stop the coronavirus. The president’s address follows a number of meetings of the Cabinet, the national coronavirus command council and the presidential coordinating council.
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Guest : Phinda Swaartbooi | CPUT SRC President 20202 | Nonele Ganyile| SRC Secretary General| Wendy Kondlo| District 6 local SRC Chairperson|
We end of this youth day by hearing from young leaders in our community. We have three strong young leaders who are all members of the Student representative council at CPUT. As we heard throughout the day and in our own programme, we need to listen to our youth and include them in the conversation to truly pave a way forward for them.
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Guest : Melinda Ferguson | Motoring Journalist
It is Tuesday, and that means we turn to Melinda Ferguson to find out the latest in motoring. Today she will be talking about the new Ford Figo and BMW M340i
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Guest : Sifiso Khanyile | Filmmaker|
2020 may be the year of the novel corona virus, but it is also the year of protesting. In America the Black Lives Matter movement is protesting against police brutality and the attack on black bodies. This has been taken up over the world. Here in South Africa, the horrific death of Tshegofatso Pule has caused protests against gender-based violence. And in the time of protest, when it feels like we are fighting so hard, but see little change, it is good to reflect on the movements that resulted in change - like the Soweto Uprising of 1976 - the reason we celebrate Youth Day today. Not only do this give us hope, it reminds us where we came from, how we struggled to build our country and what work still needs to be done.
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Guest : Sharon Cox |
Today the US has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights laws - this is a huge move forward for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Guest : Kristal Duncan-Williams - Project Lead for Youth Capital
We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit our economy hard, especially during lockdown. While more people have been allowed to go to work under level three of lockdown, there are still many people, like hairdressers, who are struggling. The country's economy is something that President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed today while commemorating Youth Day. During a virtual dialogue with young people as part of the Youth Day commemorations, President Ramaphosa encouraged young people to find new and creative ways to reset the country’s economy. And this is vital, as youth unemployment is a big problem in South Africa, and has been even before the pandemic.
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First up: https://www.beautifulnews.com/our-homes-are-their-hope-how-120-rescuesmade-it-through-crisis At the TEARS Animal Rescue centre in Cape Town, every morning starts with a symphony of excitement. First comes the percussion. Paws pound against metal mesh to form the beat. Next, a choir of howls. Pit bulls, tiny lap dogs, and pavement specials all bay in varied intonations, sounding the arrival of potential forever families. But when COVID-19 spread across South Africa, the shelter sank into a deafening silence. Fearing the dogs would spend weeks without human contact, TEARS marketing coordinator Luke Kruyt and his team hatched a plan to keep tails wagging. Next: https://www.beautifulnews.com/bust-move-go-beyond-pain-how-choreographyour-destiny Dancing is freedom made physical. Every jump, twist, and shake embodies the liberation people feel when they express themselves through their bodies. For Kyle Grant, Gugu Mofokeng, and Cathrine Mathebe, dance has taken them even further – it’s choreographed their destinies. Third story: https://www.beautifulnews.com/triathlete-going-distance-destigmatiseaddiction Going for a Sunday morning run is nothing short of remarkable for Costa Carastavrakis. For years, he spent most weekends in the throes of depression after nights out fuelled by drugs and alcohol. His days were permeated with shame. But today, Carastavrakis has been sober for over a decade. He’s now on track to fighting the stigma around addiction, proving it’s possible to turn your life around.
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Guest : Bonga Dlulane |Reporter at EWN|
There was mixed reaction about travelling from passengers using OR Tambo International Airport for the first time since restrictions were eased under level 3 regulations. Since Monday morning, several people have been arriving at the airport to catch flights to Cape Town and Durban. The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) had assured passengers it was taking all safety measures to protect travellers from contracting COVID-19. Even though it was on a smaller scale, the domestic terminals were busy with passengers departing or arriving since early morning.
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Guest: Merle Mansfield| Programme Director for DGMT’s Zero Dropout Campaign
Ahead of Youth Day tomorrow, we ponder on school dropout prevention strategies & the impact it has on students. What comes to mind when you think about school culture? The reasons young people leave school are multi-layered and complex. They are often a combination of individual, family, community and school-related factors that build up over time. Poverty, rampant drug and alcohol abuse, and violence in communities can significantly impact a young person's chances of staying in and succeeding at school. Communities have a role to play in building a sense of safety and stability for a learners. Merle Mansfield, Programme Director of the Zero Dropout Campaign joins me on the line now for her thoughts on youth interventions It's clear that you're advocating for learners to go back to school - you support efforts to complete the curriculum? As schools reopen, we need to be engaging the youth to improve school culture? Interventions that help to make schools more learner-friendly and safe can have a significant impact on keeping youth in school? Youth-led movements have demonstrated the capacity of young people to agitate for change and make a difference in their communities
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Guest : Prof Cathy Powell, Associate Professor in Public Law at the University of Cape Town |
Some individuals want lockdown lifted. They also refuse to wear masks. So when they do go down with the virus do they have the right to ask government for help, when they refused to follow guidelines? What does the law say? What rights are awarded to non compliant citizen?
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Guest : Veronique Jephtas
Writer, poet and actress Veronique Jephtas has poured her heart out in a short poem entitled Dear Mr President ... and members of parliament, that calls on our leaders to take action and address the horrible & brutal wave of murders plaguing our nation, because we are going to lose more lives if nothing changes!
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Guest : Bulelani Mfaco | asylum seeker at Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) |
Growing up in the apartheid ghetto of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, Bulelani Mfaco became involved at an early age in protests for adequate housing & access to land with Abahlali BaseMjondolo, health care in the Khayelitsha Health Forum, and improved policing in neighbourhood watches. In 2015, he left his native South Africa to study in Ireland but in 2017 he claimed asylum, seeking protection from violence and killings of LGBT+ people.
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Guest : Yusuf Daniels
2nd book Living Lekka was released this month R185 per copy available at Exclusive Books
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Guest : Zahid Badroodien | Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health at City of Cape Town |
Homeless people in Observatory have been left out in the cold after law enforcement removed tents erected for them by a local resident. On Tuesday, Observatory resident Terna Gyuse put up two marquees to shelter homeless people from the heavy rains. Gyuse is a member of the Obs Community Action Network (CAN) and he set up two marquees at the Village Green as a temporary shelter. The marquees were erected on land owned by the City of Cape Town without a permit, according to GroundUp. The City's law enforcement officers took down the tents shortly after they were put up. Gulam Pietersen a homeless transgender woman living near Obz Plaza, said in an interview with us on Thursday that the City feels no remorse for leaving homeless people exposed to the elements.
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Guest : Brandon Baatjies
His booming voice will be familiar to all those who've visited Cape Town Stadium It is a voice that has accompanied many of the vibrant soccer matches held held during the 2020 soccer world cup and beyond.
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Guest : Benjamin Fogel | historian and contributing editor at Africa is a Country |
A World Cup leaves a host nation with wonderful memories, but what about a positive legacy? 10 years on from South Africa 2010, did football in the country improve?
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Guest : Tim Lundy Richard Le Sueur
Tim Lundy Cape Town Hiking Registered tour & mountain guide Ref no. WC7676
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Guest : Prof Mignon McCulloch | Chairperson at SA Paediatrician Association |
Premier Alan Winde said he fully understands that parents are worried about the Covid19 pandemic and how the re-opening of schools might impact their child’s well-being. He explained this during the weekly digital conference on Thursday where he provided an update on the re-opening of schools with Education MEC Debbie Schäfer, the Head of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), Brian Schreuder, the Head of the Western Cape Health department, Dr Keith Cloete, and Chairperson of the South African Paediatric Association, Professor Mignon McCulloch.
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Guest : Georgia McTaggart | Founder at Help Up |
Help Up, an initiative in Cape Town, has consistently been cleaning up the Black River Raapenberg channel, already clearing 4,000 bags of garbage that would have ended up in the ocean. They use volunteers and employ Avatars, homeless and formally unemployed folk, to clean up and collect tons of waste. But they are also proposing solutions.
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Guest : Shelley Lewin | Dating Coach at TRA Coaching |
Covid-19 can break marriages. The numbers coming out of the epicenters of the disease, though early and tentative, are dramatic. In Wuhan, applications for divorce have doubled from pre-outbreak levels, overwhelming the bureaucracy.
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Guest : Faried Swartz
The Milnerton Flea Market is the biggest market in Cape Town and will soon be reopening once more after having been closed due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
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Guest : Jade Tome
Make-up artists, beauty therapists and tattoo artists have been excluded from the hairdressing industry’s court application, asking for them to be allowed trade and operate under alert level 3 of the lockdown regulations. The application by hairstylists will be heard on 17 June 2020. The industry represents approximately 90 000 registered hairdressers and about 120 000 unregistered hairdressers. According to the regulations, hairdressers will only be allowed to reopen for business when the lockdown risk adjustment is at level 1. Some beauty therapists expressed their disappointment that they were not included in this application as the industries overlapped.
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Guest : Prof John Mason | Prof of African History at University of Virginia |
As protests over the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd engulfed the US for a sixth straight night, there is a sense of frustration that the country has been through this all before. Floyd’s death was just the latest in a series of high-profile cases of black people being killed at the hands of police in recent years. Years of police brutality and misconduct had previously sparked countless marches and debates on reform
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Guest : Melinda Ferguson | Motoring Jounalist
Our regular motoring journalist Melinda Ferguson is back in the driver’s seat today and she will give us feedback on the Audi South Africa virtual business meeting and then review the Audi A6 2020 – welcome back Melinda! Audi South Africa virtual business meeting The new Audi A6 has been on sale since early 2020 but with its official launch being delayed by the local lockdown, this is the big sedan's official debut and introduction of a new engine to the range.
Review: Audi A6 Fast facts: Price: starting at R885k up to R1 349 500 Engine: 2.0-litre TDI Power/Torque: 7-speed dual-clutch which produces 140 kW and 400 Nm Transmission: 6-speed manual gearbox Audi is claiming a sprint time of 8.4 seconds and it'll run to a top speed of 237 kph • The Audi A6 is available with 2 packages: Comfort (R30 000) and Sports (R29 200 • MMI navigation plus as well as smartphone interface fitted as standard • Styling? • Melinda, how fast does she drive? • fuel consumption by up to 0.7L/100 km
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Guests : Adam Haupt | Professor at UCT |
Prof Duane Jethro | post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums & Heritage at Humboldt University|
Yesterday, anti-racism protesters in England pulled down a statue of a 17th-century slave trader while demonstrating in solidarity with the US Black Lives Matter movement.
The protesters in the city of Bristol, in southwest England, tied the bronze statue of Edward Colston with rope before toppling it to cheers from the surrounding crowd.
Demonstrators were later seen rolling the statue to the nearby harbor and throwing it into the River Avon. The statue of Colston had stood in Bristol's city center since 1895 but had become increasingly controversial, with petitions created to demand its removal.
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Guest : Eleanor Roberts | provincial chairperson at DENOSA |
President Cyril Ramaphosa, last week issued orders to the Western Cape government to find more doctors and nurses to help deal with the increasing number of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the province. This as the Covid-19 case rate in the Cape continues to soar. As of yesterday (Monday 8 June 2020), the province had 33 568 positive cases with 1080 deaths and over 26 000 recoveries across the country. This no doubt has had a negative effect of the virus on the province’s healthcare workers. Several nurses and hospital support staff have already died as a result of the virus.
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Guest : Dr Anthony Smith | General Practitioner at Dr Anthony Smith private practice |
If your libido is as nonexistent as your social life in real life, fear not! Not being interested in sex during a global crisis is completely normal. Because a pandemic is very unsexy.
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Guest : Andrew Thompson, freelance writer for Business Insider
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating restaurants around the world. And South Africa’s hard lockdown has forced restaurants into the takeaway and delivery space - even those whose owners might once have chortled at the very thought. The takeaway market is one traditionally reserved for food that travels well. But worldwide this is a trend that’s starting to shift. In the United States, a handful of Michelin star restaurants have started offering deliveries in order to stay afloat. Some restaurant suppliers are delivering delicacies, like caviar and live king crabs, direct to the public. And one of the fanciest restaurants in Seattle recently turned into a drive-through burger place. In South Africa, You can now order a 5-course meal from some of SA’s top restaurants – at cut-rate prices.
To read more of Andrew's fascinating research and informative articles, visit: www.Andrew-Thompson.com
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Guest : Matthew Moore | Founder at Thermal Screening Supplies|
With the pandemic taking a massive knock on our economy we know that everyone is feeling the pinch - especiallyfor small businesses now required to provide PPE when their incomes have taken a knock. But... you can help mitigate the potential outbreak of COVID-19 in your workspace, school or office by putting a fever screening system in place that saves you time and prevents unnecessary contact .
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Guest : Boeta Mogamad Cassiem
Mogamad Cassiem (66) has sold ice creams, sweets and cooldrinks at Newlands Cricket Stadium for more than 55 years. His payoff lines, “A sucker to make your girlfriend wakker, a wafer to make your boyfriend styfer, and a lolly to make you jolly” have served him well over years and have entered the Newlands lexicon.
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