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Podcasts
Early Breakfast with Abongile Nzelenzele
From the Continent: How to be a content creator
From the Continent: How to be a content creator
Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor at Africa.com
Host: Abongile Nzelenzele, Early Breakfast
Topic: From the Continent: How to be a content creator
More episodes from Early Breakfast with Africa Melane
Kennels for Mandela Day
14 July 2020 5:07 AM
For Mandela Day every year, the NGO builds 100 waterproof dog kennels from scratch. They then give these to dogs who don't have shelter along with a bed or blanket and a 5kg bag of dog food. This year, the NGO says time is against them and they have so far only produced 43 of these kennels.
Guest: Imogen Tarita, Volunteer at Cluny Animal Trust
Topics: Kennels for Mandela Day
Host: Wasanga Mehana, In - for Africa Melane, Early Breakfast
Alcohol out, curfew back
13 July 2020 5:55 AM
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an immediate ban on alcohol sales. Ramaphosa has also announced that a curfew will once again be imposed between 9pm and 4am. President Ramaphosa say the suspension of the sale, purchase and distribution of alcohol has been suspended with immediate effect to ensure that alcohol-related trauma does not strain the stretched hospital resources. Long-distance taxi trips will have to adhere to 70% load capacity while short trips will increase to 100%. Ramaphosa says this will only happen if the taxi industry to adhere to safety regulations. Ramaphosa says building owners are now legally obliged to require people to wear face masks.
Topic: Alcohol out, curfew back
Guest: Ralph Mathekga, Political Analyst
Host: Wasanga Mehana, In for Africa
67 000 meals for Mandela Day
13 July 2020 5:21 AM
The non-profit organisation ChangeMakersHub, has invited 30 businesses to donate R 5 000 each that will be matched by the NPO to buy over 15 tons of ingredients. These ingredients will be used to pack and distribute 67,000 meals on Mandela Day on the 18th of July. Over 100 beneficiary feeding communities in the Western Cape from Atlantis to Dunoon to Joe Slovo to Phoenix to Brooklyn, Bonteheuwel, Mitchel’s Plein, Lavender Hill and Khayelitsha will all be gifted with soup packs to cook up for their vulnerable communities. The team at ChangeMakersHub believe that the achievements of the last 14 weeks can be done in one week. Over 100 beneficiary feeding communities in the Western Cape from Atlantis to Dunoon to Joe Slovo to Phoenix to Brooklyn, Bonteheuwel, Mitchel’s Plain, Lavender Hill and Khayelitsha will all be gifted with soup packs to cook up for their vulnerable communities
Guest: Michelle Korevaar, Founder of ChangeMakersHub
Topic: 67 000 meals for Mandela Day
Host: Wasanga Mehana, In-for Africa
From the Continent: Museum about Forgotten Past of Kenya
10 July 2020 6:13 AM
Topic: From the Continent: Museum about Forgotten Past of Kenya
Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com
Fitness Friday’s with Liezel V – Gyms in court over lockdown
10 July 2020 5:07 AM
United Gyms and Fitness Facilities is taking the government to court in a desperate bid to have gyms and fitness centers reopened during the lockdown. United Gyms filed an urgent interim court application, asking the Western Cape High Court to order President Cyril Ramaphosa and several other ministers to temporarily include gyms (health and fitness clubs) in the amended regulations under Level 3, 2 and 1 of the national lockdown, as well as to reopen the facilities under strict health protocols. In its founding affidavit, United Gyms argues that there are 1 036 gyms in South Africa and other suppliers of goods and services that depend on them. About three million people use gym facilities, while the industry injects approximately R21.8 billion per year into the economy.
Guest: Liezel van der Westhuizen, KFM early mornings Host, TV, MC & Motivational Speaker
Topic: Fitness Friday’s with Liezel V – Gyms in court over lockdown
Three innovations made by young Africans to fight covid-19
9 July 2020 6:51 AM
From the continent: Three innovations made by young Africans to fight covid-19
Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com
SA truck strike persists
9 July 2020 5:42 AM
The North Gauteng High Court has interdicted truckers from embarking on a national strike, but they still blocked parts of the highway in Cape Town on Tuesday. A number of trucks have been torched during protests in Cape Town. Truck drivers did their best to bring traffic to a halt on several freeways on Tuesday. Foreign nationals working in the logistics industry in South Africa have been quoted saying they are being targeted despite meeting the requirements for their jobs
Guest: Gavin Kelly, Chief Executive at Road Freight Association
Topics: SA truck strike persists
Host: Africa Melane, Early Breakfast
How reliable is a thermometer?
9 July 2020 5:05 AM
A lot of people have reported that their temperature reading taken when arriving at work or going to a store does not seem accurate. Professors in the field of physiology, Andrea Fuller and Duncan Mitchell, have written an article on why fever screening is unlikely to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Their arguments are based on an understanding of the physiology of fever, body temperature measurement, and fever prevalence in people who transmit COVID-19. According to the professors, measuring core body temperature has always been difficult for clinicians and sites such as the mouth and rectum are used. They add that the best way to measure core body temperature would be to measure a person's central blood temperature.
Topic: How reliable is a thermometer?
Guest: Dr Jody Boffa, Research Fellow at Centre for Rural Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Host: Africa Melane, Early Breakfast
Balloon-powered Internet in Africa
8 July 2020 6:05 AM
Topics:From the Continent: Balloon-powered Internet in Africa
Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com
SA truck drivers strike against hiring foreign nationals
8 July 2020 5:45 AM
The drivers claim that South African companies choose to employ foreign drivers over citizens and say they make up about 90% of the workforce. South African truck drivers said that they’d heeded a nationwide call to stop trucks from operating around the country to protest the employment of foreign drivers. They claim that South African companies choose to employ foreign drivers over citizens and say they make up about 90% of the workforce. There are reports of some roads being blocked around the country because of the protest. The Gauteng High Court has issued an interdict against truck drivers holding a mass protest on Tuesday 7 July. Despite the interdict, there have been some instances of a revolt.
Guest: Ngcebo Ndlovu, National Spokesperson at All Truck Drivers Foundation
Topic: SA truck drivers strike against hiring foreign nationals
Host: Africa Melane, Early Breakfast
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