Life Happens

SAFM | Podcast , ±17 min episodes every 9 hours |

Lifestyle Discussion & Social Issues, Incl. Children’s Programming.

JUL

8am

North West University engineers tutor prospective students

3 min

Life can be difficult for Grade 11 and 12 learners who have to master challenging subjects such as mathematics in their final years in high school. It can even be more trying when a coronavirus pandemic and its resulting lockdown are added to the mix.Because mathematics is essential for a career in the engineering sciences, the NWU’s Faculty of Engineering joined an initiative to assist learners though online tutorial classes.

GUEST: Prof Liezl van Dyk - Executive Dean of the faculty of Engineering North West University

JUL

8am

The Politics Of Language In Sa – Why Language Is Important. Why Language Is Complex

35 min

GUEST: Tessa Dooms - Social Analyst, Political Commentator and Director of Jasoro Consulting

JUL

7am

Growing healing plants - food security and indigenous foods we can grow

25 min

GUEST: Jean Francois Sobiecki - Ethnobotanist, medicinal plant researcher, and qualified nutritionist

JUL

7am

Combatting starvation during these difficult times - cockroach milk is the new superfood

10 min

Cockroach milk is a protein-rich substance that female Pacific beetle cockroaches feed their young.Many foodies and scientists have become interested in cockroach milk because it contains both protein crystals and amino acids. Cockroach milk is technically a complete food according to nutritionists, as it contains all the essential amino acids, fat, and carbohydrates you need.

Guest: Dr Oluwafemi Adebo - Food Technologist at UJ

JUL

7am

Media24 considers closing 5 magazines, 2 newspapers, as covid-19 slashes circulation

11 min

Media24 has announced it will start consultations with staff about the possible closure of five magazines and two newspapers as well as outsourcing and reducing the frequency of its remaining monthly magazines, among other interventions, as the Covid-19 pandemic cuts into advertising and circulation.

The publisher will also consider taking two newspapers digital only and reducing staff in related support services.

Guest: Ishmet Davidson - Ceo of media 24

JUL

8am

COMMUNITY BUILDER - MANDELA MONTH

7 min

Church in Western Cape Strandfontein supporting its community impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.

GUEST: PASTOR CHARMAINE HOEDEMAKER - One Good Hope Christian Centre pastor.

JUL

8am

MEDIA 24 considers closing 5 magazines, 2 newspapers as covid -19 impacts on circulation

28 min

GUEST: BONGANI MAHLANGU - Former Journalist & Writer
Listener Interaction on the future of magazines and newspapers.

JUL

7am

WILLING & ABLE

16 min

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is said to be turning away
applicants for R1860 disability grants and telling them to apply for the COVID -19 emergency grants instead.

GUEST: EVASHNEE NAIDU - Regional Manager Black Sash Kwazulu Natal

JUL

7am

SOUTH AFRICANS STUCK IN CHINA

25 min

An Open Letter by a concerned South African Citizen asking SA Embassy in China & DIRCO to assist people who have run out of money and pregnant women wanting to return home,

GUEST: EZILE SOLI - writer of the open letter

GUEST: ZINTLE NOMABHUNGA - English Teacher in China

GUEST: LUNGA NGQENGELELE - DIRCO

JUL

8am

The Tekkie Tax Campaign

16 min

The Tekkie Tax campaign, builds up to Tekkie Tax Day on 31 July. Over the past seven years - 2020 being the eighth edition, Tekkie Tax has raised nearly R50m in support of 1,800 beneficiary organisations which have benefitted from the funds raised. This funding is used as each organisation sees fit, the only requirement being that it is utilised in an honest and transparent way.

GUEST: Germa Hattingh - Campaign manager at Tekkie Tax

JUL

8am

Talking Relationships – Leaving The Nest

22 min

Leaving home and starting your own life can leave a sour taste in a parent’s mouth but it needs to happen.Where do we draw the line between being a supportive child and still be an independent adult - Parent - Adult Child relationship.

GUEST: Khosi Jiyane - Clinical Psychologist

JUL

7am

Open street map programme

14 min

“There are about two billion persons in the entire world who will not look on a proper map,” suggests Ivan Gayton from the charity Humanitarian OpenStreetMap.“It really is shameful that we – as cartographers of the entire world – don’t take sufficient interest to even know where they are. People today are residing and dying without having showing on any databases.”
Recognised as the “Wikipedia for maps”, any individual can down load OpenStreetMap and edit it much too.

GUEST: IVAN BUENDIA GAYTON - Technical Project Manager, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team