Algoa FM Kaycee Rossouw

Kaycee Rossouw

Community news, the latest music and laughter, Kaycee's smooth voice is the perfect show to ease you into the afternoon.
Weekly English South Africa Health & Fitness · Music Interviews
498 Episodes
372 – 392

Palesa Pads – keeping girls in school

In April 2017, Shérie “Palesa” de Wet read an article about girls missing school due to a lack of sanitary pads. She set out to find a sustainable solution, and after six months of research and testing, the Palesa Pads Foundation was born. And now she'd love some Eastern Cape…
17 Nov 2021 5 min

Natia Van Heerden takes on Ironman challenge for nature conservation

Ironman SA takes place this Sunday, 21 November, and pro-triathlete Natia Van Heerden will be putting her body to the test as the official ambassador for Wilderness Foundation Africa. Algoa FM is a proud broadcast media partner to the Ironman African Championship.
16 Nov 2021 4 min

Partners for Possiblity - the NGO changing the face of education in SA

Gillian Logiotis, Learning Process Facilitator at PfP joined Kaycee to talk about their flagship programme. This programme improves the quality of education in South Africa by capacitating school principals from under-resourced schools and enhancing their leadership skills through partnerships with business leaders. It's an extraordinary, action-based programme, internationally recognised, and…
10 Nov 2021 5 min

Trailblazing Siyabuya on a mission to rebuild South Africa

Melene Rossouw, gender and human rights activist, attorney, and Siyabuya Campaign Lead joined Kaycee to talk about the work her organization is doing to get South Africa back on track following the devastation wrought by the pandemic.
3 Nov 2021 7 min

Hospice Kouga - touching lives for 35 years

This week’s Algoa Cares guest was Sister Ingrid Williams, a palliative nursing sister at St Francis Hospice Kouga. This is an NPO that fulfills the vital service of providing palliative care to patients with life-threatening illnesses - a service that all of us might need one day.
20 Oct 2021 8 min

Projects4Preemies’ heart-warming mission

Marilie Parsons, Founder, and Director at Projects4Preemies, knows from personal experience the challenges of having a premature baby. She joined Kaycee for this week’s Cares ‘to inspire, encourage and support families affected by a preterm birth.’
13 Oct 2021 4 min

The troubling state of our public school system

Kaycee was joined by the Education Programmes Manager for Rays of Hope, Bafana Mohale, a trailblazer intent on bringing about policy change to South Africa's much beleaguered public school system, now even worse off due to the covid pandemic.
12 Oct 2021 6 min

Algoa Country - walk, run or crawl it - all in aid of CHOC!

The Algoa FM Virtual Big Walk For Cancer is the biggest charity participation event in the Eastern Cape. As this year’s beneficiary is CHOC, Kaycee was joined by Hedley Lewis, their Chief Executive Officer, for a special edition of Algoa Cares.
6 Oct 2021 6 min

Sizwe and Hosmed merger creates SA's 8th largest medical aid plan

Recently, the Council for Medical Schemes gave its stamp of approval to the merger of Hosmed Medical Scheme and Sizwe Medical Fund, creating South Africa’s eighth-largest open medical scheme, marking the beginning of what is likely to be a revolution in South Africa’s medical scheme industry. Kaycee gets the lowdown…
29 Sep 2021 7 min

The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa – saving lives

The HSFSA plays a leading role in the fight against preventable heart disease and stroke with the aim of seeing fewer people in South Africa suffer premature deaths and disabilities. Today is World Heart Day – Health Promotions Officer from the HSFSA, Perch Kapp, joined Kaycee for this week’s edition…
29 Sep 2021 4 min
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