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Today we were joined on the line by Yasmine Colley – From City Parks. In celebration of Arbour Month in September, the City of Cape Town will embark on a project which plans to plant 738 trees throughout the City. The tree planting initiative is part of the municipality’s commitment to promote a healthy environment and to beautify the city. We were talking about the ‘Plant a tree for life’ project that will kick off on the 1st of September at the Company’s Garden. Various community events have been planned where ward councillors, local businesses, schools and communities will join hands to plant trees. For more information, you can call Yasmine on (021) 400 3269. We also spoke to Karam Singh – Tricontinental Film Festival Director. Xenophobia comes under the camera lens at this year’s Tri Continental Film Festival, which screens a t cinema complexes around the country in August and September. In the wake of the recent hate attacks against foreigners that swept through South Africa, a g...

Today we spoke to Crosby Booi – from SACCAWU. SACCAWU members at Pick 'n Pay will kick off its campaign in support for the workers wage demands with a mass protest and marches in four major cities around the country scheduled for tomorrow. These protests will all involve mass march culminating in the handing over of memorandums from the SACCAWU to Pick 'n Pay management. The marchers will converse on Pick 'n Pay offices in Kenilworth. And then on the 12th of September SACCAWU members at Woolworths will be embarking on a protected strike. The union is accusing Woolworths of taking industrial relationship back to the dark days of Apartheid when workers had to embark on industrial relations to have their unions recognised. They claim that Woolworths for years now had embarked on an intense union-bashing campaign. Crosby explained more about what will be happening tomorrow. Woolworths last week issued a statement that the company will ensure that such action causes minimal dis...

We spoke to Mary Ovenstone. We were talking about a workshop that Mary will be facilitating about 21st Century Relationship in September at UCT. According to the facilitators, this workshop will empower you as an individual and as a couple with valuable information and useful communication, legal and financial skills for your relationship, marriage or partnership. Mary explained more about what kind of challenges 21st Century relationships face and what could be the contributing factors. The workshop will be on September 20th at UCT’s Leslie Bldng between 9 and 5PM and it costs R750 per person and R1000 per couple, so a friendly advice drag your partner along even if it’s your ex coz you will pay less. If you want more information or for bookings you can contact Nooshin on (021) 761 8312 or send an email to info@maryovenstone.com Later we spoke to Waheeda Amien – Muslim Marriages Forum. We discussed Muslim Marriages. Last week the Commission on gender equality hosted a dialogue on Musl...

Today we spoke to Patricia Matolengwe – Director of the Homeless People’s Federation. The federation was founded to transform the suffering of shack dwellers in South Africa and provide them with the opportunities and choices they'd been denied under apartheid. The Federation is part of Shack Dwellers International - a world wide organisation of homeless people which helps to provide the poor with opportunities that otherwise they would never have. Most of them live in shacks. The Federation of Homeless People have now built nearly 10,000 houses themselves throughout South Africa - a remarkable contribution to the government's housing target. There are now nearly 600 houses in various stages of construction at Victoria Mxenge and the related developments of Hazeldean and Vukuzenzele. If you want more information about the Federation contact Nokhangela on 073 150 0762. Phumzile Nteyi - Communications Coordinator at the Paraffin Safety Association of Southern Africa was also Inst...

Today we spoke to Dr Diabeng Malefane – from the Gugulethu Dental Clinic. As it is an Oral Health Month we were focusing on Oral Health in Children. According to findings, there are a lot of children who experience tooth decay, which is a condition that can be prevented. We all know how notorious they are when it comes to indulging in foods like cakes; sweets, ice cream and drinks containing sugar that contributes to tooth decay. It is reported that Children with tooth decay lose school days due to pain, discomfort and visits to dental clinics for treatment. Dr Malefane advised us parents and caregivers on how we can help our children prevent tooth decay. Parents and caregivers should have children’s teeth checked regularly, at least twice a year, before problems start. This enables oral health care workers to detect oral health problems, especially tooth decay at an early stage, when it can still be treated and stopped, and thereby prevent the loss of teeth. That interview was brough...

Today we were joined by Marcus Dosando - staff director at Cape Town Opera. We were talking about Mozart’s Don Giovanni. An opera inspired by the legend of Don Juan - the notorious ladies' man. This is presented by the Cape Town Opera in collaboration with UCT School of Music. Marcus is the director and says this production promises to be an out-of-the-ordinary where nothing about the sets will be symmetrical, representing the somewhat skewed look on life of the wicked Don. Will be On at Baxter Theatre opening on the 31st of August at 18h00 in the schools performances on the 3rd and,4th of September at 11h00AM. Prices start at R100. Group bookings of 10 or more enjoy a 10% discount. To enquire about Student and Senior citizen discounts call (021) 421 7695. For more information contact Thanduxolo Zulu at Cape Town Opera on (021) 410 9928 or visit http://www.capetownopera.co.za Picture By: Sasha Forbes We also spoke to Daniel Popper – An Artist. We were talking about the New Comic A...

In today’s show, we spoke to Paul Cooley – Labour Law Expert and founder of Workplace Strategies. We were talking about Employee Retention. According to experts, key employee retention is critical to the long term health and success of your business. Managers readily agree that retaining your best employees ensures customer satisfaction, product sales, satisfied coworkers and reporting staff, effective succession planning and deeply imbedded organizational knowledge and learning. But the question is what encourages great employees to quit their jobs? Paul explained more on why Employee retention matters. It is reported that organizational issues such as training time and investment; lost knowledge; mourning, insecure co-workers and a costly candidate search aside, failing to retain a key employee is costly. Various estimates suggest that losing a middle manager costs an organization up to 100 percent of his salary. The loss of a senior executive is even more costly. For more informati...

Today we spoke to Cathreen Mundey from FAMSA. We were talking about the Prepare and Enrich Training. This is a one day training for counsellors who work with pre-marital or married couples. It offers counsellors tools that facilitate the couple's awareness of their relationship strengths and work areas. The programme focuses on 12 relationship aspects and heightens the couples awareness and understanding of the relationship on a whole. For registration or if you want more information contact their offices on (021) 946 4744 or 082 231 0370 / 082 231 0371 alternatively go to www.familylife.co.za We closed off the show with an interview with Adéle Grosse – Parenting Skills Facilitator at Intouch Parenting. Their focus and strategy is to encourage parents to practice pro-active parenting instead of re-active parenting. They aim to empower, enable and sustain parenting in and around South Africa. Adéle explained more. For more information contact her on (021) 447 3637 or visit www.intou...

Today we spoke to Neville Saboi – Manager of the Elsies River community advice office. The advice office provides the previously disadvantaged communities and organisations with advice, advocacy help and help with issues such as Human Rights, family and labour law, accessing government social grants, environmental problems and youth issues. The aim of the office is to create more awareness in the community on their rights and wants people to develop skills to improve their quality of life. We then spoke to Dr Clint Le Bryns – one of the founding members of the Ethical Leadership Project was also part of today’s show. The Ethical Leadership Project is aligned with the constitution of the country and follows a strong Human Rights culture. Their mission is to empower leaders at all society levels with skills, knowledge and values in order to promote moral change. For more information contact (021) 959 6843 or visit www.elp.org.za We also spoke to Fatima Hassan – An attorney from Aids La...

Today we to spoke to Fawzia Desai - Deputy Director for the department of health’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation. We spoke to Fawzia about the importance of Immunisation. Remember Immunisation is an effective, safe and free way to protect your child against disease. For further information please contact the department of health’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation on (021) 483 5691 / 3156 or nearest hospital, primary health care centre or clinic. AUGUST IS NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH: “BUSINESS UNUSUAL – ENCOURAGING WOMEN AND MEN WORKING TOGETHER IN CHOOSING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE”. We closed off the show with an interview with Ricardo Siljeur - from the Sports Science Institute of South Africa’s Community Health Intervention Programmes This week is the Health Promotions School Week, so we will focus on their Healthnutz programme that is offered at schools for learners in the foundation phase. Under this programme, learners participate in fun, non- competitive physical activity as part ...

Today we were joined by Riaison Naidoo - from the Department of Arts and Culture. We were talking about the Timbuktu Manuscript Exhibition which is taking place at the Castle of Good Hope until the 3rd of September. The manuscripts on display cover astronomy, medicine, mathematics, science, poetry, religion, commerce, law and social relationships. The exhibition includes displays of artifacts and clothing from Timbuktu and the Sahel region. Presented in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, the exhibition will travel to major centres throughout South Africa. For Enquiries contact Lalou Meltzer on (021) 464 1263 or Lindsay Hooper (021) 481 3835 alternatively visit www.iziko.org.za Nigel Vermaas was also in today for the Arts update in and around the city. We closed off the show with an interview with Eugene Lebreton – Co Chairperson of the Durbanville Folk Music Society. It is a non-profit society dedicated in bringing the most innovative and diverse acoustic and folk mu...

Today we spoke to Etienne Vlok – From SACTWU. Earlier this week SACTWU announced that thousands of metro area clothing workers in the country will be getting extra wages at the end of this week. This is because the union reached an agreement with clothing employers for extra wages when a public holiday falls on a Saturday. In the Western Cape, the agreement states that when a Public Holiday falls on a Saturday, workers will be paid 5-and-a-half hours' extra wages if no work is performed on such a day so because this year, the National Women's Day fell on a Saturday these extra payment provisions accordingly applies. Etienne will explain more about the agreement. For more information contact their offices on (021) 447 4570. We also heard from Wendy Oliver - Recruitment Consultant from Candidate Connect. Candidate Connect is a Cape Town based recruitment consultancy with a successful track record of linking high calibre candidates to the right company, at the right time, for the ...

Today heard from Nadia Isaacs – from PASCaP. PASCaP is an accredited training provider organisation that aims at strengthening the capacities of poor communities by addressing socio-economic and inequalities. The primary groups that are targeted are women, the youth and the unemployed. We were talking about the Big Sister Seminar that they hosted on Monday as part of the Learning Cape Festival. The seminar is aimed at encouraging and keeping the Girl Child in school. For more information about the work that they do contact their offices on (021) 713 0754 or go to www.pascap.org.za We also spoke to George Dingiswayo – from Embizweni. Embizweni is a group that provides different workshops for men to teach them about gender equality, parenting skills, domestic violence and abuse. Embizweni also offers counselling for perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse. For registration or if you want more information contact 083 542 1537 alternatively send an email to embizweni@telkomsa.net We c...

Today we heard from Corlett Letlojane – Director at the Human Rights Institute of South Africa or HURISA. This is a non-governmental organisation which offers professional services towards the promotion of a human rights culture, peace and democracy. HURISA works with civil society organisations, governmental institutions and vulnerable groups in South Africa and on the continent of Africa. Corlett explained more about the services they provide. If you want more information you can contact their offices on (011) 403 0850 or www.hurisa.org.za Lastly we also spoke to Beverly Barry – CEO of the Cape Learning Festival. The festival aims to create awareness that lifelong learning is an important way of redressing past imbalances in access to education. It is held every year and this year’s theme is “What do you have to say” It is a call to say that you have a right to be heard and the right not to be excluded. The festival will kick start tomorrow the 13th of August in Worcester, Over the n...

Today we spoke to Dr Bronwen Hendricks – from the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project. The Project is based at two different clinics in Khayelitsha, Site B Day Hospital and Michael Mapongwana Day Hospital. We were discussing cervical cancer and the importance of pap smears. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among South African women and accounts for 18.5% of all cancers in women in this country. About 1,500 women die to cervical cancer every year. Hence it is important for women to go for a pap smear to know their status and to detect the cancer early. The health department has developed a policy that every woman should take a free pap smear once every ten (10) years in her lifetime from age 30 years onwards. The aim of the health department is to screen at least 70% of women in the target age group to reduce morbidity and mortality by 60%, so to all the women make sure you go for a pap smear it can save your life. For more Information you can contact the hospital at...

Today we were joined by Gerrida Dickason – From Cape Town Opera. Cape Town Opera in collaboration with St Cyprians Girls High will showcase One False Move, A 35minute Opera that addresses bullying. The opera One False Move puts a face on girls’ fears and illustrates how social dynamics can play out in a school setting. And will be staged at St Cyprian’s Girls High, Rietenbosch Primary and Rhenish Girls High in Stellenbosch, Rustenburg Primary and Nassau Centre. Seating is limited - Book now for a performance close to you. It’s only R10 per learner. From 12noon till 12:35 – Opera - One False Move and from 12:35 till 12:55 - A Talk and Questions and Answer session with a Psychologist. It is recommended for Girls from Gr4 and up. For more information contact Thanduxolo Zulu at Cape Town Opera on (021) 410 9928 or visit http://www.capetownopera.co.za/ Picture By: Sasha Forbes We also spoke to Marlene Le Roux - Director of Artcape’s Audience Development and Education Department. We were tal...

Today we heard from Dorothy Du Plooy – from St Annes Home. We were talking about their Skills Training Programme which equips women with different skills that allow them to enter the economic world and allows them to become more self-sufficient. For more information contact their offices on (021) 448 8513 or visit www.stanneshomes.org.za Lastly we spoke to Raymond Sizani – from the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders or NICRO. We were talking about the Economic Opportunities Project. This project helps those who want to start up their own businesses by providing them the required skills and support to make sure that their business ventures are successful. This non-financial programme creates awareness of viable business opportunities that will be able to exist in the formal sector. If you want more information about the project contact (021) 397 6063 or visit www.nicro.org.za

Today we heard from Joanie Fredericks – Director of the Rural Education, Awareness and Community Health or REACH. We will be talking about the South African Rural Women’s Day Campaign, themed Passport to Peace...Stamp out community violence! The campaign focuses on a 10 step plan to address community violence. As a tradition the campaign also features the introduction of the "Face of REACH", each year REACH chooses a woman from a farming community who exemplifies empowerment and triumph in the face of adversity. Joanie explained more about the campaign. For more information contact their offices on (021) 633 5287 or go to www.reach.org.za We also spoke to Vuyelwa Qingavika – From Parliament Media Management Unit. On the 19th till the 20th of August Parliament will be hosting Women’s Parliament under the theme “Parliament empowering women for poverty eradication”. The theme is derived from Parliament’s 2008 theme, “Parliament empowering communities for poverty eradication”, wh...

Today we heard from Moefeeda Kagee – RAPCAN. We were talking about the Child Protection and Support Services Programme. The programme promotes and protects the rights of children within the criminal justice system through the facilitation of multi-disciplinary services for children and their caregivers for the advancement of both healing and justice. Moefeeda explained more about it. If you want more information you can contact their offices on (021) 712 2330 or www.rapcan.org.za We also spoke to Paulin Mbecke – From the Refugee Children’s Project. The Refugee Children’s Project is planning to launch a handbook on the refugee children’s rights. The handbook aims at raising awareness on refugee children and unaccompanied minors’ rights in South Africa. It will particularly enable service providers, schools, refugee community and the local community as a whole to become more familiar with the refugee’s rights and provide them with the tools to facilitate its subsequent implementation. ...

Today we spoke to Louise Goosen and Linda Glynn – From Milk Matters. We will be talking about Breastfeeding. This week we are celebrating the World Breastfeeding Week and the theme for this year is: “Mother Support: Going for the Gold”. Milk Matters, is a registered Non-Profit Organisation and Public Benefit Organisation that feels very strongly about informing the public and all related parties of the advantages of breastfeeding. It is reported that Breastmilk is the best food for a baby. Babies do not need any other foods or water, except breastmilk until they are 6 months old but Louise and Linda explained more. That interview was brought to you by the National Department of Health and funded by the European Union. For more information contact Milk Matters on (021) 659 5599 or visit http://www.milkmatters.org.za/ We also spoke with Dr E Bhettay – a Rheumatologist. We will be talking about Rheumatic Fever as we know that this week is the Rheumatic Fever Week. Rheumatic fever affects ...

Today we were joined by Gabi Ngcobo – Curator of Scratching the Surface Volume 1. Scratching the Surface Vol.1 combines new and re-visited visual and performance work by artists creating individually and in collaboration. This exhibition will feature artists like Dineo Bopape, Gugulective, Bandile Gumbi and more. The exhibition will be at AVA Gallery, in 35 Church Street, Cape Town. It opens on Monday, the 4th of August from 6pm and closes on Thursday the 21st of August at 1pm. For more information contact (021) 424 7436 or visit http://www.ava.co..za/ We also spoke to Jacky Manyaapelo – from Jazzart Dance Theatre. We were talking about a production titled BeautyFull, which is running at Artscape as part of Women’s Festival week. The production includes Remix Dance Company, Jazzart Dance Theatre and the SA Circle of Dance Academy on the 7th and 8th of August. Tickets cost R60 and are available from Artscape Dial-a-Seat, on (021) 421 7695 or Computicket by visiting http://www.computicke...