#BESTARCHIVES  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY SOMEONE YOU LOOKED UP TO AND IDOLISED BEFORE?

#HEARSING MMA NOMINEES FOR BEST PRODUCED ALBUM! • LINDIWE – NONTOKOZO MKHIZE (ESANDLENI) • DIY 3- EMTEE (ABANGANI – SJAVA AND EMTEE)  FINALLY FAMOUS TOO – DLALA THUKZIN (HLALA NAMI)

#FOLLOWTHEMONEY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE  LIFE INSURANCE IS A TYPE OF CONTRACT IN WHICH YOU MAKE REGULAR PAYMENTS TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY. IN RETURN, WHEN YOU DIE, THE COMPANY PAYS A SUM OF MONEY TO YOUR CHOSEN BENEFICIARIES. IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR YOUR LOVED ONES BY COVERING EXPENSES LIKE INCOME REPLACEMENT, DEBT REPAYMENT, AND FUNERAL COSTS.  WE ARE JOINED BY OUR WE ARE JOINED BY FINANCIAL ADVISOR, NOELEEN THAHANE ON THE LINE TO HAVE HELP US HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

INTERVIEW: HOW TO START AFRESH WITH BAGGAGE    STARTING AFRESH WHILE CARRYING EMOTIONAL "BAGGAGE" (UNRESOLVED ISSUES, TRAUMA, OR PAST HURTS) REQUIRES ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST, PROCESSING THOSE EMOTIONS, AND MAKING CONSCIOUS CHOICES TO MOVE FORWARD AND FOCUS ON THE PRESENT.  WE ALL CARRY EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDENS FROM PAST EXPERIENCES AND MOVING FORWARD ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES CAN BE CHALLENGING?  WE ARE JOINED BY TINTSWALO MASIYE - LIFE COACH IN STUDIO TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

#TECHSABBY  WE LOOK AT ALL YOUR TOPICAL TECH STORIES FOR THE WEEK  WE ARE JOINED BY BRENDON PETERSON WHO IS A TECH EDITOR ON THE LINE…… TALKING POINTS: - YOU’VE HEARD OF FOLDING PHONES AND FLIP PHONES BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF A TRIFOLD? THE WORLD’S FIRST TRIFOLD IS COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA IN APRIL. - CHINESE EV MAKER MAY HAVE SOLVED ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES. - IT’S THE END OF AN ERA AS MICROSOFT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SKYPE WILL SHUT DOWN IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

#HEARSING BEST OF ALICIA KEYS! *UNTHINKABLE (I’M READY) *EMPIRE STATE OF MIND FEAT JAYZ *LIKE YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN

#BESTARCHIVES  HAVE YOU MISTAKENLY TAKEN OR BOARDED THE WRONG FLIGHT, TRAIN , BUS OR TAXI? WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU WERE ON THE WRONG ROUTE ?

WORLD TB DAY – HOW FAR HAS AFRICA AND SOUTH AFRICA COME WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING TB?  THE 24 TH MARCH MARKS WORLD TUBERCULOSIS (TB) DAY, AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF TB. SOUTH AFRICA, ONE OF 30 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WITH A HIGH TB BURDEN, WANTS TO INTENSIFY THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS (TB) BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TESTING FOR THE DISEASE TO FIVE MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS. THIS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM THE 2.7 MILLION TESTED IN 2023.  THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN COMBATING TUBERCULOSIS (TB) GLOBALLY, INVESTING SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT, AND RETENTION IN CARE, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH- BURDEN COUNTRIES.  CANCELLATION LETTERS, WHICH END BILLIONS OF RANDS OF SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES’ US-GOVERNMENT FUNDED HIV AND TB RESEARCH GRANTS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, STARTED TO ROLL OVER THE WEEKEND.  TODAY WE WANT TO LEARM MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND ARE JOINED BY , SIHLE MAHONGA- NDAWONDE WHO IS THE PROJECT COORDINATOR AT THE TB ACCOUNTABILITY CONSORTIUM

HOW TO NETWORK AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP OUTSIDE OF YOUR PROFESSION?  NETWORKING IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. IT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN EVERY INDUSTRY TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT INDUSTRY TRENDS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.  SOME OF US JUST GO TO WRK AND COME BACK BUT YEARN TO BUILD NETWORKS OUTSIDE OF YOUR ACTUAL CAREERS BUT DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.  WE ARE JOINED BY SIPHIWE MOYO - ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOURIST , INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER ; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR INSTITUTE (OBI) TO HELP US HAVE THIS DISCUSSION... DISCUSSION

#HEARSING / THEME: MMA NOMINEES FOR SONG OF THE YEAR (PART 2) * YEBO LAPHO -FELO LE TEE SCITTS MAPHUMA , THBZATEE FEAT DJ MAPHORISA AND DJ BIZA *WISHI WISHI - KABZA DE SMALL & VIRGO DEEP FEAT SCOTTS MAPHUMA AND YOUNG STUNNA *MKK – KMAT FEAT COWBOII, DJYGUBZIN, LIVE & RANGER

BEST ARCHIVES  WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS YOU HAVE SEEN PEOPLE DO YOU GET THEIR WAY?

#MOMDAY –– WHAT IS YOUR PARENTING STYLE MOMMY?

HEARSING THEME: MMA NOMINEES FOR SONG OF THE YEAR (PART 1) * SDAKIWE SBALI – BLAQ MAJOR FT BLESS THE GENTLEMAN AND DJ KAP *KWELNAGA 2.0 – BASSIE, M-TOUCH ,LEEMCKRAZY *NDISIZE – CAIRO FT AMI FAKU PRODUCTIONS

#BESTARCHIVES  HAVE YOU EVER GAMBLED BEFORE AND ACTUALLY WON SOMETHING? WHAT DID YOU WIN?

MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ARE A SEVERE CONCERN THAT HAVE LEAD TO SUICIDE. SOUTH AFRICA HAS A SIGNIFICANT CASES OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE SOARING RATES OF SUICIDE. ADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH-CARE PROVISION ARE JUST SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT COULD REDUCE THE HIGH SUICIDE RATE IN SOUTH AFRICA.  GRIEF AFTER SUICIDE CAN BE ESPECIALLY COMPLEX, THOSE WHO REMAIN BEHIND HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES STRUGGLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THIS NEW REALITY.  WE ARE JOINED BY NQOBILE MAPHUMULO-CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THOSE WHO REMAIN CAN PICK UP THE PIECES AND FIND HEALING.

TODAY IS NATIONAL BREAKFAST DAY AND WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM IN SANDTON ROCK & ROLL.

MMA NOMINEES FOR BEST HIP HOP SONG. *WAR – EMTEE * UVALO – USIMAMANE & SJAVA *TOO MUCH – SKHANDA WORLD , K.O AND NASTY C

INTERVIEW WITH MCDONALD’S CEO , GREG SOLOMONS    MCDONALD’S NATIONAL BREAKFAST DAY IS BACK, AND MACDONALD’S MAKING MORNINGS BRIGHTER THAN EVER! WE’RE GIVING AWAY FREE EGG MCMUFFINS WHEN YOU PURCHASE EITHER A SHORT FILTER COFFEE, SMALL JUICE, OR SMALL SOFT DRINK* FOR R10 AT ANY MCDONALD’S NATIONWIDE!  WHETHER YOU’RE AN EARLY RISER, ON THE GO, OR JUST LOVE A GREAT BREAKFAST, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU! JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY—BECAUSE MORNINGS SHOULD STARTWITH A SMILE!  TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS DAY AND INITIATIVE WE ARE JOINED BY GREG SOLOMON WHO IS THE CEO OF MCDONALD'S SOUTH AFRICA.

#NATIONALCALLUP QUIZ –KOKETSO IS THE CHAMP WE MIGHT GET 2 PLAYERS AT THE OB POINT.

#TECHSABBY  WE LOOK AT ALL YOUR TOPICAL TECH STORIES FOR THE WEEK  WE ARE JOINED BY BRENDON PETERSON WHO IS A TECH EDITOR ON THE LINE…… TALKING POINTS:  THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RECENTLY MADE THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE ‘LUXURY TAX’ ON SMARTPHONES COULD MAKE PREMIUM DEVICES MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?  TIKTOK HAS ROLLED OUT A DEDICATED STEM FEED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AIMING TO MAKE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHS CONTENT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ENGAGING FOR YOUNG USERS.  ANDROID’S FIND MY DEVICE APP CAN NOW SHOW YOU WHERE PEOPLE ARE, TOO | THE VERGE GOOGLE’S LATEST UPDATE TO THE FIND MY DEVICE APP ADDS REAL-TIME LOCATION SHARING FOR PEOPLE.

WHAT SUPPORT DO THOSE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES NEED IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SPACES?  IN SOUTH AFRICA, APPROXIMATELY 7.5% OF THE POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS HAVING A DISABILITY, FACING CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND BASIC SERVICES, AND EXPERIENCING HIGHER RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY. (DPTSA) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES?  DISABLED PERSONS IN TRADES SOUTH AFRICA’S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PERSONS TO PURSUE AND SUCCEED IN TRADES. THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS, THEY AIM TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS, PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY, AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVITY WITHIN THE TRADES SECTOR.  WE ARE JOINED BY CAROL XABA WHO IS THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF DISABLED PERSONS IN TRADES SOUTH AFRICA (DPTSA)

IT’S A BRAND NEW WEEK AND WE ARE BACK FOR ANOTHER #MOMDAY (SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY)  THE KIDS TAKE OVER FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY BUT TODAY IS YOUR DAY MOM.

#BESTARCHIVES  WHAT’S THE MOST AMOUNT YOU HAVE OWED SOMEONE OF SOMEONE’S OWED YOU?

#HEARSING / THEME: THEME– GOSPEL EDITION!  THATHINDAWO YAKHO - SPIRIT OF PRAISE AND MPUMI MTSWENI.  GOODNESS OF GOD – CECE WINANS  UNGUKUPHILA - XOLLY MNCWANGO

INTERVIEW - CAN CONFRONTATION BE HEALTHY?  A CONFRONTATION IS USUALLY A CONVERSATION WITH HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS AND IS GENERALLY AVOIDED BY MOST PEOPLE. IT CAN SOMETIMES RESULT IN UNRESOLVED CONFLICT OR CAUSE FUTURE CONFLICT.CONFRONTATIONS CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL AND SOMETIMES NECESSARY TO CLEAR THE AIR, THEY CAN ALSO BENEFIT BOTH PARTIES.  IT CAN HAPPEN AT WORK, IN YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND OTHER SPACES YOU EXIST IN. TODAY WE ASK, CAN CONFRONTATION BE HEALTHY?  YVETTE RATSHIKOPA - LIFE COACH AND AUTHOR JOINS US ON THE LINE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION……

BREAKFST WITH NIRVANA NOKWE  SOUTH AFRICA’S GOLDEN GIRL, NIRVANA NOKWE IS A GLOBALLY RECOGNISED ACTOR, MUSICIAN, MODEL, HOST & THOUGHT LEADER.  BORN AND RAISED IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA WITH HER ROOTS AND VALUES HAILING FROM KWAMASHU IN DURBAN, KZN, NIRVANA WAS RAISED AND GROOMED WITHIN THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POLITICAL ARENAS. HAVING SPENT A CHILDHOOD SINGING, DANCING AND PERFORMING WITH HER MOTHER, THE ARTIST AND VISIONARY TU NOKWE AND AUNT MANGO GROOVER MEMBER, STUDIO OWNER AND PRODUCER MARILYN NOKWE.  NIRVANA LAUNCHED HER CAREER AS AN ACTRESS ON BBC FAMILY’S QUARX SHOW AS PRINCIPAL LEAD STRANGE. SHE ALSO STARRED IN THE EMMY RECOGNISED SHOW REYKA AS MBALI MSOMI. SHE ALSO HAD A STINT ON GENERATIONS THE LEGACY ON SABC 1.  MOST RECENTLY, NIRVANA CAN BE SEEN LEADING AS SIHLE BIYELA IN THE HIT ‘OUTLAWS’ AS WELL AS RIVETING THRILLER ‘RED INK’ AS BUSI MHLONGO. SHE ALSO STARS AS A$AP ROCKY’S MOTHER IN THE FREE NATIONS, ANDERSON PAAK AND A$AP ROCKY MUSIC VIDEO, ‘GANGSTA’, PRODUCED BY JULES DE CHATEAUX OF DIVISION GLOBAL AND DIRECTED BY FRANCIOS ROUSSELET.  WITH HER NO.1 ON THE TOP 10 MOVIE DEBUT ON (DON’T MENTION NETFLIX) IN SOUTH AFRICA AND TOP 4 ACROSS THE GLOBE OF NON ENGLISH FILMS, NIRVANA HOLDS THE TITLE OF LEAD ON THE PRODUCTION COMPANY, STAINED GLASS’S “UMJOLO:MY BEGINNING, MY END” RELEASED ON THE 3RD JANUARY 2025 DIRECTED BY ZUKO NODADA.  OUTSIDE OF ACTING, NIRVANA IS AN ADVOCATE AND THOUGHT LEADER IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THROUGH EQUITY DESIGN. SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED BY THE KZN FILM COMMISSION’S. SIMON MABHUNU SABELA AWARDS, NOMINATED IN 2 CATEGORIES FOR BEST ACTRESS ALONGSIDE INDUSTRY GIANTS DELI MALINGA AND NOMZAMO MBATHA, AS WELL AS BEST NEWCOMER ALONGSIDE ZAMUNTUKHOZA AND ZIYAXULU  NIRVANA NOKWE JOINS US IN STUDIO ….

 KID – HOMEWORK FRIDAY   IT’S HOMEWORK FRIDAY AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALL YOU BEST KIDS!  SO MOM/DAD OR UNCLE AND AUNTIE PLEASE LET THE LITTLE ONES USE YOUR PHONE TO DROP US THAT VOICE NOTE!  AND TODAY’S QUESTION FOR #HOMEWORKFRIDAY IS AS FOLLOWS: WHAT ANIMAL DO WE ALSO REFER TO AS THE RIVER HORSE?  ANSWER: HIPPOPOTAMUS

#BESTARCHIVES  IS THERE ANYONE YOU SUSPECT IS A SPY IN THE OFFICE AND REPORTS EVERYTHING TO THE BOSS?

ADVANCING FINANCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP 07:22  WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG PEOPLE AGED 15 TO 34 NOW AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH OF 45.5%, WE NEED TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH TO HARNESS THEIR SKILLS AND IDEAS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD BUSINESSES OF THEIR OWN. AS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS, IN FACT, THE ENGINE OF JOB CREATION, WITH THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR EITHER AT STAGNANT LEVELS OR DECLINING.   IN SOUTH AFRICA, SMMES WITH A TURNOVER OF UNDER R10 MILLION A YEAR NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMY BUT ARE FUELLING GROWTH IN THE JOB MARKET, CREATING APPROXIMATELY 91% OF NEW JOBS. FOR MANY, THESE JOBS ARE A VITAL BRIDGE INTO THE FORMAL ECONOMY, PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH A LEVEL OF FINANCIAL SECURITY THEY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE HAD.  WE ARE JOINED BY DR STEVEN ZWANE, MANAGING EXECUTIVE: CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AT ABSA GROUP IN STUDIO TO TELL US MORE…

HEARSING THEME: MMA NOMINEES FOR BEST DANCE SONG! * CAN’T GET – CASWELL & NOBUHLE *HAYI BABA – CHRONICAL DEEP, LEEHLEZA, KABZA ….. *SOHLALA SISONKE –DLALA TUKZIN FEAT ZEH MCGEBA, MK

LOOKING AT NEW MUSIC THAT DROPS TODAY NEW MUSIC FRIDAY 

#BESTARCHIVES  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T DO?

#HEARSING THEME –NOMINEES FOR THE MMA’S BEST MALE ARTIST  KELVIN MOMO- WAZE WAMUHLE  DLALA THUKZIN - I PLAN  TYLER ICU – EBASINI