GUEST: RICARDO HOOD - Founder of Gogo’s Morogo
Revisiting indigenous foods and traditions for business success in our communities.
The concept of canning indigenous foods is slowly gaining momentum. For Ricardo Hood who established Gogo’s Morogo in 2022, his reasons for farming and canning African wild spinach is about preserving what he grew up eating, but could not find when he started working. By canning this indigenous food also known as Morogo Wa Thepe, Umfino and Imbuya, he ensures it is available beyond its seasonal limitations.

CIVIC EDUCATION: Damien Naidu joins us to unpack why the current labour action at the National Arts Council is about more than just an internal workplace dispute, and what it reveals about how public arts institutions function, fail and affect the wider creative sector. -
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JSB WORD DOMINATION: BookReview - Nthabiseng Sethoga joins us to unpack the heart behind her devotional Ontekane Modimo and why daily spiritual activations can become a powerful tool for confronting the emotional, mental and personal “Goliaths” many people face in everyday life.-
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JSB CONVERSATION – We unpack whether South Africa’s economic realities are changing how people think about having children, and whether family life today is increasingly shaped by deliberate choice, financial pressure or circumstance with Theatremaker and Poet, Malapile Solly Ramatswi and Author, Mxolisi Masilela The Great
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