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GUEST: DR. MARIETTE PRETORIUS - Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Viral Zoonoses and Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria

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The Jet Set Breakfast

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

GUEST: ANGELA DEH - Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Speaker 

•    How do we go navigate our way into the year with a sense of peace and purpose?

•    The new year can also come with anxiety and still needing to deal with previous years, how do we face this anxiety?

•    How do we know our state of mental health is beyond our own management and that we need to seek help?

•    What tools would you recommend to manage our day to day living, disappointments, plans and overall outlook on life?

GUEST: ANGELA DEH&nbsp;- Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Speaker&nbsp;
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do we go navigate our way into the year with a sense of peace and purpose?
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The new year can also come with anxiety and still needing to deal with previous years, how do we face this anxiety?
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How do we know our state of mental health is beyond our own management and that we need to seek help?
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What tools would you recommend to manage our day to day living, disappointments, plans and overall outlook on life?

What does looking after our Mental Health in 2025 look like, How can we be strategic about our wellbeing, as 70% of South Africans are not coping mentally

GUEST: LISA VETTEN  - research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg

‘Teen pregnancies, other social ills prevalent in fatherless homes’

The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country.

A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year’s Day, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl from the Eastern Cape.

This has raised alarm and some men have been charged with statutory rape

GUEST: LISA VETTEN &nbsp;- research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg
&lsquo;Teen pregnancies, other social ills prevalent in fatherless homes&rsquo;
The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/deputy-minister-laments-scourge-of-teenage-pregnancies-in-sa/">teenage pregnancies</a>&nbsp;in the country.
A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year&rsquo;s Day, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl from the Eastern Cape.
This has raised alarm and some men have been charged with statutory rape

THOUGHTLEADERS: Teenage Pregnancy is a crisis in South Africa; what does the law say why is the law not implemented?

GUEST: PHINAH KODISANG - CEO of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice”.     

Gauteng recorded 31 births to mothers aged between 15 and 19 on New Year’s Day. Additionally  the concerning case of a 12-year-old girl among the youngest mothers in South Africa. Teen pregnancy is a pressing issue in South Africa, with 1 in 7 mothers being teenagers, and nearly 365 teenage girls giving birth daily. This statistic not only highlights a public health crisis but also underscores the systemic issues contributing to cycles of poverty, educational setbacks, and limited future opportunities for young girls.

GUEST: PHINAH KODISANG - CEO of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Gauteng recorded 31 births to mothers aged between 15 and 19 on New Year&rsquo;s Day. Additionally&nbsp; the concerning case of a 12-year-old girl among the youngest mothers in South Africa. Teen pregnancy is a pressing issue in South Africa, with 1 in 7 mothers being teenagers, and nearly 365 teenage girls giving birth daily. This statistic not only highlights a public health crisis but also underscores the systemic issues contributing to cycles of poverty, educational setbacks, and limited future opportunities for young girls.

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

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