Guest: Bruce Mellado

There's been a surge in the number of Covid cases across South Africa in the last two weeks. The increases show clear signs of being the start of the second wave.  Gauteng has the highest cumulative caseload in the country and already at least 20 wards have been identified as developing hotspots.  Wits University's Institute for Collider Particle Physics, in collaboration with IBM, has developed a digital dashboard to flag these clusters.  We speak to Professor Bruce Mellado, Director of the ICPP, who is also a senior scientist at iThemba LABS.

Guest: Bruce Mellado
There's been a surge in the number of Covid cases across South Africa in the last two weeks. The increases show clear signs of being the start of the second wave. &nbsp;Gauteng has the highest cumulative caseload in the country and already at least 20 wards have been identified as developing hotspots. &nbsp;Wits University's Institute for Collider Particle Physics, in collaboration with IBM, has developed a digital dashboard to flag these clusters. &nbsp;We speak to Professor Bruce Mellado, Director of the ICPP, who is also a senior scientist at iThemba LABS.

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

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