Get It Off Your Chest

In April 2025, a group of women carried a coffin to the Union Buildings, covered in 5,578 hand-woven beads, one for every woman murdered in a single year in this country. They delivered a memorandum backed by over 150,000 signatures. Today, more than a million South Africans have signed that petition, government has declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster and a statutory National Council has been established and held its first meeting.

Yet nine women have been found murdered across Ekurhuleni since July, and women across South Africa are still asking themselves the same terrifying question. Am I next?

The declarations have been made. The council has met. The signatures have been delivered. So why is it still not enough? Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka "Steve" Letsike, joins the show to answer the question that over a million South Africans are demanding an answer to. What is government actually doing, why is it proving insufficient and what will it take to make South African women feel safe in their own country?

Get It Off Your Chest
In April 2025, a group of women carried a coffin to the Union Buildings, covered in 5,578 hand-woven beads, one for every woman murdered in a single year in this country. They delivered a memorandum backed by over 150,000 signatures. Today, more than a million South Africans have signed that petition, government has declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster and a statutory National Council has been established and held its first meeting.
Yet nine women have been found murdered across Ekurhuleni since July, and women across South Africa are still asking themselves the same terrifying question. Am I next?
The declarations have been made. The council has met. The signatures have been delivered. So why is it still not enough? Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka "Steve" Letsike, joins the show to answer the question that over a million South Africans are demanding an answer to. What is government actually doing, why is it proving insufficient and what will it take to make South African women feel safe in their own country?

#GetItOffYourChest Why Is Government Still Failing South Africa's Women?

The Big Mix

Willy Lubisi, professionally known as SculpturedMusic, takes over the Big Breakfast Mix once again. Born in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga and raised in Spruitview east of Johannesburg, this Sound Engineering graduate, four-album artist, Best Producer of 2019 as recognised by Dance Music South Africa and SAMA nominee has spent over 15 years building one of the most respected and enduring catalogues in South African underground house music. From breakthrough productions Overflow, Sing My Blues and SadToThink to the internationally acclaimed Fast Lane with Zano, a collaboration with legendary vocalist Robert Owens and a vinyl release in Tell The Grooves that cemented his place in house music history, SculpturedMusic continues to evolve, inspire and deliver. Through Sculptured Records he is not just making music. He is preserving a culture for the generations that follow.

The Big Mix
Willy Lubisi, professionally known as SculpturedMusic, takes over the Big Breakfast Mix once again. Born in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga and raised in Spruitview east of Johannesburg, this Sound Engineering graduate, four-album artist, Best Producer of 2019 as recognised by Dance Music South Africa and SAMA nominee has spent over 15 years building one of the most respected and enduring catalogues in South African underground house music. From breakthrough productions Overflow, Sing My Blues and SadToThink to the internationally acclaimed Fast Lane with Zano, a collaboration with legendary vocalist Robert Owens and a vinyl release in Tell The Grooves that cemented his place in house music history, SculpturedMusic continues to evolve, inspire and deliver. Through Sculptured Records he is not just making music. He is preserving a culture for the generations that follow.

#TheBigMix SculpturedMusic 18/09/2026

The Big Guest

South Africa is once again confronting a devastating reality for women, with nine women reportedly killed in a deeply troubling period that demands urgent action and honest conversation. Today's show goes beyond the statistics and focuses on what every woman can practically do to protect herself, create an opportunity to escape danger and move through the world with greater confidence and awareness.

Joining the show is Shihan Masedisa "Mas" Mojaki, a Katlehong-born martial artist with more than 25 years of karate experience, 195 trophies and medals to her name and the historic distinction of being the first African woman to attain the Shihan Godan 5th Dan rank. Founder of Mas sê Dojo, trainer of students at the Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf, champion of women through her Nothing But Woman platform, and a karateka, MC, biker, events organiser and humanitarian all in one, Shihan Mas brings both the expertise and the heart this conversation requires. From practical self-defence techniques to situational awareness, prevention and knowing how to respond when confronted by a threat, this is the kind of conversation that could save a life.

The Big Guest
South Africa is once again confronting a devastating reality for women, with nine women reportedly killed in a deeply troubling period that demands urgent action and honest conversation. Today's show goes beyond the statistics and focuses on what every woman can practically do to protect herself, create an opportunity to escape danger and move through the world with greater confidence and awareness.
Joining the show is Shihan Masedisa "Mas" Mojaki, a Katlehong-born martial artist with more than 25 years of karate experience, 195 trophies and medals to her name and the historic distinction of being the first African woman to attain the Shihan Godan 5th Dan rank. Founder of Mas s&ecirc; Dojo, trainer of students at the Ekurhuleni School for the Deaf, champion of women through her Nothing But Woman platform, and a karateka, MC, biker, events organiser and humanitarian all in one, Shihan Mas brings both the expertise and the heart this conversation requires. From practical self-defence techniques to situational awareness, prevention and knowing how to respond when confronted by a threat, this is the kind of conversation that could save a life.

#TheBigGuest Shihan Mas Mojaki: Women, Know How to Defend Yourself

Business2Business

Shaun Nare, founder and CTO of WalletHero, joins the show with a story that starts with his grandmother stretching her social grant through supermarket specials and ends with a free grocery price comparison platform that is helping thousands of South Africans save money every single day. WalletHero compares product prices and delivery fees across Checkers Sixty60, Woolworths Dash, Pick n Pay ASAP and Spar2U, tracking more than 108,000 products to help consumers find the cheapest delivered basket. Its innovative "What's Cooking?" feature takes it even further, breaking a meal down into ingredients and identifying where each one can be bought at the lowest price. Featured on Radio 2000, 702 and the Sowetan, and named second runner-up in the Level Up with 2000 competition, WalletHero is proof that the best innovations are born from real lived experience.

Business2Business
Shaun Nare, founder and CTO of WalletHero, joins the show with a story that starts with his grandmother stretching her social grant through supermarket specials and ends with a free grocery price comparison platform that is helping thousands of South Africans save money every single day. WalletHero compares product prices and delivery fees across Checkers Sixty60, Woolworths Dash, Pick n Pay ASAP and Spar2U, tracking more than 108,000 products to help consumers find the cheapest delivered basket. Its innovative "What's Cooking?" feature takes it even further, breaking a meal down into ingredients and identifying where each one can be bought at the lowest price. Featured on Radio 2000, 702 and the Sowetan, and named second runner-up in the Level Up with 2000 competition, WalletHero is proof that the best innovations are born from real lived experience.

#Business2Business Plug WalletHero: Find the Cheapest Grocery Basket

Get It Off Your Chest

South Africa's gender pay gap stands at approximately 12% in the formal sector, with recent research finding that roughly 45% of this gap is linked to women being concentrated in lower-paying companies and industries. While men remain more represented in higher-paying sectors such as mining, construction and manufacturing, women are more concentrated in education, retail, personal services and care-related work. Add unpaid domestic and care responsibilities to the equation and the barriers to equal pay become even more complex and deeply structural.

The proposed Fair Pay Bill, introduced by BOSA as a private member's bill, seeks to prohibit employers from using salary history to determine remuneration, require salary ranges to be disclosed in job advertisements and strengthen equal pay for work of equal value. While the bill is currently a proposal and not yet law, it has opened an important public participation process and put the conversation firmly on the political agenda ahead of the local government elections.

Professor Simphiwe Madikizela, Economic Analyst and Senior Lecturer at the UNISA Graduate School of Business and Leadership, joins the show to unpack what the gender pay gap really means for South African women, what the Fair Pay Bill could change and what voters should be asking political parties about pay transparency, childcare, skills development and equal pay enforcement as election season approaches.

Get It Off Your Chest
South Africa's gender pay gap stands at approximately 12% in the formal sector, with recent research finding that roughly 45% of this gap is linked to women being concentrated in lower-paying companies and industries. While men remain more represented in higher-paying sectors such as mining, construction and manufacturing, women are more concentrated in education, retail, personal services and care-related work. Add unpaid domestic and care responsibilities to the equation and the barriers to equal pay become even more complex and deeply structural.
The proposed Fair Pay Bill, introduced by BOSA as a private member's bill, seeks to prohibit employers from using salary history to determine remuneration, require salary ranges to be disclosed in job advertisements and strengthen equal pay for work of equal value. While the bill is currently a proposal and not yet law, it has opened an important public participation process and put the conversation firmly on the political agenda ahead of the local government elections.
Professor Simphiwe Madikizela, Economic Analyst and Senior Lecturer at the UNISA Graduate School of Business and Leadership, joins the show to unpack what the gender pay gap really means for South African women, what the Fair Pay Bill could change and what voters should be asking political parties about pay transparency, childcare, skills development and equal pay enforcement as election season approaches.

#GetItOffYourChest Equal Pay Day: Closing the Gender Pay Gap

The Big Mix

Tshediso Leanya, professionally known as SkinDeep, returns to the Big Breakfast Mix with the kind of eclectic sound that can only come from someone who has lived and breathed music from every angle. From early mixes on YFM's Jungle Fever and content production for Radio 2000 to executive producing Donald's platinum-selling Train of Love, managing JR, touring internationally as performance DJ for Liquideep's Ziyon and founding both the FRQNCY clothing brand and FRQNCY Music, SkinDeep is one of South Africa's most complete and versatile creatives. His debut single Curfew charted in the iTunes Top 40 and received nationwide radio airplay, and this morning he brings that same energy, depth and range straight to your speakers.

The Big Mix
Tshediso Leanya, professionally known as SkinDeep, returns to the Big Breakfast Mix with the kind of eclectic sound that can only come from someone who has lived and breathed music from every angle. From early mixes on YFM's Jungle Fever and content production for Radio 2000 to executive producing Donald's platinum-selling Train of Love, managing JR, touring internationally as performance DJ for Liquideep's Ziyon and founding both the FRQNCY clothing brand and FRQNCY Music, SkinDeep is one of South Africa's most complete and versatile creatives. His debut single Curfew charted in the iTunes Top 40 and received nationwide radio airplay, and this morning he brings that same energy, depth and range straight to your speakers.

#TheBigMix SkinDeep 17/09/2026

Business2Business

MaZondo Food and Beverage Solutions joins the show to introduce a service that addresses one of the most overlooked and stressful aspects of bereavement, organising food for a funeral. While families are grieving, the last thing they should be worrying about is feeding guests, and MaZondo has built a solution that handles everything from food preparation, delivery and setup to serving, clearing and cleaning.

Their monthly funeral catering plans, ranging from R150 to R498 per month, cover individuals, couples, families and extended families of up to 16 people, with three tiers, Classic, Premier and Executive, catering for breakfast, lunch and even night vigil or Umlindelo services. Currently active in Gauteng, with cash payouts available for beneficiaries outside the province, MaZondo Food and Beverage Solutions is your trusted food and beverage services partner in your time of need. Visit mazondofbs.co.za or call 073 570 6736 for more information.

Business2Business
MaZondo Food and Beverage Solutions joins the show to introduce a service that addresses one of the most overlooked and stressful aspects of bereavement, organising food for a funeral. While families are grieving, the last thing they should be worrying about is feeding guests, and MaZondo has built a solution that handles everything from food preparation, delivery and setup to serving, clearing and cleaning.
Their monthly funeral catering plans, ranging from R150 to R498 per month, cover individuals, couples, families and extended families of up to 16 people, with three tiers, Classic, Premier and Executive, catering for breakfast, lunch and even night vigil or Umlindelo services. Currently active in Gauteng, with cash payouts available for beneficiaries outside the province, MaZondo Food and Beverage Solutions is your trusted food and beverage services partner in your time of need. Visit mazondofbs.co.za or call 073 570 6736 for more information.

#Business2Business Plug MaZondo: Funeral Catering That Removes the Stress

The Big Guest

South Africa's youth unemployment crisis demands urgent and practical solutions, and informed career choices are one of the most powerful tools young people have. Yet too many students are still making study and career decisions without adequate exposure to industries, real workplace environments or the career pathways available to them, leading to skills mismatches that hurt both individuals and the broader economy. As AI continues to transform the workplace, with the World Economic Forum projecting 170 million new jobs and 92 million displaced by 2030, the pressure to make the right career choices has never been greater.

The Transport Education and Training Authority is responding with action. TETA's Career Experience Roadshow is taking career guidance, practical skills and workplace readiness support directly to TVET students across the country. More than 500 students participated at Letaba TVET College's Tzaneen Campus on 26 August, with the roadshow continuing at Modjadji and Giyani campuses from 15 to 18 September 2026, bringing industry exposure to rural youth who may otherwise struggle to access it.

Thabiso Mokoetla, Acting Corporate Communications and Media Liaison Officer at TETA, joins the show to unpack why this initiative matters and what it means for the future of young South Africans navigating an increasingly complex world of work.

The Big Guest
South Africa's youth unemployment crisis demands urgent and practical solutions, and informed career choices are one of the most powerful tools young people have. Yet too many students are still making study and career decisions without adequate exposure to industries, real workplace environments or the career pathways available to them, leading to skills mismatches that hurt both individuals and the broader economy. As AI continues to transform the workplace, with the World Economic Forum projecting 170 million new jobs and 92 million displaced by 2030, the pressure to make the right career choices has never been greater.
The Transport Education and Training Authority is responding with action. TETA's Career Experience Roadshow is taking career guidance, practical skills and workplace readiness support directly to TVET students across the country. More than 500 students participated at Letaba TVET College's Tzaneen Campus on 26 August, with the roadshow continuing at Modjadji and Giyani campuses from 15 to 18 September 2026, bringing industry exposure to rural youth who may otherwise struggle to access it.
Thabiso Mokoetla, Acting Corporate Communications and Media Liaison Officer at TETA, joins the show to unpack why this initiative matters and what it means for the future of young South Africans navigating an increasingly complex world of work.

#TheBigGuest  TETA: Guiding Youth Toward Better Career Choices

Business2Business

Sifiso Mthethwa, founder of Vision Faces Entertainment from uMlazi, joins the show to introduce Dance Diaspora, a theatre production that is taking African heritage, unity and cultural pride from the stages of KwaZulu-Natal to the world. Bringing together cultures from Cape to Cairo through Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi and Venda traditions, dance, music, African languages and storytelling, Dance Diaspora first graced the KZN Playhouse stage in 2017 with around 50 African performers and has since taken African culture to audiences across the USA, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.

The 2026 production runs from 3 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 in KZN, followed by national, continental and international tours, with a vision to create over 300 employment opportunities for African youth while promoting KZN and South Africa as world-class tourism destinations. In a time when xenophobia threatens African unity, Dance Diaspora is using art to remind us of everything that binds us together.

Business2Business
Sifiso Mthethwa, founder of Vision Faces Entertainment from uMlazi, joins the show to introduce Dance Diaspora, a theatre production that is taking African heritage, unity and cultural pride from the stages of KwaZulu-Natal to the world. Bringing together cultures from Cape to Cairo through Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi and Venda traditions, dance, music, African languages and storytelling, Dance Diaspora first graced the KZN Playhouse stage in 2017 with around 50 African performers and has since taken African culture to audiences across the USA, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.
The 2026 production runs from 3 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 in KZN, followed by national, continental and international tours, with a vision to create over 300 employment opportunities for African youth while promoting KZN and South Africa as world-class tourism destinations. In a time when xenophobia threatens African unity, Dance Diaspora is using art to remind us of everything that binds us together.

#Business2Business Plug Dance Diaspora: African Unity From Cape to Cairo

Get It Off Your Chest

It is one of the most important documents you will ever sign, yet most South Africans do not have one. National Wills Week runs from 14 to 18 September 2026, and participating legal practitioners across the country are offering free basic will drafting and legal advice to members of the public. A valid will ensures that your assets are distributed according to your wishes and protects your loved ones from unnecessary disputes, complications and heartache when you are no longer here to speak for yourself.

Free assistance is available through participating attorneys, Legal Aid SA offices and Master of the High Court offices countrywide. All you need to bring is your ID, a list of your assets and the details of your intended beneficiaries.

Advocate Mathibe Kanyane from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, who is heading up National Wills Week 2026, joins the show to explain how to access the free services, why having a will matters more than most people realise and what happens to your estate if you die without one. This week, there is no excuse not to get it done.

Get It Off Your Chest
It is one of the most important documents you will ever sign, yet most South Africans do not have one. National Wills Week runs from 14 to 18 September 2026, and participating legal practitioners across the country are offering free basic will drafting and legal advice to members of the public. A valid will ensures that your assets are distributed according to your wishes and protects your loved ones from unnecessary disputes, complications and heartache when you are no longer here to speak for yourself.
Free assistance is available through participating attorneys, Legal Aid SA offices and Master of the High Court offices countrywide. All you need to bring is your ID, a list of your assets and the details of your intended beneficiaries.
Advocate Mathibe Kanyane from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, who is heading up National Wills Week 2026, joins the show to explain how to access the free services, why having a will matters more than most people realise and what happens to your estate if you die without one. This week, there is no excuse not to get it done.

#GetItOffYourChest National Wills Week: Protect Your Legacy for Free

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