Season 1
ROLA PELO

The current socio-economic status of the country hurts a lot of citizens. A lot of unemployed citizens are struggling with basic necessities like paying for good healthcare services. Rural communities are the most affected and marginalised. On this show, we focus on an initiative called ROLA PELO which literally means relieve your heart. Nthabiseng Ngoepe is the founder and joins us in the studio for a very insightful discussion.

National Transport Month

October is a transport national transport month. It is considered prudent because it emphasizes the importance of being alert, making the right decisions when travelling to prevent accidents, and ensuring that you arrive safely at your destination. Our guest is RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane.

Love Scams on the rise in South Africa

A former public servant in the North West Province has been robbed of her pension fund payout in an elaborate love fraud that involved witchcraft and religion. The woman was left penniless after her Kenyan boyfriend tricked her into taking out multiple loans and also convinced her to resign from her permanent post. 

Basotho Bicentennial

Lesotho and Basotho people commemorate 200 years since King Moshoeshoe I founded the Basotho nation in 1824.

Deaf Awareness

September is Deaf Awareness Month and our story looks into the challenges that deaf people are still faced with. We ask if the pronouncement of sign language as the 12th official language has brought about any changes. Deaf people say a number of public places like clinics and police stations still don't provide sign language interpreters. Our case study is a successful deaf young man who is doing at WITS. We also profile the Centre for the Deaf at WITS to create awareness and inform deaf people who might be interested in furthering their studies. Pan South African Language Board played an important role in advancing sign language. They talk to us about the work they do. We also provide ways in which South Africans can learn sign language online and at institutions that offer basic sign language courses.

Bogwera/Initiation

Abductions and killings of young men divides communities in the North West Province about initiation schools.

SALGA

Leihlo La Sechaba dives deep into the consolidated report on local government audit outcomes latest presented by the Auditor General. Exposing critical insights into local government spending, financial management and corruption. The show examines the outcomes as reflected in the report. We get comments from SALGA and find out what municipalities cite as challenges leading to poor financial management. And comment from an independent analyst to give the report a holistic view from an ordinary citizen's perspective to that of an expert. We get comments from SALGA and find out what municipalities cite as challenges leading to poor financial management. And comment from an independent analyst to give the report a holistic view from an ordinary citizen's perspective to that of an expert.

2 pot retirement system

Leihlo La Sechaba explores the 2 pot retirement system. Explaining how it balances accessibility and long-term savings. The show breaks down what retirees can expect from when the system kicks in and how they can manage funds between different pots. Providing viewers with crucial insight to optimize their retirement planning and financial stability.

Crime Statistics

Numbeo Crime Index by city shows that some of the cities with harrowing crime rates are in South Africa. Indicating a nation grappling with some of the highest crime rates in the world. We explore the socio-economic factors fuelling criminal activity in the country and possible solutions South Africa needs to implement in effort to put crime under control.

Crafting for Profit

Women in the handicraft industry are calling on the government to develop the sector, including training them on microfinance and how to patent their products. The women crafters believe that such interventions can help their products compete and sell in the global market. If fully developed, the sector can also be a vehicle for job creation, knowledge sharing, poverty reduction, and rural economic growth.

Invasive Plant Fuels Community Enterprise

The community of Ga-Kibi took advantage of an invasive plant prevalent in their area to establish an entrepreneurial development programme. A project that started with an idea of land care led to de-bushing and from the wood cut down, village-based SMMEs use it to produce charcoal. Resulting in a triple gain of removal of invasive plants, increasing pastures and production of charcoal.

Electricity abuse

Leihlo La Sechaba looks into how complaining community members abuse electricity. They bypass meter boxes to avoid paying, illegally connect the cables, and even vandalize transformers.

Allanridge

The South African Human Rights Commission is mulling urgent court action to compel the Free State government to immediately relocate Nyakallong residents, whose homes are awash in sewage water. Houses and sewage pump is submerged under water. The water has combination of mine water and sewage. Residents where promised to be moved to an alternative place, provided by Matjhabeng local municipality and Harmony mine, unfortunately nothing has been done.

Mental Health Awareness Month

In light of July being mental health awareness month, we focus on the psychological killing of women and children. What does this say to us as a society? What are the reasons for these heinous crimes? What is the solution? We talk to Thabo Monyatsi who is a psychologist and Thuso Motaung who has a popular men’s show on Lesedi FM.

Insurance Murders

Life insurance and investment companies detected more than 2000 cases of fraudulent insurance claims in 2022 and 1500 involve funeral claims. Some people resort to killing loved ones for life insurance payouts. One of those people is Agnes Segomotsi Setshwnatsho, who is accused of killing her son for 6 million rand insurance payout and her niece for 3 million rand. Agnes had insured more than 40 relatives.

Youth In Farming

With the average age of a South African farmer being about 62 years, the government is encouraging more young people to get more involved in agriculture. However, to farm successfully, young farmers complain about the need for secure access to land, water, affordable energy sources and better access to funding. Leihlo la Sechaba visited some of the young farmers as part of Youth Month activities in the country.

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