Jun 24, 2022
With more than 7 000 languages globally, we look at mother tongues. Can Kiswahili be Africa’s lingua franca? And we explore two people’s complex relationships with their languages: Setswana and Arabic.
Chapters
02:20 - Kiswahili
19:27 - Setswana
29:42 - Arabic
Jun 17, 2022
To mark June 16, we unearth Afrikaans’ Black roots and focus on contemporary Black Afrikaans. Also, a new book on how Nelson Mandela led Umkhonto weSizwe to war against Africa’s strongest army.
Chapters:
02:34: Hein Willemse
29:24: Emile YX
41:05: Paul Landau
May 20, 2022
Abortion has been legal since 1997 in South Africa. Despite this, more and more women are risking their lives by going to unlicensed abortionists. We ask why.
Chapters:
02:33 - Abortions down town
08:39 - Catherine Burns
28:17 - Emihle Ntuli
33:51 - Matthew Kavanagh
Apr 29, 2022
Unemployment in South Africa is soaring and many are forced to take any job they can get. Our 100th episode focuses on casual workers, who have the most precarious jobs.
Chapters
01:58 - Annah Moreki
10:51 - Who are casual workers?
18:55 - Casual workers protest
22:39 - Rights and numbers
25:56 - What about the...
Apr 22, 2022
Amazon workers finally get a union with ripple effects in US politics expected. And liberation theology helped end apartheid. What role does it have in politics, inequality and exploitation today?
Chapters:
01:45 - Amazon scene setter
12:25 - John Logan
32:54 - Liberation Theology scene setter
38:02 -...