S3 Episode 14: Pumla Gqola | Trucks ablaze | Workers win
Feminist thinker Pumla Gqola tries to make sense of 2020, a migrant truck driver takes us on the road and what the Constitutional Court ruling means for South Africa’s domestic workers.
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Mixtape 33: Countdown
This week’s mixtape features Charles Leonard’s top albums of the year. He is playing a track off each album: from number 30 all the way down to number one.
S3 Episode 13: Anxious Joburg | LGBTQIA+ Games
South Africa’s economic hub, Johannesburg, is also its most stressed city. Some Joburgers tell us why they’re so anxious. Also, South Africa’s first openly gay male footballer is kicking bigotry out of the sport.
Mixtape 32: Read my lips
In this week’s mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs inspired by books or poems. Some are unexpected, others predictable – a bit like your favourite books.
S3 Episode 12: Ethiopian war | A jazz classic saved
Watching Ethiopia from afar, a Johannesburg community leader speaks about his fears. Jeremy Corbyn’s “antisemitism” is nonsense, says a Jewish ally. Also, a happy ending for a South African jazz classic.
Mixtape 31: Planet for sale
There are songs for every planet on this alternative playlist for an imaginary trek through the solar system.
S3 Episode 11: Radioactive Joburg | Left after Trump
South Africa’s mineral wealth has been built on the backs of Black people. Damaging mining practices still take their toll on people’s health. Also, is it now payback time to the Left for Joe Biden?
Mixtape 30: Intergalactic
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on because Charles Leonard is taking you on a musical trip into outer space.
S3 Episode 10: My America | Top football analyst
In a country still dominated by the defeated Donald Trump, four progressives tell us about their America. And, how a South African became the performance analyst for Africa’s top football club.
Mixtape 29: The Unputdownables
Aiming to get you engrossed, mixtape host Charles Leonard is celebrating musicians who had a book in them … and actually wrote it pretty well.
S3 Episode 9: TRC unfinished | Bolivia’s new dawn
We look at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s unfinished business. The socialists won in Bolivia, but can they keep the right wing at bay?
Mixtape 28: So, what’s new?
There has been a sudden deluge of new music in the world of your mixtape host, Charles Leonard. He shares the tastiest new releases.
S3 Episode 8: Dirty water | Black votes in America
We visit a municipality where corruption threatens even the basics such as drinking water. Also, how Black Lives Matter will affect African Americans’ votes in the United States elections.
Mixtape 27: Of monsters, hucksters and pollsters
In this week’s mixtape, Charles Leonard plays songs about Halloween, the United States elections and the biggest crook of all.
S3 Episode 7: #EndSARS | Africa in the US election
We discuss what brought Nigeria to this point. We also look at what the United States election will mean for “shithole” countries, and what a jewellery advert tells us about Indian politics.
Mixtape 26: The Music Time Machine
With his Music Time Machine, Charles Leonard plugs you into the revolutionary sounds that were played 50 years ago and still have relevance today.
S3 Episode 6: Grants, continued | Not such proud boys
Why South Africa’s Covid-19 special grant needs to become a permanent grant. Also, United States President Donald Trump has bolstered fascists in America.
Mixtape 25: Silver anniversary
This is the 25th mixtape, the silver anniversary of this weekly music compilation. Charles Leonard picks and plays shiny songs for the occasion.
S3 Episode 5: Che today | Journalism’s best and worst
We explore why Che Guevara still matters today. Also, when journalists go rogue – a new book investigates the deepest lows of South African journalism.
Mixtape 24: City songs – the B-sides
The musical city-to-city trip continues this week with Charles Leonard playing more songs about global cities in a mixtape called “City songs – the B-sides”.
S3 Episode 4: Fanning xenophobia | Hatred by media
Since the lockdown, four Somalis have been killed in South Africa, showing how xenophobia and police brutality collide. The story of a brave football team that won the league in war-torn Cameroon.