S7 Episode 14: May Day! May Day! A workers’ emergency
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.
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S7 Episode 13: Amazon workers’ win | Liberation theology
Amazon workers’ right to unionise is a significant victory for them as well as the Left in the United States. Also, liberation theology helped end apartheid but what is its role today?
S7 Episode 12: The Faith Edition | God and politics
In this bumper edition, find out why politicians spoil the religious vote and so many Jews fought apartheid. Also, meet SA’s chief satanist and hear the music that makes Muslims dance.
S7 Episode 11: A sick health system | God and gender
Indian activist-doctor Yogesh Jain believes inequality in public healthcare is a global crisis. And, we look at religion’s role in instilling outdated attitudes towards sexuality.
S7 Episode 10: Covid’s nameless graves | Mojak Lehoko
More than 100 000 South Africans have died officially from Covid-19, some anonymously and buried in paupers’ graves. Hospital and mortuary workers tell the stories of the unclaimed.
S7 Episode 9: Sex violence in prison | RIP Ayanda Ngila
Sexual assault in South African jails is widespread but grossly under-reported. We lift the veil on this scourge. And, we pay tribute to murdered land activist Ayanda Ngila.
S7 Episode 8: Fishers’ victory | Yemen’s blacked-out war
The struggle continues for Cape West Coast small-scale fishers after their court victory against seismic blasting. And, why is Yemen’s bloody seven-year-long war largely forgotten?
S7 Episode 7: Nyet to war | What virus? | Pacific Express
Progressive Russians say no to war. Is Covid-19 petering out? And though essential, did the world miss out during the cultural boycott against apartheid South Africa?
S7 Episode 6: Fanon in 2022 | Kenya’s weird sounds
A new book celebrates Frantz Fanon’s seminal work as a shack dwellers’ movement applies his ideas 60 years on. Also, a Kenyan woman’s challenge to experimental music.
S7 Episode 5: Israel apartheid | Eyethu Cinema | Club Pelican
Amnesty International explains why Israel is an apartheid state; an iconic Soweto cinema makes way for a mall; and we revisit the jazz haven, Club Pelican.
S7 Episode 4: Fuelling xenophobic fires
Xenophobia is raising its ugly head again in South Africa under the guise of protecting jobs, and it’s threatening to turn violent. We speak to those at the centre of it: migrants.
S7 Episode 3: Afcon: the good, the bad and the greedy | Boooth!
The Afcon was full of the passion and pain of African football. We talk about its pan-Africanism, ask who’s to blame for the stampede and get a legend to weigh in on Bafana’s future.
S7 Episode 2: Higher education fail | Soweto’s first nightclub
We look at solutions as students tell us about their struggle to afford university as the academic year begins. And, we visit the first nightclub opened in Soweto with veteran jazzman Khaya Mahlangu.
S7 Episode 1: ANC’s unhappy birthday | Black surfer
Could party veteran Mavuso Msimang’s surprising solution halt the demise of the ANC? And, a legendary Black surfer relives the violence and victory on apartheid beaches.
S6 Episode 14: Gatvol Christmas | 2021’s best | Oops
We visit Gatvol, where Christmas is set to be bleak. As in many places, politicians’ promises to shack dwellers have come to nothing. Also, our best and our bloopers of 2021.
S6 Episode 13: Apartheid hitman | Anti-apartheid hitmakers
South Africa has much unfinished business. A security cop’s book lifts the lid on unpunished apartheid crimes and we rediscover the role Prophets of Da City played in the cultural revolution.
S6 Episode 12: Absent fathers: The impact on SA’s children
Two out of every three fathers in South Africa do not play an active role in their children’s lives. We examine the reasons for this and hear how it can be reversed.
S6 Episode 11: Land matters: Tembeka Ngcukaitobi speaks to us
Despite the promises made in the Constitution, South Africa’s farm workers still cannot gain any ground. That is why land matters, lawyer and author Tembeka Ngcukaitobi explains.
S6 Episode 10: End of liberation parties | SA’s New Left?
What does the future hold for the ANC after the hiding it got at the polls? Swapo’s experience in Namibia gives some answers. And, a party of the proper Left is what the ANC should fear.
S6 Episode 9: Food insecurity | The Red Party Part 2
Even with enough food, South Africa still has a high level of food insecurity. We talk to people who are fixing the problem. Also, historian Tom Lodge assesses the SACP’s influence.
S6 Episode 8: The Red Party | Fat Freddy’s Drop
Inside the secretive world of the SACP with author Tom Lodge. And, a party of a different kind: Fat Freddy’s Drop are the ultimate party band and Covid-19 won’t stop that.