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Bongani Bingwa speaks with acclaimed playwright Mike van Graan about The Good White, his provocative new production now showing at The Market Theatre. Set against the backdrop of the #FeesMustFall protests, the play explores race, privilege, and the shifting landscape of allyship through the story of a once-revolutionary white professor who becomes the symbol of the very system today’s youth are challenging. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Sizwesandile Mnisi, actor and former #FeesMustFall activist, about the return of The Fall, the internationally acclaimed protest play that reimagines the powerful student movement of 2015. Now, 10 years later, the play takes to The Market Theatre stage, reigniting the fire and the cry for justice that once sparked a nation’s conscience. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Find all the catch-up podcasts here https://www.primediaplus.com/702/702-breakfast-with-bongani-bingwa/audio-podcasts/702-breakfast-with-bongani-bingwa/ Listen live - 702 Breakfast is broadcast weekdays between 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) https://www.primediaplus.com/station/702 Subscribe to the 702 daily and weekly newsletters https://www.primediaplus.com/competitions/newsletter-subscription/  Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702   702 on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702  702 on Instagram: www.instagram.com/talkradio702  702 on X: www.x.com/Radio702  702 on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@radio702  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Phethiwe Matutu, CEO of Universities South Africa, about the sustainability of our country's public universities since they are owed over R9.3bn and the amount is expected to grow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gugs Mhlungu speak to Artistic director at The Market Theatre, Greg Homann on what to expect from their upcoming plays, marking the 10th Anniversary of #FeesMustFall with two bold productions: “The Fall” and “The Good White”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa to the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria, social media activism has been shown to raise awareness and bring about social change. Claude Grunitzky talks to three activists.Oliver Barker-Vormawor is a governance advisor and one of the founders of the #FixTheCountry movement in Ghana in 2021. South Sudanese model Mari Malek started the social media movement #runwaystofreedom.Abdoulaye Oumou Sow is head of communications for the FNDC movement in Guinea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week we Chat to Darren Campher!! He Questions our "Professionalism".. JP has his SCUBA gear ready to Dive Deep into Darren's Past.. We "Right Click" on Finance and Trading.. Using Critical Thinking to Push Boundaries.. Fees Must Fall and Decolonization.. The MESS that is SA Politics.. & Some Fun and Games..

This week, Khumo engages in a riveting conversation with Kamogelo Mabe, former Wits SRC Deputy President, on a range of pressing topics. They delve into the intricacies of #FeesMustFall, dissect the shortcomings of NSFAS, unpack the significance of the March protests at Wits, and speculate on the implications of the upcoming 2024 elections. Get ready for an enlightening and thought-provoking episode that's bound to keep you on the edge of your seat. Don't miss out on another week of being Misunderstood.

Clarence Ford speaks to William Sezoe  Award-winning Columnist, Stellenboschuni SRC Former Vice-ChairmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nokuthula Pheza holds an honours degree in Sociology. She is currently an MA Sociology Candidate at the University of Johannesburg. Her research focuses on understanding how black non-resident fathers negotiate involvement in their children's lives. The study explores the concept of fatherhood by drawing on African decolonial epistemology and theories. Fuzile Jwara is an MA Sociology Candidate at the University of Johannesburg. His research interests include student activism and campus politics. The research topic of his MA dissertation focuses on the visibility of queer student at the University of Johannesburg in a post #FeesMustFall environment. Fuzile also serves as a Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Peer Educator at the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Student Health & Wellness.   Thank you for choosing the Visions & Tones Podcast  I.G:@_visions_tones   

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Welcome to this episode of "Out of the Box," where we'll be diving into the #FeesMustFall movement. This student-led movement has gained widespread attention and support as it addresses the issue of rising fees and its impact on education. We're joined today by some key figures and activists from the movement to discuss the pertinent issues and explore the way forward.

In this dialogue Prof Christo Doherty, the Chair of Research in the Wits School of Arts, speaks to Prof Tanja Sakota, an artistic researcher, writer, and filmmaker in the Department of Film & Television in the Wits School of Arts. Tanja is the author of an important new book, just published by Wits University Press, called Uncovering Memory: Filming in South Africa, Germany, Poland, and Bosnia/Herzegovina. Tanja has had more than 20 years of experience in the academic teaching of film and television, and Uncovering Memory is her first book publication. I've been looking forward to talking to her about her book, which appeared in March 2023, because I regard it as an important advance in the application of artistic research in South Africa. In this discussion we unpack her account of the ways that she uses the camera as a tool for research to uncover memory traces as they become accessible through architecture, sites and locations in landscape and city spaces. A striking aspect of her approach as a researcher and practitioner is how her practice draws directly from the learnings she has derived from her problem-based teaching in the classroom with South African and European students and academic peers, notably in the wake of the #FeesMustFall protests which disrupted Wits campus in 2015/16. Her research practice is also informed by the deeply personal experience of trauma, both her parent's shattering experiences of trauma as children during the final years of WWII in Europe and her own personal experience of trauma while she was undertaking this research. We examine the way that these traumatic experiences, both transgenerational and personal, motivated her turn towards auto ethnography and the manner in which she has blurred the boundaries of theory and practice with modes of creative writing in the production of her book. Finally we discuss her trajectory, over the course of her research and writing, from a notion of practice-based research to artistic research. Useful links to the films discussed in this podcast and Tanja's book can be found in the show notes below. Tanja's book, Uncovering Memory, published by Wits University Press · The Wits student film discussed in the podcast: Lurking Silhouettes by Shubham Metha. · The Wits student film discussed in the podcast: Johannes comes to Town by Boitumelo Molalugi · Tanja's research film, Shattered Reflections, as discussed in the podcast and her book.

Africa is doing relatively well in getting women into political leadership. Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal and Ethiopia lead the world in terms of women members of parliament. But that's not the story for the whole continent. And there are still very few female heads of state. Claude welcomes three guests:Dr Oby Ezekwesili is a Harvard University graduate, former Education minister in the Nigerian government and ex-Vice President of the World Bank (African Region). She also started the movement #bringbackourgirls. Busisiwe Seabe, one of the leaders of the Fees Must Fall student protests. Noëlla Coursaris Musunka is a philanthropist, model, and founder and CEO of Malaika. The Malaika school provides free, accredited primary and secondary education to 400 girls in the south-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

L'Afrique réussit relativement bien à faire accéder les femmes à la direction politique. Le Rwanda, l'Afrique du Sud, le Sénégal et l'Éthiopie sont leaders mondiaux en termes de représentation de femmes au Parlement. Mais ce n'est pas le cas de tout le continent. Et il y a encore très peu de femmes chefs d'État. Claude reçoit trois invités : Le Dr Oby Ezekwesili est diplômée de l'Université de Harvard, ancienne ministre de l'Éducation du gouvernement nigérian et ancien vice-président de la Banque mondiale (région africaine). Elle a également lancé le mouvement #bringbackourgirls. Busisiwe Seabe, l'un des leaders des manifestations étudiantes Fees Must Fall. Noëlla Coursaris Musunka est philanthrope, mannequin, fondatrice et PDG de Malaika. L'école Malaika offre un enseignement primaire et secondaire gratuit et accrédité à 400 filles dans la région sud-est de la République démocratique du Congo. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

It's easy to get cynical about politics. To say : they're all the same and things will never change. But that's not how you build a better world.In this episode Claude speaks to three young political activists who are trying to make a difference.Busisiwe Seabe, one of the leaders of the Fees Must Fall student protests. Cheik Fall, a Senegalese activist and journalist who started an election monitoring platform. Kemo Fatty, an environmental activist from The Gambia. Kemo first became interested in political activism because of migration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Il est facile d'être cynique à propos de la politique et de continuer à dire: “ ils sont tous pareils et les choses ne changeront jamais.”Mais ce n'est pas comme ça qu'on construit un monde meilleur.Dans cet épisode, Claude s'adresse à trois jeunes militants politiques qui tentent de faire bouger les choses.Busisiwe Seabe, l'une des leaders des manifestations étudiantes Fees Must Fall.Cheikh Fall, un activiste sénégalais qui a lancé une plateforme d'observation des élections mais aussi la plateforme Africtiviste.Kemo Fatty, un militant écologiste gambien. Kemo s'est intéressé à l'activisme politique par le biais de la migration. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Former top cop Khomotso Phahlane and high-ranking officers in the Crime Intelligence (CI) division were arrested in a series of raids – the fruit of an Investigating Directorate (ID) probe into a R54-million procurement scandal which has spanned years. Sources close to the investigation told News24 that swoops played out in Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Gqeberha on Monday night, with the operation stretching into the early hours of the morning. According to impeccable sources, former national commissioner Phahlane was taken into custody at his home in the plush Sable Hills Estate on Tuesday morning. Acting head of the Crime Intelligence secret fund, Major-General Obed Nemutanzhela, was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Cape Town. Colonel Godfrey Mahwayi was arrested in Pretoria. The last to be placed in handcuffs was Major General Agnes Makhele, head of CI in the Free State, who was arrested in Bloemfontein on Tuesday. The investigation centres on a procurement scandal from the State capture era, in which the cop spook division manipulated procurement processes for a R54-million splurge on social media monitoring tools and telephone encryption software. The R33-million purchase of a social media monitoring tool called RIPJAR began in December 2016, using emergency procurement prescripts, with the tool "urgently" needed to address "Fees Must Fall" university protests. These prescripts are usually used when there is an urgent need – and in this matter – the urgency is undercut by the fact that the Fees Must Fall movement and the protest action around it began a year and a half earlier. The note-so perfect source To procure the software, Crime Intelligence obtained two quotations, one from a company named I-View owned by businessman Inbanathan Kistiah, and the second from a firm called Perfect Source Solutions. Perfect Source was a human resources and recruitment company. The sole director of Perfect Source was Gevani Naidoo. Her husband, Avendra, provided the other quote Kistiah needed. The procurement was driven by Mahwayi, who in his role had no authority for procurement. He sourced the quotations and, within two days, R33-million landed in Kistiah's bank account, with no contract or agreement in place. According to investigators from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), who first pursued the probe after they were alerted by a whistleblower, could find no evidence that the RIPJAR software was ever delivered. Several months later, Crime Intelligence looked to I-View and Kistiah to provide phone encryption software called Deadelus for R21-million. Similarly, Mahwayi obtained two quotes from the same two companies, and I-View secured their second windfall. Both deals bear the hallmarks of cover quoting, a collusive practice where the prices of counter-quotations are inflated to ensure that the deal goes to a predetermined recipient. Sources within IPID, who could not be named, alleged that the Deadelus system was purchased in order to shield Phahlane from their investigators, who were hot on his heels over a mammoth blue light tender. Phahlane and other top cops face criminal charges for this scheme and are currently before court. Criminal intelligence Kistiah and Avendra Naidoo were arrested in Durban and Gqeberha respectively. The former was said to have been boarding a plane, the destination of which could not be independently confirmed. Kistiah is central in a string of IPID investigations into high-level police corruption which have since been ceded to the ID. Another dubious deal pushed Kistiah's way was the purchase of a sophisticated spying device known as a grabber, which can intercept calls and infiltrate cellular phones. I-View was to provide such a device at R45-million, several times more than what it is worth, just days before the African National Congress's 2017 Nasrec elective conference. The deal was abandoned after pressure from IPID...

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TK Pooe & Lihle Ngcobozi [The TK Show] In this episode of “The Tk Show”, TK speaks to author and academic, Lihle Ngcobozi, about the state of governance in South Africa. They discuss the difficulty of accessing state institutions in rural communities, the administrative nightmare that prospective students face when dealing with NSFAS, the lack of good governance in the Eastern Cape, and the myth of South African exceptionalism. They also talk about Lihle's role in the #FeesMustFall movement, the tradeoffs between activism and making a living, the shortage of young leaders in South Africa, and the growing culture of conspicuous consumption among South Africa's youth. TK Pooe (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Witwatersrand School of Governance; his main fields of research are Public Policy themes such as Local Economic Development, Law and Development, Scenario Planning and Thinking, and Failure Analysis. Over the last ten years, he has lectured and consulted for various institutions like the North-West University's Government Studies Programme, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Gordon Institute of Business Science (University of Pretoria) and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. Before joining academia, he worked in various government institutions as a Public Policy research consultant. Twitter LinkedIn Lihle Ngcobozi is a lecturer on Public Governance, Public Policy, and Gendered Approaches to Development. She is the author of “Mothers of the Nation: Manyano Women in South Africa”, a book that explores the intersection between the black church, liberation theologies, as well as an African feminist analysis of the public sphere in South Africa. She has worked as a senior research consultant in varied Ministries where she has been responsible for policy drafting, policy framework development, as well as providing early evidence-based research for policy positions. Twitter Book Follow us on Social Media: YouTube LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram   Subscribe to the Discourse ZA Podcast: iTunes Stitcher Spotify RSS feed

Organized through the Academics Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), academics at Nigeria's public universities are on strike. They're seeking to force the Nigerian government to implement a 2009 agreement promising increased pay and greater investment in tertiary education. Over the years, the government has been steadily defunding public universities and encouraging privatization. In this episode, Will chats to Sa'eed Husaini and Temitope Fanguwa to understand the origins of the strike, as well as the role of academics in Nigeria's left politics. On the heels of #EndSARS, could Nigeria be on the cusp of its own #FeesMustFall moment? Temitope is a Marxist historian with a central focus on African economic history in the Department of History and International Studies, Osun State University, as well as a budding social justice activist and epistemic-decolonizer; and Sa'eed is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Lagos and a contributor at Africa Is a Country plus Jacobin Magazine. Sa'eed is also a regular guest host of https://anchor.fm/nigerian-scam (The Nigerian Scam), a leftist podcast examining politics, history, and the fraudulence of bourgeois society from class and ideological perspectives—be sure to check it out.

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 028 Elle chats with Kaylan about his journey to becoming a medicinal plant scientist. From growing up in Pretoria in South Africa, and committing to Biochemistry, to moving to pursue study in Medicinal Plants in Stellenbosch. Kaylan talks about the uses of Sceletium, the plant at the centre of his study, and how it has traditionally been used as a mood elevator. We talk about sustainable practises for obtaining this endemic plant, and the Indigenous People who contribute to science through sharing their knowledge and traditions.  Kaylan Socials https://twitter.com/Plant_Detective https://www.instagram.com/sceletium.sci.guy/ Kaylan Reddy Research and Scientific Articles/Press https://fbip.co.za/news/reddy-wants-to-revolutionise-chemo-genetics/#:~:text=Kaylan%20Reddy%20is%20a%2024%20year%20old%20first,interests%20were%20biochemistry.%20He%20grew%20up%20in%20Pretoria. https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8577 https://www.britishcouncil.org.za/famelab/finalists Fees Must Fall  ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeesMustFall https://fundiconnect.co.za/fees-must-fall-south-africas-2015-student-protest/ Medicinal Plants Course http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/science/botany-zoology/about-us Khoi and San Indigenous People and Traditional Medicine http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0259-94222017000300062&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/617459/ Medical overview for Sceletium https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1259/sceletium Elle Kaye socials  www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy Podcast socials www.instagram.com/specimenspod www.twitter.com/specimenspod www.patreon.com/specimenspod www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration Music Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Bonginkosi Khanyile's family says the Fees Must Fall activist says he wasn't at court today because he's in hospital after falling ill.

In this episode of the Solutions With David Ansara podcast, I speak to Professor David Benatar about his new book, 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town: Africa's leading university in decline'. Prof. Benatar and I discuss the origins of the Rhodes Must Fall movement in 2015, and how it later metastasized into the Fees Must Fall movement, unleashing a wave of violence, arson and intimidation at UCT. These destructive acts were met with acquiescence by the university authorities, who refused to sanction the protestors despite the widespread havoc on campus. We also discuss the state of UCT today. Prof Benatar is deeply concerned by the climate of intellectual conformity that currently prevails. The costs of going against the grain of orthodox opinion are too great for most academics to resist, he says. Academic freedom is under severe strain. Stringent racial preferences in academic appointments and student admissions have also caused great damage to the quality of the university system, he says. We conclude the discussion by looking at the future of universities more broadly, and whether young people should study philosophy. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Introduction (00:48) David Benatar on Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall (02:28) David Benatar on the violence at UCT (06:55) David Benatar on UCT's capitulation to lawlessness (10:05) David Benatar on 'decolonisation' (13:43) David Benatar on racial preferences at UCT (20:38) David Benatar on academic appointments at UCT (23:56) David Benatar on Bongani Mayosi (27:26) David Benatar on academic freedom (33:30) David Benatar on freedom of expression (35:46) David Benatar on the state of the Humanities at UCT (38:59) David Benatar on the future of universities (42:55) David Benatar on whether to study philosophy (45:24) David Benatar on resisting group-think (46:55) Conclusion BOOK 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town: Africa's leading university in decline' by David Benatar (PoliticsWeb Publishing): https://www.amazon.com/Fall-University-Cape-Town-university-ebook/dp/B09L96NJRK

Jabu Newman is an artist and filmmaker who uses her work to explore and promote intersectional feminism. The multi-award-winning director and photographer has had an incredibly impressive career in the relatively short time she's been on the scene. It all kicked off by creating a web series with friends that focused on a fictional group of activists during the Fees Must Fall protests called Foxy Five. Since then, she's gone on to assist on the critically-acclaimed This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection, and has written and directed her own highly lauded short films like The Dream That Refused Me which won two awards at the Ciclope Africa Awards Festival 2021 as well as a Silver Cannes Young Director Award. In this podcast, we find out that being a director comes with a lot of rejection. Personally, I never really considered the realities of getting work as a director so it was enlightening to hear about the process first-hand. It's obviously not all bad though as Jabu has relished the opportunities to creatively make sense of the world around her and have an impact on it through film. We hear about her political upbringing and growth, and how it influences her art. We also learn the steps she took to go from creating Foxy Five to directing ads for brands like Adidas, and working on films like This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection. Enjoy. Keep up with Jabu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JabuNadiaNewman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jabunewman/ Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jabunewman https://almostperfect.co.za/jabu-newman-almost-perfect-podcast-111/ Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/almostperfect

We are living in a time of great challenge and opportunity. Across the African world people are challenging their historically rooted contemporary conditions. The practical work of the long tradition of African and Diasporic freedom fighters has provided the frame work for these various manifestations of Africana resistance to find a way forward---to think, reason, and see that another world is not only possible, but absolutely necessary. The current sociopolitical, economic, and cultural organization of global society is truly not sustainable. Amie Cesaire writing in 1950—in Discourse on Colonialism brings this notion to sharp clarity when he asserts that “A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it created is decadent civilization. A civilization that chooses to close its eyes to its most crucial problems is a stricken civilization. A civilization that uses its principles for trickery and deceit is a dying civilization…” (Cesaire, Discourse on Colonialism: 31) Thinkers and fighters such as Amilcar Cabral, in a 1972 speech during one of his visits to the US argued that: “An objective analysis of imperialism insofar as it is a fact or a “natural” historical phenomenon, indeed “necessary” in the context of the type of economic political evolution of an important part humanity, reveals that imperialist rule, with all its train of wretchedness, of pillage, of crime and of destruction of human and cultural values, was not just a negative reality. The vast accumulation of capital in half a dozen countries of the northern hemisphere which was a result of piracy, of the confiscation of the property of other peoples and of the ruthless exploitation of the work of these peoples will not only lead to the monopolization of colonies, but to the division of the world…” (Cabral, 1972: 57 in Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral). How are we to understand this long tradition…that is finding material expression in the various movements around the African world? What is the role of Diasporic institutions, such as the HBCU? More importantly, as Vincent Harding once asked what is the vocation of the Black scholar and their praxis? I would expand this question to include what is the vocation of the Black and their praxis in relation to the entire African world? I recently sat down with Corey Walker, Dean of The College and the John W. and Anna Hodgin Hanes Professor of the Humanities at Winston Salem State University for a wide-ranging discussion of the role and responsibility of the Black scholar in this current phase of global African resistance. Enjoy the program…. Audio credit: Africa is a Country - mini-documentary - Shutting Down the Rainbow Nation - available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgrJyOrd7AImage credit: Rob Siebörger. The Rhodes Statue at the UCT-ground. Photo taken 28 March 2015.

Happy Monday with DJ Sbudanator! On today's show we are talking about the current South African climate - the looting and violence that has recently resulted. What are your views, engage with us on Facebook: @theOfficialDownTownRadio, Twitter: @_DownTownRadio. Host: DJ Sbudanator. Producer: Sibusiso Mbonambi.

Former State Security Minister David Mahlobo has denied any involvement in the removal of former President Jacob Zuma's estranged wife from his Nkandla residence in northern Kwa Zulu-Natal. He was testifying at the Commission on State Capture in Johannesburg last night. It's alleged that Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma was a suspect in the poisoning of the former president and was subsequently removed from Nkandla. Mahlobo also denied paying or bribing judges to rule in government's favour and recruiting a former State Security Agency member to mitigate the Fees Must Fall movement.

How do we remember those who had a significant impact on the history of our country whilst not necessarily celebrating them? Is it right to simply erase and rename those once celebrated for deeds now condemned? And what do we do with the complexity which history repeatedly throws up wherein our heroes are simultaneously our villains? What do we do when those heroes are also Christians? In this part episode part one of a two-part mini-series, we discuss the legacy of Fees Must Fall and Rhodes Must Fall and the impact that had on both church and community. We discuss the accusation that removing statues is an attempt to erase or rewrite history and how do we reconcile the reality that most of our Christian heroes also have an incredibly dark side from Luther's antisemitism to Whitefield's support of slavery. Audio produced by Exilic Music www.exilic.co.za The work of Isiphambano, including Julle Mense, is advanced through the generous donations and support of those who resonate with a vision of a reconciled and just South Africa. Please consider becoming a partner in this ministry by financial giving either through a once-off gift or regular monthly giving. Donate by following this link www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/isiphambano

In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by author Brent Meersman to talk about his latest book, Rattling The Cage. They look back at South Africa’s short democratic history: its successes, failures, and near misses — both good and bad. The conversation is wide-ranging and includes discussions about the shortcomings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Fees Must Fall movement, and why young South Africans are losing faith in democracy. --- Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams. Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/ Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/ --- Brent Meersman is the co-editor of the human rights focused news agency GroundUp News. He previously wrote for the Mail & Guardian, This Is Africa and New Africa Analysis (London), and his journalism has appeared in numerous other publications and journals. He is the author of eight books, the most recent of which is Rattling The Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa, a wide-ranging set of essays covering the economic, political and social transition of the country since 1994, and addressing such varied issues as free speech, immigration, police brutality, crime, protest action, Fees Must Fall, state capture and climate change.   Rattling the Cage: https://bit.ly/31mONzO Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Meersman Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/Brent_Meersman --- Follow us on Social Media: YouTube: https://bit.ly/2u46Mdy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/discourse-za Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discourseza/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/discourseza  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discourseza/   Subscribe to the Discourse ZA Podcast: iTunes: https://apple.co/2V5ckEM Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2UILooX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2vlBwaG RSS feed: https://bit.ly/2VwsTsy   Intro Animation by Cath Theo - http://www.cuzimcath.co.za/

This year marks 10 years since the Arab Spring began as a protest movement in North Africa and the Middle East, transforming the region and ushering an era of social upheaval still with us today. Much of the anniversary-related commentary on the legacy of the Arab Spring fixates on how this challenge failed. We are told to look at Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and especially Libya—things haven't changed, or they are much worse than before. But, the mistake of this diagnosis is its assumption that the historical process started by the Arab Spring is complete. We are still in the interregnum from which it started, https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=22414 (and for Iranian-American scholar Asef Bayat), the Arab Spring typified the political mobilizations characteristic of the interregnum, what he calls the “non-movement”—“Non-movements refers to the collective actions of non-collective actors; they embody the shared practices of large numbers of ordinary people whose fragmented but similar activities trigger much social change, even though these practices are rarely guided by an ideology or recognizable leaderships and organizations.” For Bayat, the post-2008 outpouring of non-movements constitute https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26257 (“revolution without revolutionaries”)—but https://endnotes.org.uk/other_texts/en/endnotes-onward-barbarians (the journal Endnotes) turns this on its head, noting that instead, “we are witnessing the production of revolutionaries without revolution, as millions descend onto the streets and are transformed by their collective outpouring of rage and disgust, but without (yet) any coherent notion of transcending capitalism.” From the Arab Spring itself to moments like #FeesMustFall, the non-movement provides the organizational form for a disorganized age.  In this episode of AIAC Talk we explore how much longer the revolution will remain deferred, and are joined by https://twitter.com/NotNihal (Nihal El Aasar) and https://www.belfercenter.org/person/zachariah-mampilly (Zachariah Mampilly). Nihal is an Egyptian independent researcher currently based in London and Zachariah is the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York.

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It's Episode 46 and there is no holding back shame I tell you  We talked #MeghanAndHarry Entangled with Oprah, and we had over to talk SA tings... #witsprotest #Feesmustfall you are must be strong to listen to these thoughts!!  We then of course went to a young talk on Moderna vaccines, and we shared on #HealingstreamsLiveHealingService #HealingStreams #healingstreamswithpastorchris  Be A Part of our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrandKHL   Follow us: @kgotsohopelekau, @ms.t.e.e.k.a.y  https://www.instagram.com/unpackthefacts Email us: unpackthefacts@gmail.com  

Entertainment reporter Tinashe Venge joins Carol Ofori every day to speak about the day's trends. Tinashe sleeps with both eyes open and never misses a thing! Today he discusses #Themba, #FeesMustFall and #Mthokosizi.

This is the first in a special series of episodes being recorded lives with African Studies students at Howard University and George Washington University. The series is co-hosted with Words Beas & Life, who is also live-streaming the episodes on their Facebook page (facebok.com/wordsbeatslife) on Wednesday nights at 5pm EST. The schedule is on our website at hiphopafrican.com. A part of the “born free” generation, Gigi Lamayne grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa after the fall of apartheid. She graduated from Wits University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media and Anthropology in the midst of the #FeesMustFall movement. Rapping since high school, she released the powerful track “Fees Will Fall” just months after graduation. Considered one of South Africa’s best lyricists, her music addresses topics like Black pride, gender-based violence, feminism, sexism, and the shadiness within the music industry. We first interviewed Gigi Lamayne in 2017. She has continued to find mainstream success while addressing serious topics in some of her songs. In the conversation, she talks about her career, her views on the resilience and activism of South African women, race in South Africa, the relationships between women in the industry, and the stigmas and views around mental health in Africa. The video version of this and other episodes are on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC43HnRR6MNq5DePBVKZZ7LQ Links https://www.gigilamayne.co.za/ https://www.facebook.com/Queen.Gigi.LaMayne https://www.instagram.com/gigi_lamayne https://www.twitter.com/gigi_lamayne https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvC54bgRUtn48RbCvuZJZA https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/gigi-lamayne/1455356528?ign-gact=3&ls=1 https://open.spotify.com/artist/3405LTbL2jP8J0gVQK3087?autoplay=trueContinue reading

In this episode of Kwela Book Chats the author of the riveting novel, The Fall shares details about her writing process, advice for budding writers, and other behind-the-scenes gems. In conversation with Jen Thorpe is her publisher, Carolyn Meads, who worked closely with her on the The Fall. Stick around until the end to hear the awesome book trailer! More about the book: When Thuli reveals her secret – that she can see into the near future – to journalist Helen, the latter is skeptical. But as Thuli believes she’s seen that #FeesMustFall protest leader, Hector, will be assassinated, Helen looks into the matter. What she finds is odd behaviour by the police on campus. Police sent by President Noné, who wants no trouble from pesky students while she launches her zoo of magical creatures. If what Thuli say is true, they have only seven days to change the future … You can order The Fall by Jen Thorpe from leading bookstores nationwide or your favourite e-tailer. Also available as an e-book. Music: "Intranet" by Yung Kartz (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz/August_2019/Intranet_1980)

David Kabwa is the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament, the University of Pretoria's Student Representative Council President, and one of the Mail and Guardian's 200 Young South Africans. Together, we discuss issues including gender-based violence, political and institutional bureaucracy, #FeesMustFall, the Coronavirus, and more.

“Let me tell you about the story of my life. My mother was a kitchen girl, my father was a garden boy, that’s why I am a freedom fighter.” These are the words to 'Nobody Wants To See Us Together', the SA struggle song that became synonymous with the #FeesMustFall movement. The movement's message echoed throughout SA university campuses, spilling into the country's communities. This particular song was considered special and iconic because it encapsulated the new struggle experienced by SA youth. Today, on the five-year anniversary of the memorable movement, we will consider the motives behind the movement and how it came to be "hijacked" by politically nefarious entities. Activist Fasiha Hassan, one of those who ushered in the movement in late 2015, shares her memories of the movement with us.

Die Departement van Basiese Onderwys het die slaagvereistes vir leerlinge in grade 10 en 11 hersien. Die verkoop van gedeeltes van die Edcon-groep aan Retailability is gefinaliseer. George Bizos word ter ruste gelê. Japan het 'n nuwe Eerste Minister. En 'n dokumentêr fokus op die rol van die LGBTQi-gemeenskap tydens die Fees Must Fall-beweging.

Sarita Fae Jarmack is an anthropologist currently exploring the politics of access, expression, and knowledge within the postcolonial art scene of South Africa for her PhD at the University of Amsterdam. We are talking to Sarita about the making of her PhD and get a glimpse into all the processes that happen on the way, which as she herself admits, are rarely given visibility. Sarita shares how she has come to crystalize the topic, calibrate her personal interests with those of the project as well as the biggest challenges throughout its entirety. Sarita also shares with us the key moments of trust building in oneself as a researcher, academic and individual. She also ponders on the value of her work and its place in the production of knowledge as well as on the feeling that academic space can provide, which as she says, can be both comforting and distracting. At the end we ask Sarita to give advice on what are the questions one should ask oneself before embarking on this long academic journey.Mentioned in Podcast:European Research Council project "Becoming Men", http://www.becoming-men.org/Protest movement sin South Africa in 2015: #RhodesMustFall, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Must_Fall; #FeesMustFall, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeesMustFallSocial media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saritafaejarmack/https://www.instagram.com/awkward.ethnographer/

Sihle Lonzi, a key figure in SA's #FeesMustFall movement, joins the show this week. Along with Sam, the two engage in unpacking the challenges black bodies face in Model C schools, woke white people, #FeesMustFall and the scariest three letters known to white South Africans - The EFF! An honest encounter that symbolises the challenges and hopes that young South Africans face.

“Whiteness seeks to remove us from its embrace because we threaten it. We place its position at the centre at risk when we dare to usurp it rather than simply remain constant in relation to it. Exerting my identity undermines the identity of whiteness. Yet exerting my identity calls into question my commitment to follow this feeling of emancipation from whiteness to its natural conclusion. It challenges whether or not I am willing to dismantle the system in which I exist to place myself in the centre at the expense of whiteness and the social leverage it has afforded me. This uncertainty of the coconut's commitment begs the question: as a coconut, are you willing to slide down the snake to join those who have been excluded from the born-free ladder and assist them in the revolution, the chimurenga?' - Rekgotsofetse Chikane These words end the first chapter of Rekgotsofetse Chikane's Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation: #The Politics behind #MustFallMovements Rekgotsofetse Chikane found his passion in the field of youth development and politics since 2009. He is a University of Oxford graduate with a Master's in Public Policy. This book is a first-hand account of the university protests that gripped South Africa between 2015 and 2017, widely known as #FeesMustFall. In this book, Rekgotsofetse delves into what he calls the politics behind #MustFall movements. He explores – through a musical and biblical language –themes around fighting the perpetual sense of survival, challenging the score and setting of the stage for #RhodesMustFall, identities in the movements from Black radical thought to Black Radical Feminism and ends the book with the question “Should Coconuts be Trusted with the Revolution?” In this podcast, we sat and dive deep into the work that Rekgotsofetse puts into the book. We speak about double consciousness, his relationship with his father, party politics, and who has the right to tell the story of #FeesMustFall. We also challenge him on certain framings in the book that could be read as further marginalising certain voices that uplifted the movement. This conversation reminds us of the richness that comes from telling our own stories and creating our own narratives. As youth month ends, we thought to share with you some reflections on youth politics.

"There I was working full-time and I was a Masters student and I was pregnant with my second child ... what worked for me there was fusing what is common." In this episode of Hungry Woman at Work, Nevelia Moloi chats to Rechelle Jacobs, a statistics lecturer at the University of Western Cape. As a woman in academia, who is also doing her PhD, Rechelle knows all about the working-mom hustle. She shares how fusing what's common has helped her, and how she's gone from humble beginnings to a woman thriving in her field. She also reflects on #FeesMustFall, the student movement that has had a huge impact on higher education in South Africa. Listen now. #HWaW #WomenInAcademia #WorkingMoms #WorkingMothers #statistics #femaleacademics #FeesMustFall #UWC #humblebeginnings #HungryWomanatWork Mzeelia Media website · Audiodacious website

“I studied for the whole year without paying the university, so I was in debt. I was hungry for success. But, during that year, I was physically hungry, too. It was difficult to study and do well when you had an empty stomach and, added to that, were not going to see your results at the end of the semester. I knew that I was paying the price of fitting into previously white spaces that had suddenly become accessible ‘for all'.” — Clinton Chauke, Born in Chains: The Diary of an Angry ‘Born-Free' This episode features Clinton Chauke. He is the youngest author we have had on our podcast. This is the first podcast recorded we recorded since Letlhogonolo's return from the US. Clinton writes a poignant memoir that chronicles life as an angry Born-Free. He starts his memoir by recounting the lives of many South African in “post”- apartheid who are still saddled with the shackles of poverty. He then proceeds to highlight the influx of transient movement that often plagues poor people, moving between the city and the homeland. Clinton grapples with a lot of issues in the telling of his story. He speaks about family dynamics, the erasure of the role of Black women in our lives, the toxic manifestation of fragile masculinity. He speaks frankly about the disparities of public education both inside and outside the classroom. He laments that the state of the township and how it is not conducive to excelling in high school, and that those who excel aren't the norm but the exception. He then continues to explore how religion was a crutch that held him together but later become something that he hated. He speaks about his journey with higher education and how difficult that was. He also touches on varsity love and the complexities that comes with wanting to date. He also found himself as one of the students burdened by the high cost of higher education and taking a stance against the system by being part of the #FeesMustFall movement. He also explores issues around racism, tribalism, colourism, and xenophobic. This book is a reminder that democracy did not come to change the lives of many South Africans, it reminds us that freedom is far from coming. It is a sober, hauntingly beautiful account of life as a ‘Born-Free' in South Africa. As Clinton writes: “my fellow South Africans should read my story because I believe that, in it, we can call see ourselves. Its central message is to reject the ‘born-free' label, which many people love to romanticise, forgetting its implications.”

Kingsley sits down with award-winning journalist Pontsho Pilane. She talks about her experience producing some of the best coverage of the #FeesMustFall movement via the Daily Vox, her switch to health journalism, and how she ended up presenting to a room full of members of parliament. Pontsho's story is that of someone who consistently defies the odds, overcoming sexism and structural racism to be one of best young journalists in the country. She tells her story, all with her characteristic humour and no holds barred honesty.

The guest on the show this week is vegan anarchist Aragorn Eloff, who claims to disagree with almost all the hosts' views. Aragorn explains the meaning of anarchism and how it fits in, or doesn't fit in, with our current societal structures. Roman revels in having a fellow anarchist in the studio, although there is significant divergence in his position about the role of the market. Jonathan challenges the view that the anarchic world described can lead to fairness in an environment which values enforced equality over merit. Aragorn puts forward the case for the decolonisation of our universities, science and everything #FeesMustFall, and there's even some discussion on why it is acceptable for vegans to eat screaming vegetables.

This episode plays host to self-declared curmudgeon David Bullard. The guest reflects back on the column which led to his firing from The Sunday Times and subsequently being labeled a "racist", despite being one of the forerunners in the call for 'decolonisation'. Jonathan and Roman probe David's views on modern journalism, identity politics, and #FeesMustFall. There are honourable mentions of several regressive leftists and broad discussion of everything from white monopoly capital to genital-grabbing Trump.

Kingsley Kipury sits down with South African activist and former Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo. She describes her journey to activism, how she ended up on a boat to Gaza that got intercepted by Israeli forces and how South Africa might get itself out of the #FeesMustFall deadlock.

It's a solo show with Roman and Jonathan. The guys talk about how to make South Africa great again, with excellent insights garnered from publications like The Daily Pox. The discussion takes a very thoughtful approach to the latest round of #FeesMustFall, a reflection on the Steven Anderson debacle, and the benevolent hosts even make time to answer some of your burning questions.

Journalist Kevin Bloom joins the team to talk about his investigative story into how one of the world's biggest tourism companies is culpable for the deaths of South African sailors. Then, Kingsley and Greg talk about; why the Gauteng Department of Health needs to explain the deaths of 36 of it's psychiatric patientns and the ongoing #FeesMustFall protests

Jean Elphick from Afrika Tikkun talks about the 'Paint It Purple' campaign in Orange Farm. Then fashion designer, thought leader and change maker, Siviwe Siyabulela James talks about #FeesMustFall.