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Dr. Gee talks with his friend Dr. Audrey Mukwavi Matimelo about her passion for empowers others through the "Self Help Group Concept." Hear how this approach to maximize inherent gifts and talents for social and economic transformation, is not only needed in South Africa but also in the US where our systems are failing us. Dr. Audrey shares how this concept works at three levels, which are applicable in many contexts and has been influential in Dr. Gee's non-profit leadership. Don't miss this conversation with visionary leaders that partners across continents.  Dr. Audrey Mukwavi Matimelo has been working as a community development practitioner since 2005, and her work with the Self Help Group concept has enabled her to effectively mobilise and engage with groups of women, youth, and men for social and economic development. She is a passionate advocate of the Self Help Group concept, and has travelled to India, Kenya and Zimbabwe to implement and grow the idea. In 2001, Dr Audrey  got the opportunity to study community development. This led to her resigning her job after 10 years  in the banking industry to pursue studies in the United Kingdom and later in South Africa. Dr Audrey Matimelo has successfully completed her PhD in the school of Science and Agriculture, Rural Resource Management and was awarded a Doctorate Degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her thesis was on mobilizing rural assets for women empowerment. Her study explores various forms of poverty and focuses mainly on the Self Help Group concept and its impact among poor women of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Learn more about the Zimele Wethu Foundation alexgee.com Support the Show: patreon.com/blacklikeme Join the Black Like Me Listener Community Facebook Group

eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal het die eerste munisipaliteit in Suid-Afrika geword wat ministeriële goedkeuring ontvang het om sy eie elektrisiteit op te wek. Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa het 'n Artikel 34-bepaling toegestaan, wat Durban in staat stel om 400 megawatt van onafhanklike produsente te verkry, dit is 100 megawatt van sonkrag-fotovoltaïese en 300 megawatt van gas-tot-krag-projekte. Die minister sê dit is gemik om die afhanklikheid van Eskom en beurtkragrisiko's te verminder en energiesekerheid en energie-onafhanklikheid te bevorder:

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Action SA kritiseer die polisie vir sy trae reaksietyd op klagtes van kindermishandeling in Eldorado Park. Kommer oor die uitwerking van Amerika se handelstariewe op die landboubedryf in KwaZulu-Natal. ‘n Paar gevalle van die Chikungunya-virus is in Suid-Afrika aangemeld.

Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has come out swinging—accusing KwaZulu-Natal police boss Lt. Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of criminality and calling ActionSA's Athol Trollip a liar. In an explosive 18-page dossier and this follow-up interview with Alec Hogg, O'Sullivan lays out his case: a police service captured at the highest level, a slush fund ballooning to R600 million, luxury gifts from shady suppliers, extrajudicial killings, and a nation dangerously fooled by a uniform. He joins the dots—and what emerges is nothing short of a bombshell.

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Die eerste deel van die BELA-regulasies word vir kommentaar gepubliseer. Solidariteit vertrek binnekort weer na Amerika om die kwessie van handelstariewe te bespreek. 'n Vrou van KwaZulu-Natal druk haar stempel af op die heuningbedryf.

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The National Freedom Party, NFP is demanding a full investigation into allegations of corruption involving KwaZulu-Natal's Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka and Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane. The party claims companies linked to the MECs' families improperly benefited from government contracts meant for disadvantaged businesses. Elvis Presslin spoke to NFP leader, Irvin Barnes

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Die SAKP sê sy onafhanklike deelname aan die 2026 plaaslike regeringsverkiesing is om namens die werkersklas en werkloses te staan en nie om die drieledige alliansie te verbreek nie. Die party het sy 104de herdenking gister by KwaDlengezwa naby Richardsbaai in KwaZulu-Natal gevier. Die SAKP se hoofsekretaris, Solly Mapaila, beskuldig die ANC dat hy sy alliansievennote se vertroue verbreek en kapitaalbelange eerste stel. Hy sê die ANC hou aan beloftes maak wat hy nie nakom nie en skep illusies wat openbare vertroue skend:

What does rewilding mean in an African context? How can biodiversity conservation and community-led conservation go hand in hand to restore the African wilderness? In this episode of the Think Wildlife Podcast, we explore these questions with James Arnott, co-founder of Rewilding Africa, a leading non-profit working to advance rewilding, restoration ecology, and wildlife conservation across the African continent.James Arnott shares his journey from a background in corporate marketing and property development to leading one of Africa's most visionary initiatives for rewilding Africa. Along with Grant Fowlds—conservationist and bestselling author of Rewilding Africa and Saving the Last Rhinos—James is building a continent-wide network of community conservancies to regenerate ecosystems, protect African wildlife, and uplift local communities through a robust conservation economy.The conversation begins with a look at the global rewilding movement and how it compares to efforts in Africa. While rewilding has gained significant traction in Europe and the Americas, James highlights the added complexity of applying these methods in Africa, where conservation must be integrated with large-scale community development. In regions where local populations rely heavily on natural resources, rewilding must be linked directly to the creation of sustainable livelihoods to be effective.James explains how community conservancies, a model originally developed in Kenya and Namibia, offer a scalable and inclusive framework for rewilding in Africa. By creating protected areas that are co-managed by local communities, these conservancies promote wildlife protection, biodiversity conservation, and economic empowerment. Rewilding Africa's long-term vision is to develop community conservancies on land surrounding every national park in Africa, ensuring that local people are central to biodiversity management.Rewilding Africa operates on a three-phase model: planning, development, and management. This approach draws on James's background in property development and emphasizes the importance of master land use planning as a foundation for conservation success. However, as James notes, funding for such planning remains one of the organization's greatest challenges.The discussion then turns to the conservation economy. James describes this as the outcome of successful community conservancies—where tourism, agriculture, renewable energy, and other land uses generate sustainable employment and investment for local populations. Unlike Africa's dominant extractive industries, a conservation economy supports long-term environmental stewardship.James shares examples of projects that Rewilding Africa is supporting, including the Laziba Wildlife Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Laziba, the organization's flagship pilot, includes a Big Five game reserve at its core and offers potential for game farming, ecotourism, and regenerative agriculture. James also discusses partnerships in Kenya and Zambia, where Rewilding Africa is helping develop master land use plans for high-impact community conservancies.Listeners are also introduced to Rewilding Africa Adventures, a hands-on program that invites funders, students, and conservation enthusiasts to experience the realities of rewilding in the field. Through guided visits and community interactions, participants gain an understanding of the challenges facing wilderness areas, from poaching and deforestation to poverty and lack of opportunity.James outlines how individuals and organizations can support rewilding Africa. One way is through membership, which starts at just £1 per month and helps fund master planning and fieldwork. Another is by becoming an ambassador, promoting rewilding efforts within one's country, business network, or community. These ambassadors play a key role in spreading awareness and raising resources for biodiversity protection and wildlife conservation.Reflecting on challenges, James identifies the lack of funding for master land use planning and the need to find and train capable on-the-ground partners as major hurdles. Yet he also emphasizes a broader shift in conservation philosophy. The focus, he argues, must move from protecting animals in isolation to empowering people to be the custodians of their landscapes. When local communities are given the tools and incentives to conserve their environment, true and lasting rewilding becomes possible.He closes by sharing some of his most memorable moments around the campfire with indigenous communities and his hope that Rewilding Africa will one day help establish a network of thriving community conservancies across the continent.Books discussed in this episode include Rewilding Africa and Saving the Last Rhinos by Grant Fowlds, both of which offer vivid narratives about wildlife protection and community conservation efforts in Africa.Visit rewildingafrica.org.uk to learn more, become a member, or join the movement.If you care about African wildlife, wilderness restoration, biodiversity protection, and community-led conservation, this episode is for you.#Africa #AfricaWildlife #Rewilding #RewildingAfrica #Restoration #RestorationEcology #WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityConservation #Biodiversity #BiodiversityManagement #BiodiversityProtection #Wildlife #WildlifeEcology #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ConservationBiology #AfricanWilderness #Wilderness #MegafaunaRewilding #TrophicRewilding #CommunityConservation #CommunityConservancies #CommunityBasedConservation #CommunityLedConservation Get full access to The Think Wildlife Podcast at anishbanerjee.substack.com/subscribe

Suid-Afrika se bevolking is halfpad deur die jaar op 63-miljoen met net meer as 51-persent wat vroue is. Gauteng bly die provinsie met die grootste bevolkte met meer as 16-miljoen inwoners, gevolg deur KwaZulu-Natal met 12-miljoen, terwyl daar een-miljoen mense in die Noord-Kaap is. Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap is die voorkeur bestemmings vir interne migrasie. Diego Iturralde van Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê hoewel meer as 8 miljoen Suid-Afrikaners met MIV/Vigs leef, daal die verwante sterftes as gevolg van wyer toegang tot behandeling:

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I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 29th of July, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go the Gospel of Luke 13:34. Jesus says:”How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!”So sad. If you ever have the privilege of going to Israel and you sit on the side of the Mount of Olives, you look straight across the Kidron valley, and you see the Temple Mount on the other side. Now Jesus sat there and He wept over Jerusalem. He said like a mother hen protects her brood of chicks, He wants to do the same for you and me today. Please let Him! There is a little chapel that is built there in the shape of a teardrop. Isn't that beautiful? I've sat in that little chapel and there are pictures of little chickens and chicks inside the chapel to remind us of this statement that the Lord made.Many years ago, a pastor told me a story about something he saw on the slopes of the mighty Drakensberg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal. They had been burning firebreaks, and those fires on the side of the mountain are vicious, and they run at a tremendous speed, and often people are overcome by the smoke and the fumes and even get burnt to death. They were walking over the ashes of a firebreak that they had made because it was winter time and there they found a little partridge, a Franklin, and this partridge was lying on the ground. It had been burnt. The fire had gone over it but it's wings were stretched out and one of the men took that little partridge and turned it over and underneath that mother hen were four or five little partridge chicks. She had protected them with her very life.Today, Jesus wants to do the same for you. He is weeping because He sees what you are doing to yourself and what you are doing to others. Repent today, say “Sorry Lord,” and turn from your wicked ways and start to follow Him with all of your heart.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

Regter Mbuyiseli Madlanga het bevestig dat die publiek toegang sal hê tot die Madlanga Kommissie van Ondersoek se verhoor na die bewerings deur die KwaZulu-Natal polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, oor politieke inmenging. Die verrigtinge sal ook regstreeks gestroom word, tensy anders bepaal. Madlanga is ook bewus van die hangende litigasie by die Konstitusionele Hof wat die instelling van die kommissie betwis. Hy het bevestig dat hulle hofbeslissings sal gehoorsaam, maar die voorbereidings vir openbare verhore gaan steeds voort:

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 27th of July, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Matthew 7:13-14. Jesus says:“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”This Christian walk of ours is not easy. The Lord never promised us a rose garden but He did promise us that He would lead us if we will follow Him. When you go through that narrow gate, it is character-building stuff. We have to keep at it, no compromise, no bending the rules, no cheating because the way is narrow and it is steep and very difficult, but at the end of that road it is most rewarding. As a younger man, I used to love climbing to the mountain tops of the mighty Drakensberg Mountains, which lie about an hour and a half west of Shalom Farm. When you get out of the pick-up or out of the truck, everybody is excited. Put your rucksacks on, get your walking stick with you and off you go! The road is wide, it is smooth and there are many people that are walking on that road. But the amazing thing is, as you start to get higher, the oxygen is less, it's much steeper, the weather is all over the place, it can get windy, it can rain - you can get four seasons in one day, and the road gets much narrower. No more road, just a path. Eventually, the path gives up, there is no more path, and the only way you can get to the top, and it is quite perilous, is by following little cairns of stones that people have put in the way to show you the way to the top.That is how it is in life. When we get serious with God, He gets serious with us, but oh my dear friend, it is so worthwhile because eventually, when you get to the top, sometimes on your hands and knees, and you turn around and look out, you see the whole of KwaZulu-Natal. On a clear day, you can see to the ocean. It is mighty! There are only certain birds up there, such as the Lämmegeier, the bearded vulture, which has a wing span of about two metres, very few eagles, and definitely no house birds. However, it is invigorating. Now, keep on the road. Keep going through the narrow gate. Don't worry about the easy way that many people walk in, but that one does not lead to eternal life. Jesus bless you today as you keep your eyes fixed on the top of the mountain.Goodbye.

Die Nquthu-streekhof in KwaZulu-Natal het 'n pastoor tien keer lewenslange tronkstraf opgelê en 'n bykomende 70 jaar vir die verkragting en seksuele aanranding van 12 minderjariges. Die misdade, wat tussen 2020 en 2022 teen kinders tussen die ouderdomme van ses tot 14 gepleeg is, het aan die lig gekom toe 'n voog die slagoffers hoor praat en die polisie in kennis gestel het. 'n Woordvoerder van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag, Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, sê die vonnis stuur 'n duidelike boodskap vir diegene wat 'n posisie van vertroue misbruik:

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East Coast Radio Newswatch is the independent Durban-based radio station's news team. We are KwaZulu-Natal's trusted news source with a focus on local, breaking news. Our bulletins run from 6am until 6pm, Monday to Friday. On weekends and public holidays you can catch our news updates from 7am until 1pm. © East Coast Radio. Website

East Coast Radio Newswatch is the independent Durban-based radio station's news team. We are KwaZulu-Natal's trusted news source with a focus on local, breaking news. Our bulletins run from 6am until 6pm, Monday to Friday. On weekends and public holidays you can catch our news updates from 7am until 1pm. © East Coast Radio. Website

Die regering beplan om in plattelandse slagpale en dieregesondheidsnavorsing te belê om siektebeheer te bevorder en die vee-ekonomie te versterk. Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die aankondiging gedoen op die bek-en-klouseer-indaba in Roodeplaat, Pretoria, waar hy die verouderde reaksiestelsels en vertragings in entstofvervaardiging gekritiseer het. Hy sê die nuwe beleggings in plattelandse slagpale en voerkrale, veral in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, en KwaZulu-Natal, sal help om die onwettige beweging van vee te verminder en wetstoepassing te bevorder:

Die buurland se polisieminister, Senzo Mchunu, sê hy verwelkom president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om hom met onmiddellike ingang op spesiale verlof te plaas. Dit is terwyl ʼn kommissie van ondersoek bewerings deur KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, ondersoek. Hy beskuldig die minister dat hy inmeng by sensitiewe polisieondersoeke en met sakepersone, insluitend moordbeskuldigdes, saamgespan het om die taakspan oor politieke moorde te ontbind. Mchunu se woordvoerder, Kamogelo Mokgotse, sê die minister ondersteun die proses:

Build One South Africa sê president Cyril Ramaphosa moes eerder die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid opdrag gegee het om die provinsiale polisiekommissaris van KwaZulu-Natal, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, se bewerings te ondersoek. Die president het ʼn regterlike ondersoek ingestel na die bewerings in verband met misdaadsindikate se infiltrering van wetstoepassing, intelligensie en verwante instellings in die strafregstelsel. BOSA-leier Mmusi Maimane sê dis kommerwekkend dat die president gekies het om geregtigheid met ʼn ondersoek te vertraag:

Two doctors from South Africa and Australia tell Ella Al-Shamahi about rewards of working in rural communities and the challenges of being hundreds of miles from the nearest large hospital.Dr Melanie Matthews runs a medical centre in Maningrida, about 500km east of Darwin. She's a GP with the Mala'la Indigenous health service in the Arnhem Land, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO). GPs working in these services are ranked as Australia's most satisfied GPs, but it can be a challenge, with complex health needs in the community she serves. Dr Lungile Hobe-Nxumalo is South African and after training returned to the place she grew up - a rural reserve in the remote northern part of KwaZulu-Natal near the Mozambican border. She's medical director of Mseleni Hospital. Part of her medical studies were funded with the support of Umthombo Youth Development Foundation which addresses the shortages of healthcare staff in rural hospitals. She's also past-chair of the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa.Produced by Jane Thurlow