Podcasts about Rhodes University

John Maytham speaks with Associate Professor Helen Kruuse from Rhodes University’s Faculty of Law about the principle of habeas corpus, a legal safeguard that allows individuals to challenge unlawful detention, and why it is under threat in the United States under former President Donald Trump’s immigration-related legal strategies. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kaylin Kleckner is a PhD Candidate at the University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Through collaboration with Rhodes University, Kaylin conducts field research with wild and unmanaged honey bees in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. She used beelining techniques to locate 130 nest sites to study nesting ecology, population structure, and disease dynamics. Long term, she aims to inform local land management decisions and pollinator conservation initiatives in Africa.

This week we examine two recent articles about coelacanth discoveries. Which one is real and which one is fake?! Further reading: Fake California Coelacanth First record of a living coelacanth from North Maluku, Indonesia A real coelacanth photo: A fake coelacanth photo (or at least the article is a fake) [photo taken from the first article linked above]: A real coelacanth photo [photo from the second article linked above]: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Shaw. I had another episode planned for this week, but then I read an article by geologist Sharon Hill and decided the topic she researched was so important we need to cover it here. No, it's not the dire wolf—that's next week. It's the coelacanth. We talked about the coelocanth way back in episode two, with updates in a few later episodes. Because episode two is so old that it's dropped off the podcast feed, and to listen to it you have to actually go to the podcast's website, I'm going to quote from it extensively here. In December of 1938, a museum curator in South Africa named Marjorie Courtenay Lattimer got a message from a friend of hers, a fisherman named Hendrick Goosen, who had just arrived with a new catch. Lattimer was on the lookout for specimens for her tiny museum, and Goosen was happy to let her have anything interesting. Lattimer went down to the dock. Then she noticed THE FISH. It was five feet long, or 1.5 meters, blueish with shimmery silvery markings, with strange lobed fins and scales like armored plates. She described it as the most beautiful fish she had ever seen. She didn't know what it was, but she wanted it. She took the fish back to the museum in a taxi and went through her reference books to identify it. Imagine it. She's flipped through a couple of books but nothing looks even remotely like her fish. Then she turns a page and there's a picture of the fish--but it's extinct. It's been extinct for some 66 million years. But it's also a very recently alive fish resting on ice in the back of her museum. Lattimer sketched the fish and sent the drawing and a description to a professor at Rhodes University, J.L.B. Smith. But Smith was on Christmas break and didn't get her message until January 3rd. In the meantime, Lattimer's museum director told her the fish was a grouper and not worth the ice it was lying on. December is the middle of summer in South Africa, so to keep the fish from rotting away, she had it mounted. Then Smith sent her a near-hysterical cable that read, “MOST IMPORTANT PRESERVE SKELETON AND GILLS.” Oops. Smith got a little obsessed about finding another coelacanth. He offered huge rewards for a specimen. But it wasn't until December of 1952 that a pair of local fishermen on the island of Anjuan, about halfway between Tanzania and Madagascar, turned up with a fish they called the gombessa. It was a second coelacanth. Everyone was happy. The fishermen got a huge reward—a hundred British pounds—and Smith had an intact coelacanth. He actually cried when he saw it. Most people have heard of the coelacanth because its discovery is such a great story. But why is the fish such a big deal? The coelacanth isn't just a fish that was supposed to be extinct and was discovered alive and well, although that's pretty awesome. It's a strange fish, more closely related to mammals and reptiles than it is to ordinary ray-finned fish. The only living fish even slightly like it is the lungfish, which we talked about in episode 55. While the coelacanth is unique in a lot of ways, it's those lobed fins that are really exciting. It's not a stretch to say its paired fins look like nubby legs with frills instead of digits. Until DNA sequencing in 2013, many researchers thought the coelacanth was a sort of missing link between water-dwelling animals and those that first developed the ability to walk on land. As it happens, the lungfish turns out to be closer to that stage t...

Pippa speaks to Prof Charlie Shackleton, an interdisciplinary environmental scientist at Rhodes University, about South Africa’s national symbols.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today's episode will be the last of a part of a 3-part series where I, your host, Nathan Greene, interview a group of my current professors here at Clark University.  I was first introduced to the concept of development in my economic growth and development course at St. John's University. There, we explored how economic growth led to improvements in living standards that allowed people to achieve their full potential. This is what Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen calls his capability approach: when societies are able to produce the conditions necessary for people to flourish. But, since coming to Clark, my idea of development has changed. I began to separate economic development from general development. Growth wasn't always desirable, and could even lead to entrenched inequalities, environmental degradation, or accumulation by dispossession. So I want to ask you, what does development mean to you? Is it different from economic growth? Are the two mutually exclusive? And, should we even strive for economic growth? To answer these questions, I've enlisted the help of three of my professors, who have helped shape my understanding of development. Today, we'll be speaking with Dr. Dave Bell to get a metaphysical understanding of what development really means. Dr. David Bell is an international education consultant trained in psychology. He is the founder and director of Ubuntu Consulting, an educational evaluation company, where he works as a program evaluation consultant, designing and assessing education initiatives both in the U.S. and globally. Before moving to the United States, Dr. Bell worked extensively in Southern Africa, focusing on community development and educational improvement. He has worked at numerous international NGOs focussing on social change, such as the Center for Cognitive Development, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Karuna Center for peace building. Much of Dr. Bell's research explores transformational leadership, experiential learning, and the role of education in development. He earned his bachelor's degree in Education and Counseling Psychology from the University of Port Elizabeth, his master's in Education and Counseling Psychology from Rhodes University, and his doctorate of education in Education Policy, Research Administration, and Comparative Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Dr. Bell joined the Henry George School to discuss what development means to different people, the difference between economic growth and development, and why people conceptualize these two things so differently. To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smart-talk-hgsss/support

The Special Investigating Unit has conducted a surprise raid in the Makana Municipality in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. This comes shortly after President President Cyril Ramaphosa, authorised the Hawks to investigate allegations of serious maladministration involving seven tenders in the in the education-centered town where Rhodes University stands.  The raid is understood to be in relation to the Bulk Water Project, the Bulk Sewer Upgrade project including and electrification project amongst others. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago.

The School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) of Rhodes University, in partnership with the Eastern Cape office of the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) are hosting a webinar on Friday, October 18 to officially launch the Makhanda Declaration — a bold call to revitalize journalism in South Africa.  The milestone event marking SA Media Freedom Day on October 19 is a historical commemoration of Black Wednesday in 1977 which saw the apartheid state's banning and closing of the World and Sunday World and the imprisonment of several anti-apartheid journalists under the Internal Security Act.  The Makhanda Declaration revisits the commitment and purpose of the Windhoek Declaration of 1991 which was crafted by African journalists and media professionals 33 years ago to promote the importance of journalism on the continent.  The new declaration was drafted by journalists, academics and scholars to deliberate on current challenges facing South African communities of journalistic practice at a summit in Makhanda in April 2024.  Jeanne Du Toit, head of the Journalism department at Rhodes University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Stereo-anti-types” is a special series from Homegoings examining some of the most troubling, most profound and most dangerous stereotypes that apply to Black men. In part three of the series, “The myth of the stupid Black person” host Myra Flynn speaks with Tinotenda Charles Rutanhira, who came to the United States as a refugee from Zimbabwe. When he arrived, he already had a bachelor's of commerce in business and information systems from Rhodes University in South Africa, and went on to more schooling in the U.S. to obtain a computer science degree. And still — no one would hire him.

Rhodes University Management and the SRC today (Friday) marched on the Makana Municipality - as the university was forced to temporarily suspend part of its academic programme, including formal undergraduate lectures, tutorials, and practicals, amid severe disruptions to its municipal water supply. The campus has been without municipal water since Friday, 23 August 2024, and the university has had to provide water via tankers to kitchens, residences, academic buildings, and offices. Speaking to BizNews after the march, the university's CFO Kamlesh Riga describes the magnitude of the crisis, and the effect it has had on individual hygiene, health, and study conditions. He also reveals the real reasons behind the lack of water supply, and lists the contingency measures the university has put in place at great cost. Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here. Join us for BizNews' first investment-focused conference on Thursday, 12 September, in Hermanus, featuring top experts like Frans Cronje, Piet Viljoen, and more. Get insights on electricity and exploiting SA's gas bounty from new and familiar faces. Register here.

Rhodes University has temporarily suspended part of its academic programme, including formal undergraduate lectures, tutorials, and practicals, on Friday during severe disruptions to its municipal water supply.

Rhodes University in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, says the dignity of the City's citizens is taken for granted by the ongoing water challenges. Academic activities have since been suspended as students and staff march in protest to the municipal offices to demand water. The supply of water to the institution and many parts of the City has been disrupted since last week. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC News reporter in Makhanda, Kim Daniels...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: 릴롱궤에서 세계로|The One with Dr. Mathero Michelle Nkhalamba - From Malawi to the World: Bridging Western Training and African Realities in Mental Health: Episode 13 (2024)Hey, beautiful souls! Today on the More Sibyl Podcast, I'm thrilled to feature Dr. Michelle Mathero Nhkalamba, a pioneering clinical psychologist from Malawi's vibrant capital, Lilongwe. Growing up with seven siblings, Michelle's early education in local schools fueled her passion for psychology, leading her to attain a BA in Humanities from the University of Malawi. She then pursued a master's in Clinical Psychology from Bangor University, UK, and a PhD from Rhodes University with the support of the Beit Trust Scholarship.In our enlightening conversation, we explored Michelle's unique approach to mental health, which marries Western-trained methodologies with Malawi's cultural realities. From offering counseling under trees to integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with motivational interviewing and mindfulness, her work is a testament to culturally conscious healing. Michelle's dedication to accessible mental health care, her research in safeguarding ethical practices, and her advocacy for those in high-risk settings illustrate her commitment to transforming societal views on mental wellness in Africa. We also touched on the realities of mental health in Africa, the struggles of being a "strong African woman," and the need for societal change. Michelle's honesty and dedication left me in awe, and I know her story will touch your heart too.

In this episode of the Crisis Lab Podcast, host Kyle King interviews Dr. Roman Tandlich, a seasoned expert in public health, water and sanitation, and disaster ethics. Kyle and Roman explore the moral principles that guide actions and decisions during emergencies. They discuss ethical principles, resource allocation, and military ethics in crises, focusing on fair actions, resource distribution complexities, and the moral duties of military personnel. Dr. Roman Tandlich has been involved in emergency and disaster management since 2011, focusing on water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in developing countries. He is currently an Associate Professor at Rhodes University, specializing in public health, water and sanitation, and disaster ethics. Show Highlights [01:47] Understanding ethics during a crisis [08:11] Key ethical theories guiding crisis management decisions [17:42] How cultural considerations shape ethical responses during crises [22:15] Ethical dilemmas involving animal welfare during public health crises [26:21] The complex ethical landscape of military involvement in humanitarian efforts [30:41] Learn about the ethical management of fatalities in crisis scenarios [33:24] Emerging trends and future directions of ethics in crisis management

Clarence Ford speaks to Professor Liezille Jacobs, head of psychology dept at Rhodes University.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Ken and Grant spoke with Derek Morphew. Derek is one of the leading voices in the Kingdom of God and one of our keynote speakers at IGNITION. Derek was educated at Michaelhouse High School in Natal, South Africa, where he was converted to Christ through the ministry of Michael Cassidy, a well-known South African Evangelist. He then did his theological training at Rhodes University, where he majored in Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology (BA cum laude), after which he obtained his PhD in the field of New Testament Studies at the University of Cape Town. His career has gone through three stages: pastor and church planter, coach and overseer to pastors and churches, and developer of educational systems. He was the primary developer of Vineyard Bible Institute, has been the formative influence in Vineyard International Publishing, and, after working for Vineyard Leadership Institute for a brief spell, has been responsible for the academic development of Vineyard Institute. He has published thirteen works, available on Amazon.com, and has written numerous unpublished manuscripts for educational and training purposes. Check out Derek's books here.  The IGNITION conference will occur in Nashville, TN, from October 3 to 5. Register today by clicking here.  Our Orbis Ministries IGNITION conference will occur in Nashville, TN, from October 3 to 5. Register today at kingdomignition.org For more information on the Travel Grant Match to keep Ken's travel down in 2024, send an email to bryan@orbisministries.org Check out Ken's book, On the Road with the Holy Spirit, here:  Partner with Orbis Financially: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h Are you interested in learning about Holy Spirit-led ministry? Visit Orbis School of Ministry at https://orbissm.com or email our Registrar, Jo McKay, at jo@orbisminstries.org Upcoming Orbis Ministries overseas ministry trips are posted behind the registration/login portal under the Train-Join an International Ministry Trip link on orbisministries.org. Do you want to join Ken's private "God is not a Theory" discussion group on Facebook? Please send a Facebook Direct Message to Bryan Orbis along with a friend request to be added to it. If you'd like to receive Ken's monthly prayer letter, please go to orbisministries.org and scroll down to the bottom right for "Prayer Letter Signup." Check out the Orbis School of Ministry Classes on the Kingdom of God here. "Derek Morphew is walking in the footsteps of past theologians who wrote about the kingdom of God." - Ken Fish. "The kingdom of God is all about Jesus." - Derek Morphew.   "For the Kingdom to come, the will of God is to be done on earth as it's done in heaven." - Derek Morphew. "It's a necessity to discover the gospel of the kingdom before the end can come." - Ken Fish.  "God communicates to us through story. The big story of scripture is creation to new creation, and the new creation is the kingdom of God." - Derek Morphew. "We are being invited to God's unfolding story of the world." - Ken Fish.  "We have hope because the new world has already happened in the life and ministry of Jesus." - Ken Fish.  "We have gentilized the gospel and have been drawn away from the Hebraic concepts of our faith." - Ken Fish. "We are coming up to a conference called IGNITION, building a sustainable move of God. We want a Move of God that is sustainable and could potentially go 300 to 400 years if Jesus tarries. We want to get back to original Biblical foundations because if we do that we will have tracks to run on that will literally shake a civilization and transform a society." - Ken Fish.  "To operate in the Prophetic is to operate in the charismatic gifts." - Derek Morphew 

Our Burning Planet is the Daily Maverick section devoted to expert environmental opinion and analysis. We partner up each Friday on the Afternoon Drive to discuss a burning issue. T Dr. Alexander Winkler, an Honorary Research Associate at Rhodes University and postdoctoral researcher at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), joins John Maytham on the Afternoon Drive show. As a qualified ichthyologist, Dr. Winkler will provide insights into whether the SCA's ban on Drones at sea is necessary to protect marine life and sustain South Africa's aquatic ecosystems is necessary to protect marine life and sustain South Africa's aquatic ecosystems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Thapelo Tselapedi is an Academic at Rhodes University in the fields of political and international studies and joins Africa to speak on the recent announcement of the Gauteng executive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This final episode is intended as an homage to who Eusebius was over time and space. Through conversation with Nick Ferreira, Julie Taylor and Bongani Khumalo, our host Lovelyn Nwadeyi delves into their experiences of Eusebius in the key locations that so profoundly shaped his life: Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) and his time at Rhodes University, Oxford town and University, and Johannesburg which he fondly called "Johussleburg". In this lively discussion Eusebius' friends share some of their favourite memories about him in each place, they share some intimate struggles that they journeyed through with Euby, and now reflect on the changing nature of their relationship to these different locations.As the team behind this Finale Season, we hope this episode will help many of his fond listeners move towards a sense of closure, as it has done for us. Thank you for journeying with us so far.

The National Arts Festival is officially underway and so is Cue Radio. Top journalism students from Rhodes University are putting on a special show everyday to tell our listeners what shows to watch, arts exhibitions to visit and which stalls at the Village Green have the best snacks. Here is the first edition of Cue Radio, 2024. Enjoy. Cue Radio on RMR

From a family legacy to a Pulsations connection with the world. Thandeka Mfinyongo is a musician. She's a preserver of African indigenous instruments, and she's interested in archiving traditional instruments. She has her masters in music and is currently doing her PhD through Rhodes University. She's also the African Music lecturer at Northwestern University. In today's episode, we chat about how she came to make music, her family legacy of playing traditional instruments, and stories of the late legend Madosini. We also talk about her involvement in Make Music Day's Pulsations Event this Friday (21 June). The Pulsations livestream will broadcast the livestream on makemusicday.org between 3:00pm - 7:00pm (Paris time), and continuing with Ibrahim Maalouf's performance until 8:00pm. Outro music: "Ripples of Sound" by Thandeka Mfinyongo ft Kechou. Music used with permission of rights holder. Tune into the Pulsations Event on Friday 21 June 2024 3pm (Paris time) · Follow Thandeka on Instagram · website · Facebook · Twitter · insta · Spotify Playlist

Steven Eli Friedman, director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Johannesburg and Rhodes University, joins us today to assess the progress of our election results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What makes this election different?    Relebogile  Mabotja speaks to Masixole Booi a Lecture at Rhodes University, Political Scientist and Analyst about the upcoming 2024 elections. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Chikezie Uzuegbunam is the MA Program Coordinator in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is also the Acting Deputy Head of School in the same department. He has published prolifically, with over 30 peer-reviewed academic outputs in the areas of digital technology, young people and media, popular culture, political and health communication, and misinformation. In addition to academic publications, he has contributed numerous op-eds and essays to mainstream media and critical blogs. His latest book is “Children and Young People's Digital Lifeworlds: Domestication, Mediation, and Agency” published by Palgrave Macmillan under the book series of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).  In this episode, he discusses his scholarship, motivations and inspiration.

On today's show, Dr Jackie Stone & Dr Martin Wucher discusses Medico legal updates out of Africa and cancer prevention. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr. Martin Wucher is affiliated with the Namibian Dental Association and holds an associate membership with the South African Dental Association. He earned a B.Sc. in Zoology and Microbiology from Rhodes University and later transitioned to dentistry. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr Jackie Stone (MBChB, BSc MED Hons, MRCP, FRACGP, D Av Med, FACAsM) is a Zimbabwean Primary Care Physician who grew up in Zimbabwe. She graduated from the University of Cape Town Cum Laude in 1989 and went on to get a Medical Research Council Scholarship to do an Honours degree in Medical Biochemistry which she completed in 1992. She now lives in Zimbabwe and is on the Executive Committee of the Zimbabwe COVID Front Line Clinicians Society who advocate for saving lives through early, safe, effective, affordable combination therapy.

Bronwyn Williams & Ray Hartley | The Small Print In this episode, Bronwyn speaks to Research Director of the Brenthurst Foundation, Ray Hartley. They discuss South Africa's upcoming election, the Bernthurst Foundation's recent polling results, the likelihood of a coalition government, whether will Ramaphosa side with the centrists or the populists, the quick rise of the MK party and the possibility of them merging with the EFF, the DA's electability problem, and more. 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 Flux Trends Website Ray Hartley is an author and the Research Director of the Brenthurst Foundation. Ray has a postgraduate honours degree from Rhodes University where he studied African politics and journalism. Ray was an anti-apartheid activist in the United Democratic Front while serving on the executive of the National Union of South African Students. After a stint as the boxing correspondent of the then Weekly Mail, he joined Business Day and then the Sunday Times. He has edited several prominent South African newspapers and online publications, including the Sunday Times, The Times, Rand Daily Mail and BusinessLIVE. Twitter Book The Brenthurst Foundation Subscribe to our Substack.   Follow us on Social Media: YouTube LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram   Subscribe to the Discourse ZA Podcast: iTunes Stitcher Spotify RSS feed  

Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean – the great white shark! With rows of large, serrated teeth, it's often thought of as a ferocious man-eater and was the villain of the film Jaws – which frightened a generation of beachgoers. This star of the silver screen may be the subject of fascination and fright for many, but is it really the ultimate predator of the ocean as Hollywood has led us to believe?Adam hears what it's like to see these sharks up-close and in person for the very first time. He learns more about how great whites detect and hunt their prey, as well as the challenges they've been facing due to another ocean predator. Contributors:Dr Alison Towner is a postdoctoral researcher at Rhodes University in South Africa. She has a PhD in white shark ecology and has been studying the displacement of great whites due to orcas (killer whales) in South Africa.Professor Gavin Naylor is Director of the Florida Program for Shark Research. He is a biologist who has specialised in evolutionary and population genetics, focusing on sharks.Presenter: Professor Adam Hart Producer: Jonathan Blackwell Editor: Holly Squire (Photo: Great White Shark, Credit: Todd Winner/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images)

Bronwyn Williams & Ray Hartley | The Small Print In this episode, Bronwyn speaks to author Ray Hartley about his latest book, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Scenarios for South Africa's Uncertain Future. They discuss the possible outcomes of the 2024 elections, how different outcomes would shape South Africa's immediate future, the likelihood of the ANC and the EFF forming a coalition government, South Africa's geopolitical position in a polarised world, and whether South Africans have reason for optimism. 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 Flux Trends Website Ray Hartley is an author and the Research Director of the Brenthurst Foundation. Ray has a postgraduate honours degree from Rhodes University where he studied African politics and journalism. Ray was an anti-apartheid activist in the United Democratic Front while serving on the executive of the National Union of South African Students. After a stint as the boxing correspondent of the then Weekly Mail, he joined Business Day and then the Sunday Times. He has edited several prominent South African newspapers and online publications, including the Sunday Times, The Times, Rand Daily Mail and BusinessLIVE. Twitte Book The Brenthurst Foundation Subscribe to our Substack.   Follow us on Social Media: YouTube LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram   Subscribe to the Discourse ZA Podcast: iTunes Stitcher Spotify RSS feed  

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Beekeepers, and Cozy Earth. Inflammation is our body's natural defense system and can be a good thing. However, when your immune system shifts out of balance, inflammation can run rampant—leading to every one of the major chronic diseases of aging: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and more. In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Shilpa Ravella, Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, and Dhru Purohit about why chronic inflammation is a precursor to disease and how we can live a more anti-inflammatory lifestyle.Dr. Shilpa Ravella is a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She is the author of A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease, which investigates inflammation, the hidden force at the heart of modern disease. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Slate, Discover, and USA Today, among other publications.Dr. Rupa Marya is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she practices and teaches internal medicine. Her research examines the health impacts of social systems from agriculture to policing. She is a cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. Raj Patel is a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, a professor in the university's Department of Nutrition, and a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. He serves on the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems and has advised governments on the causes of and solutions to crises of sustainability worldwide.Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Beekeepers, and Cozy Earth.Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today.Go to beekeepersnaturals.com/HYMAN and enter code “HYMAN” to get Beekeeper's Naturals' exclusive offer of 20% off sitewide.Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code DRHYMAN.Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here:Dr. Shilpa RavellaDr. Rupa Marya and Raj PatelDhru Purohit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chemical pesticides have been in use since the late 1800s to protect crops, but their harmful effects on the environment and human health have led scientists to search for alternatives. In South Africa, two PhD students from Rhodes University have had a breakthrough. Ground-breaking research by Tamryn Marsberg and Michael Jukes has led to the development of two viral-based biopesticides, MultiMax and CodlMax, as alternatives to the conventional use of chemical pesticides on citrus, apples, and litchi. Biopesticides are biological pesticides like viruses, fungi, bacteria and nematodes that are natural predators of insects. In an interview with Biznews, Dr. Jukes said that, working with the university's research partner Citrus Research International and an industry partner River Bioscience, a global patent has been completed and the products have been launched for commercial use in Africa and Europe. He said they are hoping that their products will soon be able to enter the Indian market and North American markets, where the codling moth is a major pest for apples.

Wandile Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and the author of two books, “A Country of Two Agricultures: The Disparities, The Challenges, The Solutions” and “Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity and Agriculture“. He is a Senior Lecturer Extraordinary at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University. Sihlobo is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, and a Research Associate at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Rhodes University. Sihlobo was appointed as a member of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Presidential Economic Advisory Council in 2019 (and re-appointed in 2022), having served on the Presidential Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture from 2018. He is also a member of the Council of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA) and a Commissioner at the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC). Sihlobo is a columnist for Business Day, The Herald and Farmers Weekly magazine. His weekly podcast, “Agricultural Market Viewpoint with Wandile Sihlobo“, is available on all podcast platforms. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Fort Hare and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University. In this episode, you'll discover: -Wandile's entrepreneurial journey...01:20 -Why it's so difficult to get into agriculture as an African...02:30 -What is stopping Africa from achieving its potential economically?...06:20 -How to go about feeding the world...09:55 -The future of tech in Africa is dependent on the regulators...14:05 -Value chain and agro-processing, and what is its potential...18:30 -The impact of the ASFTA in regards to agriculture...21:30 -And much more...

Should you fire someone who always agrees with you?A strong, supportive team may seem appealing, but there's a destructive risk when you dig deeper… Blind Consensus.True leaders empower feedback with constructive disagreement and debate, especially surrounding their own ideas. This isn't easy because it requires reducing your ego and truly listening.Danielle du Toit is the President of SeatGeek's Enterprise business and shares her strategy for creating a powerful feedback mechanism and how it's strengthened her team to achieve greatness.She joined SeatGeek at the start of 2019 at the launch of its enterprise business and has grown SeatGeek's client roster to hundreds of global organizations at the league and team level across the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, English Premier League, golf, tennis, motorsports, and more.SeatGeek was built in 2009 as the only mobile ticketing marketplace created with fan experience top of mind. Prior to SeatGeek, Danielle held similar roles in fast-paced growth businesses at Salesforce, Cheetah Digital, Bullhorn, and ExactTarget. She has also been recognized as a Sports Business Journal “Game Changer” and a Notable Woman in Sports by Crain's NY.A native Zimbabwean, she earned a Physics and Computer Science degree from Rhodes University in South Africa.https://powertofly.com/up/danielle-du-toit-s-beliefs-on-work-experienceLinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-du-toit-95a68b3/Company Link: https://seatgeek.com/What You'll Discover in this Episode:What happened that transformed her leadership approach forever.How the "'Flowers Market' strategy helped her become a better leader.A strategy to get helpful feedback from your team. How crossing borders, builds leaders: The profound lessons of leadership across cultures.Advice for empowering female leaders and breaking barriers. -----Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben FanningSpeaking and Training inquiresSubscribe to my Youtube channelLinkedInInstagramTwitter

Summary: In 1938 something amazing happened in a small town off the eastern coast of South Africa. Join Kiersten as she reveals the unbelievable story of how the coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for millions of years, was rediscovered.  For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean.   Shoe Notes:  A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. This episode begins a new series about an animal thought to have been extinct since the time of the dinosaurs, but as this episode will show the coelacanth has been here all along and this is the first thing I like about them. We'll begin with the unbelievable story of the rediscovery of this amazing animal. Let me set the scene for you: It's 1938 in the town of East London, South Africa. East London sits on the eastern coast of South Africa and harbors a bustling fishing industry. It's a hot and humid December day and the young, female curator of the East London Museum is hustling to get her newest exhibition completed before they close for the upcoming Christmas holiday. As Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer is painstakingly assembling a rare dinosaur fossil, a startling sound shatters the peace of the museum and her concentration. It's the ringing of the newly installed phone and she doesn't know it yet, but it's the sound of destiny calling.  On the other end of the phone is the manager of the Irvin and Johnson trawler fleet. Mr. Jackson would call Marjorie when his ships came back to port with specimens that she might be interested in for the museum. This day Majorie was so stressed to get things organized before the holiday break that she almost said No, but she didn't want to jeopardize her relationship with the shipping company manager. She decided to take a quick break and see what she could see. She had no idea what she'd find when she stepped onto the deck of the Nerine. Over the phone Mr. Jackson had indicated that several pounds of sharks were available for her perusal. The museum didn't need any sharks currently and Marjorie had decided that she'd most likely not take anything, but she took a look through the pile of fish on the forecastle deck anyway. She found sharks, seaweed, starfish, sponges, rat-tail fish, and many more. She carefully sorted through the pile but saw nothing she of interest which strengthened her reserve to take nothing that day.  About halfway through she noticed a blue fin, not the usual faire, and she dug down through slime and scales to take a closer look. What she'd found was a fish, a very unusual fish. A quote from the book A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg expresses the discovery in Marjorie's own words. “I picked away the layers of slime to reveal the most beautiful fish I had ever seen,” she recounts. “It was five feet long, a pale, mauvy blue with faint flecks of whitish spots; it had an iridescent silver-blue-green sheen all over it. It was covered in hard scales, and it had four limb-like fins and a strange little puppy dog tail. It was such a beautiful fish - more like a big china ornament - but I didn't know what it was.” End quote. The fisherman who stood by watching, said in thirty years of fishing he'd never seen anything thing like it. They'd caught it at a depth of forty  fathoms, 240 feet, off the mouth of the Chalumna River. When the captain of the ship first saw the catch he'd thought it so beautiful he'd almost set it free. Marjorie's gut told her to take it.  She and her museum assistant, Enoch, wrapped the fish in a bag and transported it back to the museum to give it a more complete inspection. It was weighed and measured and Marjorie sketched a rough picture of this puzzling fish. The specimen weighed in at 127 pounds and a voice in Marjorie's head kept circling back to something she'd learned as a child in grade school. She'd gotten in a bit of trouble with her teacher and had to write a sentence as punishment. ‘A ganoid fish is a fossil fish.' She had to write it twenty-five times and; therefore, never forgot the statement. Essentially it means a ganoid fish is a fish that has long been extinct and is only seen in the fossil records. (As an aside, Ganoid also refers to a type of scale that can be found in extant fishes such as bowfin, gars, paddlefish, and sturgeon.) This sentence kept running through her head as she examined the fish in front of her, but logically it could not be a ganoid fish because this was a fresh specimen caught just that morning.  She looked through all the books she had on fish but nothing matched. She decided she must preserve the fish for future examination by someone with a bit more knowledge than herself. Preserving a five foot, 127 pound fish was not something that could be done in the museum, so she had to come up with some alternate plans. First she asked the mortuary if they'd place it in one of their lockers, since the were refrigerated. The mortician balked at storing a giant fish with the bodies of the human dead, he was worried what the town might think. Then she thought of the food storage building. It also hade refrigeration, but that was also a no go.  Her final option was the taxidermist and he was certainly up for the challenge. Between the two of them they wrapped the humongous fish in formalin soaked towels and stored it in the taxidermist's store. Next, Marjorie sent a letter to James Leonard Brierley Smith, a chemist lecturer at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. J.L.B. Smith was an amateur ichthyologist and acted as the honorary curator of fishes for the smaller museums along the south coast, such as the East London Museum. She asked for his help in identifying a strange fish she'd found and sent along her sketch of said fish.  Because of the holiday, his response was delayed several days. As she waited, Marjorie checked in on her find daily. Despite all their hard work the fish was inevitably deteriorating. The taxidermist had to get to work at his trade to save any portion of the fish. Finally, an answer came back from JLB Smith. It was most likely a coelacanth. Marjorie was gobsmacked. The coelacanth was a fish thought to have gone extinct during the time of the dinosaurs. They hadn't existed outside of a fossil for 65 million years, or so we thought. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer's discovery shook the scientific community.   I hope this episode whet your appetite to learn more about the coelacanth because their rediscovery is my first favorite thing about these forgotten fish. If you'd like to know more about Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer and the rediscovery of the coelacanth, I highly recommend the book A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg. It is one of my favorite non-fiction reads.    If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.    Join me next week for another episode about the coelacanth.     (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

 How can we convey accurate scientific information in a world of disinformation, information overload, and politicization? Tune in as our guests, Guy Berger (Professor Emeritus at Rhodes University) and Courtney C. Radsch (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCLA) discuss how scientists tackle complexity, combat falsehoods, and navigate online harassment while exploring the vital role of collaboration with journalists. 

In this terrific episode, we talk with Professors Jason W. Moore and  Raj Patel about their fabulous work A History of the World in 7 Cheap Things, which analyzes the history of the world's planetary emergency through Cheap nature, money, work, care, food, energy, & lives.  A super important conversation with two vital thinkers, you're definitely going to want to read the book if you haven't already! Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University, and has authored multiple outstanding books.  You can follow Jason on twitter @oikeios   Raj Patel is an award-winning writer, activist, and academic. He is Research Professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin and Senior Research Associate at the Unit for the Humanities at Rhodes University. He has numerous projects that you can keep up with by following him on Twitter @_RajPatel   Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory

Re-imagining International Relations - A conversation with Amitav Acharya Taking as a starting point that today's multilateralism is in urgent need of an upgrade, Library & Archives Director, Francesco Pisano talks with Professor Amitav Acharya about how Global International Relations could broaden the Eurocentric way concepts and ideas in international relations developed, so that the practice of international relations could transform to be better adapted to the pluralistic world in which we live. Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. Previously he was a Professor at York University, Toronto and the University of Bristol, U.K. He is currently Honorary Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa, and Guest Professor at Nankai University, China. He was the inaugural Boeing Company Chair in International Relations at the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University, Fellow of Harvard's Asia Center and John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Christensen Fellow at Oxford. Amitav Acharya is also the recipient of an International Studies Association (ISA) Distinguished Scholar Award 2023 for his “extraordinary impact” in globalizing the study of International Relations and “mentorship of emerging scholars”. Resources Website: https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/aacharya.cfm Amitav Acharya's Blog, The Multiplex World: https://multiplexworld.com/ Twitter: @AmitavAcharya https://twitter.com/amitavacharya Books: Acharya, A. & Buzan, B. (2021). Re-imagining International Relations. World Orders in the Thought and Practice of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic Civilizations. Cambridge University Press. Acharya, A. & Buzan, B. (2019). The Making of Global International Relations. Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary. Cambridge University Press. Acharya, A. (2018). Constructing Global Order. Agency and Change in World Politics. Cambridge University Press. Acharya, A. (2018). The End of American World Order, 2nd Edition. Wiley. Acharya, A. (2013). Rethinking Power, Institutions and Ideas in World Politics. Whose IR? Routledge.   Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdteR2XP-A4&list=PLmzrhlc0gF6KlZ8KES5Jzho0d-UZdyuIx Content    Speaker: Professor Amitav Acharya Host: Francesco Pisano Producer: Amy Smith Editing & Social media designs: Amy Smith and Sotheapanha Theng Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this episode we are joined first by Dr. Tariq Blecher and then by Shilpa Ranchod who talk to us about the clever ways they are trying to capture the elusive signals of hydrogen gas in the distant Universe.   Hydrogen is one of the most common elements in the Universe and this gas is one of the fundamental building blocks of galaxies. Yet the radio signal released by hydrogen gas is very faint, and so is notoriously difficult to detect.   Tariq and Shilpa, who are colleagues, are both trying to pry open the secrets of hidden hydrogen in the distant Universe by using very clever strategies. Tariq was recently awarded his PhD from Rhodes University and he joins us to explain some of his thesis research.    He tried to make the first detection of hydrogen with “gravitational lensing.” He tells us that giant galaxies and clusters can act as cosmic lenses to magnify the signals from very distant galaxies behind them. If successful, this technique could help us understand more about galaxy evolution and dark matter.   We are then joined by Shilpa Ranchod who recently completed her MSc at the University of Pretoria. Shilpa is also searching for hydrogen signals using gravitational lensing. She uses South Africa's powerful MeerKAT telescope, combined with another clever technique called “stacking.”   Shilpa was also recently in the press for her discovery of an entire group of galaxies hiding in plain sight! This galaxy group likely contains more neutral hydrogen gas than most groups ever discovered! The galaxy group was discovered by the MeerKAT International Gigahertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. MeerKAT strikes again!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into how a planet (in this case Earth) is constructed! We are joined by Dr. Eugene Grosch who is a geologist and petrologist at Rhodes University in South Africa. Eugene discusses his work on some of the oldest rocks in the country and what we can learn from them.   We learn about how precious metals and diamonds are created and moved through the Earth's crust. We also discuss how planets create the building blocks for life, and how life, in turn, helps to create the minerals we find on Earth! Rhodes University Geology: https://www.ru.ac.za/geology/   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

In this episode Andrew has a psychologically intense, relaxed chat with Researcher & Psychologist Dr Judy Blaine. The pair start with a sharing from Judy on some of her most recent research on the psycho-social effects of quarantine, before transitioning into a deep dive on forms of altruism, toxic positivity, and UBUNTU.Dr. Judy Blaine, is South African born and bred. She has spent the past 27 years living and working in Hong Kong, where she raised her four children. Judy has a medical background and, after completing her BSc (hons) in Psychology, went on to do her PGDE in Special Education, Masters in Applied Psychology and PhD in Psychology.  Judy is a research fellow at HKU and a research associate at Rhodes University in South Africa. She set up her company, Odyssey, which focuses primarily on working with schools and outdoor adventure providers to develop programmes for students that incorporate a strength-based approach to acquiring social and emotional competencies and life skills. When not busy with work and family, Judy can be found swimming, cycling, running or hiking, and she will take on the 5th half-ironman in May 2023!!Enjoy another episode diving into research, culture, & the workings of our biopsychosocial mindsSee you again in two weeks ;)Here are some useful links for this podcastJudy's Linked In profile - https://hk.linkedin.com/in/judy-blaine-stevenson-026a77109Odyssey website - https://odyssey.net.za/Relevant episodes - Episode 28 - Katherine Gale -Imagine if you were enough. Why we go to the gym, a psychologist shares her thoughts.Kathryn Gale psychologist - https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-28-katherine-gale-imagine-if-you-were-enough/id1527374894?i=1000532793403Episode 52 Odile Thiang. The Anti-Stigma project and Mental health first  aid - https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-52-odile-thiang-the-anti-stigma-project/id1527374894?i=1000570288419JOINT DYNAMICS links:Joint Dynamics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JointDynamicsHongKong/Joint Dynamics Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jointdynamics/Joint Dynamics Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQZplKxZMSvtc6LxM5Wckw Host - Andrew Cox - https://www.jointdynamics.com.hk/the-team/trainers/andrew-coxThe Joint Dynamics online at home exercise program - contact andrew@jointdynamics.com.hk or admin@jointdynaics.com.hk to purchase your copy https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUVpoTnn_Wx8dpy7kggnd416307a7lcT/view?usp=drivesdk

A lot of people seem to think that in order to be successful, they have to give up all other aspects of their life, but that's not true. In fact, finding balance is one of the most important things you can do if you want to grow a successful business.Join us for a brand new episode where Brendon Macdonald from Digital Smile Design talks about his journey, the lessons he learnt as an entrepreneur and how it helped him grow and be successful in life.Here's some of the great stuff that we cover in this show:Brendon & his wife started their business over 10 years ago when a large publishing company left Europe after the 2008 crash. They started to sell advertising for their magazine and eventually bought out the other partners in the dental publication. As digital media became more popular they decided to start Yello Veedub as a social media marketing agency with 50+ dental clients including DSD who later bought their agency.Brendon talks about the challenges he faced when he went from having his own agency and making all the decisions himself to working for DSD as an employee.Brendon experienced an identity crisis with his business, Yello Veedub. He was constantly in a fight for survival and had no time to reflect or grow as an individual. After the sale of Yello Veedub, Brendon began focusing on four main pillars: balance, being, business and body.There are three key areas to meaningful growth: autonomy, mastery and purpose. Brendon realized he was holding his team back by providing all the answers himself instead of allowing them autonomy and self-discovery. Becoming a coach was one of the biggest learning moments for him - working on the business rather than just within it had huge impacts on both his own productivity and morale within his organization.Brendon suggests focusing on balance in order to maximize business performance. He recommends listing activities that are classified as working in the business and assigning a percentage of time towards them. He also emphasizes building processes, delegating tasks, and creating autonomy within the team to free up more time for long-term planning.People are always looking to move up and have more success, defined however they see fit. This can be a difficult mindset to break out of, but it is possible. Brendon has gone through many changes in the past few years and shares that it was difficult at first because he had to get used to not being in charge all the time. He has since learned how to better communicate with those around him and present his ideas in a way that is more effective.-----------------------ABOUT BRENDONBrendon is an astute problem solver who strives for excellence and executes plans with care and determination. He inspires others with his discerning nature and conscientious, measured approach.Brendon Macdonald is Sales & Marketing Director at Digital Smile Design (DSD) where he took this position when DSD acquired Yello Veedub, his Sales & Marketing Agency in 2018. Yello Veedub, a Full Service Sales & Marketing Agency in 2015, specializing in the dental market. Before this he was involved in several social media consulting and e-commerce businesses focusing and specialising in the global health sector.Brendon has extensive experience in brand & online digital strategies in the B2B & B2C healthcare & e-commerce sectors. He has a Bachelor of Economics from Rhodes University (2003) and worked in investment banking for a number of years before starting his own businesses in the retail sector before his last venture with Yello Veedub.-----------------------For complete show notes, transcript and links to our guest, check out our website: www.pushtobemore.com.

Did you know that Biodiversity loss represents a risk to more than half the world's GDP - about $44 trillion? Today, I want to explore what Biodiversity is and technology's role in improving it. Dr Mike Musgrave joins me in a conversation about all this and more. We discuss his work with the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University is working with Dalberg Catalyst and Financial Services Deepening Africa to develop a Biodiversity Investment Ratings Agency (BIRA). Dr Mike Musgrave graduated from Rhodes University and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. A recipient of the prestigious Frederick Soddy Award from the Royal Geographic Society, he writes broadly on African customary law, common-pool resource governance and nature-based solutions for addressing climate change in Africa. Mike is currently Conservation Leadership Faculty in the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda where he leads the development of a Biodiversity Investment Ratings Agency for Africa in partnership with Dalberg and FSD Africa. Tech Talks Daily Podcast Sponsor Check out Flippa, who is the show sponsor in December. Find out more information at https://flippa.com/tech-talks

I interviewed banker Lincoln Mali about his book, Blazing A Trail: Lessons For African Leadership. Mali has spent over two decades in banking and financial services working across the continent, from Nigeria to Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya and elsewhere, as a banking executive facing a myriad of leadership challenges entrusted to him by his mentors and bosses.This comes after a stint in government, a more natural home for a student political activist who had studied law at Rhodes University. In this interview we introduce you to some of the main themes and inisghts of the book, and Mali the author. In one sense, his approach to business leadership is intuitively sensible, and yet it isn't orthodoxy in a world of work in which patriachal norms and hypermasculinity frames our ideas of 'good leadership', still.Do buy and read a copy! In the meantime, enjoy this interview#ForTheLoveOfBooks #ForTheLoveOfReading

This episode is part of our series in partnership with Football Foundation for Africa, the organizers of the Africa Football Business Summit on 18-19 October in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr Chiweshe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Community Development, University of Zimbabwe and a Research Fellow in the Sociology Department, Rhodes University, South Africa. He is an award-winning and widely published scholar on African football. On this episode, Dr. Chiweshe shares his thoughts on the need for more African scholars to contribute to global sports development journals and publications, his research on the African football fandom landscape, how African football federations could harness the development of domestic football leagues and how African football can attract investment. Dr. Chiweshe also discusses the commercialisation of the African fan amid high population growth for Africa in the coming decades, sports betting companies' push in African sport and the rapid emergence of blockchain-based fan engagement companies like Socios. To find out more about and secure your tickets for the AFBS, click here: https://afbs.footballfoundation.africa/registration/ If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or whichever podcast platform you use. Doing this helps grow the audience, secure high-profile guests and ultimately improve the podcast's content offering to you.

Today, on Equip & Elevate Podcast we got to chat with Liziwe Ntshweza-Freemantle on navigating corporate as a young black professional and tips to build your career in corporate. Liziwe is an economist with research interest in inclusive and sustainable market development with a specific focus on Financial Economics and development. She has several years in economic and strategy consulting across sub-Saharan Africa. Her work has focused on financial sector development and strategy development for corporate and commercial banks, other financial service providers and policy makers across Southern and West Africa. Most recently she has been working in the world of insurtech within a leading listed financial services organization.She also has interests in Gender economics, specifically as it pertains to issues affecting African women and black women of African descent in the global diaspora.Liziwe studied a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Economics Honours at Rhodes University and then completed an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS, University of London.

Cara Skikne became a big believer in International Education after she went through the process of applying, then leaving her native South Africa for her MBA at Oxford in the UK. She then joined Studyportals as Senior Editor to work on International Education everyday. Studyportals was founded to be a one-stop solution to find international college programs. Today, almost 15 years later, Studyportals lists over 200K programs, from over 3700 Universities in 110 countries, and served 52M prospective students in 2021. Cara joins us on our podcast to tell us How Studyportals got started, How they help College-bound students & Universities, Global Int'l Student Trends and Advice for college-bound students. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Cara Skikne's Background About Studyportals How Studyportals Benefits Students and Universities Student & College Trends Advice for the Students Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Cara Skikne, Studyportals [0:44] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:25] Professional Background [5:04] About Studyportals [6:05] What Studyportals Offers Students [8:07] Services for Universities [10:42] Student Trends [15:12] College Trends [16:53] Connecting Students & Universities [18:02] Pandemic Impact [19:48] What Next? [22:57] Scholarships Info [25:04] Advice for High Schoolers [25:53] Our Guest: Cara Skikne is the Senior Editor of Studyportals. Cara graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University in South Africa. Cara received her MBA from University of Oxford, UK. Memorable Quote: “I think the biggest benefit of Studyportals for students is the fact that it's so comprehensive, that it actually lists over 90% of English taught programs anywhere on the planet.” Cara Skikne. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode's Transcript. Suggested Episodes: College Experiences (Alumni) Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify.

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health. We are living in an epidemic of chronic disease that is destroying our health, our communities, and our economy. The common denominator between all of these things is food, or more specifically, our food system. The way our food is grown, transported, processed, and consumed is making us sick and driving health disparities related to income and race, especially among marginalized groups. In today's episode, I talk with Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Dr. Rupa Marya, Raj Patel, and Karen Washington about creating a society that cultivates health, how our existing social structures predispose us to illness, and how we can make great changes to our food system through grassroots efforts. Dr. Marcia Chatelain is a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University. The author of South Side Girls: Growing up in the Great Migration, she teaches about women's and girls' history, as well as black capitalism. Her latest book, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, examines the intricate relationship among African American politicians, civil rights organizations, communities, and the fast food industry. Dr. Rupa Marya is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she practices and teaches Internal Medicine. Her research examines the health impacts of social systems, from agriculture to policing. She is a cofounder of the Do No Harm Coalition, a collective of health workers committed to addressing disease through structural change. Raj Patel is a research professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, a professor in the university's department of nutrition, and a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved, the New York Times bestselling The Value of Nothing, and coauthor of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. Karen Washington is a farmer, activist, and food advocate. She is the co-owner and farmer at Rise & Root Farm in Chester, New York. Karen cofounded Black Urban Growers (BUGS), an organization supporting growers in both urban and rural settings. In 2012, Ebony magazine voted her one of the 100 most influential African Americans in the country, and in 2014 Karen was the recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens and Rupa Health. Right now when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman. Rupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com. Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here:Dr. Marcia ChatelainDr. Rupa Marya and Raj PatelKaren Washington See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 180 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on analogue photography in a digital world. Plus this week photographer James Oatway on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' James Oatway was born in 1978 in South Africa and grew up in Phalaborwa, a small copper mining town. He graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 2000 before working as the Chief Photographer and Picture Editor of the Sunday Times newspaper. His work revolves predominantly around themes of social inequality and people affected by conflict and together with photographer Alon Skuy, Oatway published a photographic book about xenophobic violence in South Africa called [BR]OTHER, published in 2021 and he is the co-author of The Battle of Bangui also published in 2021. Oatway works extensively on the African continent and often collaborates with humanitarian organisations such as UNICEF, UNHCR and Médicins Sans Frontières. His work has been published in The Guardian, Stern, Internazionale, Le Monde, TIME, Paris-Match, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times and others. Oatway has received various international awards including multiple Pictures of the Year International awards. In 2015 he was named the South African Journalist of the Year and in 2018 his Red Ants project won the Visa d'or Feature Award at the Visa Pour l'image Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan, France. He has taught documentary photography at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg and is affiliated to Panos Pictures in London. www.jamesoatway.com Dr. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). Grant's book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/ Grant's book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/ © Grant Scott 2021

This is episode 24, the Foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, the heroes Tshawe and Phalo. I've made use of a number of books and documents in the series so far, but Jeff Perez's House of Phalo is probably my favourite source material mainly because he lectured me at Rhodes University in the mid-1980s. His book on the Xhosa is still the go-to research document and I'm leaning quite heavily on the work for this episode. Let's take ourselves back to Xhosa pre-history, that time in early oral tradition where myths and legends are difficult to separate from reality. The Xhosa people of today think of themselves as being the common descendents of a great hero named Xhosa who lived many hundreds of years ago. Some believe he was the son of Mnguni who gave the name to the Nguni language – and brothers of other kingdoms such as the pre-Zulu Ndwandwe or Mthethwa, as well as the Swazi, or the Zulu themselves. The word Xhosa is a Khoi word meaning ‘Angry Men' and Vete who is the main historian of the nearby Mpondomise people believes they were named by the amaThembu. Remember we met the amaThembu last episode, the people who lived on the boundaries of the Xhosa and were regarded as poorer because their land was less fertile. The earliest historical occurrance specific to the Xhosa was the installation of the amaTshawe as the royal family – and the story of Tshawe is probably the best-known of all Xhosa traditions. John Soga wrote about this in his work South Eastern Bantu which is a highly respected original document outlining the people of Xhosaland.

This is episode 24, the Foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, the heroes Tshawe and Phalo. I've made use of a number of books and documents in the series so far, but Jeff Perez's House of Phalo is probably my favourite source material mainly because he lectured me at Rhodes University in the mid-1980s. His book on the Xhosa is still the go-to research document and I'm leaning quite heavily on the work for this episode. Let's take ourselves back to Xhosa pre-history, that time in early oral tradition where myths and legends are difficult to separate from reality. The Xhosa people of today think of themselves as being the common descendents of a great hero named Xhosa who lived many hundreds of years ago. Some believe he was the son of Mnguni who gave the name to the Nguni language – and brothers of other kingdoms such as the pre-Zulu Ndwandwe or Mthethwa, as well as the Swazi, or the Zulu themselves. The word Xhosa is a Khoi word meaning ‘Angry Men' and Vete who is the main historian of the nearby Mpondomise people believes they were named by the amaThembu. Remember we met the amaThembu last episode, the people who lived on the boundaries of the Xhosa and were regarded as poorer because their land was less fertile. The earliest historical occurrance specific to the Xhosa was the installation of the amaTshawe as the royal family – and the story of Tshawe is probably the best-known of all Xhosa traditions. John Soga wrote about this in his work South Eastern Bantu which is a highly respected original document outlining the people of Xhosaland.

In part 2, expanding upon the impact of algorithms designed as racism --- we discuss the implications of Big Tech and Big Data on the global south with a focus on South Africa. We examine the notion of digital colonialism, how controlled opposition to it mutes our understanding of western tech hegemony and how a People's Tech (Digital Socialism) can help counter it. We are joined by guests: Michael Kwet, a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. He is the author of Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South, and hosts theTech Empire podcast. His work has been published at Motherboard, Wired, BBC World News Radio, and Counterpunch. He received his PhD in Sociology from Rhodes University, South Africa. Tshiamo Malatji, an organizer in Bloemfontein, South Africa, focusing on climate change, food sovereignty, and post-natural building as modes of responding to ecological crises. References https://docs.google.com/document/d/17fylaOq1hOXSxdThFhUK5ZDb3-L_upYaun8MhBU1-sY/edit Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast  Black Power Media - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7_X-VeroWRvx6b9iD0BOZrvAOieHbb8p