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Saturdays with Jenny

Saturdays with Jenny is about everything under the sun that Afropolitans are interested in. Battles, booze, bhabhalaza or boerewors, the show does it all. The show is all about lifestyle, South African style.
Daily English South Africa Religion & Spirituality
585 Episodes
332 – 352

Last Minute Shopping In Joburg

Just in case you haven’t noticed, there are only Four days to Christmas Day! If Afropolitans haven’t started their Christmas shopping! We’ll give you some ideas.
21 Dec 2019 2AM 10 min

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Penguin Books)

In July 2015, a young black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Talking to Strangers is all about what happens when we encounter people we don't know, why it often goes awry, and what…
21 Dec 2019 2AM 7 min

In Conversation With Mongane Wally Serote

SA’s poet laureate and anti-apartheid struggle veteran Mongane Wally Serote presents an epic poem in praise of the late Oliver Reginald Tambo, president of the ANC from 1967 to 1991. S’khahlel' u-OR, written in beautiful, incantatory English, has a rhythm and a forward motion that is compelling and meditative. This…
21 Dec 2019 2AM 14 min

Jenny Crwys-Williams Gives Away Big Books For Christmas

The Best Meal Ever! : Revised Edition by Sindiwe Magona, Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o (Simon & Schuster) I am Earth by Thembinkosi Kohli (David Phillip) I am Water by Thembinkosi Kohli (David Phillip) And Other Books like Black Tax!
14 Dec 2019 2AM 36 min

The Queenie By Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie Jenkins is a twenty five year old jamaican British woman living in London. straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither.
7 Dec 2019 2AM 11 min

Poetry Unlimited - Athol Williams

Today we feature South African Poet and Social Philosopher, Athol Williams. Her Poems cover the Range of Issues such as Conflict, Violence, and Ultimately the search for beauty and harmony.
7 Dec 2019 2AM 5 min

Telephonic Studio Conversation With Asanda Sizani

Online publication, Johannesburg In Your Pocket has published a list of some of the hottest fashion boutiques in the city. Among them are brands everyone wants to be seen in, Maxhosa by Laduma designed by Laduma Ngxokolo and Dry Bone which is a fashion label with a store and studio…
23 Nov 2019 3AM 6 min

In Studio Conversation With Ronnie Kasrils

Ronnie Kasrils’s memoir reflects on compelling questions as to what turned a white youngster from a modest background into a lifelong revolutionary of note. A tiny minority who abandoned a life of privilege were the antithesis of conventionality and toeing the line. What made those such as Kasrils break all…
23 Nov 2019 2AM 18 min

Mteto Nyati - Betting On A Darkie

Today we feature the biography of one of South Africa’s captains of industry. Mteto Nyati knew years ago as a schoolboy in Mthatha, working behind the counter at his mother's trading store, that he wanted to fix and build things. He was the only black engineer and the sole advice…
23 Nov 2019 2AM 6 min

Journalist, Adriaan Basson’s book Blessed by Bosasa

The book is a riveting in-depth investigation into an extraordinary story of high-level corruption and rampant pillage, of backdoor dealings and grandiose greed. Through substantial research and a number of interviews with key individuals, Basson unveils the shady, cult-like underbelly of the criminal company that held the Zuma government in…
23 Nov 2019 2AM 12 min
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