Wits Radio Academy Local Voices

Local Voices

Local Voices was established in 2019 as an election project. The partnership between Wits Radio Academy, the Media Development and Diversity Agency, the Children’s Radio Foundation, Africa Check and Open Society Foundation was meant to support election reporting on community radio. It has now made a return as a pilot project to give the work done at community radio level a wider range.

It is about stories of ordinary South Africans who have pinned their hopes on democratic South Africa to pay true to her promise of a free, fair and equal society.
Daily English South Africa News · Politics
83 Episodes
52 – 72

'16 days campaign hasn't solved SA's gender problems'

Government has officially launched its annual campaign, advocating for an end to violence against women and children. While some see the initiative as a great effort in a bid to rid society of the scourge, VOW FM listener, Palesa Mohlamme, says 16 days of Activism for No Violence Against Women…
25 Nov 2020 6AM 6 min

Call for authorities to do more to solve GBV crisis

South Africa has begun 5 days of mourning in honour of those who lost their lives to gender-based violence and COVID-19. Wits University student, Wendy Manjeya, has called on the Police Minister to dig deeper in solving the GBV crisis.
25 Nov 2020 6AM 1 min

Mabuza launches government's GBV campaign

Deputy President launched the 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children in Pretoria. The occasion also marked the start of South Africa's five days of mourning for femicide and COVID-19 victims. VOW FM's Kamogelo Tinyiko reports.
25 Nov 2020 6AM 4 min

Eastern Cape Premier contracts COVID-19

The Eastern Cape Premier's office confirms that Premier Oscar Mabuyane has tested positive for COVID-19. The premier is currently self-isolating.
14 Nov 2020 7AM 1 min

Electricity standoff in Soweto halts voting

Residents of Naledi in Soweto aren't voting in today's by-elections. They are upset over the lack of electricity in the area. They say they have been living in the dark for six months now after a transformer in the area exploded and was never repaired.
11 Nov 2020 3AM 3 min

Zondo's sister accuses him of murder

Hearings into abuse against Evaton church leader, Bishop Zondo, continue in Johannesburg. His sister, Khabo Zondo, has accused the Rivers of Living Waters leader of murder, saying he killed her father and two other people who knew about his shenanigans whom she could not reveal names.
11 Nov 2020 2AM 1 min

Bishop Zondo accused of using muthi on congregants

Hearings probing allegations of abuse against Rivers of Living Waters Church leader, Bishop Stephen Zondo, have begun in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Former member of the church Solly Poopedi took to the stand on Tuesday, accusing Zondo of using umuthi (traditional medicine) to gain power over his believers.
11 Nov 2020 2AM 1 min

Dr Denaly- Moretlwe thanks participants

Delany-Moretlwe says the HIV breakthrough is a shared success for Sub Saharan Africa at large. About 3 223 cisgender women from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe participated in the study. Seventy percent of the participants were under the age of 25.
10 Nov 2020 8AM 2 min

Wits University announces HIV breakthrough

The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI) has announced a breakthrough in HIV prevention. The trial conducted by researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), known as HPTN 084, was headed by Dr Sinead Denaly- Moretlwe, a research professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. She says it…
10 Nov 2020 6AM 1 min

DA's Jack Bloom welcome's transfer of Mbheki Mlangeni CEO

The CEO of Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto has been transfer. The Gauteng Health Department says this is a precautionary measure amid an investigation into alleged misconduct against the executive. DA's Jack Bloom is elated at the news and says she shouldn't be returned to the hospital.
24 Oct 2020 2AM 1 min

Woman nabbed for allegedly trying to defraud OR Tambo Municipality

The woman who charged the OR Tambo Municipality over R4 million for a door-to-door campaign is facing fraud charges. She was arrested on Thursday morning and appeared in court. Mthatha Spokesperson for the Director of Public Prosecutions Luxolo Tyali elaborates on the matter.
22 Oct 2020 2AM 1 min

Eskom to go ahead cutting power to defaulting municipalities

Eskom's right to cut power to defaulting municipalities has been affirmed. The High Court in Johannesburg ruled in favour of the power utility in a case brought by Pioneer Foods. Eskom's Sikonati Mantshantsha says the power utility will be ramping up its efforts to collect monies owed to it.
14 Oct 2020 11AM 1 min

Mbalula officially opens Madidi Bridge

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the official opening of the Madidi Bridge. This Bridge connects the Phasha and Madidi villages. At the event, Mbalula reiterated government's commitment to commitment to take on new road infrastructure projects, upgrades and maintenance.
14 Oct 2020 8AM 2 min

Cele calls for more Senekal arrests

Police Minister Bheki Cele has slammed the torching of a police van and storming of a court in Senekal. While commending the police for arresting a 51-year-old suspect - he urged for more arrests. VOW FM's Yonaka Theledi has more.
13 Oct 2020 8AM 1 min

Rain, hail storm wreak havoc in Limpopo

A six-year-old child has died after a roof collapsed on her during a hailstorm in Limpopo. One person was injured and some families lost their homes. Mopani District Municipal Spokesperson Odas Ngobeni urges families to remain vigilant as heavy rain continues.
12 Oct 2020 11AM 1 min

Makhanda community demand electricity

Residents of Inkanyeni settlement in Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, today took to the streets demanding to be connected to the electrical grid. The community says it has been in talks with the municipality over the matter for years now and its plea for help continues to fall on deaf ears.
12 Oct 2020 5AM 1 min
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