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
60 – 80

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

Foetus found dumped at Alex dumping site

Alex residents are reeling from shock after the discovery of a foetus at a dumping site in the area. Alex Newspaper's Cliff Shiko reports on the story.
9 Oct 2020 10AM 1 min

GBV on campus

VOW FM's Kamogelo Tinyiko looks at why some Wits University students don't report cases of Gender-Based Violence.
9 Oct 2020 5AM 3 min

Wits 2020/2021 SRC elections

The members of Wits University's Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) were the biggest winners in the institution's Student Representative Council (SRC) elections. VOW FM reporter Kamogelo Tinyiko caught up with the outgoing SRC leadership and filed this report.
8 Oct 2020 11AM 8 min

Two Alex cops due in court for fatally shooting a local woman

Two police officers are expected to appear before the Alexandra Magistrates' court tomorrow for the murder of Samantha Radebe. The 28-year-old woman was coming from work when she was killled in January this year in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) says it has concluded the…
8 Oct 2020 10AM 1 min

Students' eviction fears over unpaid rent

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only claimed lives but also left some breadwinners jobless and businesses battered. Some Wits University students now fear they could lose accommodation due to financial challenges either caused by the loss of income of parents or a recent defunding of at least 5 000 students…
8 Oct 2020 7AM 3 min

Lockdown exacerbates mental health challenges in SA

According to a SADAG survey, at least 65% of South Africans had heightened stress challenges during the first few weeks of the coronavirus hard lockdown, which ended in May.While the race to find a cure for COVID-19 continues, the pandemic has not spared students from its devastating effects. VOFM’s Anastasia Mokgobu…
8 Oct 2020 7AM 3 min

Steve Biko remembered, 43 years on

September 12, 2020 marked 43 years since Steve Bantu Biko died at the hands of the apartheid police. He founded the Black Consciousness Movement, which has been described by Unisa's Professor Simphiwe Sesanti, as decolonisation of the mind.
7 Oct 2020 12PM 2 min

SA's 2021 local government elections to go ahead as planned

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…
7 Oct 2020 12PM 1 min
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