Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Antony John Phillipson, The British High Commissioner to South Africa to discuss the UK Red list Update that has been made today.

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Guest: Alan Winde | Premier at Western Cape Government

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Guest: acclaimed theatre director and designer, Fred Abrahams, to celebrate the launch of Yukio Mishima’s THE LADY AOI. 

Having played to standing ovations and critical acclaim in the USA in 2014 and 2019,  Abrahamse & Meyer Productions are thrilled to announce that their celebrated production of Yukio Mishima’s modern Noh masterpiece THE LADY AOI has finally come home to the Mother City. 

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Guest: Daily Maverick Journalist Tembile Sgqolane to discuss the controversial Shell Seismic Study. 

Marine activists in the Eastern Cape have voiced their anger after Shell announced that it will start a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns starting on December 

Shell has appointed Shearwater GeoServices to conduct the survey, which will last from four to five months and cover 6,011km² of ocean surface. The survey area is located more than 20km from the coast, with its closest point in water depths ranging between 700m and 3km. 

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Guest: South Africa's musical icons, Des Linberg, to discuss the moving literary memoir that has been published this month to recount the musical legacy and unique journey that he shared with his late wife, Dawn Linberg.

The original biography manuscript  'Des & Dawn; Every Day is an Opening Night; Our Journey Together' was completed before the tragic loss of Dawn in December 2020.  The book now stands in honour of her life, telling the tale of two pioneers of South African entertainment in their own words. 

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Guest: Richard Kohler

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Guest: Darius  Dziewanski | researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London

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Guest: Babalo Ndenze | Parliamentary Correspondent at EWN

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Guest: Keith Kirsten  | Founder at Keith Kirsten Garden Centre

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Guest: Prof Penny Moore, Acting Head of HIV Virology Section at the  National Institute for communicable diseases

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