Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Johan Du Toit EIGHT FEET

The latest offering from professional rugby player/businessman Pieter Steph Du Toit and his brothers Johan, Anton and Daniel comes to us in the surprising form of shoes! The Eight Feet VELDSKOEN is a celebration of brotherhood, hard work, and above all, family values. The family business already includes a wine and olive farm and is now branching out into other areas. 

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Guest: Annette Botha | Meteorologist 

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Guest: Rian Manser

Hard to believe it’s that time of the year already. It feels like yesterday I was doing interviews about the first round of this amazing initiative. Entries are now open to the Matric class of 2021 for the experience of a lifetime in Antarctica with explorer Riaan Manser.

5 learners from across the country will fly out of cape town and land 6.5 hours later on the block of ice that is antarctica.

There they’ll spend the next 6 days at the Russian scientific base Novo-lazerevs-kaya doing what? We’re joined now by Riaan Manser to tell us.

Ask about last year’s winner.

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Guest: Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane

 

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Guest: Tshidi Madia | Senior politics journalist  at EWN

 

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Guest: Monica Vaithilingum

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Guest: Jonny Cohen

Sisonke Boxing Club exists within a small building at the top of Imizamo Yethu Informal Settlement in Hout Bay.  If you walked by on a Friday night, it is unlikely that you could imagine the energy, education and empowerment that is taking place inside. 

The Boxing Club is the pride of a Non Governmental Organization dedicated to using the sport to advance the athletic skill as well as to train athletes to use boxing to skillfully strike and defend and to find strength, control - in and out of the ring. 

The club strives to build professional athletic careers. Most of all it exists to inspire young athletes to 'fight the good fight' and to give them a space to do just that. 

One of the NGO Directors, Jonny Cohen, will discuss the NGO and its future potential.  

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Guest: Nkosinathi Moshoana

An article in the Citizen newspaper at the end of august detailed the outcome of the latest Science, technology and innovation indicators report, which stated that the poor performance ln maths and science in this country is hampering innovation and impacting the economy.

In December it emerged South African grade five learners placed third worst in both mathematics and science among the 64 countries assessed for that age bracket. Fifty-nine per cent of grade nine learners did not have basic maths knowledge, and 64 per cent lacked basic competency in science

The Department of Basic Education estimates that learners lost between 50% and 75% of a normal year's worth of learning in 2020, placing a huge amount of pressure on those Grade 12s in under-resourced schools. The Primestars’ #StandingWithTheClassOf2021 matric Maths and Science revision programme addresses this crisis,  transporting learners across the country to cinemas that are transformed into theatres of education.

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Guest: Alan Geeling

A South African team won the Innovation & Technology Award at the International Maritime Rescue Federation Awards for their adaptation to a Jetski that greatly enhances its value for surf rescue. An inflatable apron is wrapped around the Jetski to increasing stability and rescue capacity.

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Guest: Julia Stanyard

Julia Stanyard represents The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime to discuss the investigation into the corruption, money laundering and criminality of The Vanilla Trade in Madagascar. 

About 80% of the world’s vanilla is grown in the mountainous regions of Madagascar. Extraordinary price rises in recent years have brought rising criminality including organised and violent thefts, money laundering and related corruption. Now, in response to falling prices, the government has imposed minimum prices for exports, but this has provided an opening for new forms of money laundering and corruption.

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