Lunch with Pippa Hudson

Guest: Ernest Page | A retired stunt driver and motoring journalist based in Cape Town

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Gertrude Fester has been involved in grassroots women’s activism since the 1970s; she was a member of our first democratic parliament, served on the Commission on Gender Equality, and these days is an honorary professor at the Centre for African Studies, at UCT. 

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Much like sport…Sports reporting in the media is also a male-dominated setting around the globe giving more visibility to sports traditionally practiced by men and reporting massively about male athletes and their achievements…

This is also true of female journalists in sport..Over the years, women tend to have been alienated from sports media at all levels. heavily Under represented .

TV and Radio personality, Cato Louw, has been defying stereotypes in the sports industry for the last 8 years since becoming one of South Africa’s youngest female sports broadcasters.

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My next guest is skipper Cathleen Hughes, who has been part of I have been a part of an all female sailing team who has now been selected as one of five female sailors that have been invited to attend the annual Lady Liberty Regatta, to be held in New York on the 17th and 18th of September 2022.

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Next we speak to pro-cross country cyclist who won a medal for TEAM SA at the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last month.

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On the line now is professional golfer and winner of the most recent Womens British Open, on of two South African women to ever win a Major. Ashley Buhai Welcome to the show and thank you for waking up early to chat to us.

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Our next interview is with a rising star in the Proteas Women's cricket team.

Only 22 years of age now, Nadine de Klerk made her international debut in 2017, at the age of only 17. By the age of 20, she was representing South Africa at the T20 World Cup, competing for her country at the highest level of the game.

The pressures of pro sport are intense, so having to make life decisions about the career you want to pursue in life can be very challenging.

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Next we speak to another female sport superstar in the form of Phumza Maweni. Maweni was raised in Cala, in the Eastern Cape, and went on to compete for the Kingdom Stars and Southern Stings in the South African Netball Cup and has also played several seasons in England's Netball SuperLeague, for the Loughborough Lightning and for the Severn Stars. She currently plays for Team Bath in the UK.

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Babalwa Latsha Captain of the springbock team

Babalwa Latsha was born in KYALITSHA, She made history as the first female African rugby player to sign a professional contract. Capped for both the Springbok Women 15s side and the Sevens equivalent. She has a law degree, she is a philanthropist, a Laureus Foundation ambassador.and She is a Springbok Woman's prop and Captain who will be representing our country later this year in the woman's rugby World Cup.

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In today's music segment, we feature the sounds of a 15 year old debut artist by the name of Singhita. Following a successful trip to New York City, where she performed at an international talent showcase, Singhita returned to South Africa to record her debut single, "That Kinda Girl". The song was written in the USA but recorded in Gqeberha. Singhita's trip to the States contributed invaluably to her career as an aspiring recording artist.

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