Lunch with Pippa Hudson

This month is the 50th anniversary of the release of former Beatle, John Lennon's iconic album, Imagine, with the title song of the same name.

The best-selling single of his solo career, its lyrics encourage people to imagine a world of peace, a message that still resonates half a century later.

And so does the song.  It has become a timeless global anti-war anthem, and one of the most beloved melodies across all languages, expressing a collective wish for unity and a better future.

At the start of this golden anniversary year, it was re-imagined by German film score composer, Hans Zimmer, and sang during the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

We speak to Sean Brokenshaw, a broadcaster known as 'the music guru'.

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On Legal Talk this week we are talking to Marlon Shevelew, director of Marlon Shevelew and Associates, about what a landlord can do if a tenant is late in paying their rent.

  He says there are basically two different attitudes one can take to the problem: a conciliatory view or a litigious one, and which way to go can vary depending on the circumstances.

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Dessert spots in Cape Town 

Are South Africans ready for vegan-only fine dining? 

Guest:Tessa Purdon | Head of Content at Food24 and Eat Out

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Cape Point Vineyards is a family-owned, female-driven Vineyard that is uniquely located in Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula, where it is set rather majestically against the slopes of the famous Chapman’s Peak mountain range and overlooks the nearby Atlantic Ocean – a mere 1,2km’s away. 

Guests

Owner Lizanne van der Spuy  

Executive chef Kieran Whyte 

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We celebrate the release of another local movie on Netflix this past weekend.

It’s called Angeliena, and it’s the story of a parking attendant with a big heart and even bigger dreams.  The film was produced by Towerkop Productions and director Uga Carlini joins us in the studio to tell us more about it.

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Rafiq Wagiet | CapeTalk producer

Chanel September | EWN reporter

Craig Falck | Deputy Editor of TVPlus magazine

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This coming weekend marks the second online edition of The Fertility Show Africa – an event that brings together experts from all over the world who are involved in the field of fertility.  From legal experts who will talk to the laws around surrogacy, to doctors who specialise in fertility preservation, sperm donation, egg freezing, IVF and conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, the panel of speakers will offer expert commentary and share the latest developments in the field of infertility treatment and the options available to those whose journey to parenthood has not gone as planned.

The show includes specialists from the US, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa, and will be happening online tomorrow and Sunday – if you’d like to join in, visit  https://fertilityshowafrica.com or book your tickets on Quicket. 

Guest:  Mandy Rodrigues | Clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of infertility for the last 24 years, 

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We’re heading to Ireland for today’s edition of Book Club because author Cecelia Ahern is joining us on the show. Her first novel PS, I Love You, was written when she was only 21 years old. It was an international bestseller, was turned into a hit movie, and launched a writing career which would see her go on to sell over 25 million copies of her novels and win several awards including the Irish Post Award for Literature and the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction

The latest work is called Freckles and it introduces us to a most wonderfully memorable character named Allegra Bird as she tries to figure out what to do with her life and what and who is really important to her. 

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We are really privileged when we live in a neighbourhood that has a sense of community, where you are on first-name terms with the people who live in your building or street and can stop to have a conversation in your local shops.

But the Covid-19 pandemic has a very negative impact on these small businesses, and many of them have had to downsize or even close down.

This is why I was very happy to read about a new web app, Hoodlinkd, which essentially helps connect these companies in a specific area with the people who live and work there.

It offers a way for the businesses to market their product or service to the community, but also offers residents the opportunity to tap into and support their local entrepreneurs.

To find out more, we're talking to Mike McLennan, marketing director of Hoodlinkd.

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Celebrated vocalist and instrumentalist, Sam Ndlovu, is probably best known as part of the iconic Afro-fusion band, Stimela, which was founded during the 1970s by the late Ray Phiri.

 The group has not been very active since about 2019, but in May of this year, Sam returned to the music scene with his first solo single, La Bhembe.

 And a 4-track EP, Carry On, came out last Friday, which also features his second single, Ngomgqibelo.

 Born in Mpumalanga, he discovered his love for music at a young age and by the time he was in his mid-teens, he'd already started his own band.

 In the late 1990s, he had a group called Black Chain which performed at various festivals, often sharing a stage with Stimela.

 Then in 2010, Ray Phiri contacted him and asked him to join the band.  And the rest is history as they say.

 

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