In an exclusive interview, singer and activist Billy Bragg talks about making music with meaning, Marx, refusing to give in to Boris Johnson – and passion on an Italian volcano.

 

Chapters:

02:04 - Billy Bragg 1

29:45 - Billy Bragg 2

With more than 7 000 languages globally, we look at mother tongues. Can Kiswahili be Africa’s lingua franca? And we explore two people’s complex relationships with their languages: Setswana and Arabic.

Chapters

02:20 - Kiswahili

19:27 - Setswana

29:42 - Arabic

To mark June 16, we unearth Afrikaans’ Black roots and focus on contemporary Black Afrikaans. Also, a new book on how Nelson Mandela led Umkhonto weSizwe to war against Africa’s strongest army.

Chapters:

02:34: Hein Willemse

29:24: Emile YX

41:05: Paul Landau

Shamed by 2020 exposés of forced sterilisations at public hospitals, the health department vowed to act – but victims still await justice. Also, is the Saxonwold Shebeen open for a drink?

Chapters:

03:13 - Bongekile Msibi

16:09 - Baragwanath

21:21 - Women’s Legal Centre 

31:55 - Guptas

Banyana are not treated well, despite being one of the favourites to win the Women’s Afcon in July. Could their American counterparts’ equal-pay victory help our national women’s football side?

Chapters:

2:47 - US Women's Soccer

8:24 - Amanda Dlamini

22:22 - Joseph Mkhonza

32:12 - Busisiwe Mokwena

 

 

The murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh sent shockwaves around the world. But will it change US-Israel relations? And the full story of legendary scribe Can Themba finally gets told. Chapters:

02:58 - Shireen Abu Akleh

11:12 - Can Themba

31:41 - Joe Thloloe

Abortion has been legal since 1997 in South Africa. Despite this, more and more women are risking their lives by going to unlicensed abortionists. We ask why.

Chapters:

02:33 - Abortions down town

08:39 - Catherine Burns

28:17 - Emihle Ntuli

33:51 - Matthew Kavanagh

Unemployment in South Africa is soaring and many are forced to take any job they can get. Our 100th episode focuses on casual workers, who have the most precarious jobs.

Chapters

01:58 - Annah Moreki

10:51 - Who are casual workers?

18:55 - Casual workers protest

22:39 - Rights and numbers

25:56 - What about the working class?

Amazon workers finally get a union with ripple effects in US politics expected. And liberation theology helped end apartheid. What role does it have in politics, inequality and exploitation today?

Chapters:

01:45 - Amazon scene setter

12:25 - John Logan

32:54 - Liberation Theology scene setter

38:02 - Mzwandile Molo

In this bumper edition, find out why politicians spoil the religious vote and so many Jews fought apartheid. Also, meet SA’s chief satanist and hear the music that makes Muslims dance.

Chapters:

04:04 - Mbhazima Shilowa

18:24 - Jonathan Ancer

30:46 - Lael Bethlehem

42:09 - Satanic Church

59:43 - Sufism