What do you do when you’ve retired as a unionist and a cabinet minister? You try and save the Earth. Jay Naidoo tells us why this is his mission now.

Warning: Strong language.

Chapters:

00:00 - Teasers

01:22 - Jay Naidoo

30:35 - Sarathy Korwar

Security forces in eSwatini detained, assaulted and tortured two New Frame journalists covering the pro-democracy uprising in that country. We bring you their harrowing tale.

In an exclusive interview, retired Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron considers how our progressive Constitution has failed many South Africans, especially those on the margins.

Chapters

00:00 - Teasers

01:22 - Scene setter

06:32 - Edwin Cameron

19:07 - Trans sex worker

Nearly two-thirds of South Africans between 15 and 24 are jobless: how basic income grants can save young lives. Also, a powerful documentary takes us back to the 1976 Soweto uprising.

Chapters:

01:14 - Wanga

16:22 - June 16

Despite South Africa’s progressive Constitution guaranteeing the rights of all, no matter sexual orientation, LGBTQIA+ people still experience the horrors of homophobia and bigotry.

Chapters:

00:00 Teasers

01:41 Nathaniel Mbele

08:51 Sheila Barsel

22:52 Azania Sengwayo

Stories of subversion: Flag burning, white anti-apartheid activists, a long-haired marathon champion; and how one of Cairo’s few female hip-hop artists is sticking it to the man.

Chapters:

1:59 - Republic Day (Andrew Borraine)

13:54 - Bruce Fordyce

36:22 - Felukah

In this special focus on Palestine: how dock workers showed solidarity, non-violent resistance in the face of extreme Israeli violence and why Israel is an apartheid state.

Chapters:

00:00 - Teasers

01:43 - Dock Workers

19:03 - Palestinian Resistance 

31:00 - John Dugard

A young Palestinian shares what South Africa has taught him about resisting Israeli occupation and we look into the medical malpractice particularly affecting impoverished Black women.

We start the new season with an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with foremost political thinker, prolific writer and original street fighting man Tariq Ali.

To celebrate Workers’ Day, we go back in time. In Durban in 1973, South African workers were raising their voices for better conditions and their fists against the system of apartheid.