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Hey fam! I caught up with incredible activist Zulaikha Patel to talk about transforming South Africa's schools, the battle for gender justice and how a new generation sees SA.

Zulaikha  is a South African activist. She became a symbol of the fight against Pretoria Girls High School's policy regarding black girls' hair in 2016, at the age of 13. As we speak, she is due to matriculate soon!

 

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A conversation with then EFF Spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, just ahead of the 2019 election. 

 

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This is a conversation worth revisiting. A chat with the great Eusebius McKaiser on his views of SA's political landscape.

 

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I caught up with one of SA's youngest MPs, to get a sense for her hopes on the parliamentary term ahead.

 

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Earlier this year, I caught up with Nelson Chamisa, President of Zimbabwe's MDC party to discuss: The MDC's position on economic reform; recent constitutional amendments gazetted in December, 2019; ageing political leaders on the continent; Xenophobic violence in South Africa.Ayeye! 🔥

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Sizwe caught up with renowned medical expert Professor Helen Rees to discuss COVID-19, the recent decision to extend the South African lockdown, and the relation between COVID and HIV.

Professor Helen Rees is Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where she is also a Personal Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Co-Director of the Wits African Local Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE). She is an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Faculty of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, an Honorary Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University, and an alumna of Harvard Business School. Helen is internationally renowned for her research and policy work in HIV, vaccines, reproductive health and drug regulation.

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In this episode from the SMWX archive, we bring you our interview with Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.

Recorded in 2019, this conversation touches on freedom of expression, the craft of advocacy, and the question of land. Enjoy!

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Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ30qx1beo8&t=19s

What is the debt risk posed by Eskom? Should SAA be privatised? How can youth unemployment be tackled?

Sizwe caught up with Chartered Accountant and political commentator Khaya Sithole, to analyse the situation at South African SOEs, and to talk about the problem of youth unemployment.

Sit back, and enjoy as one of SA's best young financial minds takes you through the numbers and the risks.

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Sizwe caught up with activist Shaeera Kalla to trace her journey since Fees Must Fall, get her views on SA politics, and look at some of her upcoming projects.

Follow Shaeera on Twitter: @Shaeera_k

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Sizwe caught up with author Jamil F. Khan to get the latest on his forthcoming book, Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams. He also shared some liiit views on SA politics!

Jamil F. Khan is a scholar, columnist and author. He is currently enrolled for a PhD in Critical Diversity Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. His work looks at the experiences of Coloured people in South Africa through the lens of creolisation theory.

With Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams, Khan hopes to set the tone for an honest and critical conversation around Islam, Colouredness, middle-classness and queerness. It is an attempt to lift the shame from so many who live outside of the lines of normativity and respectability, and to repatriate this shame to the oppressive power structures that constrain people’s lives in the name of tradition and ritual. At 30 years old, Khan challenges the notion that young voices have no shape or place to articulate the experiences of a historically unjust and unequal South Africa and clearly shows what value can be excavated from such voices, which are often buried alive.

Follow him on Twitter: @JamilFarouk

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