GUEST: ALBY MICHAELS – DIRECTOR OF THE PLAY

#JSBART: New ground-breaking theatre work challenges the love myth and stage and performance conventions as it opens at Aardklop, What happens when two people love one another so much that they attach physically? What does “forever, together” look like, and … can two people REALLY be one? These are just some of the life and love questions that come into play in the delightfully absurd tragicomedy.

Red Chamber is synonymous with the restaurant landscape of Hyde Park Corner, but few know the story of owner, Emma Chen’s epic journey with this iconic Mandrin Chinese restaurant in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Take a journey with us…

GUEST: Emma Chen –  Chef and Owner of Red Chamber

You see your heart as the seat where your sentiments and emotions reside. Sudden happiness increases the heart rate as does sudden anger.While you are resting, your heart pumps approximately 5 litres of blood through an estimated ‪100 000 km of your blood vessels – that is more than twice the distance around the world. Your heart has been beating continuously from the fifth month before birth until now.

GUEST : Professor Eric Klug- South African Heart Association President 

Although many art forms offer a view inside the mind of the artist, photography differs substantially because it catches a snapshot of life that has been reimagined and shaped by the circumstances of the person holding the camera.

GUESTS: Jabulani Dhlamini, a renowned South-African photographer represented by the Goodman Gallery and Project Manager at Of Soul and Joy, a photography programme in Thokoza township in Gauteng.

GUEST: Sibusiso Bheka -  Former student turned Project Assistant at Of Soul and Joy, whose work has received critical acclaim, both locally and internationally.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

The SABC, South Africa’s public broadcaster, has partnered with The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival, in support of growing creative excellence in Film and the Radio & Audio categories.  

The Loeries Film and the Radio & Audio categories attract a number of entries from around the region and the SABC will support the work being done by the Loeries to further enhance and bolster the creative produc that is aimed at consumers.

GUEST: Dichaba Phalatse, marketing manager, Video Entertainment SABC.  

Agri SA calls for assistance as veld fires threaten food security. Ongoing fire outbreaks in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape provinces have the federation of agricultural organisations, Agri SA, concerned about food security in South Africa.

GUEST: Agri SA chief executive officer, Christo van der Rheede

He is the founder of Xivumbeko Media and the Afrikan Freedom Station, an afrocentric multimedia gallery. Mokwena was born in Soweto, South Africa and studied history, African politics and sociology at WITS University. He also holds an MA degree from Leeds University. He is particularly interested in history and memory and has produced and directed numerous films, including A Blues for Tiro (2007), Our Father Who Art in Memory (2008), Biko’s Trail (2008) and Driving with Fanon (2009).

Guest: Steve Kwena Mokwena ,historian, filmmaker and cultural activist

Not many people know that one of the most valuable music treasures in South Africa is kept in the heart of the SU campus at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS) at the Music Library. The Hidden Years Music Archive houses one of the biggest collections of popular music in South Africa and includes more than 6000 vinyl records, 7000 reel-to-reel and cassette tapes as well as a multitude of invaluable photographs and documents. 

GUEST: PROF LIZABÉ LAMBRECHTS, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC

Guest: TLHAFELO TEFO MOLATLEGI, Author

Who Have Yet to Forgive Themselves is a love letter to black girls. Johannesburg, 3 August 2023: The lives of three young women come together and unfold in poetic chaos: beautiful, unruly, obstinate and insistent on pursuing life on their own terms, Zee, Moon and Melissa navigate sexuality, disease, death and the awakening of political consciousness in a country that is battling to realize its post - apartheid democratic ideals. A combination of confessional storytelling, upliftment and motivation for young black women, promoting self-acceptance, self -worth and dignity