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The Big Chill: What lockdown can teach us about the benefits of slowness
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- The Big Chill: What lockdown can teach us about the benefits of slowness
- Runtime
- 21:05
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The great global slowdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing a slower pace of life on most of us, whether we like it or not. There’s something about hitting the brakes for this amount of time that can feel deeply anxiety-inducing - so we thought we’d use this moment to explore the benefits of taking it nice and slow.
In this week’s episode, we’re investigating the virtues of slowness: learning about the secrets of the world’s slowest mammals, exploring the delights of the Slow Food Movement, and hearing how the annual month of Ramadan brings a moment of calm and reflection to Muslim lives.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee, presented by Rebecca Davis, edited by Tevya Turok Shapiro, with original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support from Kathryn Kotze.
Special thanks to Muhammad Dawjee for providing this week’s episode with original music from his soon to be released EP: Otherness.
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- Judgment Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 10: Prof Shabir Madhi
- Runtime
- 35:42
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the tenth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Prof Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 9: Trudi Makhaya
- Runtime
- 34:10
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the ninth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Trudi Makhaya, Economic Advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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- Webinar: The Inside Track - A Special Covid-19 webinar discussion
- Runtime
- 1:00:28
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Maverick Citizen editor, Mark Heywood in conversation with Professor Shabir Madhi, professor of Vaccinology at Wits University as they take a critical look at the progress and the plan two months into the three month ‘State of Disaster’.
Further reading: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-11-flawed-lockdown-has-served-its-purpose-and-should-be-discontinued/
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- Title
- The White Coat Army: Why is South Africa paying Cuba for doctors?
- Runtime
- 19:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-10-the-white-coat-army-why-are-we-paying-cuba-for-doctors/
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In late April, Cuba sent 217 healthcare workers to South Africa to help fight Covid-19. A tremendous humanitarian gesture involving heroic doctors? Perhaps. But the deployment looks likely to cost the South African government almost half a billion rand - at a time when South Africa has its own doctors and nurses sitting unemployed. What’s really going on?
Cuba has been lending its doctors to other countries since the 1960s as a gesture of international solidarity, and those doctors have won praise for their work in some of the toughest public health contexts on record.
But as the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Mark Keller explains in th...
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 8: Adv Michelle Le Roux
- Runtime
- 27:24
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the eighth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Adv Michelle Le Roux, member of the New York and Johannesburg Bars.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 7: Mark Gevisser
- Runtime
- 27:24
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the seventh episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Mark Gevisser, author and journalist.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 6: Ravi Naidoo
- Runtime
- 32:01
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the sixth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Ravi Naidoo, CEO of the Bluefields Group.
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- Maverick Sports EP 23: Jake White - The Long Road Home
- Runtime
- 57:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Newly appointed Bulls director of rugby Jake White has a clear vision of turning the franchise into the dominant force in southern hemisphere rugby. With the backing of wealthy owners at Loftus Versfeld, White has the means to see his project through. All he needs now is for the coronavirus pandemic to pass so he can start work in earnest. While he waits to get his hands on the team, he joins the Maverick Sports Podcast to talk about his journey; great moments of joy and despair, and to reminisce about some key incidents in a career that has spanned Himalayan highs and deep lows. White has his critics, but ultimately he has been successful with every team he has coached in a career that has spanned 35 years.
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- Tomorrowland: The effects pandemics have on popular culture
- Runtime
- 24:18
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- On this week’s show, we’re thinking about Tomorrowland: the fascinating connections between pandemics and pop culture. The Bubonic Plague struck Europe more than 650 years ago, yet its impact is still felt in art today. As we face the greatest social disruption since World War II, with COVD-19 killing hundreds of thousands of people globally, we’re asking: What mark will this moment leave on art, fashion, film and literature? To help us explore ‘Tomorrowland’, we’re talking to experts in fashion, film – and to South African author Lauren Beukes, who just spent five years immersed in a fictional pandemic, only to emerge into a real one.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
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- World Press Freedom Day 2020
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 5: Wandile Sihlobo
- Runtime
- 25:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the fifth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Wandile Sihlobo, Chief economist of the Agricultural Business
Chamber of South Africa.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 4: Ferial Haffajee
- Runtime
- 26:40
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the fourth episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Ferial Haffajee, Associate Editor of Daily Maverick
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- Unintended Consequences
- Runtime
- 20:01
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- What happens when a country suddenly makes the sale of alcohol and tobacco illegal? It turns out the answer is: quite a lot. Suddenly the trauma units of some of the busiest hospitals in the world are virtually empty, as drunk driving ceases to be such a serious social problem and bar brawls and other forms of interpersonal violence virtually disappear. That’s a great result. But some of the other effects are not so positive. In this episode, we look at the impact of South Africa’s lockdown ban on selling tobacco and alcohol: ranging from the difficulties faced by alcoholics, to the fact that massive criminal syndicates are currently enjoying the payday of their lives with tobacco trade driven underground.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 3: Nazmeera Moola
- Runtime
- 26:37
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the third episode of the series, Judge Davis talks to Nazmeera Moola, Head of Investments at Ninety One.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 2: Pierre de Vos
- Runtime
- 27:41
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the second episode of the new series, Judge Davis talks to Pierre de Vos, Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at The University of Cape Town.
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- Judgement Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 1: Mark Swilling
- Runtime
- 31:11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the first episode of the new series, Judge Davis talks to Mark Swilling, Professor of Sustainable Development, Co-Director: Centre for Complex Systems in Transition at Stellenbosch University.
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- The Endearing Elders of the Eastern Cape
- Runtime
- 19:36
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- When the regulations for COVID-19 kicked in, Dave Martin actively disseminated information to the community about safety practices and different ways people could practice social distancing - like how to create isolation spaces for the elderly who live in rondawels and assisting spaza shop owners by providing them with Jik to sterilise their spaces. Dave is also the original founder of Bulugule Lodge, so he rushed to get the eco-friendly space ready for the most vulnerable members of the Nqileni Village community - the majority of them are elders who live with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. The lodge is now filled with a generation of people who in the past have had little opportunity to socialise with one another. And in a time of dread and anxiety, there exists a tiny community of a forgotten generation who are making the most of a safe space by enjoying a wonderful selection of music, sharing stories and indulging in their favourite past time - smoking pipe tobacco. In a tim...
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- Maverick Sports EP 21: Chad le Clos - Floats Like a Butterfly
- Runtime
- 35:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Chad Le Clos is on track to become South Africa's most successful Olympian of all time if he adds to the four medals he won in London 2012 and Rio 2016, in Tokyo next year. The decorated swimmer has three Olympic silvers, and one gold, which he famously won by ending Michael Phelps’ 10-year unbeaten streak in the 200m butterfly in London eight years ago. Le Clos will be 29 at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and admits he is the underdog as a new generation of swimmers emerges. On Today’s Maverick Sports podcast, Le Clos talks about the highs of London, the lows that followed, the scourge of doping and his determination to leave an unprecedented legacy in South African sport.
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- Title
- The New Normal
- Runtime
- 21:53
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford and author of The Butterfly Defect chats to us about the effects pandemics have on global co-operation, what technological advancements are being used and should be used when dealing with global emergencies and how COVID-19 will change our physical landscapes and impact the relationships younger generations have with elders.
He discusses how ultimately, times like these are a test of human character while reflecting on Cyril Ramaphosa’s admirable interventions in comparison with other countries; and he shares which developments he hopes to see in the future as a result of this pandemic.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
With special thanks to Arundhati Roy
Resources: The Butterfly D...
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- Maverick Sports EP 20: John Dobson - Singing from a different Hymn Sheet
- Runtime
- 38:21
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- He has run a successful publishing company, has a Masters degree in creative writing, a law degree, an MBA and has written two novels. But that’s just one piece of John Dobson’s story. In another part of his life he coached UCT to the Varsity Cup title, won a Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup as head coach of Western Province and guided WP’s U-21s to two national titles. He had playing stints in Italy and Portugal and is currently head coach of the Stormers in Super Rugby. His mother still asks when he is going to get a ‘real job’, but Dobson is a self-confessed ‘rugby romantic’ whose deep passion for the game was moulded by a family steeped in rugby. He sees coaching as not only teaching young players how to become better at their jobs and to win matches and titles, but also how to become better human beings.
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- Webinar: Covid-19 Experts
- Runtime
- 1:01:11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Maverick Citizen Editor, Mark Heywood, in conversation with Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Chair of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee discussing the Covid-19 Pandemic and what South Africa is doing to respond to it.
Further reading: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-09-top-health-adviser-says-sas-coronavirus-testing-approach-was-initially-too-limited/
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- Frontlines: Bandile Masuku
- Runtime
- 4:42
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Daily Maverick sat down with Gauteng MEC for Health, Bandile Masuku who still works regular shifts at clinics and hospitals and does not yield to a sense of crisis, or even drama. Instead, he sees opportunity in crisis.
Video produced by Chanel Retief
Article found here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-04-06-bandile-masuku-the-obstetrician-heading-the-battle-against-covid-19-in-sas-highest-risk-triangle/
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- Love in the time of Corona
- Runtime
- 20:19
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The coronavirus pandemic is already taking a significant toll on human relationships. In this episode, we look at the separations between loved ones created by the South African lockdown, and one way people are finding to deal with separation.
Rebecca also talks to a couple whose relationship has survived a situation far more intense than a 21-day lockdown: just the two of them, in a confined space, with limited supplies, at the mercy of terrifying external forces, for six months...
To report domestic violence or abuse contact the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre at 0800 150 150
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
Additional credits:
Additional audio from South China Morning Post and Times Free Press
Music by Sandy Pierce and Young Rich Pixies
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- Webinar: The Effects of Covid-19 on South African SMEs
- Runtime
- 55:41
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Daily Maverick journalist Ray Mahlaka in conversation with CEO of Small Business Institute John Dludlu and Bongiwe Gangeni, Deputy CEO of Retail and Business Bank at Absa discussing the effects of Covid-19 on South African SMEs.
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- Maverick Sports EP 19: Neil Powell - Creating Champions
- Runtime
- 36:27
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- He has coached South Africa to two World Series titles, a Commonwealth Games’ gold medal and an Olympic bronze medal, but for Blitzbok coach Neil Powell the job is only partly about winning titles. The South Africa sevens programme has become the envy of the world game, where it keeps churning out world-class sevens players every year and setting the tactical standard for the shorter version of the sport. The team had set its sights on Olympic gold in Tokyo this year, but that target has moved after the postponement of the global showpiece to July and August 2021 following the outbreak of the Coronavirus. It will lead to a massive adjustment of the Blitzboks’ preparation time frames but will also give them a chance to evolve even further. Neil joins the Maverick Sports Podcast today, to talk about these and many other issues.
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- Covid-19: How Pandemics Give Birth to Revolutions & Dictatorships
- Runtime
- 21:07
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- It’s now clear that the Covid-19 pandemic is going to have effects that we’ll be dealing with for quite some time afterwards - not just in terms of public health, but also economically and perhaps also politically.
We wanted to know: what does history say about the likely political fallout of this kind of health emergency? Can pandemics foment revolutions, or birth dictatorships?
In this episode, Rebecca speaks to Yale Professor Frank Snowden, who has studied the effects of pandemics throughout history: from the medieval plague to more contemporary diseases like malaria.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with sound engineering and editing by Tevya Shapiro, original music scoring by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
Additional credits
Featuring audio from Voices of the First World War (BBC.co.uk)
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- Maverick Sports EP 18: The Front Line Of Covid-19
- Runtime
- 33:10
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In this episode we hand over the Maverick Sports podcast platform to the biggest issue of our time – perhaps of any time since World War II – Coronavirus. The sporting landscape both locally and internationally has been decimated by cancellations and postponements in recent weeks. The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo the latest casualty of the global pandemic. On the podcast today is respected journalist and 20 times Comrades Marathon runner Mark Heywood. Mark is a veteran activist who was on the front line in the HIV crisis in South Africa more than a decade ago. He is editor of Maverick Citizen, which is telling vital stories of Coronavirus and more at both a macro and micro level. Once again he finds himself on the front line of a health crisis. As a sports lover Mark understands the impact that Covid-19 is having in that space and helps us unpack it through a wide lens.
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- Covid-19 and the hidden cost of stockpiling
- Runtime
- 5:58
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- As the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases steadily grows, South Africans across the country prepare for an indefinite time of minimal interpersonal relations. This, for many, has meant stockpiling for uncertain times, despite Minister of Trade and Industry, Ebrahim Patel assuring the nation that imports will not be affected. On 19 March, Patel announced regulations to curb stockpiling noting the potentially devastating effects it could have on the nation’s poor.
Story by Chanel Retief and Sumeya Gasa.
for full story click: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-22-covid-19-and-the-cost-of-stockpiling/
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- Maverick Sports EP 17: Trevor Immelman - The Green Jacket
- Runtime
- 50:58
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The 2020 Masters has been postponed due to coronavirus but this week we turn back the clock to remember one of the great achievers in South African sport. Trevor Immelman has the rare distinction of twice fending off prime Tiger Woods down the stretch in massive golf tournaments. The first was to win the 2006 Western Open on the PGA Tour and the second, most famously, was to claim the 2008 Masters at Augusta National when he was only 28. Immelman’s victory made him the fifth South African to win one of golf’s majors and only the second after Gary Player to claim the Masters’ green jacket. Victory gave him a lifetime membership at Augusta and moved him into a select group of players to have won one of golf’s four elite tournaments. He also won the South African Open twice on his ‘home’ course of Erinvale. After that heady win at Augusta, Immelman’s career hit some bumps through severe injuries and loss of confidence and he never won another professional tournament. Immelma...
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- The Motjie Who Drives a Taxi: The Story of Aunty Amina Shabodien
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Reporting on the Cape Flats often focuses on crime, drugs and gangsterism with little room for stories about older generations whose shoulders we stand on. Here’s one about Amina Shabodien, a trailblazing woman who started her own taxi business in Belhar during apartheid.
Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/vabc2vt
Video produced by: Leila Dougan and Haji
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- Maverick Sports EP 16: Doug Ryder: Africa’s Cycling Team VS The World
- Runtime
- 45:02
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Doug Ryder only wanted to be a pro cyclist. He eked out a living trying to fulfil that dream on the cold European winter and autumn circuit in the 1990s and had moderate success. Through those experiences a dream of building an African cycling team that would compete at the elite level started to form. The dream slowly became reality as Ryder banged on the door of the sport with only his vision and passion to sell. He met resistance, mirth and suspicion from cycling’s establishment, and learned some valuable lessons along the way. But he never gave up and today the NTT Pro Cycling Team (formerly Dimension Data) is in the first division of the World Tour. Since its entry to the upper echelons of the sport its riders have won many races, including seven Tour de France stages. It has also given over 80,000 bikes to underprivileged African communities through its Qhubeka Foundation and it continues to grow. Today, Ryder joins the Maverick Sports Podcast to talk about the rise of the litt...
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- Maverick Sports EP 15: CT Cycle Tour: Coronavirus & Big Decisions
- Runtime
- 31:16
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- It’s 42 in 2020 but unlike most 40-year-olds, the Cape Town Cycle Tour shows no signs of decline or of slowing down. The iconic race is now as much a part of South Africa’s sporting landscape as the Comrades Marathon. Its world-class organisation, coupled with unparalleled scenery, makes it a bucket list event for every cyclist and many non-cyclists. With 35000 participants riding a 109km route across the Cape Peninsula, it requires impeccable logistics, planning, cooperation, a little luck and a big sense of humour. Dave Bellairs is one of the dedicated team tasked with bringing all these moving parts together to ensure that the iconic event meets the expectations of first time riders and of those doing the Tour for a 10th time or more. In 2020, there is also the small matter of the Coronavirus outbreak to consider…
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- Declassified UK
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Declassified UK is the leading website for in-depth analysis and exclusive news on British foreign policy, investigating the UK military, intelligence agencies and its most powerful corporations
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- Structure and Culture: The Baxter, a theatre built like a hilltop town square
- Runtime
- 6:37
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Built on the slope of Table Mountain, at the foot of the University of Cape Town, the Baxter Theatre opened in 1977, providing “a stage for all types of professional entertainment – music, drama, ballet, opera and intimate theatre”. In this episode, we chat to architect Jonathan Green about the architecture of the building, and explore how the structure shaped and influenced human interactions, perceptions and behaviours.
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- Maverick Sports EP 14: Sports Science - The New Frontier
- Runtime
- 33:27
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This week we veer into the world of sports science, which has increasingly become the frontier battleground of professional sports. It’s a complex and vital area of sport and Dr Mike Posthumus, a respected voice in the field of sports science and a professional athlete himself, joins the Maverick Sports podcast to delve deeper. Heard of the 10,000 hour theory? Well, Mike tells us why it’s nonsense. Posthumus is the head of High Performance at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa and an honorary Senior Researcher in the department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at UCT.
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- Maverick Sports EP 13: Unpacking Cricket Capture
- Runtime
- 30:10
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Neil Manthorp has been the voice of South African cricket commentary for nearly 30 years and he’s covered almost every tour and match the Proteas have played since readmission to international cricket in 1991. He’s a respected journalist and media entrepreneur and the author of seven books…. six about cricket and cricketers and one about drinking beer. He is an avid runner and keen golfer with the slowest backswing in the amateur game. This week he joins the Maverick Sports Podcast to discuss the trials facing the game in South Africa, Faf du Plessis and his favourite Proteas’ moment.
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- Maverick Sports EP 12: Robbie Fleck
- Runtime
- 49:28
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Robbie Fleck played 31 Tests for the Springboks as an accomplished outside centre between 1999-2002 and he was also head coach of the Stormers for four seasons between 2016-2019. He was thrust into the Super Rugby coaching job when current England mentor Eddie Jones vacated the Stormers post after only 10 days, leaving Fleck to pick up the pieces. In today’s episode Fleck talks about the difficulties and challenges of that situation and how Western Province’s financial problems impacted on the team. He regales us with tales of the ‘Men in Black’, the talented 1999 Stormers team that came so close to winning Super Rugby and gives piercing insights into his 20 years in the game as a professional player, and coach.
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- Maverick Sports Episode 11: Murderball a.k.a. Wheelchair Rugby
- Runtime
- 32:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Despite breaking his neck in an horrific scrumming incident that left him a quadriplegic when he was 17, this week’s Maverick Sports podcast guest Andy Barrow would not change anything. Barrow showed courage and determination to embrace his fate and become an inspirational captain of the England wheelchair rugby team that competed in three Paralympic Games, three World Championships, and five European Championships, where his team won three consecutive gold medals. Barrow is now a motivational speaker and world traveler, spreading his infectious zest for life to hundreds of people of all ages.
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- Maverick Sports EP 10: Finding SA’s Serenas, Rogers & Rafas
- Runtime
- 36:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Tennis South Africa’s chief executive Richard Glover can’t pinpoint exactly where or when SA’s first tennis superstar might emerge, but he and his organisation are building foundations to make that to happen. The last 20 years have been among the best ever in professional tennis. Roger, Rafa and Novak on the men’s side have redefined the sport while Serena has done the same for the women’s game. Over the past few years new Tennis SA has slowly started to rebuild the grassroots programme and bring sponsors into the game again. Money is vital to find and nurture talent in a sport than can be financially crippling for young players and their families. This week Glover explains what is happening in South African tennis.
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- Maverick Sports EP 9: Schalk Burger
- Runtime
- 43:41
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Schalk Burger is one of South Africa’s greatest rugby players. Famous for his intensity and skill, he is a former World Player of the Year, captained the Springboks against the All Blacks at his beloved Newlands, won the Rugby World Cup at junior and senior level, picked up a European Cup and an English Premiership title with Saracens, and had an acclaimed career in Japanese club rugby. Nowadays he’s a full-time dad, part-time car renovator and occasional rugby analyst on SuperSport. He joins us to talk about rugby and life and to share some anecdotes about being at the top of his profession for 15 years.
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- Philip Miller, Composer and Sound Artist
- Runtime
- 7:54
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Philip Miller is a South African and international composer and sound artist whose work is multi-faceted, often developing out of collaborative projects in theatre, film, video and sound installations. Some of his best-known collaborations are with acclaimed artist, William Kentridge. Self-described as a “sound magpie”, Miller captures the worlds of sound, past and present, from South Africa and everywhere else, with a similar anthropological approach to that of William Kentridge. Still, while Kentridge translates history into works of art that often leave the audience with riddles to explore, Miller’s scores, dominated by voices and hums of societies, fill our ears with sub-reality we are otherwise bound to be oblivious to. Read our full article on Philip Miller on Maverick Life
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- Panyaza on transforming Gauteng schools
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi sat down with Daily Maverick to discuss his department’s commitment to building what he terms ‘social cohesion’ in the province’s learning institutions, curbing school violence and advancing township schools.
Produced by Chanel Retief and Ayanda Mthethwa
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- "Ikhaya LeThemba shelter is no haven" for Joburg women
- Runtime
- 5:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The department of Community Safety has been trying to evict women and their children from the Ikhaya LeThemba shelter in Braamfontein, Johannesburg since 2017. The shelter is meant to be a place of hope and safety for survivors of domestic violence.
“Instead of getting rid of the problem, they’re actually creating more problems for women because most of us that go out of here … go back to those abusive relationships, which is not breaking any cycle. It’s not breaking the cycle at all,” says one of the women at the Ikhaya LeThemba Shelter.
READ the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/ry7wnyr
*The women in the video have asked to remain anonymous.
Produced by Chanel Retief and Chelsey Moubray
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- On the edge of Change Episode 6 - Back on Land: South Africa & Climate Crisis
- Runtime
- 19:07
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In this episode, we talk to the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; the South African Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Forestry, Barbara Creecy; Jay Naidoo, founding general secretary of COSATU and former minister in Mandela’s government; Professor Mark Swilling of Stellenbosch University, and Our Burning Planet senior investigator Kevin Bloom, about the urgency to address climate crisis, its global impact on our environment and climate justice, and the humanitarian crisis that could unfold if we delay policies and climate strategies.
- Title
- Andy Mkosi uses music to spark conversation
- Runtime
- 5:11
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- As the world observes 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, local activists and civil organisations have ramped up their calls for government to act against the scourge of violence against women and children. For Multimedia Artist and Musician, Andy Mkosi, her latest musical offering - currently, Untitled - was triggered by the news of the gruesome rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. The song comments on gender-based violence with the hopes of sparking conversation among men in South Africa.
- Title
- Saldanha residents call on government to keep steel mill open
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of community members, community activists, workers and contractors from the Saldanha Bay ArcelorMittal steel plant protested against the closure of the plant on Thursday 21 November.
ArcelorMittal announced the closure of the mill on 11 November, saying they were losing money and that the mill would start winding down immediately. The affected communities sprang into action and a call to protest went out.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://tinyurl.com/t5yjggx
During the demonstration, Sammy Claassen of the South African Social and Economic Development Forum (SASDEF) addressesd protestors and had a message for workers at the Saldanha Steel mill closure protest.
- Title
- Shamila Batohi says the NPA is ready to prosecute
- Runtime
- 5:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) held a media round table discussion on Tuesday 19 November 2019 where the National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi updated journalists on the progress of the NPA. Daily Maverick compiled a list of some of the NPA’s future plans.
Produced by: Chanel Retief
- Title
- On The Edge of Change Episode 5 - Plastic Pollution and the Problem with Ocean Cleanups
- Runtime
- 8:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A product that was once lauded as a stroke of genius has become one of the fastest growing environmental problems in the world.
On 27 June, a new version of the Ocean Clean Up, dubbed System 001/B, was launched with the aim of cleaning a region in the Pacific Ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from floating plastics.
System 001/B was not the first such structure to be released in the ocean; System 001 (you see the connection), which reportedly cost around $25-million to design and build, was dropped in December 2018, its release followed by a rogue wave of both wild applause and harsh criticism from scientists and experts around the world.
But plastic wasn’t always the elephant in the littered room and the massive threat to the environment, wildlife and humanity that is today. Back in the 1950s, it was celebrated as a revolutionary material, infiltrating multiple layers of product R&D and transforming our very lifestyles...Read our full article ...
- Title
- PieterMaritzburg tornado
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
