Bush Radio volunteers, staff and board would like to express our condolences to the family of Sandile Dikeni who passed away today.
Besides his many roles as journalist, editor, poet and activist, Sandile was also and employee of the Cassette Education Trust (CASET) which was one of the founding organisations of Bush Radio.
When Bush Radio was formally established, Sandile became our first official employee.
We salute you Sandile, thank you for the inspiration and the words that help nourished the roots of Bush Radio.
The National Community Radio Forum issued a press statement after their meeting with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) yesterday.
Again Bush Radio is very concerned about these developments and we believe that a closure of one station is worrying. We call upon all parties involved to look for an amicable solution for the continued survival and growth of the community radio sector.
We also encourage communities, individuals, organisations and businesses to support their community radio stations.
Listen to a highly condensed version of the discussion on 23rd October at the Masambe Theatre. Recorded and edited by Nigel Vermaas and aired on Bush Radio’s Sakhisizwe arts edition.
On 23
October the South African Cultural Policy Network held a Public Forum at
the Masambe Theatre, Baxter. What should we do with the art of
monstrous men? There has been much international debate about the
“monstrous men” in art, movies, television, and music in the age of #MeToo movement.
The South African arts industry has its own ‘monstrous men’.
Artist
Zwelethu Mthethwa is serving eighteen years in jail for murdering sex
worker, Nokupila Kumalo; Mbongeni Ngema faces a number of allegations of
sexual harassment. And Welcome Msomi has recently been found guilty of
having stolen R8m from the Living Legends fund.
Should we separate the art from the artist?
Should
Sarafina and other works by Ngema – and Ngema himself –be banned from
our theatres? And what about our Rolling Stones albums, Woody Allen
DVDS? Etc etc.
A panel consisting of poet & cultural activist
Malika Ndlovu, Stellenbosch university transformation officer Babalwa
Gusha and gender activist & academic Amanda Gouws grappled with this
complex topic. The forum was facilitated by another Stellenbosch
University academic Ncebakazi Mnukwana. Tina Schouw also features in the
audio.
Music, all of which is made by so-called monstrous men has
been added, including Miles Davis, one of the greatest musicians of the
20th Century and also an abuser of women.
The actual forum lasted about 90 minutes so obviously there was a lot of important stuff that is not included.
Thanks to Mike van Graan and the SA Cultural Policy Network for keeping these conversations going.
The above text is taken from Nigel’s introduction of the recording.
Catch Nigel Vermaas every week with Connected to Jazz (Tuesdays 8pm) and during Sakhisizwe’s arts edition (Fridays from 12pm) via 89.5FM or www.bushradio.co.za
The National Community Radio Forum (NCRF), of which Bush Radio is a founding member, today issued a press statement highlighting the plans of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to shut down certain stations for various reasons.
Today we commemorate Black Wednesday 42 years ago – October 19, 1977 – when the apartheid government banned several newspapers, organisations and journalists.
Today, ICASA, an institution for which Bush Radio fought
hard to be established, wants to shut down more than 40 community radio
stations. The effect will be the same as then – limiting media freedom and
alternative voices in the broadcast sector.
Bush Radio strongly urges our democratically elected government to intervene in this matter. We ask ICASA to look at a positive resolution to help secure the future of the community radio sector.
“In the small meeting room buried deep within Bush Radio’s second-floor offices on Victoria Road in Salt River, central Cape Town, and lying alongside an ancient Zenith Trans-Oceanic analog radio are two maroon leather cases.
These cases are marked with the iconic golden dog and gramophone logo of His Master’s Voice, formerly the Victor Talking Machine Company. These cases contain original recordings of speeches, debates, poetry, and music performed by South African anti-apartheid activists—those deemed so dangerous that they were banned from gathering or speaking publicly by the then-government.”
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Bush Radio is opening applications for internship positions for those interested in getting into media. No prior formal qualification is required.
The internship will provide basic experience in
journalism, radio content production and multimedia.
Please read the requirements below CAREFULLY – should the information be incomplete or incorrect, your application will not be considered.
Are you…
Curious, adventurous, always looking for a story, willing
to hunt down a source, hungry to learn, energetic, able to speak, write and
read in English & Afrikaans/Xhosa, willing to explore new frontiers in
media?
Would you like to…
Record sound, conduct interviews, compile bulletins, read
bulletins, take pictures, record video, cover events, test your skills LIVE to
a listening and online audience of over 375 000 people, generate interview
ideas, liaise with guests, assist presenter, research, package and present,
liaise with listeners regarding programmes, updating blogs/websites, present as
needed / capable, participate in outside broadcasts or events, build your
career and profile?
Requirements:
No formal qualifications are required but the candidates must be computer literate and understand, write and read English and one other language (Afrikaans or Xhosa)
You will be required full-time (ie Monday – Friday) or shifts (06h00 – 14h00 and 10h00 –18h00 –including weekend and public holiday shifts depending on the area you are placed.
You must be available to start immediately.
Cape Town based
Not currently a full-time student or learner
You will not receive payment! This is a volunteer internship at Africa’s leading community radio station.
Transport allowance of R500 per month for 3 months (probation), increased to R 1000 thereafter, non-negotiable for 9 months.
Shortlisted candidates will be put through a combination written test (for computer skills, language, general knowledge) and a voice test. – If selected for the test it will happen the week of 23 September 2019
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Forty-seven people killed in one weekend. Two thousand people killed in the first half of this year.
These were just some of the statistics going around when the army was called in to help end gang violence on the Cape Flats.
Now they’re getting ready to leave, and it’s hard to measure how it helped. Police Minister Bheki Cele says more than a thousand arrests, the Western Cape govt – using the mortuaries – says fewer people were killed, and the army calls the situation stable.
But how do we tackle decades of violence and its aftermath in three months?
It is time for long-term solutions for communities named as the most dangerous… Bishop Lavis, Mitchells Plain, Delft, Elsies River, Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Mfuleni, Philippi, Kraaifontein and Manenberg.
allAfrica.com and Bush Radio want to know what the next steps are, how to build the peace that we need in our communities, especially as the impact of gang violence, and the raw emotions around violence against women and xenophobic attacks are sweeping South Africa.
Always cutting edge, Bush Radio explores issues in an insightful and meaningful way, giving the people of Cape Town access to media that highlights their voices – through music, entertainment, social upliftment and getting hands-on with media training.
The wide range of programming includes human rights, LGBTIQ+, gender, labour, job opportunities, basic health care, entrepreneurship, and offering information deemed necessary by our communities.
Africa’s oldest community radio station project, it was started in the 1980s by community activists and alternative media producers to explore ways in which grassroots media could be used for social upliftment and as an alternative voice during the apartheid era.
Today Bush Radio ensures it remains relevant, necessary and effects change through carefully curated media projects by working with partners to build dynamic programming. These projects include the Children’s Radio Education Workshop, where children aged between 6 and 18 years going live on-air, and the Media Kidocracy Konference where children aged 12 and up are trained to produce media content.
As an incubator for new media talent, Bush Radio has trained many young people from the Cape Flats and beyond who have now moved on into the media industry and beyond, also helping to build young start-ups and artists.
The community media sector is struggling in South Africa and even though Bush Radio is engaging on various levels, including with the government, to find a solution, we need daily costs such as rent, transmission, communication and stipends for the young people to get on-the-job training covered.
Your contribution will go towards ensuring that young people have a place where they can get access to quality media training and experience and that Cape Town’s communities continue to actively contribute to discussions around the issues affecting them.
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