Campaigning for your Right to Know

Some of the colourful signs at the protest

As we indicated in a previous blog post (Open Letter on Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression), we at Bush Radio are very concerned about certain legislation before Parliament which may hamper the free flow of information.

Bush Radio Intern, Elias Aba Milki making sure he gets good sound

On Wednesday (27 October 2010), a few of the Bush Radio staff and volunteers participated in a march to parliament organised by the Right to Know campaign, not simply to cover the protest for our newsroom (see story & video) but also to raise some of our concerns.

Newsroom trainees, Lusanda Bill (front) & Lelethu Mquqo get into the action with intern Sabrina Neri and Everyday People host Sive Msolo

From the archive: Tamara Dey

This picture was taken at Bush Radio in the mid 2000’s when singer Tamara Dey (centre) visited us as part of the Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW).

See if you can spot:

Michael Tshoko, Jill Ockers, Leonie Louw, Springs Mahulutshana, Akhona Ngoqo, Wendy Burnell, Carmen Esau, Cikiswa Njana and Simone Bosman.

Download the Bush Radio / WCED Matric Revision programmes

At the end of August, Bush Radio and the Western Cape Education department launched a series of programmes in order to get Matrics ready to write their 2010 final exams.

The programmes were a big success, as it gave learners the chance to get advice from the actual people who draft and mark them.

Bush Radio has decided to make these programmes available online and so that learners could use them as a refresher and something to help ease their stress.

Please note we have compressed the files in order to save you bandwidth – should you want a high quality / cd copy of the programme call Sharon on 021 448 5450.

Simply right click on the links below and save the file to your computer.

Business Studies Prt 1

Business Studies Prt 2

Mathematics Prt 1

Mathematics Prt 2

English (FAL) Prt 1

English (FAL) Prt 2

History 1

Geography 1

Accounting Prt 1

Accounting Prt 2

Afrikaans (HL) Prt 1

Afrikaans (HL) Prt 2

Life Sciences Prt 1

Life Sciences Prt 2

Going global

Recently we were asked by the organisers of the 10th AMARC Global Conference (World Association of Community Radio broadcasters) to submit a station promo which we thought summed up what the station stood for.

If you would like to here what we submitted click on the picture below.