Lockdown is hard. We hope that all our supporters are doing all they can to stay safe. Stay home if you can. Use a mask when getting your grants or essentials.
The Bush Radio team continues to bring you accurate and true information, sharing your hardships as the team navigates getting to the station and keeping your favourite and new programmes going. A dedicated group is bringing you innovative, and exciting programming to help with the lockdown blues.
We also would like your ideas on what we could add to the programme schedule, especially during this time. Many have requested a return to our radio drama series and local artists are featuring even more than usual on our playlist.
As a not-for-profit community radio station we need your support. If you are in the position to assist the station please consider making a donation or direct transfer so that we can continue doing our work.
Our banking details:
Bank: Standard Bank Account Name: Bush Radio Account Number: 07 122 0194 Branch Name: Mowbray Branch Code: 004909 Bank address: 37 – 39 Main Road, Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa, 7700 SWIFT address: SBZA ZA JJ
It seems that everyone is counting down the days to “Black Friday” sales.
According to the Reserve Bank, consumer debt currently stands at R1.7-trillion, with a study by the World Bank revealing that about 25 million South African adults owe money.
We would like to ask our listeners to avoid getting caught by sales gimmicks and false discounts. Remember to plan for the necessities for the months ahead like your rent, bond, food and transport.
If it is on sale and you buy it on credit, remember that interest and fees will push up the price. Therefore, cash is king for sale items.
Don’t spend what you don’t have this means do not live beyond your means and don’t buy if you haven’t budgeted;
Set a realistic budget of what you can afford to spend at the beginning of your Black Friday/Christmas shopping and stick to it;
Don’t shop in a hurry, without a plan and place everything on your credit/ store card;
Plan carefully and pay particular attention to your budget, especially bearing in mind the additional expenses that come with the new year;
Have a shopping list to avoid buying unnecessary items if you don’t need it now, chances are you may never need it. So a void wasting your time and hard earned money
If you want to begin the New Year in a financially sound position, be aware of how you spend your money during this period and save for the New Year;
Do a budget for the festive season which includes all debt, rent, electricity, water, insurance, transport, gifts, school uniform, stationery, entertainment etc;
Don’t blow your bonus on treats. Spend Wisely and rather pay off your debts;
Shop around for specials and compare prizes; Spend wisely tomorrow and during the festive season and enjoy a financially relaxed and peaceful new year.
Remember that if you choose to ignore your budget and break the bank on Black Friday or max out your credit cards for festive shopping you may be headed for a bleak 2019.
Host of Bush Radio’s breakfast programme “The Breakfast Rush”, Yuzriq Meyer represented Bush Radio at the annual Woodstock SAPS Christmas lunch for senior citizens at the Woodstock Town Hall. We asked him to share some of the experience on this blog…
On Thursday, 17th of November 2016 the Woodstock SAPS (South African Police Service) in collaboration with the City of Cape Town hosted the annual Christmas lunch for the elderly of Woodstock & its surrounding areas.
This event takes place every year, where the police from the Woodstock area get together to throw an event all aimed at giving back to the old folks and allowing them to come out for not only a really nice lunch but also for a host of performances by influential artists, musicians and rappers from around Cape Town.
This really great initiative was nothing short of a success as the elderly, danced, laughed and had the real time of their lives.
It was a huge honour being part of such an extraordinary event.
Even more so, seeing the faces of my grandmother, your grandmother and our grandfathers faces light up with life as the artists tirelessly entertained them with sheer passion.
May next year be as successful as this and may we all do our little to give back to our communities as best we can.
Bush Radio’s The Dankish team present: Bass Education 2 on Friday the 4th March 2016 at The Bang Bar starting at 9pm.
Bass Education is a journey exploring all aspects of bass music and giving DJ’s the platform to showcase a different side to themselves with no genre limitations within in the bass music spectrum.
Due to the amount of support we’ve been getting for playing local music on Bush Radio 89.5FM the Cape Town Top 5 has now become the Cape Town Top 10!
Still running in the same format and slot on Everyday People (Thursday @ 4pm) the CT Top 10 now becomes an hour long feature on the show.
How to vote:
Check out Everyday People every Thursday when we bring you the Cape Town TOP 10 starting at 4pm, showcasing the tracks from Cape Town’s best artists.
If you like it and want to keep the tracks in the CT TOP10 chart, all you need to do is VOTE.
SMS the word TOP10 + the artist to 32158*.
Let’s support and encourage our local artists and musicians
All songs featured on the CT TOP 10 will be placed in the Bush Radio playlist for regular airplay
*R1 per SMS and free minutes do not apply.
** Cape Town artists wishing to submit their tracks for consideration can do so c/o the Music Co-ordinator. Send it to P.O. Box 13290, Mowbray 7705 or via mp3 to Music@Bushradio **
*** A weekend version of the chart show is also in development – If you are interested in hosting the Saturday version of the Cape Town Top 10 send an audio demo (no more than 5 minutes) to the Programme Integrator via email by the 27 June 2014.***
From today till the 16th August, one lucky listener will get the opportunity to win a set of double tickets to “I’m every woman” by Can Skylark show in Cape Town on the 26th August at the Barnyard Theatre and also receive an autographed copy of her single.
To stand a chance of winning two tickets for you and your partner all you need to do is:
SMS the keyword CAN + your name + surname to 32158.
The lucky draw line will close at 5pm on Friday the 16th August 2013.
The winner’s name will be announced on Retro Rewind, Sunday the 18th August
2013 between 10am – 12pm.
This is a lucky draw, sms as many times as you like to increase your chances of winning this amazing prize.
SMS cost R1 and free minutes do not apply.
Event details:
I’m Every Woman
Date: 26th August 2013
Venue: Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge, Cape Town
Doors open at 18:30 and the show starts at 20:00
Tickets are available at computicket at R 135per person
For more information contact: management@canskylark.com
Some of the members of the 2013 CREW radio programmes
Tomorrow, Saturday the 6th April 2013 sees the relaunch of the on-air part of Bush Radio’s Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW) project which has been running since 1996.
For the past week at the Bush Radio studios a group of young people drawn from various parts of Cape Town have been receiving introductory radio training and workshopping various topics for the programmes.
The CREW on-air programmes (Tots, Kids and Teens) are produced and hosted by the young people themselves – they are responsible for generating the content. It will be broadcast on 89.5FM as well as online.
Please show your support by calling into the studio on 021 448 6266 or sending an sms to 32158 or via Mxit (go to Tradepost > Entertainment > Radio > Bush Radio.)
The tots start at 9am, kids at 10am and the teens at 11am.
The CREW 2013 project is made possible with the support of FES Media.
Bush Radio is recruiting children and youth aged 6 – 18 years to be trained as volunteer presenters and producers in their children’s radio project; Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW) which has been running since 1996.
The programme is divided into three age groups and is on air every Saturday from 10:00 – 13:00.
We are using the following as criteria to select the young people:
– Age (must be between 6 – 18 years old)
– Gender (balance between male and female)
– Language capabilities (English, Afrikaans and Xhosa speakers)
– Geographical area they live in (Greater Cape Town + Cape Flats)
– The willingness and ability to participate weekly
For more information call Sinethemba at Bush Radio’s reception on 021 448 5450.
Closing date: Monday 25 March 2013 at 16:00, and only 30 children will be selected.
Entertainer extraordinaire, Emo Adams joined the Bush RadioMorning Cruise team yesterday (18/01/2013) to help spread the madness and share some of his wisdom – Emo is regular to 89.5FM listeners from his early days with the music group JAG, the shows District 6 – the musical and Kat and the Kings.
Here is a breakdown of what his talks (and sings) about in the video clip:
1. Emo rap
2. Modern Songs: Put your head on my shoulder / Put your ass on my face (00m.17s)
3. Where is Afrikaans going? (01m.51s)
4. Being quiet in Stilbaai (02m.43s)
5. GHD only works to a certain point (03m.20s)
6. On stalking and saying thank you (04m.10s)
7. Jy soen my nie meer nie…gaan was (05m.28s)
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