Madhav Prakash broadcasting from Tafelsig on the Cape Flats
Introducing a brand new show for the youth, by the youth, about sex, money, muscles and everything else that matters.
In the vast expanse of Cape Town’s townships, where hope and despair dance on a razor’s edge, a generation finds itself teetering precariously on the threshold of adulthood. Behind the vibrant façade of the Mother City lies a somber reality, particularly on the Cape Flats. Here, the youth face a web of challenges that threaten to entrap them before they even have a chance to spread their wings. Single parenting, gang violence, poverty, and a scarcity of opportunities converge, casting an ominous shadow over the dreams and aspirations of Cape Town’s future. It is a treacherous landscape where the road to maturity is paved with hardship, making the transition from vulnerable adolescent to empowered adult a feat as daunting as any they may encounter.
In investigating the needs of Capetonian youth, our programming intern, Madhav, identified a unique opportunity to engage with Bush’s younger audiences. Drawing from his own experiences maturing in a single-parent household in India and navigating finances, health, sex, relationships, and family on his own, Madhav conceived The Grow Up Plan. In each of its 55-minute episodes Madhav learns about classic coming-of-age struggles and insights buttressing a different aspect of adulthood. He describes the show as one on adulting — the art of being a grown-up.
Designed with the belief that young people are most willing to pay attention to other young people, most of Madhav’s expert guests are young entrepreneurs, teenage founders of NPOs, activists, and friends. Ending every show with an exciting ‘Ask an Auntie’ segment, where the perspective of an older and wiser citizen of the world dots the Is and crosses the Ts, makes for a show that is well-rounded, young, and wise. The 55 minutes is equal parts banter, learning, and relevantly named pop music, and the first 4 episodes are available for listening on Madhav’s YouTube channel, linked to this article.
Join Madhav as he learns about all things sex from people who look like they’ve actually been in love before. Thaina Theodoro, Founder of Sem Medo, an NPO that partners with schools to further sex education teaches us the basics of safe and pleasurable sex. Kurt Godinez, all the way from the Philippines, speaks of his own experiences with loving. Dr Priya Puri, clinical psychologist, discusses the primary concerns that young people today have in their relationships and about sex. Sex therapist and India’s Aunty Gunjan Sharma answers all the questions that you were too afraid to ask your mothers.
About Madhav: Madhav Prakash is a 19-year-old student from New Delhi, India. An incoming freshman at Stanford University in the USA, Madhav has been a part of the programming team at Bush Radio since March. At Bush, he produces for and co-presents SakhiSizwe, weekdays from 12:00 till 14:00, hosts The Grow Up Plan, Saturdays at 15:00, and is working on a number of side projects with the goal of revitalising the community media space in Cape Town. You can find him on Instagram, or through his webpage at madhavprakash.com.
People’s names are important, and getting it correct is especially important to us. But it doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. New intern Madhav Prakash takes us through pronouncing theirs. #hindi#aroundtheoffice#BushRadio
The Days of the Dinosaur is an interactive exhibition, filled with relevant and up-to-date scientific research including life-size dinosaurs which move.
Different kinds of educational information will be available, including information on the geological eras – Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous eras.
A large interactive area for the young ones will keep them busy for hours. This includes a sand box excavation, photo opportunities and a 3D movie theatre.
This competition is taking the form of a lucky draw, so enter often to improve your chances of winning.
To enter sms the keyword “DINO” + your name and surname to 32158. – sms cost R1
The lines will close at midnight on the 31 July 2014.
The winners will be drawn on Friday the 1st August and announced in the Morning Cruise on that day (from 9am-12pm).
NB: The tickets are for the show on Monday, 4 August 2014 at 1pm only – not transferable. Please only enter the competition if you can make this performance.
Now there only two more weeks left for this great competition on 89.5FM. Every week until the 7th October we will be giving lucky listeners the chance to win vouchers to Cape Towns top attractions
This week you could win a MyCapeTown pack which includes:
2x Kirstenbosch Gardens Tickets
A Family Pack (2 kids and 2 adults) for a City Sight Seeing Bus
2x Table Mountain Cable Car Tickets
2x Spur Vouchers
This pack is valued at R 720.
To stand a chance of winning, sms the keyword MYCAPETOWN to 32158 by no later than midnight this Thursday – the winners name will be announced in Sakhisizwe each Friday just after the arts update at 1pm
Over the next three weeks Bush Radio is giving you the opportunity to win with MyCapeTown.
Every week until the 7th October we will be giving lucky listeners the chance to win vouchers to Cape Town’s top attractions
This week you could win a My Cape Town pack which includes:
2x Robben Island Tickets
2x Two Oceans Aquarium Passes
2x Wheel of Excellence Tickets
This pack is valued at R 730.
To stand a chance of winning, sms the keyword MYCAPETOWN to 32158 by no later than midnight this Thursday.
The winners name will be announced in Sakhisizwe every Friday just after the arts update at 1pm. So tune to 89.5FM or on your computer or cellphone via www.bushradio.co.za
Bush Radio is pleased to announce that we have two new members on our breakfast team – and they’re starting stiptelik at 6am on Monday, May 9.
Monde Kapa: familiar for his work on Bush Radio, a few stints at regional and national radio stations, television and commercials (see Monde’s CV). Monde returns to Cape Town airwaves and our online/mobile radio audience as the host of the energetic and dynamic Bush Radio breakfast show.
Monde will be giving back to the station which has introduced many of the radio and television personalities you now see in South Africa.
His role will be to ensure that the Breakfast Show continues to deliver the best and most real radio Cape Town has to offer.
Bhavna Singh: who may be familiar to most through her work on South Africa’s first 24-hour news channel, as well as her print and online work, will join Monde in the studio.
Bhavna describes herself as Durbanite-turned-Joburger finding her way in the Cape on her blog, and what better way for her to experience the Mother City than through the Mother of Community Radio in Africa.
The youngest member of the team is Dennis Kofi – affectionately known in the office as Dennis the Menace. Bush Radio is giving this young buck a taste of media and also readying the world for him.
Other additions to the Breakfast Team will be announced over the course of the month, so stay tuned to 89.5 FM or visit www.bushradio.co.za.
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