A big thanks to Cazz, Sive, Yuzriq all the Bush Radio listeners who came out to participate in our marathon Retro-Rewind Open Streets Woodstock broadcast on Sunday, 28 October 2018 in Main Road, Woodstock.
Thanks to Abdu Mohamed who submitted the pictures for us.
We hope to see you at the next Open Streets Event, where we hope to have even more fun and exchange around spatial planning, transport and access for all Capetonians.
On Sunday the 28th October 2018 is Open Streets Woodstock, and we will be joining the activities planned for the day.
Bush Radio will bring you a marathon edition of Retro-Rewind from 10am till 2pm at the Woodstock Skate Park, as part of the Twenty Skeight and Eduskeight park activation.
Eduskeight and Sk8forGr8 are Woodstock-based, youth-driven and youth-focused initiatives who have been actively working across Cape Town and beyond to bring positive change to children’s lives through skateboarding and creativity.
Join Cazz, Sive, Yuzriq and the rest of the Bush Radio team for information, music, fun and reclaiming the streets.
L to R: Bassie Montewa, Roger Heunis (DJ Hamma), Lara Utian, Taslima Viljoen, Jeanne du Toit (back), Barbara Meyer, Crystal Orderson, Dexter Mauritz (front), Adrian Louw and Lungiswa Sithole
In the days before the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) or the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and licenses for community radio, Bush Radio did (and still does) what we termed field broadcasts – “broadcasts” using a PA and not connected to a transmitter from various areas in the Cape Flats.
This picture was taken at one of these field broadcasts from Nyanga Junction in 1994.
Bush Radio spent part of Heritage Day 2012 at the Rocklands Civic Centre in Mitchells Plain as part of the Urban Renewal Programme for Khayelitsha & Mitchells Plain. The aim of the event was to use of arts, sports and cultural activities as tools for nation building.
On Sunday the 1st April 2012, Bush Radio broadcast from the Mxit 2.0 party at the Brenaissance Estate in Devon Valley.
The 9 hour broadcast highlighted the work of Mxit and specifically how communities can use the platform to engage and solve social challenges, but besides all the serious things the “Alice in Wonderland” themed event had gaming, fantastic bands, good food and exciting announcements.
One of these announcements was the appointment of Marlon Parker of RLabs – Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs participated in MKK2010) to head up Mxit Reach.
Soon after World of Avatar founder, Alan Knott-Craig made the announcement from the main stage, Marlon was on-air with Dr Victor Davids giving listeners insight into how Mxit could be used to address social issues. (LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW – Click here)
Marlon Parker speaking during the broadcast
The broadcast also saw the official launch of the of the Bushradio-Mxit portal which enables listeners to send messages directly to the station via Mxit at only 2 cents per message.
Add the Bush Radio portal on Mxit as a contact “bush radio” and “Join the conversation” – after doing this Bushradio will be under APPS and then you can send us your messages
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While the broadcast was happening the Breakfast Rush’s Sive Msolo took the opportunity to attempt fire-walking (see video)
Bush Radio put together the special outside broadcast to get a sense of what the community was expecting and what they thought of President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address.
While the OB team was busy in Mitchells Plain the Bushradionews interns were at Parliament collecting sound and pictures of the event as well as generating analysis of the speech.
Some of the people who shared their views were during the outside broadcast in Mitchells Plain:
Louis Botha – Deputy Manager of GCIS in the Western Cape
Councillor Solomon Philander – Ward Councillor for ward 79 & Deputy Chairperson for the DA constituency, Mitchells Plain
Councillor Xolani Sotashe – Chief Whip of ANC in City of CT
Shahied Keet – Mitchells Plain Backyarddwellers and Resident’s Association
Rudy Kronenberg – Eastridge (Smarty town) Resident
Nafeesah – Resident
Michael Jacobs – Community Police Forum
Wayne McKay – local comedian and Bush Radio volunteer
Ismail Chotia – Universal Party
A visualisation produced by Bushradionews to highlight the most words used in the SONA 2012 - an interactive version is available on http://bushradionews.blogspot.com/
The Bush Radio team in Garden Village
On Sunday, October 23, 2011 we had an outside broadcast at the Garden Village Primary School. The idea behind the OB was to promote the upcoming Village Day when Garden Village celebrates its 89th birthday. The weather was sunny, allowing the Villagers to set up their braai stands and tables to enjoy themselves.
The residents of Garden Village were kept entertained by Bush Radio’s Three Musketeers; Roger Lewis (Sensual Sundays 12pm-2pm), Dr Victor (Jazz on Bush 2pm-4pm) and Calvin Peters (Flashback 4pm-6pm).
Rene Hendricks, Marketing Director of Garden Village Residents Association said, “Today is a count down for the upcoming event, as we will be celebrating 89years of Garden Village’s existence. This event is definitely a very good sign that if people were able to come to this one, then the actual event will definitely be a success.”
Mrs October, Principal at Garden Village Primary School said “Lot of things in the community revolve around the school and there is no recreation and development. Therefore, the school has all the facilities the community needs”.
The people of Garden Village looked like one big happy family, as everyone gathered around with their families and greeted each other with warm smiles.
Dancing, Braaing and Broadcasting in Garden Village
Maureen Robertson, a resident at Garden Village said, “This is a special day for me, I have never heard of Bush Radio before and I knew nothing about it; but here I am today at my old age enjoying my time with Bush Radio, meeting you people. This is really the best thing that has happened to me, thank you Bush Radio.”
Gabiba Dames, an elderly resident at Garden Village said, “It’s the first time I see this happen, and it’s evident before my eyes that it has brought everyone together; it is a good thing to keep the interaction between the young and old. This should be done more often.”
The first 7 days of our outside broadcast marathon for 16 Day of Activism is complete but it wasn’t without hitches. First our only outside broadcast laptop crashed – a day before our campaign started – but thanks to CapeTown Tweeple who retweeted our call for help, Professor Johannes Cronje from CPUT donated his laptop.
Then one of our venues in Hanover Park had no functioning telephone line but the Auntie across the road stepped in and let us use her telephone line!
Unfortunately, our appeals and proposals to national, local government and corporates for support have gone unheeded.
If you would like to support this or any Bush Radio project; through advertising, sponsorship or donations; please contact Brenda Leonard on 021 448 5450 or brenda@bushradio.co.za
As part of Bush Radio’s 16 days of activism campaign (25th November – 10th December 2010) we have planned a series of outside broadcasts from various organisations around Cape Town.
Tune into Sakhisizwe on 89.5 FM or online every weekday from 12h00 during the 16 Days of Activism. (see schedule below)
The objectives of the outside broadcasts are to:
Let’s break the silence and put an end to abuse.
The Outside Broadcast schedule for the 16 days of Activism:
25 Nov – Simelela Centre & Rape Crisis, Khayelitsha
26 Nov – Sizakuyenza, Khayelitsha
29 Nov – Saartjie Baartman Centre, Athlone
30 Nov – Philisa Abafazi Bethu, Lavender Hill
01 Dec – SACTWU, Salt River
02 Dec – Gender and Youth Network, Hanover Park
03 Dec – Mitchells Plain Network Opposing Abuse, Mitchells Plain
06 Dec – Ons Plek, Cape Town CBD
07 Dec – Women’s Legal Centre, Cape Town CBD
08 Dec – Women’s Circle, Delft
09 Dec – Triangle Project, Mowbray
10 Dec – Sisters Incorporated, Kenilworth
Join us this Sunday (26 September 2010) from 12h00 to 18h00 at The Generations Cafe (The G-Spot).
Besides catching up with some of the Bush Radio presenters, staff and volunteers. The G-Spot has organised a strong line-up of local artists like Salome, Carmen Xclusive, N2, The Instrumentals and many more to provide entertainment at the event.
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