The Radio Workshop:
Giving Young People a Voice

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Welcome to the Radio Workshop podcast!  Today we’re talking about our bodies. Do you have issues with how you look?  We’ll be sharing some of your views about body shape, eating, exercising, and trying on clothes.

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Welcome to the Show

Radio Workshop host Lesedi Mogoatlhe welcomes listeners to the show.

The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.

Getting the perfect fit

Sometimes that pair of jeans just doesn’t fit like it’s meant to, right? Alisha, Mendy and Ronel go clothes shopping, and talk about being comfortable in your own skin.

Alisha, Mendy and Ronel are peer educators at GOLD Peer Education.  To find out more about their programmes, click here.

How healthy are young South Africans?

And a recent study shows us that almost half of all South African children get little or no exercise, and this puts them at high risk for illness.

Do you need a strategy to get healthy? Check out the Kid’s Health website for more information.

Let’s go to the gym

The number of overweight children has more than doubled over the past 30 years. Part of this has to do with the foods kids eat. But many of today’s kids are couch potatoes—they need to be more physically active.

Today we meet up with some active young people at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town.

Interested in finding out more about the Kids Club at the Sports Science Institute?  Visit their website.

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That’s it for this week, join us next week for more from the Radio Workshop. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show. Feel free to leave a comment below.  We’d love to know what you think!

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Thanks for joining us for another Radio Workshop podcast!  This week it’s all about books, books, books! Reading takes you places–places near, places far, and places you’ve never heard about!

We take you on a tour of the Central Library in Cape Town and hear about their programmes for young people.

And then, it’s story time!

And closing the show, find out what happened this week in history.

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Welcome to the Show

Radio Workshop host Lesedi Mogoatlhe welcomes listeners to the show.

The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.

Audio Postcard: Cape Town’s Central Library

Today we get a tour of Cape Town’s Central Library. Our tour guide, Senior Librarian Kathleen Laishley, tells us that even though libraries are filled with great books, they contain so much more!

Visit the Central Library at its new location in the Old Drill Hall, on the corner of Darling and Parade Streets in the Cape Town CBD.

Story time

Sit back and relax, because it’s story time!  Today we read from a book called 92 Queens Road, by Dianne Case (Maskew Miller Longman). Bo Petersen reads Chapter One for us.

Do you want to find out about new South African books for young people? Click here.

This Week in History

Find out what events shaped the course of history this week in June!

Interested in South African history?  Visit South African History online!

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That’s it for this week, join us next week for more from the Radio Workshop. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show. Feel free to leave a comment below.  We’d love to know what you think!

Click here to listen to previous Radio Workshop podcasts. And click here to subscribe to our iTunes podcast to get new episodes delivered to you every week.

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June 16th is Youth Day in South Africa, and this week’s show looks back at the Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976.

In this episode we’re also talking about museums. We take you on a tour of the Slave Lodge in Cape Town, and see what exhibitions are currently on offer.

And closing the show, find out what happened this week in history.

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Welcome to the Show

Radio Workshop host Lesedi Mogoatlhe welcomes listeners to our special Youth Day show.

The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.

Audio Postcard: The Slave Lodge

Let’s go to the museum!

Cape Town has many museums to choose from, including the South African National Gallery, the South African Museum, Robben Island Museum, the Castle of Good Hope, among others. Today we visit the second-oldest building in South Africa: The Slave Lodge. And find out about their exhibition on Steve Biko!

The Slave Lodge is part of Cape Town’s Iziko Museums. To find out more about Iziko’s Museums and their current programmes, click here.

June 16, 1976

Where were you during the Soweto Uprising on June 16th, 1976?  You might not have been born yet, but even so, many historians say that the Soweto Uprising set South Africa on a new course. The protest re-awakened resistance to apartheid, but it also came at a high price for many students and their families. Freda Qanya shares her memories of that important day.

Sometimes the best way to find out about history is to talk to people who lived it. You can become an oral historian! Why not ask your grandparents to tell you about their lives and experiences? To find out more about the Soweto Uprising, click here.

This Week in History

Musical birthdays, a flying machine, a famous young autobiographer, and much much more!

Interested in South African history?  Visit South African History online!

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That’s it for this week, join us next week for more from the Radio Workshop. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show. Feel free to leave a comment below.  We’d love to know what you think!

Click here to listen to previous Radio Workshop podcasts. And click here to subscribe to our iTunes podcast to get new episodes delivered to you every week.

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First up, we hear from Darryn August. Looking back on his teenage years, Darryn says his aunt entered his life at just the right time.

Then we take a visit to the Community Capoeira project. Instructor Marcio Lopes uses the Brazilian dance-art of capoeira to reach out to young people in Cape Town.

And closing the show, find out what happened this week in history.

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Welcome to the Show

Radio Workshop host Lesedi Mogoatlhe welcomes listeners to the show.

The Radio Workshop broadcasts every Saturday at 12 noon on SAFM. Visit SAFM’s website for information about how to find their frequency in your area.

Audio Commentary: Darryn’s Story

Darryn August grew up in a home where no one gave him any love or attention. He was often hungry and wasn’t looked after.  Until one day when his aunt stepped in, and helped him get on the right track.

Darryn is a peer educator at GOLD Peer Education.  To find out more about their programmes, click here.

Community Capoeira

Capoeira is a dance-martial art developed by African slaves in Brazil.  It’s extremely popular in Brazil and Angola, and is taking off across the world. Marcio Lopes has been teaching capoeira in South Africa for 9 years. Recently he decided to take Capoeira to the children of Cape Town, and it’s been a huge hit. 

To find out more about the Capoeira Educational Youth Association, click here.

Sound Check

Can you guess the name of this Brazilian musical instrument?

Find out more about this musical instrument here.

This Week in History

Braving the stormy seas, one man made a historic rescue in Table Bay in 1773.

Interested in South African history?  Visit South African History online!

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That’s it for this week, join us next week for more from the Radio Workshop. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show. Feel free to leave a comment below.  We’d love to know what you think!

Click here to listen to previous Radio Workshop podcasts. And click here to subscribe to our iTunes podcast to get new episodes delivered to you every week.