The Radio Workshop:
Giving Young People a Voice

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Welcome to the Radio Workshop podcast!

Today we’ll be hearing from some of our radio reporters from the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town.  We’ve been working with a group of young people from Red Cross since January. We’ve taught them how to use recorders and microphones, and how to tell their own stories for radio.

Our stories this week come from Red Cross patients who live in St. Joseph’s Home, a home for children who need extra help to deal with their illnesses.  St. Joseph’s is just outside of Cape Town and it was started way back in 1935.  Take a listen!

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Welcome to the Show!

Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi 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.

A day in my life

Let’s hear from Radio Workshop youth reporter Nonkhanyiso Mphanga, aka Nonnie.  Nonnie is 15 years-old, and give us a day in her life at St. Joseph’s home.

Want to find out more about our radio project at Red Cross Children’s Hospital?  Click here!

Living with diabetes

Next we meet someone who uses an injection needle every day to manage her diabetes, and she tells us that we don’t need to be afraid! Let’s meet 10 year-old Lelethu Nyalase.

For more photos, articles, and radio reports from our Red Cross Children’s Hospital radio project, click here.

This Week in History

Find out what important events happened this week in history!

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Welcome to the Radio Workshop podcast!

Today we’re talking about stories. Different kinds of stories. Books, they take you places, places near and far, real and imaginary. Maybe you don’t see yourself as much of a reader, but pick up a book, give it a try, you might just fall in love with it.

We start off the show by hearing from some of the finalists from the 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition who researched the history of their schools. Stay tuned!

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Welcome to the Show!

Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi 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.

The History of my School

We hear from some of the finalists from the 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition, and find out more about the history of their schools.  Congratulations to Neo Panane who came in 2nd place in the competition!

Want to learn more about the oral history competition? Click here.

Book Review

Let’s hear from ten year-old Alex D’Oliveira from Cape Town and find out what’s on his book shelf.

Today’s book review selection is “The Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior,” by Chris Bradford. Interested in the book? Click here!

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Welcome to the Radio Workshop podcast! We’ve got a great show for you this week, as we’ll be hearing from one of our radio reporters from the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town.

We’ve been working with a group of young people from Red Cross since January.  We’ve taught them how to use recorders and microphones, and to tell their own stories for radio. Today we hear from 8 year-old Mujahid Weiner. Mujahid shares his story with us about how he landed up in hospital in the first place, and interviews his doctor about what it’s like to work in the Burn’s Unit.

To find out more about our hospital radio project, click here!

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Welcome to the Show!

Radio Workshop host Mbali Vilakazi 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.

Red Cross Reporter Mujahid Weiner

8 year-old Mujahid has spent a lot of time at Red Cross Children’s Hospital since his burn accident. Today, Mujahid tells us his story, and also interviews his mother about the day of the accident.

Want to learn more about our Radio Red Cross programme? Click here.

Ask the doctor

For those of you who have been in hospital before, have you ever asked your doctor questions about how you were as a patient? Next up, Mujahid asks Dr. Heinz Rode about what it’s like to work with burn patients, and finds out whether he was a good patient, or a bad patient! 

Are you a burn survivor or do you know someone who is? Visit the World Burn Foundation of South Africa’s website for more information about fire prevention and what to do if you have a burn.  They provide all kinds of resources and information, and they even host a Burn Survivor Camp!

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This week, as we come to the end of Heritage Month, we focus on the finals of the 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition for high school learners around South Africa. Three learners from each province came together to present before a panel of judges at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein last week.

Today we hear from the chief adjudicator, Wonga Tabata from the Race and Values Directorate in the national Department of Education. And we also hear from some of the finalists, including the overall winner, Fairouz West, a Grade 11 learner from Muizenberg High School in Cape Town. By the way, that’s Albert Luthuli pictured above!

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Welcome to the Show!

Today we introduce a new host for the Radio Workshop! Mbali Vilakazi has taken over for Lesedi Mogoatlhe, who has left the show to take up an amazing opportunity to study film in England.  We wish Lesedi well, and welcome Mbali 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.

The 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition

Before we meet the winner of the competition, let’s hear from the chief adjudicator, Wonga Tabata from the Race and Values Directorate in the national Department of Education, and find out what it was all about. 

To find out more the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Oral History Competition, click here.

Fairouz West, winner of the Oral History Competition

At the end of two days of presentations by 27 learners from around the country, the awards were presented to the winners. The overall winner was Fairouz West, a Grade 11 learner from Muizenberg High school in Cape Town.  She researched the history of one of the oldest soccer clubs in Cape Town. Let’s find out more about her project.

Here’s a sample of some of the other projects that were on offer.

To find out more the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Oral History Competition, click here.

This Week in History

Find out what important events happened this week in history!

Want to learn more about South African history? Visit South African History Online.

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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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Thursday, September 24th, was Heritage Day.  Heritage Day gets us to look at who we are––where we’ve come from, and what defines as a nation.

All sorts of things make up our history and our heritage.  It can be politics, it can be music and theatre, and it can be sports! Today we find out about one of the oldest professional football clubs in the country.  The Orlando Pirates––also known as the Buccaneers.

And we also check in with a young historian––Refilwe Tsumane will tell us about her award-winning community history project. Stay tuned! 

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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.

The Orlando Pirates

Next up, we find out about one of the oldest professional football clubs in the country—the Orlando Pirates!

Are you a Pirates fan and want to learn more? Visit their official website to find out about match schedules, learn about the players, and get more background information on the club.

You can do history! Refilwe Tsumane

Next up we hear from a young historian.  Refilwe Tsumane was one of the winners of last year’s Albert Luthuli Young Historians Oral History Competition.  The competition gets learners to do oral history research on a topic that interests them, and to present their findings.

To find out more the Albert Luthuli Young Historians Oral History Competition, click here.

This Week in History

Find out what important events happened this week in history!

Want to learn more about South African history? Visit South African History Online.

Signing out

That’s it for this week, join us next week for more from the Radio Workshop. We hope you’ve enjoyed the show!

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.