The Radio Workshop:
Giving Young People a Voice

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A group of young reporters from Manenberg took to the streets of Cape Town’s inner city for a very special tour. They explored the too often forgotten history of slavery and how it shaped the city and the identity of its residents, past and present. Their guides, Lucy Campbell and Ferdi James Van Tura, brought to life the stories of suffering, resilience and hope of the slaves of the Cape.
The tour started at the auction block, the very spot where slaves were sold and through a role play, Ferdi gave the young reporters a taste of what it must have felt like to go through this traumatic process.

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The Radio Workshop would like to thank Lucy and Ferdi and the Iziko Slave Lodge for this moving and educational experience.

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The documentary “Afrikaaps” was screened at a community centre in Manenberg, Cape Town. The film looks at the history behind the unique way Afrikaans is spoken in Cape Town.The room was packed with dozens of excited young people. They laughed, they were puzzled, they cheered and it would seem, they were somehow transformed. After the movie, CRF young reporters and the members of the film crew, director Dylan Valley, hip-hop artist Quintin ‘Jitsvinger’ Goliath and poet Jethro Louw got talking. What follows is a dialogue about language, identity, diversity, and pride.

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The Radio Workshop would like to thank the director and cast of Afrikaaps for talking to us and sharing so much history and insight.

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New Year in Cape Town would not be the same without the annual Cape Carnival which takes to the streets of the city on “twede nuwe jaar” – an unofficial, second new year’s day. The history of the carnival lies in the history of slavery at the Cape and is a celebration of freedom when, for a few hours, the city belongs to the marchers and minstrels. In this week’s Radio Workshop we go behind the scenes and meet some of the people who make the carnival possible.

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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.

How the Kaapse Klopse – or Cape Carnival – began

We meet Melvin Matthews, the director of the Kaapse Klopse Carnival Association. He explains some of the features of the carnival and its place in the history of Cape Town.

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Stitching shiny satins and sequins

Each troupe that takes part in the Cape Carnival chooses the colour combination of its own uniform. These colourful costumes are produced in small workshops across the Cape Flats throughout the year. In this segment we talk with some of the women who are hard at work sewing uniforms just a few weeks before the big parade.

The ghoema man

Mr Achmat Sabera has been making ghoema drums and tamborines for the past 30 years. When slaves first marched through Cape Town at New Year they played drums made from small wine barrels. In more recent times the ghoema drum has been made of thinner, lighter wood. We visited “Boeta Achmat”, as he’s known, in his workshop where he showed us how to make a ghoema.

Ghoemas at different stages of construction

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This month marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the next four episodes of the Radio Workshop we’ll take a look at what this treaty means for children. Today we find out what some of these rights are, where they came from and who first campaigned for children’s rights.

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What rights do children have?

Stephen Blight, the chief of child protection for Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund), tells us what rights the Convention on the Rights of the Child gives children.

Eglantyne Jebb

Who pioneered children’s rights?

It took the world a long time to agree that children’s rights should be protected by a worldwide treaty – that’s why the United Nations only signed the convention in 1989. Let’s find out who were some of the people who championed children’s rights many years earlier.

Rights and responsibilities

The learners from Esselen Park High School, in the beautiful town of Worcester, Western Cape, take us through the rights children have – as well as some of the responsibilities!

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It’s summer in South Africa and for those who like sports that means the cricket season is in full swing. Back in the 1970s and 80s, where you could play and which team you could join were not simple choices, and many talented black players never had the chance to reach their full potential.  We’ll hear more about that later in the show. But first up on today’s programme, we hear from some learners about the history of their schools.

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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

Every place has a history, including schools! Let’s take a listen as Tregina Mokoena and Renatha Kalo share the histories of their schools.

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Cricket and politics

Ameera Conrad is a Grade 10 learner at Wynberg Girl’s High in Cape Town.  Cricket has played a huge role in her family—not just as a game they love, but also as a career. As Ameera explored her family’s history, she discovered how apartheid affected everything in South Africa, including cricket.

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.

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Today we meet more of the high school learners who made it through the finals of the 2009 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition.  You may remember that we recently featured the winner, Fairouz West from Cape Town. Today we hear from some of the other young historians whose project impressed the judges. 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.

Tebello Molelekoa presents her project

Ideline Akimana receives her award

History in my community

The plight of refugees was one of the topics that young historians could choose to explore in this year’s Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition. Let’s hear from Tebello Molelekoa and Ideline Akimana.

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Patricia Simons and her poster

Religion in my community

Another topic that was popular among this year’s oral historians was places of workshop. Patricia Simons from North West province profiled a forgotten Bakgatla heritage site, while Micaela Ellson from Mpumalanga found out more about the mosque across the road from her school.

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.

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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.