The issue of belonging, of belonging to a country or a people, or a community and even a family is vexing. The issue is belaboured by claims about race, ethnicity, religion, language and (even) skin tone. In South Africa we most certainly have reduced belonging to skin tone, and race. Belonging has a lot to…
Category: Broadcast Radio
SAFM Interview
I was interviewed yesterday by Nqaba Mabece of SAFM about my Daily Maverick column about the challenges that face journalists and journalism. Below is a screenshot of the column. Full column can be read, here.
A Photograph: Wireless Radio Blues
Wireless Radio
Stuck without electricity for a few days recently I turned to an old faithful, the BBC World Service, on a cheap portable radio I picked up – without thinking – some time ago. The reception was poor. It probably had to do with the fact that the old wireless was really cheap, but it slipped…