Podcasts and audio stories associated with the popular South African Sunday newspaper, the Sunday Times. An Arena Holdings production. Keywords: news, politics, South Africa, current events, economy, entertainment, travel, motoring, podcast
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Legendary Dr John Kani vividly tells his life story as only a storyteller can
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Legendary storyteller Dr John Jahn Kani comically goes down memory lane into his theatre life and role in the struggle from apartheid to post democracy South Africa. He shares his story through a roller coaster of emotions like only a legendary storyteller can: he "shows" instead of telling. One moment he's hilariously funny, and deadly serious the…
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Explosive study exposes rooms for sex and cash at the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus residences
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15 first-year female students in no holds barred recorded interviews with University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) researchers, implicated senior students, including some members of the student representative council (SRC) and the institution's department of student residence affairs (DSRA), whom they accused of treating them like "fresh meat".They spoke…
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The longest serving judge on Idols SA serves us his top 3 Elvis songs - (at the moment) Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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James Holley, chief executive of private freight rail operator Traxtion Group, chats to journalist Paul Ash about how private access to Transnet's vast network could shake up SA’s railways. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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Whistle recorded from a bottlenose dolphin population of the Namibian coastline near Walvis Bay. CREDIT Namibia Dolphin Project Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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Outsmarting Covid-19: A conversation with Prof Salim Abdool Karim
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Handpicked by the South African government to lead it's advisory team in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, Professor Salim Adbool Karim's work in HIV and AIDS research has taken a backseat. The CAPRISA's head of Global Health in epidemiology, Abdool Karim speaks to Sunday Times about advising a listening government, the team's work, family and…
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Linda Mbatha, 36, says the lockdown caught them off guard so they were not able to buy as much food as they would have liked. They were able to get the bare necessities such as rice and maize. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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David Chirwa, 24, with last paid at the end of March he said that he's not sure whether he's going to be paid for April seeing as he did not work Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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Mabizela Street, a cul de sac in Orlando East, Soweto — less than 1km from Orlando High School where Hector Pieterson was shot dead by police in 1976 — is alive with shrieking children locked in an intense street soccer match. But each household harbours its own strife during SA’s national lockdown. Sunday Times reporter Jeff Wicks and photographer…
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LISTEN: Recorded phone call with biltong and roses
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In a recording made on the last weekend of September 2018, a man believed to be Mohamedaly Hanware can be heard speaking on the phone to a man believed to be Maj-Gen Jeremy Vearey, whom he refers to as “V”. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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LISTEN: Man warns WhatsApp group of deadly SMME battle
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A man warns his WhatsApp group, in Xhosa, to be on a look out as blood is going to be spilled in a deadly battle raging between SMME's in Port Elizabeth. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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LISTEN: Man talks of two murders in Uitenhage and plans for more
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A man tells a WhatsApp group, in Xhosa, that they have killed two people in Uitenhage and are now planning to kill others hiding in nearby Kirkwood. Ten people have been killed in the past three weeks in a deadly spree linked to lucrative SMME contracts. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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LISTEN: Bosasa exec recording claims Zuma was involved in muzzling Hawks
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An explosive recording of a meeting between senior Bosasa executives reveals claims that former president Jacob Zuma was involved in their bid to muzzle a Hawks investigation into the company, and reveals the lengths the company would go to stop its employees speaking out. Sunday Times · Facebook · Twitter…
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LISTEN: How the PIC was misled over multi-billion investment in Ayo
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An edited recording of a meeting of the board of Ayo Technology Solutions held in Cape Town on August 7 where businessman Iqbal Surve and Ayo board members plot to mislead the PIC over why a crucial deal fell through. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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LISTEN: Businessman tells of giving R1m to ANC Women's League
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A well-connected businessman, believed to be Senzo Tsabedze, tells a government official how he gave an MEC R1m for an ANC Women’s League conference so he could get more contracts with her department. Sunday Times · Facebook · TwitterBy TimesLIVE Podcasts
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PIC CEO Daniel Matjila talks alleged plot to remove him
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"My removal would make state capture of the PIC easier," says Matjila in the interview. The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has deliberated on claims of alleged impropriety by its CEO Daniel Matjila and has found the allegations to be baseless. There has been a swirl of rumour regarding alleged impropriety around Matjila. Matjila has denied the…
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