Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

African Screenwriters selected for the Authentica Series Lab

Kelly-Eve Koopman joins Pippa as one of four talented episodic screenwriters from Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, and Senegal that have been handpicked for the second edition of the Authentica Series Lab, a prestigious development programme by the Cape Town-based Realness Institute.

Latest episodes in this series

The Birding Big Year

04 December 2023 | 6 Minute Listen

Mike Buckham is the Cape Bird Club Chairman and he joins John to reflect on the highlights of Cape Town Birding Big Year that ran from 1 January 2023 in celebration of its 75th anniversary as a bird club in South Africa and is due to complete on 31 December 2023

Con Court ruling on independent candidates

04 December 2023 | 10 Minute Listen

Lawson Naidoo is The Executive Director of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) and he joins John to consider the Constitutional Court judgment delivered today to the case brought by the Independent Candidates Association (ICA) to challenge the restrictions placed on independent candidates contesting National Assembly seats.

A tactical delay of the truth: The removal of the DD Mabuza Trial Judge

04 December 2023 | 7 Minute Listen

Kevin Bloom joins John to consider the mysterious discharge of Judge Cassim Sardiwalla from his duties at the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria in July 2023.

Businessman Roger Jardine for President?

04 December 2023 | 9 Minute Listen

Peter Bruce is Sunday Times Editor-at-large & columnist and he joins John to discuss the news of Roger Jardine’s willingness to engage in politics in South Africa to address national issues.

Why are Big Tech pioneers such arseholes?

04 December 2023 | 8 Minute Listen

Burnet Media Publisher and Author Tim Richman joins John to discuss the negative impact of social media on society, culture, and politics over the past decade and a half and questions why the leaders of Big Tech companies allowed this to happen.

The Shosholoza Meyl is back on track

04 December 2023 | 12 Minute Listen

PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) Spokesperson Andiswa Makanda joins John to discuss PRASA’s announcement of the resumption of passenger train services between Johannesburg and Durban, as well as Johannesburg and Cape Town, starting next week.

Paddle out in yellow for Oscar Chalupsky on 02 Dec

01 December 2023 | 6 Minute Listen

Rob Mousely is the joint founder of surfski.info and is a prolific writer and avid surf-skier. He invites listeners to wear yellow and to join paddlers from around the world to head out tomorrow in support of the world's best paddler - SA's Oscar Chalupsky that is suffering from multiple myeloma cancer. 

The Israel-Hamas War

01 December 2023 | 11 Minute Listen

Dan Perry is the Former chief of the associated press news agency in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and former chairman of the foreign press association in Jerusalem and he joins Mike to bring an update on the state of affairs across the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military resumed combat operations against Hamas after efforts to extend the truce failed.

Bailing Out Transnet

01 December 2023 | 6 Minute Listen

Rob Rose is the Editor of Financial Mail and he joins Mike to engage with the reality that National Treasury has given Transnet a bailout of R47 billion to meet its debt obligations and support its recovery plan.

Mike Wills Book Review

01 December 2023 | 8 Minute Listen

Listen to Mike Wills' book review and share his passion for all things literary. FICTION Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas  NON FICTION Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

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