Podcast

Set a podcast to catch a rape suspect

Article Sarah Smit - 6 Dec 2019

In just four episodes, Deon Wiggett was able to talk about his rape, tackle the institutions that protect perpetrators and secure an arrest

Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.

Podcasts Mia Malan - 12 Jun 2019

Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.

[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?

Podcasts Mia Malan & Gavin Fischer - 25 Mar 2019

We always tell moms breast is best but sometimes milk doesn't come when babies do. This breast milk bank is filling in these gaps.

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

Podcasts Mia Malan - 13 Mar 2019

This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?

Where the bad men go: Disgraced Armstrong finds his niche

Article Luke Feltham - 12 Sep 2018

Lance Armstrong is building a new life after the last one ended in ignominy

Proudly fatty boom boom

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 31 Aug 2018

Whitney Greyton’s new podcast Fatty Boom Boom seeks to further the fat positivity discourse by embracing the most hurtful terms.

Good news for Africa’s queers

Africa Carl Collison - 17 Aug 2018

A new podcast series is looking at the beautiful stories coming out of the continent

PODCAST: The heart problem

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 9 Aug 2018

The first ever heart transplant in the world was performed in South Africa in 1967. But did Dr Christiaan Barnard deserve all the credit?

PODCAST: He ran all the way

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 26 Jul 2018

This is the story of a man and his mother, set in the transition years between the old and the new South Africa

PODCAST: Brother, this is Cape Town

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 14 Jun 2018

Bongani Dyalivana's is a story of loss, of growing up in a gang and then in jail. Of finding oneself and trying to break a new path.

PODCAST: The Ghost

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 31 May 2018

In this series SoundAfrica takes another look at stories from the past that linger in the back of our minds, continuing to effect us

PODCAST: Aunty Patty’s garden

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 3 May 2018

When the coloured population of Simon's Town was forcibly removed, Aunty Patty’s family remained

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