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To understand what happened in the case against Yusuf, the man who shot Siphiwe, we get hold of the audio recordings from the court. But the tapes raise more questions than what they reveal. “One Night in Snake Park” investigates the killing of Siphiwe Mahori. Why was the shooter let off with a suspended sentence? Why was his shop attacked? Why do xenophobic attacks keep happening? Why did Siphiwe...

In South Africa, xenophobia and money are inseparable. The arguments against foreigners are often that they steal the jobs of locals, that they don’t pay taxes, that they sell fake and expired goods in order to make more money. But are these claims true? How much money are we talking about? And what does the spaza economy of Snake Park have to do with the killing of Siphiwe?“One Night in Snake Par...

We know the man who shot Siphiwe Mahori as Yusuf. In this episode, we search for him in Snake Park and the Somali part of Mayfair, Johannesburg. We want to hear his side of the story, to understand what life is like for an immigrant shopkeeper in a hostile environment.“One Night in Snake Park” investigates the killing of Siphiwe Mahori. Why was the shooter let off with a suspended sentence? Why wa...

A year after the killing of Siphiwe Mahori, a local councillor in Snake Park told the SABC that the violence had been started by criminal elements. Many blame drug users, so called nyaope boys for starting the violence. But is this fair? And what role did the local politician play himself?“One Night in Snake Park” investigates the killing of Siphiwe Mahori. Why was the shooter let off with a suspe...

In January 2015 the killing of the 14-year old Siphiwe Mahori in Snake Park, Soweto ignited a major wave of xenophobic attacks as across South Africa. Siphiwe Mahori was shot by a Somali shopkeeper who said he was fearing for his life. The story was international news, but quickly forgotten. “One Night in Snake Park” investigates the killing of Siphiwe Mahori. Why was the shooter let off with a su...

In this our final episode, will look at COVID-19 funds and how they are being distributed in South Africa and Nigeria,We also look at some rays of hope which are starting to emerge from Kibera, one of Kenya’s biggest slums. Finally we will be discussing what happens behind the scenes of the Covid-In Africa podcast, and look to the future, on what’s next for Sound Africa. 473405 Hosted on Acast. Se...

This episode of Covid in Africa deals with gender based violence and the recent spike in violence following the relaxing of some Covid-19 restrictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we look at how Covid-19 effects artists across the continent. We hear from artists in Senegal, Uganda, South Africa and Tanzania. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week alcohol was sold legally for the first time in months in South Africa where Covid-19 regulations were lowered from level 4 to level 3. We look at what happened as well as get an update from Senegal where the brother of the president recently tested positive for the virus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we look into the potential impact of Covid-19 measures on highly indebted African countries Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we look into how the Coronavirus is changing public perceptions of African Knowledge Systems - particularly traditional medication. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we are focusing on homeschooling and how it is being implemented in different contexts on the continent. We will hear from a parent who is trying to balance working from home, parenting and homeschooling all at the same time and from a clinical psychologist and Executive Life coach Zsofia Borisanyi explains how Covid-19 is changing corporate culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

In this week's episode of Covid In Africa, we examine how geography and space in densely populated African cities determines the effectiveness of measures to control the spread of the corona virus. We speak to Prof. Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, visiting Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we focus on Human Rights under Covid, what they are and how they can be protected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's show we will get a glimpse into how people are coping with the corona virus in Central Africa. And our producer Rasmus Bitsch is back with the story of a group of African refugees in Cape Town, whose struggle to leave South Africa so far has landed them in a crowded tent outside the city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss strategies of coping mentally with covid and lockdown and get a report from Mozambique, where the pandemic and militant islamists pose a dual threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Along with the corona virus another pandemic is spreading. Fake news and conspiracy theories. But it is difficult to sort fact from fiction in a time where even scientists aren't sure exactly what is going on. Music by: Podington Bear and Xylo Ziko Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lockdown - Many African countries are undergoing lockdowns to fight the spread of the Corona virus. In some places, governments justify human rights violations in the name of public health. And even if we can go out safely, the world has changed dramatically in the last week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A weekly podcast looking at the continental response to COVID-19 and how it’s affecting people on the ground. Here you will hear about some of the systemic, under-reported issues underlying the coronavirus crisis in Africa. In this episode, one of our reporters get tested for Covid-19 and we speak to journalist Lam Bah in Freetown, Sierra Leone to find out what we can all learn from their experien...

In this episode, we unveil the murky world behind the Danish shipping industry’s pristine façade. In Dulcie’s handwritten notes, Danish ships and companies are exposed as integral to the apartheid regime’s arms money machinery. We tell the story of these companies, and their extensive role in arming the apartheid regime in contravention of UN sanctions. In the late 1970s, complaints from crew memb...

The final episode of They Killed Dulcie takes a critical look at what happened to the investigations of Dulcie September’s murder. So pervasive is the impunity for the economic crimes that sustained apartheid, that Dulcie September’s tenacious struggle for freedom was abruptly ended without redress. Why were victims like Dulcie forgotten, and why were the perpetrators allowed to go free? Before he...

Dulcie September’s life was shaped by struggle against injustice. As a freedom fighter, she boldly confronted gender based discrimination, even amongst her allies. In this episode we take a deeper look at the discrimination Dulcie September’s experienced and reflect on the experiences of women in the struggle for South Africa’s freedom. We hear from writers and thinkers and fighters. Dulcie Septem...

For almost two decades starting in the 1970’s the South African embassy in Paris was the centre of a large scale sanctions busting operation. It was connected to the arms dealers, spies and banks that formed part of the arms money machine. In episode five They Killed Dulcie, we find out if this top secret operation was connected to the murder of Dulcie September. On the banks of the river Seine, t...

In the fourth episode of the podcast They Killed Dulcie, the time has come to look at the evidence. What was Dulcie investigating when she was killed? We dust off archival documents found by Open Secrets that provide important clues. These documents once buried in archives across the world help us understand the secret network of intelligence agents, arms dealers and bankers, who made their fortun...

In the third episode of “They Killed Dulcie,” we delve into the world of informants and double agents and how the apartheid security forces used them to infiltrate the liberation movements in South Africa and abroad. It remains a sensitive topic in South African politics today – some comrades were also collaborators. Following the assassination of Dulcie September in Paris in 1988, the ANC moved s...