In a time where many yearn to be eccentric is the art and popularisation of the sale of pre-loved items. According to news journal Women’s Wear Daily, thrifting emerged as a $28 billion juggernaut on the global stage, almost nipping at the heels of the $35 billion fast fashion empire in 2020. Moreover, at present, millennials and Gen Z are leading the charges of rummaging through closets of yesteryears two and a half times more frequently than their older counterparts. In this conversation we want to explore the culture of thrifting in South Africa to the extent of not only legitimising places like “Dunusa” in central Johannesburg, but also to the point of having stores in Nelson Mandela Square selling pre-owned luxury items and what this means for sustainable fashion. Writer and Sustainable Fashion Enthusiast Khensani Mohlatlole joins Lerato Mbele for the conversation.

In a time where many yearn to be eccentric is the art and popularisation of the sale of pre-loved items. According to news journal Women’s Wear Daily, thrifting emerged as a $28 billion juggernaut on the global stage, almost nipping at the heels of the $35 billion fast fashion empire in 2020. Moreover, at present, millennials and Gen Z are leading the charges of rummaging through closets of yesteryears two and a half times more frequently than their older counterparts. In this conversation we want to explore the culture of thrifting in South Africa to the extent of not only legitimising places like “Dunusa” in central Johannesburg, but also to the point of having stores in Nelson Mandela Square selling pre-owned luxury items and what this means for sustainable fashion. Writer and Sustainable Fashion Enthusiast Khensani Mohlatlole joins Lerato Mbele for the conversation.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

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South Africa’s Beat for Thrifting

Lerato Mbele speaks to musician, Zwai Bala. TKZee’s classic album Halloween celebrates its 25th anniversary since its release in 1998. The group TKZee is made up of Zwai Bala, Kabelo Mabalane and the late Tokollo Tshabalala. Halloween was released after their resounding success with aforementioned songs, Shibobo in particular was special to most South Africans as it was released after Mzansi’s qualification to the 1998 Fifa World Cup, the ditty featured former Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy. Phalafala was an EP they released in 1997, which featured the hit-song with the same name. The group and its music is still revered in South Africa and other parts of the world because of the work they put in those many years ago. It’s no surprise when you till this day, one can still hear Mambotjie or We Love This Place booming out of speakers. Celebrations for the album will take place at Untitled Basement in Joburg this evening and the theme is, “dress up as your favourite TKZee song.”

Lerato Mbele speaks to musician, Zwai Bala. TKZee’s classic album Halloween celebrates its 25th anniversary since its release in 1998. The group TKZee is made up of Zwai Bala, Kabelo Mabalane and the late Tokollo Tshabalala. Halloween was released after their resounding success with aforementioned songs, Shibobo in particular was special to most South Africans as it was released after Mzansi’s qualification to the 1998 Fifa World Cup, the ditty featured former Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy. Phalafala was an EP they released in 1997, which featured the hit-song with the same name. The group and its music is still revered in South Africa and other parts of the world because of the work they put in those many years ago. It’s no surprise when you till this day, one can still hear Mambotjie or We Love This Place booming out of speakers. Celebrations for the album will take place at Untitled Basement in Joburg this evening and the theme is, “dress up as your favourite TKZee song.”

Hello December: Tkzee’s ‘Halloween’ Album Celebrates 25 Years Since Its Release

Lucky Mazibuko’s contribution to the fight against HIV and AIDS – and particularly in helping break down the stigma so that more people could openly seek help and treatment has been of immense value to all South Africans living with HIV and AIDS. Today many South Africans are disclosing their status and seeking help, but this was not always the case. Ove two decades ago, it took courageous activists to come forward and change the narrative around being HIV positive. Lucky has been living with HIV for close to three decades and was one of the first South Africans to openly declare his status in a time when most still feared the public reaction and spread his message and his activism through a newspaper column in the country’s largest daily newspaper, The Sowetan. In this conversation, we talk about advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and what living with the virus looks like in modern day SA.

Lucky Mazibuko’s contribution to the fight against HIV and AIDS – and particularly in helping break down the stigma so that more people could openly seek help and treatment has been of immense value to all South Africans living with HIV and AIDS. Today many South Africans are disclosing their status and seeking help, but this was not always the case. Ove two decades ago, it took courageous activists to come forward and change the narrative around being HIV positive. Lucky has been living with HIV for close to three decades and was one of the first South Africans to openly declare his status in a time when most still feared the public reaction and spread his message and his activism through a newspaper column in the country’s largest daily newspaper, The Sowetan. In this conversation, we talk about advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and what living with the virus looks like in modern day SA.

World Aids Day: In conversation with Lucky Mazibuko

#FunkItImWalking aims to make it safe for a woman to walk at any time in any condition. Founded circa. 2014, #FunkItImWalking began as an alternative form of protest against insecurity and general lack of safety for women in South Africa. Having experience the stark differences in community safety worldwide, #FunkItImWalking founder Nomsa Mazwai aka Nomisupasta declared, 'amidst all of this fear, #FunkItImWalking" and recognised the benefits of walking from health to community safety to economic prosperity and environmental sustainability. In 2020, #FunkItImWlaking launched night walks in an effort to reclaim the streets in order to enable safety. Having been part of the International Class at the East Side Institute in New York Nomsa was exposed to the idea of transformative performance (see Fred Newman and Lois Holzman, Dan Friedman) and having also completed an Ma in International Political Economy and Development at Fordham University and on the ground experience in the Eastern Cape, Nomsa began to imagine how the performance of safety could enable safety in a community, and how safety impacts economic development and the environment needed for economic opportunity. In this conversation, we talk to about socio-economic development through walking.

#FunkItImWalking aims to make it safe for a woman to walk at any time in any condition. Founded circa. 2014, #FunkItImWalking began as an alternative form of protest against insecurity and general lack of safety for women in South Africa. Having experience the stark differences in community safety worldwide, #FunkItImWalking founder Nomsa Mazwai aka Nomisupasta declared, 'amidst all of this fear, #FunkItImWalking" and recognised the benefits of walking from health to community safety to economic prosperity and environmental sustainability. In 2020, #FunkItImWlaking launched night walks in an effort to reclaim the streets in order to enable safety. Having been part of the International Class at the East Side Institute in New York Nomsa was exposed to the idea of transformative performance (see Fred Newman and Lois Holzman, Dan Friedman) and having also completed an Ma in International Political Economy and Development at Fordham University and on the ground experience in the Eastern Cape, Nomsa began to imagine how the performance of safety could enable safety in a community, and how safety impacts economic development and the environment needed for economic opportunity. In this conversation, we talk to about socio-economic development through walking.

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