On Friday (14 July) The foundation launched a book that charts its history and shares stories of its inspiring alumni from across the continent.The first 20 years of the MRF’s history and achievements have been captured in a new book titled The Audacious Experiment: The Mandela Rhodes Story, co-authored by Shaun Johnson, the late founding CEO of the MRF, and Professor Elleke Boehmer. The book tells the founding story of the MRF, and features past scholars and their impactful contributions to Africa's development
GUEST: JUDY SIKUZA - CEO OF THE MANDELA RHODES FOUNDATION

CIVIC EDUCATION: Damien Naidu joins us to unpack why the current labour action at the National Arts Council is about more than just an internal workplace dispute, and what it reveals about how public arts institutions function, fail and affect the wider creative sector. -
15:00

JSB WORD DOMINATION: BookReview - Nthabiseng Sethoga joins us to unpack the heart behind her devotional Ontekane Modimo and why daily spiritual activations can become a powerful tool for confronting the emotional, mental and personal “Goliaths” many people face in everyday life.-
20:57

JSB CONVERSATION – We unpack whether South Africa’s economic realities are changing how people think about having children, and whether family life today is increasingly shaped by deliberate choice, financial pressure or circumstance with Theatremaker and Poet, Malapile Solly Ramatswi and Author, Mxolisi Masilela The Great
42:52