Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604. He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station. Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the …Social links:
Melting glaciers, rising risks: What Nepal can teach us about a warming world
John Maytham speaks to Prof. Christo Coetzee of North-West University’s African Centre for Disaster Studies about the deadly flooding in Nepal and Tibet, the role of climate change and how communities can better prepare for disasters linked to unstable glaciers. Presenter John Maytham is an actor…
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Graduate unemployment rises as DHET admits it can’t track which degrees lead to jobs
John Maytham speaks to Songezo Zibi, leader of Rise Mzansi and chair of SCOPA, about the lack of government data tracking university qualifications against graduate employment and what needs to change. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist…
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Archaeological dig in Kruger reveals early trade with Asia
Archaeologist Tim Forssman, an associate professor at Uni of Mpumalanga, speaks to John Maytham about a discovery at a dig in the Kruger National Park which suggests that the people living there traded with south-east Asia long before the arrival in the region of Europeans. Presenter John Maytham…
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Cape Town’s desalination plans delayed as water demand soars — 300 million extra litres a day now only expected by 2036
John Maytham speaks to Dr Kevin Winter of the University of Cape Town’s Future Water Institute about Cape Town’s water security, delays to new water projects, rising demand and the impact of climate change. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journ…
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How Public Finance Expertise Could Transform South Africa’s Early Childhood Development Sector
John Maytham speaks to Zaheera Mohamed, CEO of Ilifa Labantwana, about transforming South Africa’s early childhood development sector, improving access to government funding and reducing red tape for ECD practitioners. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and se…
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Planning for urban foraging
John Maytham speaks to Mallikah Sardeshpande, Urban Ecologist, to discuss how South African cities can plan for urban foraging, where people should be allowed to forage, how municipalities can protect biodiversity, and whether our public spaces could play a bigger role in providing access to indige…
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Half Lives: With author, Krystle Zara Appiah
John Maytham speaks to Krystle Zara Appiah, author of Half Lives, about her novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, grief and the consequences of an impossible decision, set against the backdrop of 1970s Ghana and America. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran an…
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‘You Come Out Worse’: Monique Muller Calls for Urgent Reform After Three Weeks in Pollsmoor
John Maytham is joined now by activist Monique Muller, who spent almost three weeks in Pollsmoor Prison before the firearm charges against her were withdrawn by the NPA, and who is now calling for greater accountability and reform of South Africa’s correctional facilities. Presenter John Maytham …
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Smash burgers: The cult food trend that came and went
Joining John Maytham to unpack whether Cape Town really has reached peak smash burger — and what could be next in the city's ever-changing food scene — is Noluthando Ngcakani, News24 Food journalist and author of the column A Seat at the Table Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-…
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The Bokke beat the All Blacks in their second Test Match
To unpack the Springboks’ response, what changed from the Ellis Park defeat, and what the Cape Town performance tells us about the remainder of this epic rivalry, John Maytham is joined by John Dobson, Head Coach of the Stormers. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio vete…
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