Guest:  Head of Department, Professor Afrikaans literature, Media and
             Cultural Studies at UP

South African author Elsa Joubert has died at age 97 due to Covid-19.
Her book Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena)
was recently turned into an award-winning film.
Poppie Nongena has been voted one of the top 100 best books of the 20th century.
Shortly before her death Elsa wrote an open letter pleading to see her relatives as she
was in the "last months and weeks" of her life.

Guest:&nbsp; Head of Department, Professor Afrikaans literature, Media and &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Cultural Studies at UP
South African author Elsa Joubert has died at age 97 due to Covid-19. Her book Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena) was recently turned into an award-winning film. Poppie Nongena has been voted one of the top 100 best books of the 20th century. Shortly before her death Elsa wrote an open letter pleading to see her relatives as she was in the "last months and weeks" of her life.

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 role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

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