Abel Esterhuyse is The Head of the Department of Strategic Studies at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Military Science and he joins Mike to discuss current affairs as the war in Ukraine continues and winter approaches.

Abel Esterhuyse is The Head of the Department of Strategic Studies at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Military Science and he joins Mike to discuss current affairs as the war in Ukraine continues and winter approaches.

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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 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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Energy expert Clyde Mallinson joins Mike to assess the forecast by Eskom officials on the state of SA’s electricity system that has shown that there will be consistent blackouts in December and January — contradicting the recent claims made by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

Energy expert Clyde Mallinson joins Mike to assess the forecast by Eskom officials on the state of SA’s electricity system that has shown that there will be consistent blackouts in December and January — contradicting the recent claims made by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

Eskom Contradicts Ramokgopa – Forecasts more crippling blackouts

Professor Mark Tomlinson is co-director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, and he joins Mike to describe significant challenges currently faced by The South African Education System and to brainstorm potential solutions.

Professor Mark Tomlinson is co-director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research in the Department of Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, and he joins Mike to describe significant challenges currently faced by The South African Education System and to brainstorm potential solutions.

Rethinking Education in South Africa: From ruins to radical transformation

Keith Kirsten joins Mike from The Botanical Society of South Africa to consider a recent listener criticism that Kirstenbosch Gardens are ‘degrading in slow motion’.

Keith Kirsten joins Mike from The Botanical Society of South Africa to consider a recent listener criticism that Kirstenbosch Gardens are ‘degrading in slow motion’.

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