John Maytham is joined by Dr. Takunda Chitaka, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bordeaux and formerly at the University of the Western Cape – to discuss the dangers of plastic straws in the broader context of plastic pollution, coming off the back of President Donald Trump signing an order which pushes the US back to using plastic straws.

<p>John Maytham is joined by Dr. Takunda Chitaka, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bordeaux and formerly at the University of the Western Cape &ndash; to discuss the dangers of plastic straws in the broader context of plastic pollution, coming off the back of President Donald Trump signing an order which pushes the US back to using plastic straws.</p>

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.