Catching Stories

From the Ghosts of Joburg to the fire of new poets, the Tweeting Gogo is catching the stories of the city she loves.

Catching Stories, 3,9-Christmas Special 12/03/2019

Catching Stories, 3,9-Christmas Special If we are to replace consumption as the central meaning of Christmas, and of our lives, what should the new centre be? Dianne suggests that South Africa is in fact a good place to try and reach the heart of the Christmas mystery, because of the outsider status of the Holy Family. They were unwelcome migrants, travelling to Bethlehem on the bureaucratic whim of the Roman coloniser. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/12260156

Catching Stories, 3.9, Ruark Swanepoel 11/19/2019

Catching Stories, 3.9, Ruark Swanepoel Ruark Swanepoel is an engineer who works in Fochville. That is part of his life. The other part is cultivating and combining art and artists. His art company is called 4Ever Odd – @4everodd on Instagram. The October feed on his Instagram is particularly rich, as three of the artists he works have been producing drawings for inktober – take a look to get an idea of what odd art is. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/12092693

Catching Stories, 3.8- Part 2 Bishop Patricia Fresen 10/22/2019

Catching Stories, 3.8- Part 2 Bishop Patricia Fresen The light of the ordination makes the patterns that inevitably led there, very clear. Patricia served the Church and her people as a Dominican teaching sister for 44 years. In this second podcast, the preparation is completed, and her ordination takes place. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11736752

Catching Stories- 3.7- Bishop Patricia Fresen 10/15/2019

Catching Stories- 3.7- Bishop Patricia Fresen For Patricia, the easy route would have been to take a side step into a denomination which allows the ordination of women. But Patricia is Catholic in her DNA: this is the faith she knows, loves, believes in. It is the faith she grew up with and will die in. So she took the lonely road of Catholic ordination, which turned out to be a very hard road indeed. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11646503

Catching Stories, 3.6: Tumelo Moleleki 10/08/2019

Catching Stories, 3.6: Tumelo Moleleki To say that Tumelo is an IT consultant who writes books in her spare time would be to vastly underrate the time, passion and energy that Tumelo puts into her books. Perhaps she has cracked the secret of a day that is longer than 24 hours? Because listening to Tumelo, you would think that she wrote and marketed books, full-time. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11559068

Catching Stories, 3.5, Joy Phala 09/30/2019

Catching Stories, 3.5, Joy Phala Joy Phala is passionate about togetherness in the plant world. In this podcast she explains how established plants can send food and nutrients to plants that are not doing well, even when the ailing plant is a different species to the helping plant. She talks about communities of microbes exchanging essential elements with plant roots, and easily destroyed by chemical fertilisers. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11450489

Catching Stories, 3.4, Neil Starr 09/25/2019

Catching Stories, 3.4, Neil Starr Neil grew up in Norwich in England, and lived for a few years in Aberystwyth in Wales. Johannesburg has been his home for most of his life. In this conversation Neil talks about his love for his adopted city and country. Neil is one of those refreshing people who, if you say anything about times in South Africa being bad, reminds you fiercely how much worse things were in the past. About the damage to individual lives and communities, that will take generations to repair. How the country went bankrupt /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11389436

Catchings Stories, 3.2, Dineo Tsamela 09/17/2019

Catchings Stories, 3.2, Dineo Tsamela Dineo describes herself as “a reformed debt-aholic” She chronicled her journey out of debt on her website. She writes articles on debt, savings and investment for a range of South African publications. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11280941

Catching Stories, 3.2, Marie Aoun 09/10/2019

Catching Stories, 3.2, Marie Aoun Marie Aoun is the founder of local organic perfume company Saint d’ici /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11191022

Catching Stories: 3.1, Nokulinda Mkhize 09/03/2019

Catching Stories: 3.1, Nokulinda Mkhize “Communities need vessels for healing and love” says Nokulinda Mkhize-Horwood.. As a Sangoma she is able to do this healing work for her community, and help people to take their lives forward. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/11097620

Catching Stories, Episode 2.6, Wendy Carstens 04/16/2019

Catching Stories, Episode 2.6, Wendy Carstens Wendy Carstens who runs the Koppies, and new volunteer Tamarin Scheidegger. Running Melville Koppies doesn’t mean sitting in an air-conditioned office. It means donning your blue overalls and gumboots, and pulling out weeds. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/9414008

Catching Stories, 2.5, Rupert Koopman 04/11/2019

Catching Stories, 2.5, Rupert Koopman /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/9354170

Catching Stories-2.4-Bongiwe Gambu 03/27/2019

Catching Stories-2.4-Bongiwe Gambu Bongiwe’s heart belongs to Johannesburg. Many people regard this city as a crass hub of commercialism, but she perceives its spirituality. She loves the smells, the sounds, the sights – the trees and the people. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/9158513

Catchings Stories, Episode 2.2, Griffin Shea 03/11/2019

Catchings Stories, Episode 2.2, Griffin Shea Selling books in central Johannesburg, Griffin can talk with authority about a reading culture beyond the suburbs. About readers who would never set foot in a mall, booksellers who sell 400 books a month from a pavement stall, and a book club in Orange Farm where they read the latest Pulitzer Prize winners. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/8956145

Catching Stories- 2.1-Professor Nadine Petersen 03/04/2019

Catching Stories- 2.1-Professor Nadine Petersen Academic excellence and social justice are two sides of the same coin, according to Nadine Petersen. Nadine is no ivory tower Professor. After matriculating at Bosmont High school, she failed her first year at university. But she persevered, and is now Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/8868473

Catching Stories, Episode 21, Christmas Special 12/18/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 21, Christmas Special Michelle believes that each Christmas brings a gift. Not a commercial gift. Nothing that you could put paper (or tinsel) around. In the conversation Michelle explains how every person, of very faith or no faith, may recognise their own gift. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7963568

Catching Stories, Episode 19, Retang Phaahle 12/06/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 19, Retang Phaahle Retang explains that often local practices are devalued by their own community, let alone the outside world. So when you say “this practice, which has been carrying for generations is valuable in itself, and may also generate income” that changes the way the knowledge-holders see themselves. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7822310

Catching Stories-Episode 18-Judith Hawarden 11/26/2018

Catching Stories-Episode 18-Judith Hawarden It started as a silent protest against specific legislation. White, middle class South African ladies, dressed in hats and gloves, ‘haunted’ National Party cabinet ministers. They stood, wearing their black sashes of mourning, wherever the minister was due to arrive, or speak. Their only weapon was shame. Extraordinarily, the ministers went to great lengths to avoid them – changing schedules and sneaking out of back entrances. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7687031

Catching Stories, Episode 18, Baeletsi Tsatsi 11/17/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 18, Baeletsi Tsatsi I met Baeletsi (@baeontheword on IG) on the @bridgebooks Underground Booksellers Tour, which ends with a storytelling session in Oppenheimer Park in Commissioner Street. Against a background of curious pedestrians, and ReeaVaya buses, Baeletsi transported us to other worlds. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7595129

Catching Stories, Episode 17, Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile 11/05/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 17, Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile I love Mondays because I love my work” says Dr Khanyile, currently completing her community service at Sebokeng hospital, in Vanderbijl Park in Southern Gauteng. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7441688

Catching Stories, Episode 16, Chief Ntshingila 10/29/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 16, Chief Ntshingila /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7353599

Catching Stories-Episode 15-Vangile Gantsho 10/22/2018

Catching Stories-Episode 15-Vangile Gantsho Are loud and spiritual contradictory? Not for Vangi. She is a healer in training. Spirituality underlies everything she says and does. A spiritual connection, she explains, is what enables people across different languages, who do not understand the meaning of the words, to respond to poetry. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7270994

Catching Stories- Episode 14-Mme Maggie Nkwe Part Two 09/07/2018

Catching Stories- Episode 14-Mme Maggie Nkwe Part Two MmeMaggie’s work as a mother to the wider community has been recognised by both Church and State. The Church awarded the order of Simon of Cyrene, the highest honour which can be bestowed on a lay person in the Anglican Church. The Order of the Baobab was conferred on her by the State President of South Africa. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7019725

Catching Stories- Episode 13-Alex van den Heever 09/04/2018

Catching Stories- Episode 13-Alex van den Heever In this podcast professor Alex van den Heever sets out what South Africans need by way of health insurance, and what parts of this are and are not covered by the proposed NHI. He also discusses social grants, and economic growth. No, he says, child grants do not cause pregnancy. All the research shows that fertility rates continue to decline in urban areas in South Africa. Grants support families, mitigating some of the stresses on children that can shape the rest of their lives, from cognitive performance to relationships. Grants also don’t lead to dependency: “Our economy would grow faster if we pushed up grants to 6-7% of GDP…long-term evidence around the world shows that unequal economies grow more slowly” /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/7003342

Catching Stories- Episode 12- Ishmael Mkhabela 08/26/2018

Catching Stories- Episode 12- Ishmael Mkhabela For Ishmael Mkhabela, Black Consciousness is not an ideology, it is a way of life: “an examined life, where you reflect, and also where you accept yourself….history made people consider themselves as the lesser children of God…. the Black Consciousness project of humanising society is much richer than the rhetoric of politicians…we are humanised in our interaction with others. Ubuntu/Botho is an act of responding to real human needs.” /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6969429

Catching Stories- Episode 11- Anthea Ceresto 08/21/2018

Catching Stories- Episode 11- Anthea Ceresto Unpacking Education with Anthea Ceresto /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6950573

Catching Stories, Episode 10, Mmbatho Mtimkulu 08/14/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 10, Mmbatho Mtimkulu Mmabatho Mtimkulu’s business is named after her grandmother. Selina Mtimkulu’s son was politically active, and in exile. This brought Selina s of business, the resilience and courage which her grandmother showed. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6923438

Catching Stories- Episode 9- Lorraine Sithole 08/06/2018

Catching Stories- Episode 9- Lorraine Sithole Bookwormers is certainly not your caricature book club, where the books provide the background to a little gossip and a lot of wine. It is a high-energy community outreach and an ever-changing fashion statement. Books are not so much read as devoured, dissected, and sometimes the members of the club even offer visiting authors better endings for their books! Members arrive with books where the pages have been marked with post-it notes and highlighted, ready for a vigorous discussion. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6893423

Catching Stories, Episode 8, Geci Karuri-Sebina 07/23/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 8, Geci Karuri-Sebina If you ask Dr Geci Karuri-Sebina about her academic qualifications and interests, she explains that she is an architect, a town planner, a computer scientist, a sociologist and that her particular field of interest is innovation. But innovation does not mean only looking forward. We badly need to look back, like the Sankofa bird, and bring both indigenous knowledge and practice, and common sense, into the way we plan and heal our cities. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6842802

Catching Stories, Episode 7, Nikolaus Bauer 06/12/2018

Catching Stories, Episode 7, Nikolaus Bauer If the clouds come up when you are on the 51st floor of the Ponte building in Hillbrow, the light reflects of the red advertising sign above the building, and glow pink. This happened the night I was there, interviewing Nickolaus Bauer. It felt as if the building was wrapped in a pink feather boa. This was part of the inspiration for the TweetingGogo logo. Here you can see the view of the lights of Hillbrow through the pink cloud. /episode/index/show/catchingstories/id/6694560

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