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The New Normal
Don't Shoot The Messenger
04/10/20 • 21 min
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
With special thanks to Arundhati Roy
Resources: The Butterfly Defect by Ian Goldin

Love in the time of Corona
Don't Shoot The Messenger
04/02/20 • 20 min
Rebecca also talks to a couple whose relationship has survived a situation far more intense than a 21-day lockdown: just the two of them, in a confined space, with limited supplies, at the mercy of terrifying external forces, for six months...
To report domestic violence or abuse contact the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre at 0800 150 150
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
Additional credits:
Additional audio from South China Morning Post and Times Free Press
Music by Sandy Pierce and Young Rich Pixies

Can life be normal after kidnapping by Al-Qaeda?
Don't Shoot The Messenger
09/13/20 • 17 min
Six Years With Al-Qaeda: The Stephen McGown Story will be published by Maverick 451 in late November. Keep an eye on the Daily Maverick website for further details.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.

Where are South Africa’s superheroes?
Don't Shoot The Messenger
09/06/20 • 20 min
In this episode, we speak to local writers Buhle Ngaba and Mohale Mashigo about the crisis in representation that led to them creating their own work for South African children. Pan MacMillan publishers Miemie du Plessis and Sibongile Machika talk frankly about the issues - and also argue that the publishing industry is not entirely to blame.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.

Inside the bizarre world of the Zumas’ new YouTube series
Don't Shoot The Messenger
05/24/20 • 25 min
In this episode, we rope in Daily Maverick journalist Marianne Thamm to help unpack the perplexing world of Zooming with the Zumas: fact-checking some of the confounding claims made by the Zumas, analysing what it tells us about their undeniably curious family dynamics, and interrogating what on earth the point of this strange production could be.
Additional audio:
Zooming With The Zumas on YouTube
Additional reading:
Duduzane’s Dubai Lockdown Diary - Everything But The Lost Years, by Marianne Thamm
Parts Two and Three, in which the Zuma Dynasty finds itself a hapless victim of circumstance, by Marianne Thamm

The Big Chill: What lockdown can teach us about the benefits of slowness
Don't Shoot The Messenger
05/17/20 • 21 min
In this week’s episode, we’re investigating the virtues of slowness: learning about the secrets of the world’s slowest mammals, exploring the delights of the Slow Food Movement, and hearing how the annual month of Ramadan brings a moment of calm and reflection to Muslim lives.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee, presented by Rebecca Davis, edited by Tevya Turok Shapiro, with original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support from Kathryn Kotze.
Special thanks to Muhammad Dawjee for providing this week’s episode with original music from his soon to be released EP: Otherness.
Featured tracks in order of play:
Doublespeak
Neither
Dialect
Additional audio:
This American Life -
Additional reading:
All-Day Venison, a slow-food recipe by Tony Jackman

QAnon: How the world’s fastest-growing conspiracy theory is spreading to SA
Don't Shoot The Messenger
09/27/20 • 22 min
Additional Resources:
For further information on the possible true identity of Q, listen to episode 166 of the excellent podcast Reply All.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.

Roll-Call by Emoji: The battle to use technology to save SA’s schooling
Don't Shoot The Messenger
09/20/20 • 21 min
This is what education has looked like in some parts of South Africa during the Covid-19 lockdown, with teachers, NGOs and businesses scrambling to find ways to keep pupils learning from afar. The innovation is there, the technology is available, and online teaching does away with some of the practical problems which plague the local education system.
So in this week’s episode of our podcast, we’re asking: Could virtual learning offer the key to boosting South Africa’s schooling even in non-lockdown times?
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
NGOs and businesses mentioned in this episode:
Olico Mathematics Education: https://learn.olico.org/
Axium Education: https://www.axiumeducation.org/
Digicampus: https://www.digicampus.co.za/

The White Coat Army: Why is South Africa paying Cuba for doctors?
Don't Shoot The Messenger
05/09/20 • 19 min
Cuba has been lending its doctors to other countries since the 1960s as a gesture of international solidarity, and those doctors have won praise for their work in some of the toughest public health contexts on record.
But as the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Mark Keller explains in this episode, from the 2000s onwards the Cuban medical missions began to serve another purpose too: to make some much-needed cash for the Cuban government.
With the South African state reportedly being charged over R450 million for the Cuban medical mission sent to South Africa to fight Covid-19, the question is whether these doctors are even really needed - and why South Africa would be willing to pay such a high price.
With Mark Keller, we unpack the history of Cuba’s medical missions and why they have on occasion been likened to “human trafficking”. We also hear from advocate Rene Govender, who for years has been fighting an uphill battle to win South African doctors who trained overseas the right to practice medicine here. Unlike with the Cuban doctors, nobody is rolling out the red carpet for these unemployed local medics.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
Additional Credits:
Supporting audio provided by: Al-Jazeera, University of Miami, Redfish Stream and News24.
Guantanamera by Playing for Change. Is the deployment of Cuban doctors to SA justified?

Tomorrowland: The effects pandemics have on popular culture
Don't Shoot The Messenger
05/01/20 • 24 min
Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.
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How many episodes does Don't Shoot The Messenger have?
Don't Shoot The Messenger currently has 62 episodes available.
What topics does Don't Shoot The Messenger cover?
The podcast is about News, News Commentary and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Don't Shoot The Messenger?
The episode title 'Where are South Africa’s superheroes?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Don't Shoot The Messenger?
The average episode length on Don't Shoot The Messenger is 21 minutes.
When was the first episode of Don't Shoot The Messenger?
The first episode of Don't Shoot The Messenger was released on Mar 26, 2020.
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