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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.
09/06/20 • 20 min
Puff & Pass: The legal limbo of SA’s marijuana laws
Don't Shoot The Messenger
08/30/20 • 22 min
The courts gave Parliament two years to draw up the necessary laws to take South Africa out of legal limbo. With the deadline about to run out, a draft bill has been produced - which both weed advocates and lawyers say is a disaster. In this episode, we explore the ways in which users and businesses are currently exploiting the loopholes in law, and look at why the proposed legislation is problematic.
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.
08/30/20 • 22 min
The Long-Haulers: When Covid-19 doesn’t go away
Don't Shoot The Messenger
08/23/20 • 17 min
In this episode, we speak to health activist Robin Gorna - herself a Covid Long-hauler - and infectious disease researcher Professor Francois Venter about the growing medical acceptance that Covid-19 can manifest as a long-term condition for which there is currently no treatment and no cure.
08/23/20 • 17 min
The New Underworld: How Covid-19 helps create new kinds of criminals
Don't Shoot The Messenger
06/01/20 • 27 min
And while some of them are relatively benign, others are anything but.
In this episode we’re taking a look at the Covid-19 underworld: how the global lockdown has both disrupted traditional black markets, but also birthed new kinds of criminals. We’re taking a trip to the underbelly of the Dark Web, where the illegal products for sale now include the blood of people who have tested positive for coronavirus; and we’re zooming in on one particular South African black market, the trade in abalone, to see what effects the lockdown has had on this type of illegal trade.
Additional audio:
The Most Trafficked Animal in The World is Probably One You've Never Heard Of, by Fusion Media
Motherhacker podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motherhacker/id1487213874
Additional reading:
Coronavirus source found in pangolin meat, by Don Pinnock and Tiara Walters on Daily Maverick
South Africa’s abalone black market is being squeezed by Covid-19, by Kimon de Greef on Haika
Poacher: Confessions from the Abalone underworld, by Kimon de Greef and Shuhood Abader
06/01/20 • 27 min
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
05/24/20 • 25 min
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
05/17/20 • 21 min
In the Rough: Golf courses may be South Africa’s most wasteful luxury
Don't Shoot The Messenger
10/04/20 • 22 min
In this episode, we have no trouble making the case against golf in South Africa in 2020 - but in the interests of fairness, we take a look at the other side too.
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.
10/04/20 • 22 min
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.
09/27/20 • 22 min
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/
09/20/20 • 21 min
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.
09/13/20 • 17 min
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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 22 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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