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Sound Africa

SOUND AFRICA is a space for creative non-fiction from the African continent. We are licensed by the Composers Authors & Publishers Association of South Africa

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3. The Devil In Joburg

3. The Devil In Joburg

A reporter investigates the high number of reported occult crimes in South Africa. Among others he meets an archbishop, ... Read more

5 Jan 2016

30mins

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01: They Killed Dulcie - The Scene Of The Crime

01: They Killed Dulcie - The Scene Of The Crime

On 29 March 1988 five bullets ended the life of liberation movement activist Dulcie September. After years in prison and... Read more

27 Mar 2019

25mins

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4. The Wait is Almost Over Part 1

4. The Wait is Almost Over Part 1

In May 2013, Pierre and Yolande Korkie were kidnapped by Al-Qaeda. In the chaos of post-revolutionary Yemen, it was left... Read more

22 Feb 2016

33mins

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Nuclear SA: The Laager

Nuclear SA: The Laager

This is the first of a four-part Sound Africa series exploring the tangled web of South Africa’s nuclear past, present a... Read more

16 Jan 2017

33mins

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Freedom For Sale

Freedom For Sale

When apartheid ended, the big companies that helped the regime buy weapons illegally continued to do business with the n... Read more

16 May 2018

27mins

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De Bijbel

De Bijbel

Like our country, many of us in South Africa have complicated histories. Our ancestral backgrounds are almost always a m... Read more

5 Sep 2018

38mins

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07: They Killed Dulcie: Impunity?

07: They Killed Dulcie: Impunity?

The final episode of They Killed Dulcie takes a critical look at what happened to the investigations of Dulcie September... Read more

22 May 2019

30mins

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02: They Killed Dulcie - The Spies

02: They Killed Dulcie - The Spies

On the wall of a grey Parisian apartment building, a small plaque commemorates the life of activist Dulcie September. Sh... Read more

3 Apr 2019

33mins

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Covid in Africa - Episode 1

Covid in Africa - Episode 1

A weekly podcast looking at the continental response to COVID-19 and how it’s affecting people on the ground. Here you w... Read more

27 Mar 2020

29mins

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Friends of SoundAfrica Ep 01 - Honeymoon Studios - The Giants of Lesotho Part 1 Mohlomi

Friends of SoundAfrica Ep 01 - Honeymoon Studios - The Giants of Lesotho Part 1 Mohlomi

We’ve been listening to some great podcasts which we’d like to share with you. Over the next few weeks we’re going to pl... Read more

12 Feb 2019

13mins

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Brother, This is Cape Town

Brother, This is Cape Town

Bongani Dyalivana is a 29-year-old man from Cape Town. He has been out of jail for just over two years after serving a 1... Read more

13 Jun 2018

36mins

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06: They Killed Dulcie - Woman in Exile

06: They Killed Dulcie - Woman in Exile

Podcast: They Killed Dulcie - Episode 6: Woman in ExileEpisode 6.Dulcie September’s life was shaped by struggle against ... Read more

1 May 2019

31mins

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Examining Doctor Death

Examining Doctor Death

On a summer morning in 1997, a man was arrested with a plastic bag full of party drugs in a park in Pretoria. The man wa... Read more

22 Aug 2018

42mins

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05: They Killed Dulcie - The Arms Money Machine

05: They Killed Dulcie - The Arms Money Machine

For almost two decades starting in the 1970’s the South African embassy in Paris was the centre of a large scale sanctio... Read more

24 Apr 2019

29mins

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03: They Killed Dulcie - Double Agents

03: They Killed Dulcie - Double Agents

In the third episode of “They Killed Dulcie,” we delve into the world of informants and double agents and how the aparth... Read more

10 Apr 2019

31mins

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The Heart Problem

The Heart Problem

The first ever heart transplant in the world was performed in South Africa in 1967. It was an international triumph, and... Read more

8 Aug 2018

33mins

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They Killed Dulcie Trailer

They Killed Dulcie Trailer

SERIES LAUNCH: 28 MARCHOn 29th March 1988 five bullets ended the life of liberation movement activist Dulcie September. ... Read more

14 Mar 2019

1min

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The Ghost

The Ghost

Sometimes taking a detour can show you an entire world you did not know existed. That is what happens to reporter Lars O... Read more

30 May 2018

37mins

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04: They Killed Dulcie - Prisons of the Past

04: They Killed Dulcie - Prisons of the Past

In the fourth episode of the podcast They Killed Dulcie, the time has come to look at the evidence. What was Dulcie inve... Read more

17 Apr 2019

28mins

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The Heart Problem

The Heart Problem

Its fifty years since the world’s first heart transplant was performed at Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town. But, ther... Read more

30 Nov 2017

32mins

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