Wits Radio Academy Local Voices

Local Voices

Local Voices was established in 2019 as an election project. The partnership between Wits Radio Academy, the Media Development and Diversity Agency, the Children’s Radio Foundation, Africa Check and Open Society Foundation was meant to support election reporting on community radio. It has now made a return as a pilot project to give the work done at community radio level a wider range.

It is about stories of ordinary South Africans who have pinned their hopes on democratic South Africa to pay true to her promise of a free, fair and equal society.
Daily English South Africa News · Politics
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Local Voices - Local Elections 2021 Show #2

We looked at what the African National Congress and Congress of the People has to offer the residents of Johannesburg time around. The spokesperson of the ANC in Johannesburg Region Sasabona Mangaye shared what his party is aiming to do for the City of Johannesburg should they be elected to…
12 Oct 2021 11AM 53 min

Local Voices - Local Elections 2021 Show #1

We looked at the 2016- 2021 term of political parties in Gauteng municipalities. Political Analyst Sanusha Naidu, from the Institute of Global Dialogue, gave her analysis on how the parties performed previously and also the different political parties' factions that they had during the build up to the 2016 local…
5 Oct 2021 11AM 55 min

Woman seeks justice for wrongful arrest

Thulisile Mfekayi also wants the family that accused her of stealing their child to apologise for the pain and humiliation they have caused her.
28 Jan 2021 8AM 8 min

Professor Mellado to co-chair initiative to create algorithms to predict crises

The University of the Witwatersrand has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with York University in Canada. The consortium will create algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence to predict the evolution of crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, with which to help policymakers and the public manage complex situations.
28 Jan 2021 6AM 2 min

Makhubele happy to be going to Parliament

Limpopo’s Ponani Petunia Makhubele is amongst four candidates who have been sworn in as members of Parliament in a hybrid swearing in ceremony by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lechesa Tsenoli.
28 Jan 2021 5AM 2 min

Anger over demolishing of houses in KZN

The community of Mpumpula in Duvela, kwaCeza, in KwaZulu-Natal is irate after White people destroyed their homes. Home owner, Nkosingiphile Mnguni, says the White men are making false ownership claims.
26 Jan 2021 12PM 3 min

Uproar over demolishing of houses in Mpumpula

The community of Mpumpula in Duvela, kwaCeza, in KwaZulu-Natal is irate after White people destroyed their homes. Ward 4 councillor, Manyomfana Masondo, from the Ulundi Municipality is calling for an intervention.
26 Jan 2021 12PM 1 min

Cyclone Eloise damages bridges, houses in parts of Limpopo

Vhembe District Municipal Spokesperson, Matodzi Ralushai, says though the Cyclone was not as severe as it was anticipated, road infrastructures, bridges and houses in areas particularly in Tshakhuma were damaged by heavy rains and floods.
26 Jan 2021 2AM 2 min

Concern over armed robberies in Mkhanyakude

Deputy chairperson, Professor Xolani Zikhali, says in Mkhanyakude criminals sometimes pounce on people while at home and take their cars or whatever possessions they want.
23 Jan 2021 6AM 5 min

Disaster management services on high alert in Limpopo

The Vhembe and Mopani municipalities say they are prepared for any disaster that may occur and are working closely with the national disaster management team. This as the province braces for cyclone Eloise.
23 Jan 2021 5AM 1 min

Limpopo gears up for cyclone Eloise

The Vhembe and Mopani municipalities say they are prepared for any disaster that may occur and are working closely with the national disaster management team.
23 Jan 2021 5AM 1 min

KZN on high alert

Cyclone Eloise is expected to hit northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal this weekend. Meteorologist Mkhushulwa Msimango says the cyclone, now lashing Mozambique, first started in Madagascar and is likely to be here for days.
23 Jan 2021 5AM 3 min
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