In December 2022, the 55th – and possibly last – elective conference of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will take place against a backdrop of sociopolitical chaos. In the limited audio documentary series, ‘The Highwaymen’, investigative journalists Richard Poplak and Diana Neill.
The theme of this year’s European Film Festival in South Africa, to be held from 14 to 24 October, dubbed ‘Healing Journeys’, is a response to the testing times we find ourselves in, not only in South Africa but around the world.
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Don t Shoot the Messenger podcast first aired in March 2020, coinciding with the beginning of the lockdown, and has since rolled out two seasons. Now they ve just kicked off season three, a year later.
Notably, the podcast was recently recognised by Apple as one of its
8 Biggest New Shows: South Africa in 2020. “We wanted to create a podcast for
Daily Maverick that was a little different to what might just sound like snippets of talk radio. So, we created a really slick and sexily produced product that could be held to international standards,” says producer Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
With the first season, the team focused on Covid-19, finding creative ways to give the pandemic a face and make it personal. Making the podcast during the pandemic, of course, presented many difficulties and opportunities. Host Rebecca Davis said, “We had to tweak our technical process and became accustomed to recording from anywhere, including bedrooms and a car. It also provid
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