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Carina Bruwer house horror story
Carina Bruwer house horror story
Guest: Renowned long-distance swimmer and musician Carine Bruwer turned to Cape Talk to express with John the details of a nightmare that she has been experiencing with a house that she recently bought.
More episodes from Afternoon Drive With John Maytham
Muizenberg 25 August for our premiere of CONCEPTION
19 August 2022 6:18 PM
Guest:
Violinist Elinor Speirs joins John in studio to introduce ‘IMMERSE’, a project that seeks to create wholly immersive experiences for audiences through real time collaborative art making – beginning with a premiere in Muizenberg on Thursday.
City working with e-hailing industry on lifting of moratorium on applications for metered-taxi operating licences
19 August 2022 5:36 PM
Guest: Roberto Quintas | Mayoral Committee Member for Transport at City Of Cape Town
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State hospitals face collapse
19 August 2022 5:21 PM
Guest: Estelle Ellis | Senior Journalist at Maverick Citizen
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Paul Slabolepszy Fordsburg's Finest
19 August 2022 5:12 PM
Guest: Paul Slabolepszy
Fordsburg’s Finest opens at Theatre on the Bay on today and John is joined in studio by the play’s award-winning South African playwright, Paul Slabolepszy
Book Review with John Maytham
19 August 2022 4:38 PM
Listen to CapeTalk's John Maytham's weekly book reviews and share his passion for all things literary. From fiction to non-fiction, John reads and reviews a range of books that would sit well on your reading list.
Fiction
Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes
Overboard: A Novel by Sara Paretsky
Non-Fiction
A Russian on Commando by Boris Gorelik
How do you stop a hospital heist? Appoint a plunder-proof board
19 August 2022 4:30 PM
Guest: Prof Alex van den Heever | Chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at Wits School Of Governance
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Nedbank Business Ignite 2022
19 August 2022 4:24 PM
Guest: Emma Kaye Owner and Founder of Happy Hounds (https://www.happyhounds.co.za/)
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Our Burning Planet - Here are few changes you can make to help offset (even a little) the climate crisis
19 August 2022 4:12 PM
Guest: Our Burning Planet is the Daily Maverick section devoted to expert environmental opinion and analysis. We partner up each Friday on the Afternoon Drive to discuss a burning issue. John is joined by Journalist Sarah Hoek.
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Marilyn Monroe: why are we still obsessed 60 years after her death
19 August 2022 3:46 PM
Guest:
Freya Jarman-Ivens is a lecturer in music at the University of Liverpool. She joins John to consider the question, ‘Marilyn Monroe: why are we still obsessed 60 years after her death?’
Are school price hikes imminent in JHB?
19 August 2022 3:39 PM
Guest:
Lebogang Montjane is the Executive Director of ISASA (The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa). He joins John to discuss the impact that should be predicted of The City of Johannesburg’s reclassification of school properties, resulting in huge rate increases.
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