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Every book South African radio talked about this month: the authors interviewed, the titles recommended, and what was said about each, with the audio.
127 titles · 251 airings · 5 stations · last 30 days
Newest airing first. Clear the chips above for the whole month.
Book · non-fiction · South African
Dr. Babalwa Maholwana
The author discusses her book The After 40 Dilemma, focusing on blended families and why people in their forties can find it hard to open their minds and hearts to new partners. She says openness also means being willing to unlearn old habits.
3 airings · SAfm
Book · non-fiction · South African
Nyimbini Mabunda
A leadership book built on conversations with 15 senior CEOs, organised around 15 themes such as authenticity, purpose and courage. The author says it is written in his own voice and offers a way to think through current leadership problems, including for people who are not CEOs.
3 airings · SAfm
Book · non-fiction · South African
Pilani Nongogo
A 376-page academic non-fiction work examining the history of rugby in South Africa, centring the experiences and contributions of Black rugby players and communities often overlooked in mainstream sporting accounts. The author discusses its four parts, 20 chapters, and its exploration of rugby, colonialism, racial exclusion and heritage.
Book · non-fiction · South African
A business book written as a letter to the author's younger self, sharing lessons on entrepreneurship such as accepting failure and the importance of selling. The author discusses its key chapters and says entrepreneurs facing growing pains will find it reassuring.
Book · non-fiction · South African
Numpumle Mkize
Author Dr Numpumle Mkize discusses her book Evolving Voices, which examines leadership, family relationships and cultural values. It covers generational experiences, social transformation, and women's leadership and empowerment, stressing equal opportunities and shared responsibility for gender equality.
2 airings · SAfm
locl transcribes six South African radio stations as they air. Every hour a model reads the stretches that name a book, film or series and records each titled work that was discussed, reviewed or recommended, with the verdict and who gave it. Quiz clues, name-drops and the stations’ own programmes are left out. Titles and names are as the transcript heard them, so a spelling can be off. Opinions belong to the speakers. Press play to hear the opening window of the conversation; the transcript link has the rest. Only conversations whose audio is still held are listed, so a title leaves the page with its audio.
Updated Wednesday, 28 October at 13:52 SAST. Showing 30 days.