RC 260821Cape TalkPippa Hudson
Friday, 21 August 2026
A Friday lunch show packed with a practical language-in-healthcare interview, a major fantasy book chat with Veronica Roth, and a detailed hearing-health segment.
- 13:29
UCT PhD student Sonwabiso Nqorowa is rolling out a WhatsApp-based isiXhosa course for healthcare workers from 1 September, aimed at practical greetings, body-part vocab and respectful patient communication.
- 13:30
The course is designed as affordable, on-the-go training: weekday videos and audio, charts for workplace use, monthly intakes, and a fee of 18 rand per weekday.
- 13:49
Veronica Roth said her new novel Seek the Traitor’s Sun began in 2019, blends fantasy, dystopia, sci-fi and romance, and follows Elegy in a future Earth devastated by a fever that grants some people unusual abilities.
- 14:15
Head of audiology Olivia Blackbeard said women should test hearing from age 30 to 40, watch for pregnancy and menopause-related changes, and protect hearing with the 60-minute, 60% volume headphone rule.