RC 260911SAfmBridget Masinga
Friday, 11 September 2026
The episode centred on candid memoir conversations about surviving childhood trauma, healing through motherhood and preserving South African creative histories.
- 13:36
Dando Rambani said her memoir records childhood abuse, including surviving an incident in which her father tried to burn the family inside their shack, and her journey towards healing.
- 13:50
Rambani said From One Mother to Another is not a revenge book: it acknowledges both the harm and care provided by family members who hurt her.
- 14:15
Conductor Guti Masote’s memoir Imperfect Harmony won the 2026 National Arts and Culture Awards’ non-fiction prize and documents his musical life alongside a transitional South Africa.
- 14:28
Masote’s Theo Soga tribute series returns on 19 September, with plans for an Eastern Cape event in early 2027 near Soga’s burial place in Qonce.
- 14:56
Mozambican bassist Orlanda da Conceição will perform with three other women bassists at Four Baselines at Sandton Convention Centre on 25 and 26 September.