SNAPSHOT MEDIA
DIRECTED and EDITED byJEMIMA SPRING
TX 27 July 2009
In this episode we learn from Bulelani Mvotho and Sam Faleni what challenges they faced as they worked through the steps of setting up Snapshot Media, then making a documentary about young people in Khayelitsha, towards their goal of screening the film locally and starting a local [...]
THE KHAYELITSHA TRADE FESTIVAL
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 3 August 2009
Khayelitsha in Cape Town was established 26 years ago as a dormitory for migrant workers by the apartheid government. Accommodation was basic, so people were reluctant to live there and make Khayelitsha their home. Today things are changing and over the years Khayelitsha has [...]
TSiBA
DIRECTED by JANE KENNEDY
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 10 August 2009
TSiBA (Tertiary School in Business Administration) was the dream of inspired individuals who believed that a shortage of funds should not stand in the way of opportunities to further education. In this story we meet Leigh Meinert and Fatima Abrahams who were there in the beginning [...]
RATANG BANA
DIRECTED by LESEDI MOGOATLHE
EDITED by ENOCK VALOYI
TX 17 August 2009
Ratang Bana, which means ‘love children’ in Pedi, is an extramural centre for young people in Polokwane, It was started in 2002 by primary school teacher Rahab Mudau.
Ma Mudau loves children and she thought she would give young people something to do after schools closed [...]
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DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 24 August 2009
Silulo Ulutho is a computer training centre and the first internet café in sprawling Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. The business was started by Luvuyo Rani and his brother, Lonwabo, to supply schools in Khayelitsha with computers. One thing led to another and once they had [...]
AMANDA BLOCH
DIRECTED by PUMZILE MLUNGWANA
EDITED by RUAN SCHWARTZ
TX 31 August 2009
In 2001 Amanda Bloch’s seven month old son, Zachary, was diagnosed with kidney failure. The private hospital that was treating him was unable to help him and a friend suggested they try Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Rondebosch. Amanda initially thought that the best treatment [...]
ZINC AIR FUEL
DIRECTED by LESEDI MOGOATLHE
EDITED by ENOCK VALOYI
TX 7 September 2009
Lucky Mokabane and Rolf Papsdorf are social entrepreneurs with a mission to electrify rural South Africa. Through his work with a PR company, Lucky met Rolf at a conference of social entrepreneurs, where Rolf was talking about how his alternative energy project was changing [...]
MVELAPHANDA HOME BASED CARE
DIRECTED by LESEDI MOGOATLHE
EDITED by ENOCK VALOYI
TX 14 September 2009
Mvelaphanda Home Based Care was started by Sakaria Ramavhaka to look after the frail and vulnerable in the villages around Tshiombo in Limpopo. Bernard Liphadzi and Mavis Mathube are two young people who volunteer with the Mvelaphanda Home Based Care project. Bernard is [...]
MENSTRUST
DIRECTED by PUMZILE MLUNGWANA
EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 21 September 2009
As a young adult in the eighties Bryan Hansen felt different from other young men. He felt that he did not conform to the stereotype of what it meant to be a man and that he wasn’t allowed to show any vulnerabilities, especially during the turbulent [...]
ART OF LIVING
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 28 September 2009
In his final year at high school in 2005, Mandiseli Maseti was falsely accused of raping a girl in his class. He spent seven months in prison before the case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
In 1997 Candi Horgan and some of her friends were [...]
REALISTIC
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 5 October 2009
When Solomon Madikane completed matric, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life, but he knew that he wanted to work with people. After a few years with Good Hope Bank in Cape Town, he successfully applied for a position with the then Department [...]
GREENHOUSE PROJECT
DIRECTED by JACQUELINE VAN MEYGAARDEN
EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 12 October 2009
The aim of the Greenhouse Project is to green Johannesburg – and it is doing this via initiatives in five areas: food, energy, water, buildings and waste. Based in the historic conservatory site of Joubert Park, Greenhouse was started in 1993 by members [...]
SHOEBOX HOMES
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 19th October 2009
Shoebox Homes is a Non-Profit Organisation that grew out of a design competition called the 36m² Design Challenge. Charles Maisel and Kathy Ackerman put their heads together and thought a competition would be a great way to try to address problems of overcrowding especially in low [...]
MASIBAMBANE
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 26th April 2010
When you look up ‘trailblazer’ in the encyclopaedia, there should be a picture of Johan Lewin there. That would probably embarrass him though, as this humble, softly spoken, burly man is not one to push himself forward and will always remind you that it’s a team effort. [...]
GREATER GOOD SA
DIRECTED by AYANDA MNCWABE
EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 3rd May 2010
As a teenager, Tamzin Ractcliffe wanted to study child psychology and child development, but her vocational guidance teacher discouraged her, saying she was too soft. As a result, Tamzin studied commerce and entered the tough financial world, as an analyst. Her persistent inner voice, [...]
DORA NKWANYANA
DIRECTED by AYANDA MNCWABE
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 10th May 2010
Dora Nkwanyana grew up in a household where the family was always bigger than simply biological family. She learnt to share not only with her brothers and sisters, but also with friends and neighbours. It’s this understanding of family as those who live close by [...]
MEN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 17th May 2010
The men who stand along the side of the road looking for work are such a common feature in South Africa’s landscape that we often drive by without giving them a second thought. Many of these men have skills that make [...]
THE CLEAN SHOP
DIRECTED by JACQUELINE VAN MEYGAARDEN
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 24th May 2010
Trevor Mulaudzi came from a family that believed in the power of education. Having worked hard at school and grown up to be a geologist, Trevor was incredulous when he spotted school children walking about the streets of Rustenberg during school hours. He [...]
NOSAKHELE HIV and AIDS PROJECT
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
This is the story of a woman who is using her gift for healing, not to enrich herself, but to help other people. She is an integral part of her community and is not only playing a role in healing people, but in bringing people together [...]
ISIBINDI
DIRECTED by ALETTE SCHOON
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 7th June 2010
Isibindi is a social franchise for doing child and youth care work with orphans and vulnerable children. It is called a franchise because organisations adopt a tried and tested model that is supported by government and funders with strict standards set for the monitoring of the [...]
EDITH MVELASE (RHODES PARK LIBRARY)
DIRECTED by JACQUELINE VAN MEYGAARDEN
EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 12 July 2010
Edith Mvelase laughs as she says: “People ask me where I get the energy from. I don’t know where, but I do have it.”
Edith is one of those trailblazing individuals who has the innate ability to make a difference. An opportunity [...]
LEAP
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 19th July 2010
LEAP originally stood for Langa Education Assistance Programme, a volunteer driven project started by John Gilmour in the 1990s under apartheid to provide extra tuition to black learners from Langa. Today LEAP is used metaphorically to suggest the growth the learners experience. LEAP Science and Maths School, [...]
ILITHALOMSO
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 26th July 2010
Ilithalomso (the light of dawn in Xhosa) is a non-profit organisation that was formed by the members of Masiphumelele and Kommetjie in 2003 in response to the unnecessary build-up of non-recyclable and recyclable rubbish on local beaches. The Ilithalomso recycling project is one of many projects under [...]
LITTLE CHAMPS
DIRECTED by Jacqueline van Meygaarden
EDITED by Jemima Spring & Bauke Brouwer
TX date: 2 August 2010
We love Masupatsela who work with children because this is simply the best investment in a country’s or a society’s future that one can make. It’s a cliché but it’s true. Little Champs was one of the first projects we [...]