21 MAY 2016
LANGE HALL
10h00 – 10h45
SA’S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION – THE NEXT FRONTIER
FNB Chief Economist Sizwe Nxedlana, GG Alcock (KasiNomics) and William Gumede (South Africa in BRICS: Salvation or Ruination) discuss the way forward with Peter Bruce, Editor-in-Chief of BDFM Publishers.
11h15 -12h00
#UNIVERSITIESMIGHTFALL
Vice-chancellors Professor Jonathan Jansen (UFS) (We Need to Talk)
Professor Adam Habib (Wits (South Africa’s Suspended Revolution: Hopes and Prospects) and Professor Lourens van Staden (Tshwane University of Technology) assess the underlying causes of university unrest and the necessary solutions. Chaired by journalist Nikiwe Bikitsha.
12h30 – 13h15
JUST ADD WATER
Operation Hydrate’s Yusuf Abramjee explores the notion of water security with Mike Wickins (Whispers from the Depths, The Kariba Story), Hydropolitics expert Professor Tony Turton and environmentalist and author Davey du Plessis (Choosing to Live).
13h45 – 14h30
BUY THE BELOVED COUNTRY
What is “state capture” and what does it mean for the nation? Political analyst Justice Malala (We Have Now Begun our Descent) and JJ Tabane (Let’s Talk Frankly: Letters to Influential South Africans about the State of our Nation) discuss how to claw back democracy from kleptocracy with City Press Editor-in-Chief Ferial Haffajee.
15h00 – 15h45
MOMZILLAS
Pamela Power (Ms Conception), Sam Cowen (Good Enough Mother),
Lori Milner (Own Your Own Space) and 702’s Azania Mosaka skewer the squads of competitive mothers in car parks and the workplace. With Aspasia Karras.
16h15 – 17h00
AN OPEN LINE TO 702
Your turn to challenge, question or quibble with the presenters who fill your airwaves.
JOEL HALL
10h00 – 10h45
BEARING WITNESS
Journalist Hamilton Wende recounts his experiences of the Rwandan genocide with regards to the school set work novel, Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You, by Hanna Jansen.
11h15 -12h00
FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN
Cynthia Jele (Happiness is a Four-Letter Word), Piers Cruickshanks (Beyond the River) and Gareth Crocker (Finding Jack) discuss the alchemy of filmmaking with director Craig Freimond (Gums and Noses, Jozi and Material).
12h30 – 13h15
THE STATE OF PLAY
EWN sports anchor and Supersport presenter Derek Alberts investigates the current status of SA cricket with former president of Cricket South Africa Mtutuzeli Nyoka (Deliberate Concealment), experts Ali Bacher and David Williams (South Africa’s Greatest Batsmen) and Gauteng cricket team coach Geoffrey Toyana.
13h45 – 14h30
ECHOES OF AMANDLA
Dr Thula Simpson (Umkhonto we Sizwe: The ANC’s Armed Struggle), Mary Burton (The Black Sash) and Mathews Phosa (Chants of Freedom) remind us of the heroism at the heart of our fight for freedom. With former newspaper editor Richard Steyn.
15h00 – 15h45
A GRAND MAN OF LETTERS
Zakes Mda, one of South Africa’s most celebrated writers, in conversation with award-winning poet Mbali Vilakazi.
16h15 – 17h00
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE?
In these digital days virtually anyone can make a film. Acclaimed actor and director Akin Omotoso talks producers Robbie Thorpe (Jozi, Material) and Bongiwe Selane (Happiness is a Four-Letter Word) through the process.
GYM
10h00 – 10h45
I GOT CHILLS, THEY’RE MULTIPLYING
Deon Meyer (Icarus), Angela Makholwa (Black Widow Society), Fiona Snyckers (Now Following You) share the secrets of creating unnerving atmosphere in their novels. Chaired by fellow thriller writer Sally Andrew (Recipes for Love and Murder).
11h15 -12h00
UNEARTHING THE NEW AFRICA
Ace journalists Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom have spent the last nine years traversing Africa, observing the metamorphosis of cities, communities and economies. The result is a fascinating book, Continental Shift. Author Victor Kgomoeswana (Africa Is Open For Business) compares notes.
12h30 – 13h15
THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING GOING
This edgy collective of young voices share the view that if we are to appreciate history, build bridges in diversity and find a new voice and compass to guide us to a future that we desire, we need to converse across generations. This session attempts to unpack the very issues of the disconnect between generations by young people themselves. Join co-curator Thando Sangqu and writers Thenji Stemela, Buyani Duma and Gabriel Crouse as they define the world of young South Africans with 702’s Andiswa Makanda.
13h45 – 14h30
LOVE CAN MAKE YOU BEAUTIFUL
Young Adult novelists Edyth Bulbring (Snitch) Cat Hellisen (Beastkeeper) and Joanne McGregor (Scarred) discuss the themes of bullying and bloodlines, beauties and beasts and the transformative power of first love. Chaired by fellow youth writer Bontle Senne.
15h00 – 15h45
BRINGING UP THE BODIES
South Africa’s king of crime Deon Meyer interrogates 702 reporter Alex Eliseev about the strange story of Betty Ketani’s murder, chronicled in his book Cold Case Confession.
16h15 – 17h00
SURVIVAL CODE
Davey du Plessis (Choosing to Live) and Brett Archibald (Alone) share their harrowing ordeals with 702’s Cindy Poluta and what it took to keep them going.
MUSIC CENTRE
10h00 – 10h45
LAWNMOWERS, TIGERS AND HELICOPTERS
Are parents pressuring their children too much in this competitive world?
Kingsmead College Headmistress Lisa Kaplan talks to Gail Dore (Bully-proof: A Practical Guide for Parents, Teachers and South African Schools) and Michaelhouse School Counsellor Tim Jarvis, about achieving an engaged, supportive balance.
11h15 -12h00
THE CONSOLATIONS OF POETRY
It is said that to be a poet is a condition, not a profession. Word weavers Ruth Everson and Finuala Dowling talk about the place of poetry in our frenetic lives, and share some of their favourite works. With the Sunday Times’ Michele Magwood.
12h30 – 13h15
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
Craig Bartholomew Strydom (Searching for Sugar Man) and Bongani Madondo (I’m Not Your Weekend Special) riff on the lives and legacies of Rodrigues and Brenda Fassie with 702’s The Music Guru Sean Brokensha.
13h45 – 14h30
“ULTIMATELY, LITERATURE IS NOTHING BUT CARPENTRY”
Award-winning author Ivan Vladislavić (101 Detectives) and Claire Robertson (The Magistrate of Gower) discuss García Márquez’s view that “Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. Very little magic and a lot of hard work.” The Sunday Times’ Michele Magwood talks to them about materials and method.
15h00 – 15h45
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS
Pumla Dineo Gqola (Rape: A South African Nightmare), Jade Gibson (Glowfly Dance), Grizelda Grootboom (Exit – A True Story) trace the legacy of violence and abuse and the steps of healing with 702’s Gugulethu Mhlungu.
16h15 – 17h00
PUTTING IT OUT THERE
Bloggers Lucy Sarah, Fiona Snyckers (Now Following You) and Sarah Graham (Home) talk to Khaya Dlanga on the fun – and the pressures – of a public cyber life.
LEARNING CENTRE
10h00 – 10h45
OUR UNIVERSE: ACCIDENT OR DESIGN?
An visually astounding presentation by astronomer and motivational speaker Professor David Block that probes the complexity of the universe and the evidence for design.
11h15 -12h00
TITILLATING TALES
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele (Happiness is a Four-Letter Word), Angela Makholwa (Black Widow Society) and Paige Nick (Dutch Courage) chat to Jenny Crwys-Williams about their salacious stories.
12h30 – 13h15
THE USEFULNESS OF ACCOUNTING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE LIFE OF A NOVELIST
Accounting graduate Panashe Chigumadzi (Sweet Medicine) talks to prize-winning author and architect Yewande Omotoso (The Woman Next Door) about the writing as a second career.
13h45 – 14h45
A TOUCH OF MADNESS
John Maytham compiled by Finuala Dowling
Many of the world’s greatest books, from Hamlet to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, are memorable for their dramatic, funny, poignant and frightening evocations of madness. John Maytham presents an hour of extraordinary extracts from writers such as Woolf, Jung, Winterson, Albee, Poe, Brontë and O’Neill, whose intimate understanding of what it is like to live within a disordered mind makes their work so compelling.
15h00 – 15h45
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW
Author and playwright Craig Higginson, author and musician Nakhane Toure (Piggy Boy’s Blues) and Sindiwe Magona (Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle) talk to Christopher Hope (My Mother’s Lovers) about how much they draw on their own experience in their writing.
16h15 – 17h00
ONLY THE LONELY
Irish author Sara Baume (Spill Simmer Falter Wither) and Bridget Pitt (Notes From the Lost Property Department) explore the themes of isolation and mental illness in their moving novels. With John Maytham.
CULINARY CORNER
10h00 – 10h45
Josh Thirion (Cooking with Josh)
You are never too young to be a masterchef! Meet Josh, youngest published author and award-winning writer as he talks about his passion for food, the journeys he has taken and the things that inspire him.
11h15 -12h00
Sarah Graham (Smitten, Bitten, Home Food from My Kitchen)
Blogger-turned-author of three cookbooks and recent star of Sarah Graham’s Food Safari, set in Zimbabawe, Zambia and South Africa, shares one of her unpretentious, but delicious recipes.
12h30 – 13h15 (First session)
Siba Mtongana (Siba’s Table)
Passionate and dynamic food enthusiast, Siba Mtongana, is a multi-award winning Freelance Food Writer, Celebrity TV Chef and Food Judge with an authentic love for her people and continent Africa. Siba’s Table is screened in over 128 countries across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. Siba is an ambassador for Foodbank South Africa, an organization that helps fight hunger or malnutrition in the country.
13h45 – 14h30 (Second session)
Siba Mtongana’s second session (Siba’s Table)
15h00 – 15h45
Seline and Leandri van der Wat (Two)
MasterChef stars and sisters Seline and Leandri van der Wat and co-authors of an international-award winning cookbook, share their love of food.
16h15 – 17h00
MasterChef star Siphokazi Mdlankomo (My Little Black Recipe Book)
Siphokazi Mdlankomo, described in the media as an inspiration for the country’s legion of underappreciated cooks, cleaners, housekeepers and nannies demonstrates her culinary prowess.
CHAPEL
10h00 – 10h45
THE MARVEL OF MIRACLES
Qualified doctor and church pastor Andrew Butterworth (I’m Sick, Now What?’) has witnessed Christian healing from many angles: from guiding the surgeon’s knife to healing which cannot be explained by Science. Ruth Ward, qualified doctor with a Master’s degree in Theology, and a practising counsellor, has helped many people through their physical and emotional struggles with ill-health. They talk to journalist Bruce Dennill about the marvels of Science and miracles.
11h15 -12h00
LESSONS FROM THE PAVEMENT BOOKWORM
Philani Dladla captured the country’s imagination last year. He has used his love for books to overcome drug addiction and change his lot in life. Now he’s channelling the interest into support for his literacy project and Book Readers’ Club for underprivileged children in Johannesburg. He tells his story to Neilwe Mashigo.
12h30 – 13h15
“WE MUST SHARE LOVE AND FORGIVENESS”
Yolande Korkie talks to journalist Bruce Dennill about her memoir 558 Days, which recounts her kidnapping and captivity by al-Qaeda in Yemen and the murder of her husband Pierre.
13h45 – 14h30
HOPING AGAINST HOPE
Veteran Zimbabwean politician and human rights lawyer David Coltart discusses his seminal book The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe and reflects on the Christian faith that sustains him. Lawyer Sipho Malunga poses the questions.
15h00 – 16h00
Ace Moloi (Holding my Breath) talks about his memoir, a conversation with his mother, who died when he was 13-years old. Ace discusses child-headed homes, the volatile issue of service delivery in South Africa, why University “fees must fall” and the story of broken families. He tells his story to Neilwe Mashigo
16h15 – 17h00
RUNNER’S HIGH
When the drugs and the drink got too much, Kwaito star Kabelo Mabalane took to the road. Running, that is. He charts his remarkable recovery in the book I Ran For My Life, co-written by Nechama Brodie.
DRAMA ROOM
THE ARTIST’S STUDIO – CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS
Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art founder Pierre Lombart in conversation with Sara Halat of the Bag Factory and five artists from southern Africa.
10h00 – 10h45
Kagiso Patrick Mautloa has exhibited internationally in Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, UK and the US. He was born in Ventersdorp in 1952, studied at the Jubilee and Mofolo Art Centres. He was involved in the formation of the Thupelo Workshops. He is currently based at The Bag Factory.
11h15 -12h00
Minnette Vári was born in 1968 in Pretoria. In her videos and drawings she frequently depicts her own body enduring a disfiguring metamorphosis – she merges with and emerges from nature as well as from the concrete architecture of modern cities. She has exhibited internationally.
12h00 – 12h30
Southern African Foundation for Contemporary Art founder Pierre Lombart in conversation with Sara Halat of the Bag Factory
12h30 – 13h15
Nelson Makamo was born in Modimolle in 1982. He has exhibited in France, Italy, the US, the Netherlands and the UK. His work forms part of the collection of Georgio Armani and Annie Lennox.
13h45 – 14h30
Usha Seejarim describes her biggest honour as the opportunity to create the official portrait for Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Qunu in December 2013. Her work explores notions of identity and context with a fascination for the mundane and the ordinary, often using domestic and found materials in her artmaking.
15h00 – 15h45
Pauline Gutter received the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans Award. Currently Gutter’s layered oil painting, drawing, video art and installation focus on identity and gender in terms of media and cultural migration.
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