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SA People - Your Worldwide South African Community

Welcome to SAPeople Podcast where you can join us for your regular fix of SA culture, skinder, news and get the low-down on all the good stuff happening at home and abroad.

SAPeople.com entertains, informs, inspires and connects South Africans globally.

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another Solid Gold podcast #BeHeard
Occasionally English South Africa Society & Culture
123 Episodes
40 – 60

#080 It’s Time for Roadtrips | Tripping the Land Fandango…

We’re all at sea - but in a good way. KZN is in the news this week as Melanie hits the South Coast. Don’t go swimming in Durban though, the Comrades is coming up on Sunday and we’re looking for a whale - of a time. From pothole strikes to…
26 Aug 2022 8 min

#079 We're Giving Them Carte Blanche! The Day Derek Watts Came to Visit

One of SA's longest-running TV series, the investigative show Carte Blanche, is now also available in podcast form. Derek Watts (the man who's been presenting it since he was '12') joins Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker in studio to talk about this new and exciting addition to the stable, and…
17 Aug 2022 53 min

#077 The Common - Wealth of South Africa

Inspirational Saffricans Doing Fabulous Things! South Africans bringing Gold back home from overseas, not just at the Commonwealth Games but also at events such as the World Champs of Performing Arts! This week, Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com has had stories as diverse as beekeeping, opera, braai broodjies, and geocaching crossing…
3 Aug 2022 29 min

#076 It's All About the Girls! Of Banyana Banyana and other Local Heroes

Bringing it home! SAPeople’s Jenni Baxter gets hot in the studio with Melanie Walker and a surprise guest from the Radio 5 days, but not hot under the collar as they discuss what good deeds Seffricans and doing in the Rainbow Nation. To find out more about what’s hot and…
27 Jul 2022 27 min

#074 "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose“

Coming at ya from Joziburg and France, this is SAPeople.com! We're right behind the Bokke for their third test against Wales - and Eben Etzebeth had better be worried Melanie ain't physically so if he doesn't up his game for his 100th Cap! We reminisce about media superstars, Barry Ronge…
13 Jul 2022 27 min

#073 Come over From the Dark Side... We have Cookies and Good News!

We have Cookies and Good News! Forget being plagued by load-shedding for a bit, and have a listen in on stories that will lighten your heart. Jenni Baxter, good news compiler for SAPeople.com takes Melanie on a voyage of discovering what Saffers at home and abroad have been up to…
6 Jul 2022 23 min

#072 Power May Be At 6's and 7's - But SA People Aren't!

How to keep your Humour at Level 10... In a week that has seen the Rolling Blackouts hit Stage 6 in SA, Jenni Baxter who's sunning it up in Antibes and Melanie Walker in darkest Africa get down to how to keep your spirits up! Politicians meeting up with counterparts…
29 Jun 2022 21 min

#070 Something to Wine About!

SA finally being taken seriously by the World's Wine Associations - because we grow more Chenin Blanc vines here than the rest of the world combined. Our golfers and Swimmers are going great guns; We may see a F1 at Kyalami; and SAPeople going green - on electric scooters and…
15 Jun 2022 26 min

#069 There's Almost a Gupta or 2 on our Stoep!

In a week that sees the arrest of the infamous Gupta Brothers, and Millions being bandied about in some way or another, Jenni Baxter, chilling in Antibes gives us the lowdown of the latest news making the pages of SAPeople.com, while Melanie literally chills in JHB. Want to know more…
8 Jun 2022 24 min

#068 On Irish Jokes and Other Folks - Be Real - No Fakes Allowed!

Is there no such thing as an Irish Joke? Is it all true? Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com breaks down the fake SA passport ordeal for those wanting to visit the Emerald Isle, Melanie Walker is happy to know there's going to be more Rugby (may be ex-Irish, but that's not…
3 Jun 2022 25 min

#066 Of Black Holes and Inner Space

Who are the Stars of the Saffer Universe this Week? While many of us sit in the dark at home in SA (thanks to rolling blackouts) there are some guiding lights out there in the universe, be they scientist taking pictures of Black Holes, Blankies being put on show (a…
18 May 2022 26 min

#065 Trailblazing Elephants on Parade! - (Not) Killing it in Kruger

A 700km overland trek for a bunch of ellies making their way to the Kruger Park makes headlines this week on SAPeople.com. Throw in a bit of what Sami Hall Says, how a Highbury schoolboy is making a difference, Love for Leon Schuster and Chapman's Peak turning 100 and Mel…
11 May 2022 27 min

#064 Move over The Hope Diamond - The Rock is coming!

Adding Hope to the Nation. Ask not what your country can do for you.... So many people at home and abroad are stepping up to help others in need here in SA, and Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker pay homage to a few of them. Not just those that use…
4 May 2022 28 min
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