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#063 HaHaHa - deda - You Musk be Joking!

The (Multi-tier) Highs of SA News While the Social Media streams are filled with fake news and the Twitterverse is seriously atwitter with Elon Musk's most recent purchase, Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com and Melanie Walker (the Jozi blonde at medium) break down what's real and what's not - SAPeople is…

27 Apr 2022 24 min

#062 All the World's a Stage... (Just not Stage 4!)

In a week that has seen Stage 4 Load shedding implemented across SA, Jenni and Melanie find stories that will warm people's hearts, while giving information on how you can join SA Stalwarts such as Charlize Theron in bringing some warmth and necessities to those in need in KZN and…

20 Apr 2022 23 min

#061 Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You...

Let's Do it For Our Country Today's Guest is Darren Bergman (DA MP / Shadow Minister for International Relations and Cooperation) Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker are getting the Up Close and Personal Take of opposition MP Darren Bergman's view of the State of the Nation. Our favourite Ambassador without…

13 Apr 2022 35 min

#060 Nature May Be Flawed….

… But this is Flawless! In a week that sees a state of Disaster (apparently) ending, we take to the WC to chat about the triumphs of Raised By Wolves Kim Engelbrecht. From real life, to a girl that’s simply out of this world, find out more about our local…

6 Apr 2022 24 min

#059 SA Unmasked

Get out and Start Living With SAPeople.com No Mask Attached while outside! This and more from Jenni Baxter in Antibes, with updates and good news stories on SAPeople.com. Including how you can be involved in updating the Draft Regulations changes, what's up with Trevor Noah, and what and who to…

23 Mar 2022 24 min

#058 Counting Our Blessings!

Forget Disaster - The Good Luck Gals bring Good News In a week that saw the SA Government extending the State of Disaster by a month, there is good news to be found from and about our wonderful Saffers! SA Women's Cricket Team doing wonders at the World Cup; Elon…

16 Mar 2022 25 min

#057 Bakgat! SA Gets its Giving On

Of Gifts from darkest Africa In a week that's seen Load Shedding rearing its ugly head again, there is some good news out there. Listen up - Jenni Baxter, good news compiler of SAPeople.com gives the lowdown of what highs there are on the Saffer front to Melanie Walker. And…

9 Mar 2022 27 min

#056 SA Stars, Starlink, and Sterre in Hulle Oë,

Saffers Showing Their True Colours All Over the World. In a week that has seen mega tension on the international war front, Jenni Baxter of SAPeople.com, sitting in France is keeping South Africans around the world, and Joburg's Melanie Walker, updated on how normal South Africans are doing their bit…

2 Mar 2022 31 min

#055 A Window on Our World

Views from SA and Abroad. SA People brings you news from SAffers at home and abroad, and from people in other countries... In this Window on the World, we find out from Jenni Baxter in France and Veldskoen's Nick Dreyer in the UK what stories have made their hearts druk…

23 Feb 2022 31 min

#054 A Fresh Look! | Benjy Mudie

On Fun in the Bush, Romance and Flying High Jenni Baxter from SAPeople.com and Melanie Walker are joined by one of the Stalwarts of the Music Industry in SA, Benji Mudie, for chats about music and vinyl in SA, along with some great innovations. Interspersed with the latest great news…

16 Feb 2022 28 min

#053 Raised by Wolves - and Other Animals

Jenni Baxter joins Melanie Walker in the podcast studio from Antibes, to tell us how not to get duped, how to support others, where to watch the best SA entertainment, and loads of things about our Wild Earth - and where to find the best Melktart with a Heart recipe…

9 Feb 2022 27 min

#052 BlitzVinning - But No Lighting!

Of Loadshedding, Sevens, Hippos and other SA Standards! Jenni Baxter in Antibes and Melanie Walker in Joziburg get to grips with the stories, good and bad, that are catching the attention of South Africans at home and Expats abroad. Blitzbokke Rule Loadshedding breaking all the rules Aliens in the Magalies?…

2 Feb 2022 32 min

#051 Heatwaves, Mexican Waves and Other Hot Stuff

Cabbage Bandit With temperatures hitting highs and waves that look like they’ve just come out of Hawaii, Jenni and Melanie chat about not only what’s hit, but what’s cool! The Cabbage Patch Bandit joins us for a chat, and we find out more about ‘Sex in Afrikaans’.

26 Jan 2022 30 min

#050 Water Water Everywhere... | Ted Botha

The Lifeblood of South Africa. In a week that's seen flooding across parts of the country and tales of heroic rescue attempts, journalist Ted Botha is not all at sea when it comes to having the latest news and views of what's happening in South Africa. The intrepid traveler took…

19 Jan 2022 29 min

#049 ...And We're Feeling Good (Gifts from the Givers)

In a week which sees the EU lifting travel bans, Jenni Baxter in France and Melanie Walker in Johannesburg bring you good news from all over South Africa and the world. If you're into cricket, tennis, movies and the small screen or who's doing who, listen in and find out…

12 Jan 2022 30 min

#048 Happy 2022 - And a Fiery Start to the Year

Starting off like a damp Squib? The start of the year saw two legends being honoured, Parliament ablaze, the first part of the Zondo Commission report being handed over, and Chad le Clos getting more Medals! Want to know who's been visiting our shores? And what Saffers abroad are doing?…

5 Jan 2022 28 min

#047 Velly Jelly! Who’s going Where?

And what are they up to…. It feels good to be moving around a bit, doesn’t it? As many set off on their festive holidays, we hear how Jen’s passport gets nicked, a piggy that didn’t go to market becomes a (escape) artist, we wax lyrical about The Man Who…

22 Dec 2021 22 min

#046 Celebrating Seffricaness

Joining Jenni Baxter (in Antibes) and Melanie Walker (in Joziburg) we have shoe salesman and head honcho of those awesome Vellies and Plakkies patching in from Cape Town. This week it’s all about feel good things - so sit down, put your feet up and find out about the world…

15 Dec 2021 30 min

#045 If You Hold a SeaShell to your ear….

You should be able to Hear the Sea! Can you hear the sea in that shell? Well, if things do go ahead, all you may be able to hear down Wild Coast way is seismic activity. Jenni Baxter and Melanie Walker discuss whether boycotts would work, another ‘Arch’ stands up…

8 Dec 2021 30 min

#044 The Only Thing We Know for Sure, is We Don't Know! (with surprise Grooving Guest)

Musings and mullings over from 2... er, make that THREE blondes! Oh - the third blonde? Well, listen in for a surprise visit from a stunning songstress - and Man - can she Go Groove! AND hear an awesome track of theirs at the end of the conversation. So... What's…

1 Dec 2021 35 min