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PUSHBACK TalksSummer Series: Law & Resistance – the South African -Palestine Connection, with Sylvia VollenhovenIt's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season.The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series!In this week's episode of Pushback Talks, we delve into the intricate dynamics of historical narratives and their profound influence on contemporary events. Award-winning South African journalist, filmmaker, and writer Sylvia Vollenhoven joins Fredrik and...2024-08-0738 min
PUSHBACK TalksLaw and resistance - the South Africa-Palestine Connection, with Sylvia VollenhovenIn this week's episode of Pushback Talks, we delve into the intricate dynamics of historical narratives and their profound influence on contemporary events. Award-winning South African journalist, filmmaker, and writer Sylvia Vollenhoven joins Fredrik and Leilani to explore the enduring power of empathy amidst longstanding conflicts and resistance movements. Drawing parallels between past and present, the trio examines South Africa's struggle against apartheid and its recent decision to challenge Israel at the International Court of Justice. Through their conversation, we dissect the mainstream media's portrayal of such actions, highlighting the ongoing battle to control narratives and the critical role...2024-02-1438 min
Late Nights with Sara-Jayne KingRooibos RestitutionGuests: Sylvia Vollenhoven, Journalist, filmmaker, playwright, and author and Lesle Jansen Indigenous lawyer Director of Natural Justice’s Cape Town Hub and Director of their Programme on Governance of Lands & Natural Resources. Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late NightsTopic: The Profile: Rooibos RestitutionScreening of “Rooibos Restitution,” a film which captures the struggle to get recognition as the traditional knowledge holder to the uses of Rooibos, the Wupperthal Community. A documentarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-01-2921 min
2018: SkrywersfeesVROUE IN VERANDERINGMet: Christi van der Westhuizen,
Sylvia Vollenhoven, Annie Klopper
en Bettina Wyngaard.
Wat haar fassineer van ’n manlike
teenwoordigheid, sê Antjie Krog nadat sy
die Hertzogprys vir poësie ontvang het,
is ‘mans gaan nooit net weg nie, hulle vat
ook die mag saam weg en dan bly daar
nou net ’n klomp vrouens oor en skielik
daal die statuur van daardie beroep’ …
Op Internasionale Vrouedag debatteer
vier skrywers onder leiding van Hannelie
Booyens oor vroue en hulle identiteit in
Suid-Afrika vandag: Hoe het dit verander,
hoe kry dit in hulle werk beslag, is daar
so iets soos vroue wat mekaar bemagti...2018-05-301h 01
2017: Skrywersfees‘STEP INTO OTHER PEOPLE’S SHOES AND TRY ON THEIR HATS’Dié reël kom uit Lionel Shriver se toespraak by Brisbane se skrywersfees verlede jaar. Sy het die vraagstuk ondersoek of skrywers
in ander kulture se skoene kan klim, en haar praatjie gelewer met ’n sombrero
op haar kop. John Miles, Darryl David, Sylvia Vollenhoven en Jolyn Phillips gesels met Bettina Wyngaard oor identiteit
en kulturele appropriasie in fiksie.2017-03-091h 00
Skrywers en Boeke1 FebSuzette Kotze-Myburgh gesels met die joernalis, dramaturg en filmmaker Sylvia Vollenhoven oor haar memoire KEEPER OF THE KUMM. Johan Myburg gesels oor die internasionale letterkunde. Ilse Salzwedel gesels oor nuwe kinderboeke, die derde week van die Afrikaanse roman en die ATKV-Skryfskool se Winterskryfskool op Potchefstroom.2017-02-0147 min
The Forum@8Is the South African Media helping us find our own voicesThis past Sunday, October 19, South Africa commemorated a dark chapter in South Africa's history, Press Freedom Day. On the 19th of October 1977, eight organisations and three newspapers aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement were banned by the apartheid government. The attempt to gag the media and muzzle government critics was deemed the Black Wednesday. Things have changed since the dawn of democracy… or have they? How do you as a South African see the media? What is the role of the media? On the Forum@8 this morning we ask: Is the South African Media helping us find our own voices? Gu...2014-10-2045 min