LISTEN
Mamela.
Listen, not to respond, solve or judge.
Sit. Be still. Let the conversation come to you.
We bring together conversations, podcasts and audio stories that ask more of us than attention. They ask for patience, and for the willingness to listen without immediately correcting, translating or judging.
Listen anyway.
PODCAST SERIES
B-Plot
What happens when the side story becomes the main story?
B-Plot turns attention towards the stories we do not hear, the people we do not see and the realities hidden in plain sight. Every story carries invisible realities within it. B-Plot brings the margins to the centre.
EPISODE 6
Mother of the Taxi Rank
Sis Trika is a widow, mother and taxi owner who built her place inside a dangerous, male-dominated industry. She is now using the income from her taxis to build property and create generational wealth for her family.
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EPISODE 12
Stateless
Aaron and Thandeka have built a loving family in South Africa, the only home they truly know. Without recognised documents, they remain excluded from the system and fear that their daughter may inherit the same invisible status.
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EPISODE 11
Faith in the Underground
Peter Sadie reflects on faith, family and growing up in a Lebanese community positioned on the margins of whiteness under apartheid. His belief in dignity and service eventually led him into the underground struggle for freedom.
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EPISODE 10
Making Bodies Speakable
Sister Tebogo provides reproductive healthcare, counselling and education in communities where women are often judged before they are helped. Her work creates space for honest conversations about bodies, choice and care without shame.
EPISODE 9
At the Edge of Healing
Nhlanhla is called when hospitals, Western medicine and traditional care appear to have run out of answers. His story explores the complicated space where faith, illness and strained healthcare systems meet—sometimes offering comfort and sometimes creating new risks.
EPISODE 8
The Voice Behind the Wheel
Bheki works as a private driver, a role that often requires him to remain quiet and disappear into the background. Behind the wheel, however, is a gifted musician whose journey through choir, faith and song transformed his life.
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EPISODE 7
China Lockdown
Sbongumusa travelled to China seeking the educational opportunity that closed doors in South Africa had denied him. When his government stipend stopped during the beginning of Covid-19, he was left hungry, unemployed and far from home, surviving through the humanity of strangers.
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EPISODE 6
Mother of the Taxi Rank
After her husband’s death, Sis Trika began hustling and saving until she could buy her first taxi. In a dangerous, male-dominated industry, she built a business, raised her family and began creating property and generational wealth.
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EPISODE 5
Colouring into the Margins
Pine is an artist searching for freedom in a world that rewards stability, status and respectability. His story asks what it costs for a Black man to choose art, colour, movement and self-expression on his own terms.
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EPISODE 4
R50 Mashonisa
Sibongile is a young payday lender offering small loans to people trying to survive. Her story asks us to sit with the contradiction of building a life by lending to others who are also trying to survive.
EPISODE 3
My Brother’s Keeper
Hilton and Angelo live on the streets of Braamfontein, where friendship has become a form of protection, care and survival. Together, they navigate food, shelter and danger in a city that often refuses to see them.
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EPISODE 2
My South African Exile
Gaby came to South Africa from Madagascar and built a life as a dancer, teacher, wife and mother. But Home Affairs delays have left her unable to move freely, access ordinary financial services or leave without risking separation from her family.
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EPISODE 1
The City From Behind the Wheel
Thamani reads Johannesburg from the driver’s seat. As an e-hailing driver from rural KwaZulu-Natal, he moves through late-night journeys, economic pressure and dangerous streets, revealing the city from the perspective of someone paid to keep moving through it.
Listen to what is spoken, and to what struggles to be said.
coming soon
Mamela… Skatata: an Unscripted podcast
Across Gauteng and the Eastern Cape, people gathered to speak about the issues shaping their everyday lives. These conversations were not scripted, rehearsed or polished. The podcast brings those voices into the studio to sit with what was said, what was left unsaid and what it reveals about how people are living.
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