The final episode of season 4 is here! We know goodbyes can be sad, so we found a sweeter way to do it. In this episode, we're hosted by Keren Banza who introduces us to Yolanda Pondo and her love for South African culture. Then, we log into the world of online entertainment for a 'live stream" by Jessica Freedman, where she discusses virtual YouTubers. Finally, we end off the episode with Andrew Rautenbach, who tells us why LoFi became so popular during the pandemic.
Nov 12, 2021
20 min
In the second episode of season four Jessica Freedman takes us on a storytelling journey. Audio diarist Zinam Klaas chats with her mother who decided to open a coffee shop business during a pandemic. Then, Aurora Manique has a chat with her friend and house mate, Arno Cornelissen who took the lockdown period as an opportunity to do some self-reflection. Ponagatso Mhlongo introduces us to Sinomhlobo Ndlela who is a Xhosa praise poet and what this means for her. We end this storytelling journey where we connect with Kuhle Dladla who speaks to her younger sibling to hear how our younger audience understands the lockdown.
Oct 22, 2021
15 min
The Corona Diaries podcast is back for a fourth season! In the first episode, host Yolanda Pondo introduces us to more storytellers who share with us their audio talks. First, Jessica Freedman talks about how Covid-19 has affected people with hearing impairments. Then, like many other people who had to adjust to online and remote work, so did Nwabisa Moyo, who shares the highs and lows of her experience of online and remote studying. We end of this where we meet with Keren Banza, who shares with us how anime was an escape for her and help with her feelings of loneliness
Sep 28, 2021
16 min
Welcome back to a new season of Covid Connected. In this episode, Aarifah Loonat, Noxolo Manyati and Lesego Thekiso dissect their experience as tutors of the podcasting course, and share with you three of the first editing exercises from the 2021 second semester class.
Sep 14, 2021
29 min
In this last episode of season three of the Corona Diaries podcast, we journey with Aiden Daries, who connects us with more storytellers. We connect first with Mathews Nthinya connects us with two members of the LBTIAQ+ community Rethabile and Khanyisile, about the challenges and discrimination they face. We then journey to Mpumalanga, where Rebone Thobela connects us with Mbali Nkosi, a recovering drug user who resorted to drugs after a traumatic life experience. Our journey brings us back to Makhanda, where Liam McPherson and his residence friends share their shared passion and love for soccer. Then we meet up with Arno Cornelissen who began creating a home-brewed
Jun 24, 2021
22 min
In the second episode of the third season of the Corona Diaries podcast, Singisa Mdungwana connects us with more storytellers. We journey to Makhanda, where Azlan Makalima is based and tells the use of his friends Mthobeli Klaas and Azola Jela, who started a baking business in the pandemic. In Pretoria, Thato-Baholo Mangoali introduces us to business analyst Sereko Mangoali who shares how she is adjusting to work-from-home life. We make a full circle and end our journey in the Mother City, where we connect with Zyrte Gertse’s sister, Shade Gertse, a now professional nurse who recounts what it was like being a student nurse in 2020.
Jun 11, 2021
15 min
It is the new year, and we come with a new episode and season of the Corona Diaries podcast. In this episode, Lisekho Ngcetane connects us with a new cohort of storytellers. The storytellers we hear from in this season were first-year students in 2020. First, we hear from Lehlohonolo Mokoena, who had high hopes for his first year, but those plans were confined to his computer screen. Lisekho, who also narrates this week's episode, too share her difficulty and adjustment to online learning as a first-year in 2020. We connect with Sinazo Gulukungqu, who writes a personal letter to Covid-19 and reflects on the important lessons learned. Then, Daniel Roodt fondly shares with us about his grandmother, who lived a wholesome life and hoped to live until 100 years, but sadly he lost her to covid-19.
May 12, 2021
17 min
Join Bathandwa Njobe, Asikelelwe Pezisa, Nandipha Maliti and Lazola Jikwana in this season finale as they reflect on the year and how the JMS2 podcasting course changed for the better.
Dec 4, 2020
33 min
In this episode we go beyond what goes behind-the-scenes in corona diaries to the content producers' personal lives to get a glimpse of their creativity well.
Dec 4, 2020
31 min
In this episode of Corona Diaries, we take another riveting journey across Mzansi. We gear up for an exciting trip to the Eastern Cape. We meet storyteller Nanza Platana, who introduces us to a lifelong friend of hers named, Anxiety. Journey to the Kwa-Zulu Natal to meet with Pietermaritzburger, Josie Makkink, who asked women in her life about the daily anxieties of life in Mzansi. We make our way to Johannesburg, where Renée Moyo spent the lockdown doing some introspection and telling us what she thinks not only of herself but also of her generation. We end our season journeying back to Makhanda, the City of Saints, where Bianca Mclean asked some of her friends to write short letters to themselves before covid-19 hit our shores.
Nov 15, 2020
17 min
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