The Blue Platform - Die Blou Platform: Recent Episodes
Deon Kitching
Listening to different voices. Getting a better understanding of the South African society and people. We publish episodes in [ENGLISH] and [AFRIKAANS]
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Marinda de Vos Interviewed by Deon Kitching (19) [ENGLISH]
Marinda's website - https://capetownbookings.co.za
Send Marinda a Whatsapp message to 082 955 4725
Learn from experts in their field, is a great motto. Marinda is a well-seasoned tourism marketer and social media guru. She has years of experience in both fields. That's why I appreciate her input when I need some serious answers fast!
In this conversation (part 1) we talked about advertising, the tourism sector and different social media platforms. This is part 1 of a series of interviews with Marinda about different aspects of the use of social media in your business which we will publish on the Blue Platform.
Marinda has a special discount on her training sessions for our listeners - listen at 25:06 for the information.
Tienie van Rensburg
In gesprek met Deon Kitching (18) [AFRIKAANS]
Tienie is 'n wyse mens. Soos jy hulle in Namibië kry. Hy het vele paaie gestap; studenteraadsvoorsitter Bloemfontein, prokureur, predikant in die VGK en NG Kerk in Namibië. Nou aan die bestuur van hulle eie gastehuis op Swakopmund.
Hy praat in die potgooi oor die skuiwe wat in sy lewe plaasgevind het. Die manier waarop hy dink oor ras, grond, kerk en God. Tienie is 'n voorbeeld van iemand wat vrygekom het van die dogma van kerk en nou vrede gemaak het met die sin van die lewe en bronne van hoop. Hy praat minder en leef meer... alledaags. Dis wat my beindruk van die tipe Ds Tienie!
Tienie se Facebook-blad
Wannie Carstens In gesprek met Deon Kitching (17)
[AFRIKAANS]
Prof Wannie Carstens het op ver paaie gestap met navorsing en skryfwerk oor die Afrikaanse Taalkunde. Wannie se liefde vir die beginsels van die taalkunde kom al vroeg aan die orde. Hy skryf verskeie invloedryke vakkundige boeke oor sy studievelde.
As mens wat glo in samewerking het hy Afrikaans bevorder deur klas te gee by buitelandse uinversiteite en saam met buitelandse akademici navorsing gedoen om publikasies die lig te laat sien. Sy groot passie is om die die "groot boek" oor die geskiedenis van Afrikaans die lig te laat sien, waarin die bydraes van almal in die land, swart, bruin en wit volledig opgeteken word.
Luister na deel 1 van die gesprek.
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Success Lekabe In gesprek met Deon Kitching (16)
[AFRIKAANS]
Jy hoor die opwinding en lus vir die lewe in haar stem. Immers sy het al baie paaie geloop in haar 31 jaar hier op aarde. "Dit was nie maklik om aan te hou nie. Was dit nie vir my ma en die res van my familie nie, sou ek nooit sover gekom het nie. Veral my ma is amazing. Ek is egter 'n positiewe mens en probeer alles en praat met almal".
Success is bekend as omroeper en TV-persoonlikheid. As een van die vyf vrouens (die jongste) op die gespreksplatform TUSSEN ONS, op Kyknet, moes sy baie leer by haar mede-spanlede. Success vertel hulle het haar vinnig onder hulle vlerke geneem en haar gemaklik laat voel.
In hierdie potgooi praat sy oor haar geboortedorp, Potchefstroom; wat gee hoop en sin aan haar lewe en wat wil sy graag met haar lewe bereik.
Lees meer oor Success Lekabe
Success Lekaba se Facebook-bladsy
Cobus Bester In gesprek met Deon Kitching (15)
[AFRIKAANS]
Die naam Cobus Bester was vir baie jare sinoniem met die RSG aktualiteits-program, Monitor. Saam met die begin van die dag het Cobus aan die ontbyt-tafel en in die motor oor die daaglikse nuus gesels, as kinders by die skool afgelaai moes word.
Sy belangstelling in ekonomiese nuus het hom by TV en later by radio laat beland. Hy vertel van sy beginjare by SAUK TV en sy pad tot in die monitor-ateljee. Cobus gesels oor sy filosofie om die saak van die persoon met wie hy die onderhoud voer aan die orde te stel; al sou hy verskil van die standpunt. Hy vertel van verskeie persone met wie hy onderhoude gevoer het en die werk wat ingesit is om meer van die persoon te wete te kom.
'n Baie interessante en gesellige gesprek. Meer oor Cobus Bester op sy Facebook-blad.
Bouwer Bosch in gesprek met Deon Kitching (14)
[AFRIKAANS]
In die openhartige gesprek met Bouwer Bosch, kunstenaar, musikant, semi-politikus en akteur gesels hy oor sy passie vir die geskiedenis van alle Suid Afrikaners en spesifiek van die Afrikaner. Ons wonder saam oor die seer wat nog in baie mense se harte leef en waarom daar so maklik konflik ontstaan as daar oor die verlede gepraat word.
Bouwer vertel ook van sy nuwe klere-reeks, sy liefde vir humor en musiek en sy hantering van kritiek. Hy bly optimisties oor die verskil wat elke Suid Afrikaner kan maak in die lewe van ons mede-landgenote, al moet ons dit dan sonder die bystand van 'n korrupte regering doen. Hy vertel van sy begin-dae op Potchefstroom en sy vriendskap met Bennie Fourie.
Luister gerus na die opbouende gesprek.
Meer oor sy nuwe klere reeks - hier
https://politees.co.za/
Marais family. Gustav Marais Interviewed by Deon Kitching (13)
[ENGLISH]
Ready to roll! Many of us dream about an adventure to travel around the world in an Overland RV truck. Exploring new countries, places, foods, cultures and meeting interesting people.
Well, this family plans to do just that in 5 years! Listen to Gustav telling us all about their preparations and upcoming adventure.
Gustav Marais and his family lives in Wellington near Cape Town. He is involved with a company that supplies specialist photographic equipment to national and international film teams. On the back of his experience in the film industry he plans to record all their travel experiences for future broadcasting.
RV OVERLANDERS Facebook Page with news and photos
Shawn Bandile Xhosa Interviewed by Deon Kitching (12)
[ENGLISH]
Listen to the powerful difference this young guy is making through his radio program. Bandile pours all his energy into the community radio station, Radio KC in Paarl.
He runs a "School News Initiative" for 33 schools in the Paarl, Wellington and Saron area. He puts the young people through a two-day training program and then they send in local school and community news through Whatsapp voice notes. On Fridays they come into the studio to share their experiences and stories.
The role of a community radio station in empowering the local community is legendary. It creates opportunities to inform people about different aspects of life and help them to be proud on themselves. Bandile understands this magic!
Igor Boonzaaier Interviewed by Deon Kitching (11)
[ENGLISH]
One of the flash points that came out of the ANC's conference of December 2017 was land expropriation without compensation.
But there was a drastic turn of events. The plan to amend section 25 of South Africa’s Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation has been put on hold due to the ongoing corona virus lockdown on May 22nd, 2020.
Pres Cyril Ramaphosa asked business leaders to play a more proactive role in land expropriation through a donations policy, which will allow for companies to voluntarily give up under-utilized land to communities whose land was taken away. Read more
Where do we stand now? Igor Boonzaaier has work within the land reform environment for the past 24 years - in the public and private sector. He is currently involved with several consultations with farmers and workers.Igor help us to explore the way forward.
Igor Boonzaaier bio
Gert van Hoef, Organist and Composer. Interviewed by Deon Kitching
[ENGLISH]
Gert van Hoef - www.gertvanhoef.nl
Gert van Hoef is a 27 year old organist from Barneveld in the Netherlands. He started playing the organ when he was 13 years old.
In 2018 Gert has finished his Bachelor ‘Old Music’ at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, with ‘Organ’ as his major. I had the privilege to interview him in June of 2020 during the Corona lockdown.
Gert regularly gives organ concerts throughout the Netherlands and on YouTube. He also writes sheet music and releases CDs. Their are more than 85,000 subscribers to his YouTube Channel.
In gesprek met Deon Kitching
Dit mag vir baie mense na 'n vreemde konsep klink, naamlik om 'n geliefde wat dood is se lewe te gedenk op 'n sosiale platform of êrens in die kuberruim op 'n webtuiste.
Nicholaas het heelwat navorsing gedoen oor mense se belewing van virtuele ruimtes en oor rituele wat daarin plaasvind. Om dit te kon doen het hy sy jarelange ervaring as "online video gamer" ingespan. Sy denke en navorsing maak nuwe moontlikhede oop om sinvolle rituele in digitale spasies te ontwikkel.
In tye soos hierdie word ons uitgedaag om met kreatiewe oplossings na vore te kom, en as liturge moet ons nuwe spasies skep waar mense iets van God en ander kan beleef. “The crafting of grief” is iets wat nog altyd op ons tafels was, maar nou het dit ’n nuwe konteks gekry.
Interviewed by Deon Kitching
Re-Imagining slave memory. Why now? Many of the crises that we experience in the world today, whether it's about police brutality or racism, have more to do with the past than the present. There is an African proverb that illustrates this point: When the young people do not feel the warmth of the village, they will burn it down.
Talking about slave memory and history creates a good space to talk about identity. This whole process will be helped forward by people who are engaging in open, courageous conversations about their past.
Dr Shanaaz Hoosain is a senior lecturer in Social Development at the University of Cape Town.
Danie Veldsman
grepe uit 'n soek-gesprek met Deon Kitching
[AFRIKAANS]
Danie Veldsman is Professor aan die Teologiese Fakulteit in Pretoria. Lees meer
Hoe praat ons geloofwaardig oor dié onderwerp midde in die ervarings van die Covid 19-pandemie van die afgelope paar maande?
Beide geloof en wetenskap het oor 'n aantal jare ons in 'n intense emosionele gemors laat beland, meen Danie. In beide sfere was daar "onkantspel". Geloof het goed gedoen wat ons vir die wetenskap moes los en die wetenskap het so geïrriteerd begin raak dat hulle goed begin doen het wat ons in die teologie moes doen.
Affektiwiteit speel 'n belangrike rol in die gesprek meen Danie. Hy herinner aan die woorde van Pascal, "Die hart het redes waarvan die rede nie eens weet nie".
Solly Moeng Interviewed by Deon Kitching June 2020
[ENGLISH]
South Africa is a brand, a country brand; and, like all brands, it must have leadership.
All successful brands are led. They have a vision; they have guiding principles – or values – and they have leaders with a plan.
Still, the actions and utterances of the party Mr Ramaphosa leads, and some of the other leaders in it, do not always endorse the beautiful things Ramaphosa himself says. If this doesn't stop, he will lose his credibility – and damage his political brand – at a very rapid pace.
Article - click here
Solly Moeng Facebook
Rev Dr Peter Storey Interviewed by Deon Kitching
[ENGLISH]
The decision to permit public worship observances of whatever faith is both ill-advised and dangerous.
Caring clergy should refuse to co-operate. Too many congregations will serve as multipliers of this ruthless virus and people will return home - perhaps to some rural village - with death as their invisible companion, argues Peter Storey.
Peter Storey is a South African Methodist minister who is a former president of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA), and of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), and Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke University Divinity School.
News24 article
Doug Pagitt interviewed by Deon Kitching 30 May 2020
[ENGLISH]
Doug Pagitt is fully committed to establish calm and peace within these violent protests as social activist and member of the Minneapolis civil society.
Protests have erupted in at least 30 US cities over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The former officer, seen in a video with his knee on Floyd's neck, has been charged with murder and manslaughter.
Visit his website www.http://dougpagitt.com/bio
Jan-Albert van den Berg in gesprek met Deon Kitching
[AFRIKAANS]
Meer oor Jan-Albert https://ufs.academia.edu/JanAlbertVandenBerg
Daar word baie gepraat oor die 4e Industriële Rewolusie in ons dag. Selfs die Suid-Afrikaanse regering sien dit as 'n noodsaaklike ontwikkeling waarvan ons deel moet bly. Maar wat word daarmee bedoel en hoe raak dit ons alledaagse bestaan?
Jan Albert van den Berg van die UFS het hom ingegrawe op die terrein en is ook die redakteur van 'n konferensie-publikasie wat eersdaags verskyn: “Engaging the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Perspectives from theology, philosophy and education”.
Ons luisteraars sal die geleentheid kry om die hele boek hier GRATIS af te laai, sodra dit gepubliseer word. Die boek verskyn aan die begin van Julie 2020. Stuur jou e-ps adres na deonkit@mweb.co.za as jy belangstel om die skakel te kry.
Jan-Albert is Professor in Praktiese Teologie aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat.
Cas Wepener in gesprek met Deon Kitching
[AFRIKAANS] Ons moenie die waarde van rituele onderskat nie. Dis geweldig belangrik. Rituele help ons om voortdurende in die regte rigting te dink.
So beklemtoon Cas Wepener van die Universiteit Stellenbosch die onderwerp. In die podgooi praat hy onder andere oor:
- Na-Covid 19 patrone in kerke en veral hulle eredienste.
- Het digitale-/sosiale media uitsendings van byeenkomste gekom om te bly?
- Waarde van kuberbegrafnisse
Cas is Professor in Praktiese Teologie aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch
https://www.litnet.co.za/author/cas-wepener/