A Good Heart in Sustainable Mining - Sietse van der Woude

As leaders we must see and promote future possibilities…
…and as Einstein observed, “Intellect is not enough for
innovation…eventually it takes a leap of consciousness”

Our guest in the studio, Sietse van der Woude is the Head of Sustainable Development and Safety at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa.
- Can we talk about sustainability and Mining in one breath? 
- How do you think about Marikana in the context of sustainability?
- How can an initiative like iStart2 help deal with the challenges?

Sietse with the iStart2 production team,

Pierre, Amanda & Thato

Just some of the questions we posed to Sietse... a man with a passion for sustainability, South Africa and the future.

To listen to the podcast of the show, Click below:



Join me and listen to the show at 18H30 every Monday on Radio Today 1485 am in Jo'burg, catch us nationally on DSTV Audio Channel 169 or worldwide on www.1485.org.za.

iStart2 in My Little Town - Ismail Mahomed

Hailing from a small town, Volksrust, he finds himself in another little town today, Garahamstown, challenged with the task to run South Africa's National Arts Festival. With more than twenty years of experience in the performing arts sector, Ismail Mahomed is an accomplished playwright, theatre director and arts administrator. His work has been staged in South Africa, Chile, Denmark, Germany and in the U.S.

Plays written by Ismail Mahomed include:  Nog 'n Potjiekos, Boere Orkes, Leather Boykies, Wankers, Rapist on the Run and Honeymoon in the Karoo, to name a few.


Ismail talks to us about his views on religion, the most difficult challenges he had to overcome in his career, the "Spear" debacle, sustainability in Art and how he sees the future.

iStart2 Radio Show with Pierre, Ismail and Amanda
(Thato behind the camera and the production)

Listen to the show on Mondays at 18H30 on Radio Today 1485 am in Jo'burg, catch us nationally on DSTV Audio Channel 169 or worldwide on www.1485.org.za. Or just click the podcast link below to listen to the show. 

Shift Happens!

Frightened Heart... Alien Sky

Here this ancient heart flutters behind encaging fingers...
flapping

frantically

fearfully

craving...

craving to take to the sky.

- Karin Hougaard 

(From her CD Alien Sky) 

Some music leaves one silent ...  your soul shutters when you hear the beautiful sounds ... her incredible voice... and the inner heart of one of the most divine artists South Africa has ever produced.

One can listen to Karin's music night after night but it sounds uniquely different every time and leaves you with intensified feelings of satisfaction. 

Just love it! :-)

"Lets get rid of the I'ms" - Pops Mohamed

A humble giver, a musical genius, caretaker, tenacity, big picture thinker... a really good man. These words come to mind when I think of Pops Mohamed and we have him on the iStart2 Show again!

The maestro plays the mouthbow in the studio... we listen to one of his latest house tracks... he chats to us about the tough times in his life, his focus on the future and his involvement as  Indigenous Peoples Ambassador for iStart2.

Pops' message: "Let's get rid of the I'ms"!

Just click below to listen to the podcast:

Join me on my Radio show on Mondays at 18H30, The iStart2 Journey on Radio Today. 1485am in Jo'burg, DSTV Audio channel 169 or on the net on www.1485.org.za. Radio Today. Radio that delivers!

Pops Mohamed LIVE on iStart2 TV - 8 September 19h15 - 20h15

The Sound Journey with Pops Mohamed and Friends will be screened LIVE on your computer on Saturday 8 September 2012. The show is broadcast from the iStart2 Hub in Centurion, South Africa LIVE from 19h15- 20h15. 

Watch the LIVE performance of these incredible artists free from the comfort of your home or join us at the iStart2 HUB, 160 South Street, Lyttelton Holdings, Centurion and experience the magic of our first broadcast with us. R160 will get you in. 

Visit this website, click the link below... watch the show! 

Watch live streaming video from wildcamtv at livestream.com

Brought to you by iStart2 Community TV .... Blow your comfort zone!

Have fun! Always! 

Lifetime Achievement Awards - Pops Mohamed & Jonathan Butler

Pops Mohamed has a sheer gift for creating music that fuses generous measures of ancient cultures with delicate flavours of modern influences and expertise. This is partly why he has won so many awards - including two Lifetime Achievers Awards for his contribution to Indigenous Music - surely one of Africa's most celebrated musical legends.

 Pops Mohamed & Jonathan Butler, 

recipients of Lifetime Achievement Awards
30 August 2012

Pops Mohamed and Friends will be performing live at the iStart2 Hub, 160 South Street, Lyttelton, Centurion on Saturday 8 September 2012 from 19h00.

Pops will be joined on stage by Olufemi. OLUFEMI is the new face of the African Renaissance. Combining Afrobeat and jazz, gospel and blues, West African highlife with a nostalgic Sophiatown flavour, his music is a rich blend of deep and sultry jazz and contemporary groove. His music is urban and urbane

The Sound Journey synthesizes a collaboration with JP du Toit sharing indigenous poetry and the soothing sounds of DJ, Chris Keys, playing funk, soul and afro tunes.

To get tickets please email pierre@istart2.com with your particulars and we will email you the banking details. Limited Tickets also available at the door. Book today! R160 gets you in. 

What an honour it was to interview Pops in the Radio Today Studio on Monday. To listen to the podcast just click below:

The Sound Journey with Pops Mohamed and Friends

Pops Mohamed and Friends will be performing live at the iStart2 Hub, 160 South Street, Lyttelton Holdings, Centurion on Saturday 8 September 2012 from 19h00.

Listen to an interview with Pops on the iStart2 Radio show on Radio Today on Monday 3 September at 18h30. The show is on 1485am in Johannesburg, nationally on DSTV Channel 169 or internationally on the website www.1485.org.za

Pops Mohamed has a sheer gift for creating music that fuses generous measures of ancient cultures with delicate flavours of modern influences and expertise. This is partly why he has won so many awards - including two Lifetime Achievers Awards for his contribution to Indigenous Music - surely one of the Africa's most celebrated musical legends.

OLUFEMI is the new face of the African Renaissance. Combining Afrobeat and jazz and blues, West African highlife with a nostalgic Sophiatown flavour, his music is a rich blend of deep and sultry jazz and contemporary groove. His music is urban and urbane

The Sound Journey synthesizes a collaboration with JP du Toit sharing indigenous poetry and the soothing sounds of DJ, Chris Keys, playing funk, soul and afro tunes. 

To get tickets (with a meal) please email pierre@istart2.com before 6 September with your particulars and we will email you the banking details.
This gets you into the draw to win an Overnight stay for two people at the iStart2 Hub and Breakfast the next morning with Pops Mohamed, a Pops CD or signed POPS Mohamed Posters. 


 
Book today! R160 will get you in. Support the iStart2 Initiative!