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Is the signing of the historic Paris climate deal on Earth Day 22 April 2016 by 175 nations just symbolic?

(Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP)

Echoes from the Valley ...

PJ Powers on the iStart2 Show

Scribbles on the Cave Wall ...

View from the Edge

On Thursday we chat to our Sustainability Hero of the Week, Dr Stanley Arumugam.  We chat about his new book, Desperation to Destiny, his views on the biggest sustainability challenges we face as a society and what they are doing  in their company ActionAid International to create a more sustainable world.  Tune in to the iStart2 Show on Thursday at 17h30 to listen to the show. 

Dr Stanley Arumugam 

is the Senior Head - Governance, Leadership & Accountability 

at ActionAid International

Keitu Gwangwa & Pierre du Toit host the iStart2 Show on Thursdays at 17h30. Radio Today broadcasts on 1485 MW (AM) in greater Johannesburg and countrywide on ‪#‎DStv‬ audio channel 869. Radio Today also streams globally on www.1485.org.za.

"I'm sweating like hell.
So help me, if I hear someone tell me it's the humidity one more time..."
"Actually it is not the humidity, it's humanity."

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Hamba Kahle ... Tribute to Nelson Mandela

We pay tribute to Nelson Mandela with songs, personal stories and memorable moments:

"His legacy will live for a long long time and be aspired to by many many people" - Geoff Rothschild - Patron of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital Trust, the Head of Government and International Affairs at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its former chairman

"We felt him. We touched him" - Yvonne Chaka Chaka - The Princess of Africa, musical icon

"Let the angels have their wings over his body and family and the world and bring the world to a peaceful world"- Pops Mohamed - Celebrated musical legend and iStart2 Ambassador

"Madiba is my father and my guide on so many things" - PJ Powers - South African Musical icon

"I met him in Japan ... it was the first time I held his hand" - Jonas Gwangwa - Oscar nominee, Emmy Award Winner for Cry Freedom and iStart2 Patron

"Mandela leaves a revolutionary legacy of a nonracial South Africa which is able to reconcile with its past" - Solly Mapaila - Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and former  Umkhonto weSizwe cadre.

"When he was going to be released we bought two suits for him from the Council of Churches" - Malindy Myeza - Community Leader and iStart2 Patron


Hamba Kahle Madiba!

To listen to the show and tribute songs by Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Jonas Gwangwa and Brenda Fassie, just click play:




Thought for the Day

Tune in to the iStart2 Show on Radio Today 1485 AM in Jozi, Nationally on DSTV Audio Channel 869 or worldwide on www.1485.org.za.

The show is broadcast every Monday at 18h30 and repeated on Fridays in its new prime time slot at 19h00 (SA Time) or visit our brand new website: istart2.com

I feel so strong ... PJ Powers (Trailer)

Blessed with a long remarkable and extremely  rewarding career, PJ Powers has been part of celebrating some of the most significant moments in South Africa's history. Her life has been a journey of many highlights .... and even some lowlights.... she has recorded over 16 albums and maintained a high profile presence both as recording artist and as a live performer for over thirty years.

It is an extreme honour to have Thandeka on the iStart2 show today. Please join us on Radio Today @ 18h30 tonight to find out how PJ is doing "Sustainability through Art." Part 1 tonight and part 2 on Monday 10 December 2012.

Preview the trailer for the show: 

Podcast available on this blog on 4 December 2012.

Always remember: "Shift happens!" :-)