The Odds in Our Favour
News24Welcome to The Odds In Our Favour, a Good News Podcast proudly brought to you by Old Mutual Wealth. Hosted by seasoned broadcaster Saskia Falken, every Friday at 07:00, Saskia speaks to pioneering South Africans who are rolling up their sleeves to fix things. Produced by An Wentzel and quality-controlled by News24's editors.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 18 | Founded | 4 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsNews Commentary | |||
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In South Africa, more than 70% of children in Grades 1 to 3 cannot read at grade level in their home language*. By Grade 4, just over 80% cannot read for meaning**. In Episode 18 of The Odds in Our Favour, Erica Wicomb from the Instructional Leadersh... more
In Episode 17 of The Odds in Our Favour, Jaraad Hassim of PatchPal tells us how a flat tyre was the breaking point that motivated him and two co-founders to establish a business to fix South Africa’s great pothole problem. A pothole is easy to ignore... more
Throughout Africa, small businesses power local economies; yet, many remain trapped in survival mode, not for lack of ambition, but because of missing systems, structure, and long-term strategy. From spaza shops to community enterprises, entrepreneur... more
In Episode 15 of The Odds in Our Favour, Saskia Falken chats to Dr Tom Ellman of Doctors Without Borders about the new HIV prevention breakthrough, Lenacapavir, and asks: “Who will actually get it?” While science moves forward, access remains shaped ... more
In Episode 14 of The Odds in Our Favour, Saskia Falken chats to the indomitable Sabrina Walter, whose foundation, Women4Change, has led many successful and viral campaigns against gender-based violence (GBV). Most recently, the “purple” campaign saw ... more
In Episode 13 of The Odds in Our Favour, Saskia Falken chats to Shaqeel Less about Uthutho: a platform designed to bring visibility, safety and real-time information to commuters. The spark for Uthutho began with a poignant question: why does somethi... more
In Episode 12 of The Odds in Our Favour, Saskia Falken resumes her focus on access to land with activist Lungisa Huna on freeing up access to critical water sources and crop seeds for rural women farmers. Huna discusses how her Trust for Community Ou... more
What if the foundation for learning isn't intelligence but the ability to keep calm? In Episode 11 of The Odds in Our Favour, Saskia Falken chats to Janna Kretzmar from the Earthchild Project, which works in schools across Khayelitsha and Lavender Hi... more
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Apple Podcasts | #45 |  South Africa/News/News Commentary |
Apple Podcasts | #202 | South Africa/News |
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