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WOMEN ON THE SHELF: Carol Titus & Lorato Trok of Nal'ibabli

October 24, 2026 · 29 min

Not technically a library, but Nal’ibali has similar goals – to encourage, specifically children, to read, and give themaccess to books, and stories. As supporters of Kid Zone Sybil Belebesi’s little library in Gugulethu, we went to meet…
MEET THE AUTHOR: Louisa Treger

October 11, 2026 · 23 min

For a woman to kill her lover is shocking, for that woman to receive the death sentence, even more so. Back in 1955, Ruth Ellis killed her lover – and became the last woman in Britain to be executed for her crime. It’s a terrible, layered…
WOMAN ZONE STORIES: What is the EVERYWOMAN Project?

October 5, 2026 · 23 min

What IS the EVERYWOMAN Project – what has it done and where is it going? To find out, we held a creative think-tank at The Women's Library at Artscape, inviting quilting specialist and teach Felicityann Khan and founder of the Mogalakwena…
MEET THE AUTHOR: Lidia Rauch - 'Apartheid's Granddaughter'

September 12, 2026 · 43 min

She was born at the 'crossroads of South Africa's past and present' into a white privilege created by the apartheid system of the then ruling party. Her grandfather, Fanie Botha, was one of its longest serving ministers. But, over the…
WOMAN ZONE STORIES: Dr Mmatshilo Motsei

September 6, 2026 · 21 min

One thing all we all have in common is that we are all born. But, there are different Ways of Being Born (Jacana) . It's these that, in her book of the same name, subtitled Tracing the Footprints of Birth in Africa, Dr Mmatshilo Motsei…

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FINDING HERSELF: Donica Merhazion

September 5, 2026 · 27 min

To know yourself, it's said, you have to know where you've come from. For Ethiopian-born Dornica Merhazion that meant writing, and sharing, her activist parents story in a book called Born at the End of the World. We caught up with her at…
FINDING HERSELF: Krystle Zara Appiah

September 4, 2026 · 22 min

For Krystle Zara Appiah, author, editor, screenwriter, the light shone on a writing path from an early age. She works for The Novelry now, but her journey of discovery in the world of words has seen her cross continents and cultures - with…
FINDING HERSELF: Lola Akinmade

September 4, 2026 · 29 min

Born in Lagos, schooled in the US and based in Sweden, Lola Akinmade is something of a phenomenon - a Vital Voice, award winning photographer, travel writer, teacher, speaker, author of, most recently, Bitter Honey - we were pleased to…
MEET THE AUTHOR: Chef Nokx Majozi - The South African Cook Book

August 19, 2026 · 34 min

Foodie or not, as a 'saffer' there's no way you wont find something to suit your taste in this book - from braais to pies, chips to chakalaka. From home-grown Durban girl Chef Nokx Majozi who serves it all with an overlay of nostalgia…
MEET THE AUTHOR: Martha Evans on LILIAN NGOYI - A Life

August 16, 2026 · 31 min

One of the four women who led The Women's March of 1956 to protest the pass laws, little has been known about Lilian Ngoyi. But in this book, media scholar Martha Evans has brought the stylish but fiery orator and activist to life, setting…
1000 WOMEN: Healing Through Art...and Embroidery

August 6, 2026 · 19 min

Every year the NPO 1000 Women Trust celebrates at Artscape's Women's Humanity Festival with a special event - this year, it was themed Healing Through Art and amongst others, it featured embroiderer Nell Louise Pollock and her powerful…
MEET THE AUTHOR: Joy Watson

July 12, 2026 · 30 min

It's impossible not to be moved by Because I Love You, writer and feminist researcher Joy Watson's book (Jonathan Ball) containing the, fictionalised, three stories of three women badly damaged by love. Her own story, part of which she…

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About the show

Welcome to WOMAN ZONE – connecting women through their stories. Woman Zone is a Cape Town based organisation designed to bring together women of all different backgrounds and cultures, to get to know and understand one another by sharing stories. We have several podcast series WOMAN ZONE STORIES; FINDING HERSELF: shared journeys; the new MEET THE AUTHOR: women writers and their work and special collection ARTSCAPE@50 - CONVERSATIONS. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Feedback on info@womanzonect.co.za. Happy Listening!