"I still live on the Cape flats because it's where I find a sense of community"

Your favorite uncle...
Uncle Couzen converses with multi award winning actress, Denise Newman,  who  is from a community similar to our community. Uncle Couzen was lucky enough to sit down and converse with her in "die kaas se stasie". 

She can be quoted uttering "I still live on the Cape flats because it's where I find a sense of community" which speaks of her sense of Ubuntu. 

Her recent stage show at the Market Theater portrays the life of Dulcie September, an anti-apartheid activist who lost her life while in exile. Denise also informs us about where it all started for her and why it was paramount for her to take the role of Dulcie September. 

Uncle Couzen's Reportage: Conversation with Actress Denise Newman

A great day Indeed

With writer, actor and director, Basil Appollis. 

I had the opportunity of meeting him at the Market Theatre right after his appearance in  "A Class Of One" and "class act" is the only phrase one could use to define this production.  

Uncle Couzen sits down with him in the WYC radio studios for an interview. 

Uncle Couzen's Reportage: Basil Appollis Portraying Richard Rive

Westbury place of dreams presents Portia Esau

Portia Esau, is a successful business woman from Westbury who pursued her dream as a baker and events coordinator. You may know her from the "Uncle Couzen" show, (https://soundcloud.com/wycradio/uncle-couzens-lounge-episode-9), where she shares her journey. 

Portia recently proved that hard work and determination to succeed reaps great rewards. She through her small business, Portia's One Stop has been nominated as a finalist for the 2016 702 Small Business Awards.

She has since been interviewed on 702 and we decided, for your listening pleasure, to provide her complete interview.


Portia Esau's telephonic interview with John Robbie on Radio 702

Are PROPHETS messengers of God or are they PROFIT scammers?

This is the truth according to " Young Tibo Touch" who shares a prophecy of his life. Is it true or is it false? You decide.

PROFIT or PROPHET?

Natsaha is a young Chef from Westbury, who is following her dreams. She is currently working at a Five star restaurant at the Plaza Hotel in Rosebank.
 
Fabian Osborne had the opportunity to have a chat with her about her aspirations. Here's wishing her the very best in all her endeavors.

Photo Cred: Jared M'Belle

Fabian Osborne's Reportage: Natasha's Food Journey

"i came here with the flow"

I came here with the flow is a rap bar used by William a.k.a "Big Will". He hails all the way from the Free State but he currently resides in Sophiatown. 

I, Orin White, invited "Big Will" to the WYC radio studio to shed some light on his rap game, his hopes and his passion to succeed. 

Can he drop it like it like it's hot?
Let's see...

Photo credit: Orin White

Big Will's high hopes

Allow me the opportunity to introduce you to Larry Mckenna, a young, hip and happening man who needs no introduction. Why? Well listen to his interview over a game of Fifa and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Larry sits down with a current matriculant who goes by the name of Wesley Thompson. They, very casually sit down for a round of football and start conversing about the typical lifestyle of a matriculant. From exams to hobbies all the way to Wesley's future aspirations.

In the words of Vincent Lombardi "FOOTBALL is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial,hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority". So on that note, Go out there and kill it.

"Go out there and kill it"

CYPHER zone By Orin

A podcast show brought to you by Orin White. This show was created as a platform for upcoming rappers rising from the underground. It’s raw, unique, unwritten freestyle from the heart straight to the core of your soul. 
The very first show will be live streamed and published on Soundcloud during the first week in December. Keep it locked.

CYPHER zone By Orin

As we all know, this month is Women's month. What better way to kick it off then to know that nothing in this world is permanent. We can overcome anything and everything with the help of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Sian Morgans Reportage - Inspiration From Experience

Good afternoon everyone

This is my very first podcast and I am honored to have Shahiem Ismail, as my first guest, on my show "Tell it like it is". After all the shootings that has been taking place in Westbury and Newclare. I am sure that you are wondering what happens next, if so, listen to my show. I hope that you enjoy it and that you take something from it. 

Thank you for taking the time to listen. 

God bless.

Tell It Like It Is With Cordelia Manuel

WYC Radio publishes radio stories and audio works made by students at Westbury Youth Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. twitter.com/WYCRadio

WYC Radio, the Radio Programme of Westbury Youth Centre, produces radio reportages, podcasts and audio works from Westbury and wider Johannesburg. If you commit you’ll learn both the technical and expressional skills needed in radio work: the use of field recorders, studio equipment and editing software hand in hand with sound design skills and the basics of radio journalism.

WYC Radio brings in surviving stories, hopeful stories, hard but not scandalised stories, views, wisdom, challenges, awareness, funny stuff, encouragement, non-googlable history, questions, humor, paths of life, art, challenges, legacies, all these in order to inspire people and to bring up issues that we, young WYC Radio reporters and audio enthusiasts wish to bring up. In high quality audio work. In order to take the public speech of our communities in our own hands and to showcase the rich ways of field work radio production often forgotten in the busy and studio-centered radio world. 

WYC Radio can also entail deeper sound engineering work, e.g audio ID’s and radio adverts for interested, advanced students. You’ll find these kind of works done so far by the tags of #ID or #advert.

Who do we work with?

From the perspective of contacts and cooperation, radio professionals come to Westbury Youth Centre and WYC Radio students visit radio organisations and radio stations. Our key partner in Jozi is a renowned community radio station Eldos FM 87.6. WYC Radio students' top stories and top entire talk shows are frequently broadcasted on Eldos FM. Dankie ma se kind for great cooperation, Bevelyn & co! 

Awe, any other radio station in Jozi, if you want to jump on this young revolutionary radio train, please let us know. Our small devoted team at the Die Kaas se Stasie station is open to all suggestions.

Our international partners include e.g. various educational institutions in Helsinki, Finland (both upper secondary and university level radio schools), a radio station called Kaupunkiradio as well as many independent musicians.
 
How is it done?

  All our studio equipment (microphones, mixing console, connectors) as well all the digital fieldwork recording equipment (mostly Zooms) are donations from radio partners of Westbury Youth Centre: mostly Finnish musicians, radio stations and sound engineering professionals. We edit our work with free professional quality sound editing software: Studio One Free. The podcasting work is done with free professional quality studio software: Radio DJ and Audacity. The software used in WYC Radio are chosen based on their quality and free accessibility.

Who is doing WYC Radio?

The passionate students. From the facilitating perspective WYC Radio was initiated and established during the period of September 2014 June 2015 by two Finnish teachers, Matias Harju and Kaisa Osola. Starting from July 2015 they operate as minor fundraisers and international supporters of the programme from Helsinki, Finland. WYC Radio is now proudly lead by a tree-membered team of Martin Bouwers, Chellon Palmer and James Seetelo. Martin Bouwers and Chellon Palmer are former students of the programme. James Seetelo works as the Social Media facilitator of WYC. 

  Many of the 2014–2015 students are still firmly around and operate their podcast shows and reportages in our very own working space at Westbury Youth Centre: WYC Sound Hub a.k.a. Die Kaas se Stasie. A new intake of students will start in August/September 2015. Follow the details at WYC Radio Twitter and WYC Facebook: facebook.com/WestburyYouthCentre.

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Sounds fancy? There’s practically no budget allocated for running WYC Radio. To support the programme and to keep radio work in Westbury alive and kicking, come to Friends of WYC Radio: friendsofwycradio.wordpress.com. 

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