14 September – Arts, Culture and Environment

Today we spoke to Dathini Mzayiya – a young artist who has been chosen to create the murals at the lower cable station by the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company. Dathini’s work has been displayed in different countries like Ethiopia, Switzerland and Germany. They will be starting with the mural next week. For more information about Dathini’s work visit www.asai.co.za

We also spoke to Nigel Vermaas for the Arts update in and around the city and played a feature on Steve Bantu Biko done by Rhode Marshal as we are aware that 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Steven Bantu Biko, who died in police custody 30 years ago. Biko is considered as one of South Africa's great leaders, his bold ideas on race and African identity are said to have helped recuperate the anti-apartheid movement in the 1970s.

We closed off the show with an interview with Dr Shadrack Chirikure – Archaeometallurgist from UCT. We were talking about the African Origins Month. Dr Chirikure will be presenting a talk on how metals were worked before indutrialisation in South Africa on the 19th of September at the MTN Science Centre. For more information check MTN Science Centre Website at www.mtnsciencentre.org.za or call (021) 529 8100 to make bookings.