Crossing The Line Podcast

13/06/2026

Professor Robert Balfour, vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Western Cape, talks candidly about language, education, politics, transformation and society on the Crossing the Line podcast. Watch the full interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/O069qiOKaOA?si=br61cyMLqcXddel5

Professor Robert Balfour, vice chancellor and rector of the Univers...

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

Cas Coovadia is our featured guest this week. From anti-apartheid activist to a business leader. Read the full IOL feature and watch the interview on our YouTube channel.

https://iol.co.za/news/2026-06-04-crossing-the-line-from-comrade-to-business-activist-leader/ #

We never did anything for money, Cas Coovadia tells host Ryland Fisher on Crossing the Line.

30/05/2026

Episode 19 is live! Administrator and historian Professor Andre Odendaal tells Ryland Fisher about his cricket career, as a player and administrator, his research into black history in the 19th and 20th centuries, and his role in the heritage sector, including as the founding director of both the Mayibuye Centre at UWC and the Robben Island Museum.

Administrator and historian Professor Andre Odendaal tells Ryland F...

20/05/2026

Award-winning playwright Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni on why post-apartheid South Africa still has stories to tell, and why how you tell them matters just as much. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/h95oy9BeeJE?si=9TcHwWgEwUWwYEmy

14/05/2026

Playwright and director Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni joins Ryland Fisher on Crossing the Line to talk about Rise 76: The Story of June 16th, her new play marking the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. A powerful conversation about memory, youth, and what 1976 still means for South Africa today.

Watch the full episode here:
https://youtu.be/h95oy9BeeJE?si=UeMBJ2lI3p-yQBOt

Our guest on the Crossing the Line podcast show this week is award-winning theatre playwright and director, Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni, who wrote and direct ...

09/05/2026

Nolethu Ndude, founder of WeMattah , on why parents need to have the conversations they’ve been avoiding.
Watch the full interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/1NJtws66XiU?si=MPE6YrDf0YYmOerV