Bush Radio
 
 
Bush Radio is known as the “mother of community radio.” It is the pioneer community radio in Africa Bush Radio
Bush Radio, a community radio station operating in Capetown, south Africa
Zane Ibrahim, founder of Bush Radio and a pioneer in community radio
The station is run by only 4 paid employees and a staff of volunteers
Volunteers receive skills training in literacy, primary education and radio
Bush Radio is an agent of change in poor communities
A strong outreach to children and youth involves them in creating programs
Youth presenters are energetic and creative
Two presenters work on a program to honor the thirtieth anniversary of the Soweto youth action
Four young boys discuss environment
The station led a caravan of volunteers into a township to repair roofs for the coming rainy season
Khayelitsha township is a teeming slum without municipal services or policing
Homes are made of cobbled scraps
Shantytowns like Khayelitsha are dangerous because crime is rampant
Townships can spring up almost overnight as rural residents move to the city to seek work
Lacking in basic services and with limited police protection, township life is difficult and dangerous
Shebeens are illegal drinking places where drugs are also sold
Bush Radio volunteers went into the heart of the township to put tarps on roofs
This corrugated tin shanty is home to two single adult women and their children
A young neighbor checks the tarp on her shanty
Volunteers tied down tarps
Zanele Skolo resides in the shanty. She has been stabbed and robbed in the township
Her sister prepared lunch for the volunteers
Boys were excited to see themselves in a digital photograph
Shanties are close by each other, affording little privacy
The volunteers posed for a photo at the end of their day
Zane Ibrahim, director of Bush Radio, cheered on the volunteers
Two little boys watched as the volunteer caravan packed up to go
Trudy Kragtwijk, co-director of Baobab Development Services, offerred a snack to a boy