Nominated for ‘Podcast of the Year’ in the 2024 African Podcast and Voice Awards (APVA), the weekly Sandton Times Hour is a Sandton magazine show that brings the wanted online pages of The Sandton Times to life.
- Nickolaus Bauer, award-winning journalist and author of ‘Great Johannesburg: What Happened?’ examines the current Joburg crisis and provides hope about how Africa’s economic powerhouse can be saved.
- Producer Adam Howard of Howard Events chats about ‘Swingin’ Las Vegas’ featuring the 18-piece Johannesburg Big Band.
- Ryan Duvenage, Diageo’s head trainer in Africa and head judge shares the judging criteria for Diageo World Class 2024 in South Africa.
- Julian Short, Owner of Sin + Tax in Rosebank, and Diageo World Class 2024 judge talks about his prior wins and what it takes to clinch this year’s national title.
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As the only radio show and podcast dedicated to Africa’s richest square mile, this Sandton magazine show is packed with an array of entertaining and informative interviews blended with the best music, every week on Mix 93.8, Mondays at 7pm.
The Sandton Times offers readers all they ever wanted online, and The Sandton Times Hour is the go-to weekly magazine show broadcast from greater Sandton. The Sandton magazine show features fabulous food spots, luxurious lifestyle bits, first-hand travel tips, motoring notes, and world-class entertainment, business and so much more beyond the borders of greater Sandton.
In 2024, The Sandton Times Hour secured the third spot on Feedspot’s list of the “30 Best South Africa Podcasts” highlighting the top South African podcasts from thousands available on the web, ranking them based on relevancy, authority, social media followers, and freshness.
In this week’s show [Edition 166 | Week 29] The Sandton Times covers an array of topical news as well as these interviews:
‘Great Johannesburg: What Happened?’ With Award-Winning Journalist And Author Nickolaus Bauer
Award-winning journalist, inner-city activist, and municipal civil servant Nickolaus Bauer takes a deep dive into how Africa’s economic hub has reached the brink of collapse and what it will take to rescue Joburg.
From zama zamas running riot to water cuts, blackouts, exploding streets, and political instability, the challenges facing Johannesburg seem insurmountable. Nickolaus examines the crisis by starting at the beginning, with Johannesburg’s origins as a cauldron of cultures and a hustler’s haven. He explores how a city of migrants turned into a xenophobic hotspot and how the politics of gold, the shadow of apartheid, and the evolution of the tsotsi—crime and criminality—affect life in Johannesburg today.
With chapters on redlining, the walkability of the city, corporate corruption, mayoral musical chairs, and the proliferation of illegal backyard buildings, Nickolaus leaves no stone unturned.
As an inner-city activist and former City of Johannesburg Deputy Director, Nickolaus offers incisive insights into everything from Rea Vaya to Ponte City to how the crisis at Eskom affects service delivery. Ultimately, he provides hope about how to rescue Africa’s economic powerhouse.
“Great Johannesburg” is a must-read for local and international readers interested in tracking the collapse and possible resurrection of one of Africa’s greatest cities.
‘Swingin’ Las Vegas’ With Producer Adam Howard
Following the success of ‘Swingle Bells’, Howard Events & The CoLab Network are thrilled to announce their next big show: ‘Swingin’ Las Vegas’.
Formed in 2011 and comprised of South Africa’s finest jazz and session musicians, the Johannesburg Big Band boasts a repertoire of over 3000 celebrated big band songs. Their recent triumph, ‘Swingin’ Christmas’, earned them a Naledi Nomination, setting the stage for another standout performance.
Read the full story: Celebrating Vegas Through the Years with ‘Swingin’ Las Vegas’
2024 Diageo World Class With Head Judge Ryan Duvenage And Owner Of Sin + Tax Julian Short
Nine bartenders from around South Africa are shaking and stirring their creativity in hopes of earning a ticket to Shanghai for the international finals of this year’s Diageo World Class competition. As the world’s biggest and most prestigious bar competition, World Class showcases the finest bartending talent, and the South African national finals are set to be an intense three-day showdown.
Johannesburg is providing five of the finalists, including Alex Fahrenheim, Dan Knodl, and Burdett Geiling from the canned cocktail company Just Short, Jody Rahme of Father Coffee, and Devon Andreka of Obscura. Cape Town is represented by Liam Jukes of VUE Shortmarket and Philip Burrows of Tjing Tjing. The Durban finalists, both from Ballito, are independent mixologist Jason Andrews and Jono Harrison of Alchemy.
The judges for the national finals in Sandton from 14 – 16 July 2024 include last year’s World Class national champion Julian Short, Ryan Duvenage, Diageo’s head trainer in Africa, private chef Lungi Nhlanhla, and a surprise judge each day. The finalists will compete in five challenges, with the top six advancing after the first two:
- Make it a 10: Produce two Tanqueray No. TEN-based classic cocktails with a twist within eight minutes.
- Singleton Disco: Create an innovative cocktail that elevates a single malt whisky and showcases flavor in an unexpected but fun way.
- Whisky Mastery: A series of mini challenges involving flavor matching, a knowledge test, and a blind tasting.
- Mystery Box: Incorporate a randomly selected ingredient into two cocktails based on a Don Julio tequila variant.
- Bar of the Future: Create and explain a concept for the future of the bar industry with four cocktails and a bar space created on a budget of R5’000.
The winner will advance to the international finals in Shanghai from 9-13 September 2024. World Class has supported, trained, and inspired more than 400’000 bartenders across 60 countries while partnering them with Diageo’s spirits.
Sandton Times Hour Music Playlist
- Engelbert Humperdinck – Quando, Quando, Quando
- Timmy Trumpet x Ben Nicky – We Come 1
- Robbie Williams – Mack The Knife
- Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
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