John and Mandisa present the weekday chat show Callback featuring the thoughts and voices of Zimbabweans at home and abroad. Gerry speaks about the quandary that the business community is in because of the mixed messages coming from Mugabe and Gono on price increases. Meanwhile the consumers are stuck in the middle as the stores shelves remain empty. He tells Mandisa that businesses are just maintaining a presence, the option being to rollover and play dead. Then, John chats to Joe, a Zimbabwean refugee in South Africa. He is still waiting for his immigration papers to come through and says life on a day to day basis continues to be a real challenge for the many caught in the same situation. In this week’s edition of Hot Seat, John sits in for Violet and his guest is renowned Zimbabwean Human Rights Activist Daniel Molokela who is currently based in Johannesburg. He will be shedding light on the efforts by civic organisations to encourage their observance.
On Wednesday’s Callback, John speaks to UK-based Gospel musician Nkosi Ka Ndlovu who has just launched his debut album. He gives an update on the launch of his work and his immediate plans for gaining publicity. And Mandisa welcomes Limbo to the programme, who says that Mbeki lacks the vibe to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis because he has a lame character, and can’t tackle the bull by the horns. He feels that Mbeki knows the truth about the Zim situation, but lacks motivation because South Africa is benefiting from the crisis. Behind the Headlines digs deeper into the latest crisis rocking the MDC. Kevin Woods spent 19 years in a Zimbabwean prison for master-minding a bomb blast that killed Obed Mwanza, a Zimbabwean driver hired to drive a car to a house occupied by ANC officials in Bulawayo in January 1988. In 2006 Woods was pardoned with accomplices Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo. Now a free man, the former double agent who worked for both the CIO and South Africa’s intelligence agency will be launching his book, ‘The Kevin Woods Story: In the Shadow of Mugabe’s Gallows.’ Lance speaks to Woods about his involvement in the apartheid era espionage in Zimbabwe, the Gukurahundi Massacres in Matabeleland, his time in Chikurubi Maximum Prison, and the book he will launch on the 7th November 2007. In Cathy Buckle’s Letter from Zimbabwe she writes about how the rains have heralded the beginning of the new season and how in our newly washed land we look to our leaders and politicians to finally put an end to this time of pain and suffering and turmoil.  As usual we have more Callback on Thursday where Mandisa speaks to Thabani who says people are fast losing trust in the political process. He believes that the opposition is divided, and the South African brokered talks seem doomed to failure as ZANU-PF’s history has proved that they are never negotiate. John talks to Charles who says many UK based Zimbabweans are pursuing academic studies in an effort to better educate themselves while the opportunity is still available. He has just finished Accounting and Finance. Now he is going for a Masters degree in Construction because he believes that is what Zimbabwe is going to need in the future. He also discusses problems of raising kids in a foreign environment. Also in our programming Lance has another Reporters’ Forum and there’s In the Balance with Gugulethu Moyo, and Different Points of View presented by Duane Udd, plus the latest news every weekday on Newsreel. There’s always something for everyone on SW Radio Africa,Zimbabwe’s Independent Voice. SW RADIO AFRICA – on line 24 hours a day at www.swradioafrica.com and daily broadcasts on 7125kHz in the 40m band;and 4880 kHz in the 60m band between 7 – 9 pm Zimbabwe time.