17 episodes
New Beginnings Primedia Broadcasting
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- Society & Culture
CapeTalk's Pippa Hudson chats to inspiring individuals who have recently embarked on a new experience, changed their life for the better, or adopted a radical new approach to some new aspect of their life.
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New Beginnings: A memoir of a woman 'trapped' in an abusive relationship
With a dream of living overseas, and London in particular, Sam Scarborough took a chance with a man who sold her a dream. Soon after her arrival, bad things started happening.
Scarborough could not believe what was happening because it was totally different from what she signed up for. She thought she was losing her mind and started documenting these moments in her diary.
Listen to Sam's story of horror...
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New Beginnings: There is more to cheerleading than girls with pom poms
Samantha Hogg, owner of Cheer Stars Cheerleading started cheerleading at the the age of 17 in Johannesburg. She says cheerleading involves more than people see on television with girls running around dancing with pom poms before the start of a match.
Cheerleading started off as male sport, and when men went off to war, women took over cheerleading.
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New Beginnings: How a South African film 'Alison' made it to Hollywood
The heartbreaking story of the horrific rape and attempted murder of Alison Botha in December 1994 has now been turned into a film.
The film _Alison _premiered at the Encounters Film Festival. It takes viewers through what she went through and her journey to recovery.
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New Beginnings Stanley Henkeman is the new Executive Director of the IJR
Stanley Henkeman has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
He is the former Head of Department for the Building an Inclusive Society Programme at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
According to Henkeman, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation was launched in 2000, after the Truth and Reconciliation process. He says those that were involved in the process felt that the work of reconciliation needed to continue, and formed the IJR.
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New Beginning: In conversation with inspirational speaker and author Brett Archibald
In 2013 a South African surfer Brett Archibald fell overboard in Indonesia and was lost in the sea for more than 28 hours. Archibald was found alive and rescued.
He later wrote a book about his experience, called "Alone: the Search for Brett Archibald”.
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New Beginnings: What adventure is Chris Bertish up to this time?
Big wave surfer, stand up paddle-boarder, motivational speaker and adventurer, Chris Bertish is on another breath taking adventure. He is going to attempt the first solo transatlantic crossing paddling from Morocco to Florida, covering 7500km.
That's the equivalent of a half marathon a day for 120 days straight.
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