South to North

Guests share their per­son­al mem­o­ries of Man­dela, sto­ries of his flir­ty charm, his great hu­mil­i­ty, and stern au­thor­i­ty.

Will Africa emerge as a lead­ing glob­al sci­ence fron­tier as South Africa co-hosts the world’s largest ra­dio tele­scope?

To what ex­tent is to­day’s main­stream di­a­mond in­dus­try free of ‘con­flict di­a­monds’?

Can tra­di­tion­al heal­ing and an­cient mys­ti­cal cus­toms ex­ist along­side moder­ni­ty and West­ern med­i­cine?

We ask if land in­vest­ments on the con­ti­nent rep­re­sent a so­lu­tion to food in­se­cu­ri­ty or a new form of colo­nial­ism.

What is the uni­ver­sal ap­peal of a good crime nov­el?

South2North talks to mem­bers of The El­ders and in­flu­en­tial glob­al lead­ers about the ICC’s per­ceived bias against Africa.

South2North dis­cuss­es peace, jus­tice, hu­man rights and lead­er­ship in the 21st cen­tu­ry with The El­ders.

Ar­i­an­na Huff­in­g­ton and James Chau dis­cuss the chang­ing me­dia land­scape and whether the in­ter­net is re­al­ly an equalis­er.

The mu­si­cian and phil­an­thropist chal­lenges young peo­ple to af­fect change or risk re­peat­ing the mis­takes of the past.