We present ‘My Country, Tonight’ a radio broadcast of responses from writers and artists to the 30 June deadline set by xenophobic groups for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa.
We invited friends and comrades, poets and writers, South Africans, to sit with us on 30th June 2026 and share their thoughts, read from a piece, that speaks their feelings towards the deadline put forward by the March & March movement. The proceedings will be moderated by historian and writer Bongani Koni, and broadcasted live on the Pan African Space Station from 7pm on the 30th of June.
Speakers include; Hlengiwe Lushaba, Edgar Pieterse , Thandi Gamedze, Vangile Gantsho, Stacy Hardy, Kwena Mokoena, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Breeze Yoko, Collin Charles, Nhlanhla of Iphuphu l’ka Biko, Zukiswa Wanner, Gabeba Baderoon, Dela Gwala, Jacques Coetzee, Nadia Davids, Uhuru Phalafala, Sindiswa Busuku, Sandile Ngidi, Nondwe Mpuma, Ivan Vladislavic, Phillipa Yaa de Villliers, Lelethu Msimang , Tania Haberland, Rustum Kozain, Asher Gamedze, Shailja Patel, Ingrid de Kok, Sisonke Msimang, Nombuso Mathibela, Masello Montana, Athambile Masola, Alexander Dodd, Ilze Wolf, Kelwyn Sole, Eitan Prince, Sbu “The General” Nxumalo, Milisuthando Bongela, Pregs Govender, Rangoato Hlasane, Finuala Dowling, Percy Mabandu, Panache Chigumadzi, Bongani Madondo and Lefifi Tladi.
LISTEN to the recordings of the My country, Tonight broadcast below
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