DKS Highlights of the Week: Info revealing chemicals contaminating Durban's beaches
An exclusive list of all the "highly toxic" chemicals in Durban's river and beaches was shared after intensive investigation.
Monday are usually supposed to be blue but never with Darren, Keri and Sky. We were able to get a hold of one the athletes from local Durban who went to the Olympics and represented us well. Emma Chelius, who is shy of 25 stepped into the studio and shared her life-changing experience at the #Tokyo2020 Olympics.
The rest of the interview includes details about her golden picture with Olympics tennis player, Novak Djokovic. She also shares how it felt meeting giant Chinese basketball player, Yao Ming.
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This and more from the #Tokyo2020 Olympics including the cardboard beds in this podcast below.
Take a listen:
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The team shared the misconceptions that are usually shared about them. It quite happens that some of these misconceptions Darren and Sky still get messed up about Keri Miller.
Everyone who knows Keri Miller knows that she is a 'vegan'. Or is she?
Listen to this and find out:
READ MORE: Chemical spill forces closure of some Durban beaches
The AmaBhungane investigative journalists shared a detailed report about the world's largest chemical company, United Phosphorus Limited. Their investigation has confirmed that UPL's warehouse held millions of litres of chemicals, some classified as “harmful”, “toxic” or “very toxic”.
Another alarming factor of the UPL saga is that they prefer not to comment or disclose why Durban's rivers and beaches are so heavily contaminated. We made the space to speak to one of the co-authors of the article about their journey collecting this exclusive and informative information.
Have a listen here:
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Thursday came and we continued our conversations with #Unshaken mother of 11, Pearl Osa. In this part of our podcast series we talked about the balance of being a woman and a partner, especially when you have so many roles to fulfill.
Take a listen to how she describes her relationship with her husband and father of their 11 children. They had started dating when they were both extremely young and so much has changed as they went from child number 1 to 11.
Take a listen to how she navigated this:
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The story of a local Durban man stuck in Afghanistan then emerged. Kerwin van der Merwe shared live events of the chaos that was unfolding with Early Breakfast's Mike V.
Take a listen to the chilling audio:
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All in all it was another fun week with the best breakfast radio trio. We had some fluffy flapjacks made my Darren in the office kitchen. If you missed it click here.
We hope for another eventful week...
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