Reporting on Emotions in South Africa

Reporting on Emotions in South Africa

January 27, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

Kabir Jagram discusses the challenges of expressing emotions as a young man in South Africa and his experience creating a radio documentary on the topic.

Twenty-one year old reporter Kabir Jagram says young men in South Africa are stoic. Holding back emotions is a survival mechanism in a country wracked with youth unemployment and that can lead to serious mental health issues. So, how then, as a young man himself struggling with expressing feelings, did Kabir manage to produce a captivating radio documentary about emotions?

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