[cma-l] Zane Ibrahim – 23 June 1941 to 19 May 2014

[Dave Work]

Hi CMA members,
  Firstly can I give my condolences to Zane's family!!
I will never forget the man that inspired me to help progress community radio here in the South West. I attended a CMA meeting in Manchester some years back with Zane as key speaker and his passion, vision and infectious personality were the key factor in me making a decision to promoting community radio to the local area.
R.I.P Great Man you will live on in many peoples hearts and minds.
Dave Pascoe
Penwith Community Radio

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> On 27 May 2014, at 18:15, CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> wrote:
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> Zane Ibrahim, Bush Radio’s former Managing Director from 1996 to 2010 and the man who led the station through some stormy and great times, has sadly passed away (Link).
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> Zane had a long-standing association with the Community Media Association and with the wider UK community radio sector, and spoke at the CMA Conference in Bath in 2012.
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> Known as the 'father of community radio' for his role at Bush, Zane was also an anti-apartheid activist and an award-winning journalist. He travelled the world sharing his knowledge and passion for community radio and helped to set up projects in developing and war-torn countries.
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> Zane co-founded Bush Radio in 1992, at first broadcasting illegally after being repeatedly denied a broadcast licence by the apartheid government. Despite initially having its transmitter confiscated and staff arrested, the station persevered and is still broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 2006.
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> Run mainly by young people - with nearly half the programmers women - and broadcasting in three local languages (Xhosa, Afrikaans and English) Bush Radio serves the communities around Cape Town and in particular the townships of the Cape Flats.
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> Its mission statement includes a commitment to ensuring that "communities who have been denied access to resources take part in producing ethical, creative and responsible radio that encourages them to communicate with each other, to take part in decisions that affect their lives, and to celebrate their own cultures".
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> More than just a broadcaster, Bush Radio also counts community "upliftment" projects, scholarship and training programmes, and personal development schemes among its many activities and the project will remain a lasting tribute to Zane's memory.
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> It is to Zane that the following phrase is attributed:
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> "Community radio is 90% about community and 10% about radio".
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> Zane was an inspiring ambassador for community media and a passionate advocate for positive social change. He will be missed by us all.
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