JUG World Tour: Jozi-JUG and Cape Town Java Community (#42)

Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it. Today, we are traveling to Cape Town and Johannesburg to learn more about its Java communities.

Java User Groups

Jozi-JUG

• https://www.meetup.com/Jozi-JUG/ 
• https://www.youtube.com/@JoziJUG
• https://twitter.com/jozijug
  

Cape Town Java Community

• https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Java-Meetup/
• https://www.youtube.com/@capetownjug
• https://twitter.com/capetownjug
  

Guests

Corneil du Plessis

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/corneil/
• https://twitter.com/corneil
• https://hachyderm.io/@corneil 
  

Steven Makunzva

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenmakunzva/
  

Podcast

Host: Frank Delporte

• https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/
  

Content

00:00 Introduction of the guests
04:14 What should we know about South Africa?
09:42 An anecdote about living and working in Cape Town
12:29 Stevens history in Java
16:18 How Steven got involved in the JUG
19:14 History of JoziJUG
21:52 Virtual JUGs during Covid
24:02 Restart after Covid with in-person events
27:02 Next events at the JoziJUG
31:45 Interaction between speakers and attendees
33:24 Starting as a speaker at a JUG
37:00 Future events at Cape Town Java Community
38:38 Most remarkable sessions of the past
47:01 Conclusions
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Music

• Barbershop John
• Hermine Deurloo
• Synapse by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 
  

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