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Introducing A Way To Go, DignitySA’s very own podcast that features a range of insightful local stories about medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Host Sean O’Connor guides us with compassion as we discover increasingly how talking about death is good for life. Shortened versions of our first three episodes are available here (and on Spotify). For more episodes and longer versions, please sign up as a member. It’s free.

Leigh Meinert Leigh Meinert

Faith, African Spirituality and Dying Well: Part One

This is a first half of a fascinating two part exploration of faith, African spirituality and what it means to die well. The podcast is drawn from a Dignity Dialogue that our director Vuya Ilengou moderated in March 2026.

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Dawid van der Merwe Dawid van der Merwe

Couple Courageous: Defying the Odds

This is a touching tale of a couple who have drawn closer through adversity and forged a path where there was none. With humour and great candidness, Dieter and his partner Lynne, share how they have navigated a terrifying terminal diagnosis and found peace along the way.

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Dawid van der Merwe Dawid van der Merwe

Love’s Journey: Pi & Pegasos

In the this episode Pi Delport movingly shares their story of accompanying their partner, Una Karlsen, to Pegasos in Switzerland last year, in the hopes of giving them the gentle death that they sorely wanted.

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Dawid van der Merwe Dawid van der Merwe

The Patient Patient: Finding Life Again

We interview an extraordinary young man who shares how is illness led him to contemplate how he could end his life and how, in doing so, he found life again.

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