Woman's Hour - 11/05/2009

With Jane Garvey. Including: Accepting South Africa's presidential nomination, African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma promised to 'lead the country towards the realisation of former president Nelson Mandela's dream of a non-sexist and non-racial South Africa'. The BBC's correspondent in Johannesburg Victoria Phenethi explains what is expected from the women chosen to lead in the country's new government. As the recession leads many couples to reconsider plans for their dream wedding, reporter Anna McNamee talks to one woman to find out how with the help of her friends and a website called freecycle - a listing service helping people give unwanted items away for free - she is on track to have her big wedding after all. Jane is joined by Daily Record columnist Joan Burnie, Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy at Warwick University and freelance journalist Natalie Barrass to discuss the nature of female friendships, whether it's possible to have more than three real friends and how the changing nature of technology affects the way we bond. And Grammy Award-winning musician, Sharon Isbin - described as America's 'guitarist laureate' and 'the Monet of the classical guitar' performs in the studio and talks about her career and her latest album Journey to the New World.