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A live stream of standout moments from South African radio — a punchy quote, a sharp exchange, a revealing admission — picked as they air and posted with the audio. Press play; no sign-up needed.
Naughty Water co-founder Michael Tones explains how they won shelf space by running one store, then 50, as if it were everything.
“And we got into one store and we ran one store like it was our be all and end all.”
Bruce Whitfield reveals the quiz answer: Kylicha Cookies was bought in 2013 for one rand with R2m debt, and still supplies British Airways.
“Asked you earlier, there was a biscuit company in 2013 with a BA contract that was sold. What was the purchase price for the biscuit company? Well, it was only one rand, actually. Yes, one rand.”
A 947 Drive segment reviews AKA's outspoken political stances, from backing the ANC and Zuma to the 2019 xenophobia accusations he rejected.
“He expressed his admiration for Zuma, even while you”
A Kaya 959 host recalls a grade seven oral in his dad's tracksuit, where his teacher told him he was a star, shaping his career.
“So it was in grade seven with my teacher, Mrs. Keating, love you till this day. So what had happened was she had given us an oral to do. I don't remember what the task was. I don't remember. Okay, I don't remember.”
On 947's Anele and the Club, hosts answer lie-detector questions about blaming Frankie, faking guest fondness, pay and blocking people.
“You go to what you don't like in your head. Because there's a possibility. But this thing picks up the break. Because the truth of the matter is, you haven't liked every boiled egg you've had in your life. No.”
Kellogg's has changed the UK recipe for Rice Krispies and Cocoa Pops to rice and corn flour, blaming weather and disrupted rice supplies.
“Kellogg's have admitted that their snap, crackle, and pop sound could be quieter. They've changed the recipe, you see, for both rice krispies and cocoa pops in the UK.”
On 702's The Upside of Failure, Mo Flavor says missed auditions often reflect fit or timing, and urges not letting one audition define you.
“So I think the point is: you know, not getting that gig is viewed as a failure. And to some degree, that's how I saw it in the beginning when I was a lot younger in the industry.”
Laughter on air
A 702 guest explains writing Chef Rendani, a woman left at the altar who rebuilds her life through cooking, in Venda to showcase her culture.
“And then, right there at home, that is where she found herself. So, I just wanted to write a different story.”
A 947 host recounts a report that a 97-year-old man collapsed and died while dancing to the Bee Gees' Staying Alive at his own party.
“Been in the juice with you from 10, getting ready to wrap it up at midnight. Something crazy that I found out while I was prepping for the show this afternoon is: have you ever heard of someone dying because of their…”
A Cape Talk host recommends Sylvester Stallone's memoir The Steps, describing his brutal childhood and fight to play Rocky Balboa.
“It. I finished it about six days ago, and I just think about it all the time. I think, what was it about? What points were being made here? What's it saying about history?”
A film industry representative says the DTIC's 2019 repudiations of about 20 projects wrecked the rebate and drove international financiers away.
“They ran effectively, and we had a very competitive rebate from about its start, I think it was 2003-2004, until about 2019 when the wheels just fell off and, to be honest, haven't been put back on in any shape or form.”
On 947, hosts discuss Cardi B saying she spends millions on family and caps help at five times, then share how they lend to relatives.
“So you know Cardi B, Cardi Body. Yeah. She's easily one of the most honest celebrities. The whole PR, I'm going to say the right thing at the right time. Oh, she missed that class. No, she doesn't do it.”
Author Stephen Simon tells Cape Talk how his debut novel grew from the true bond between Matthias Letulu and Hans-Joachim Marseille.
“I read Stephen Simon's debut novel. Stephen is an acclaimed poet, one somebody whose poetry I really enjoy reading, both to myself and out loud on the radio.”
A listener on 947 says she was accidentally added to a leadership WhatsApp group and flagged a double-counted budget row; hosts debate her next move.
“Doubling up the music, Anne Marie with Little Mix, kiss my oh oh before that now, Horan, what a good song tastes so good on 947. Someone slid into my DMs and I feel like there's a there's an urgency to this.”
The story so far
2 moments on 947
Tue 3 Nov, 08:27947This one
Junior accountant added to managers' WhatsApp spots R1.2m budget error
Wed 4 Nov, 06:19947
Hosts debate whether accountant was right to flag R1.2m budget error
On Cape Talk, an Irish crime novelist recalls Wilbur Smith saying he wasn't trained to deal with problem children, after discussing reform schools.
“So, yeah, I'm in part I'm buying myself a little time and also I still want to explore other ways of writing.”
A Cape Talk host mocks Martha Stewart's Halloween photo posing as homeless, and her two apologies after the backlash.
“Another special voting experience voice note. Hello, Maury here. Simon's down to Gama Park. Voting was a dream. Everything was perfect. Polite, contented people. Thank you. Polite, contented people.”
On 702, John Perlman asks listeners which non-political figure they'd put on a ballot, drawing Trevor Noah, Dora the Explorer, Ned Stark and Rassie Erasmus.
“I was quick to say Trevor Noah, but I thought, no, let me tone it down a little bit more. But why were you going to say Trevor Noah? Tell us.”
Laughter on air
Plato Coffee co-founder says a South African partner in London carries the brand's DNA, and the UK market prefers stronger coffee.
“And for us, we said, Okay, because like London, I think it's once again, it we got the right partner, and I think that's the biggest.”
Plato Coffee co-founder says its 'iStore of coffee shops' design and name-knowing baristas are translating from South Africa to London.
“All the well, it felt to me like all the coffee shops almost like went to this very dark mood, you met dark spaces. And we just felt like because the thing is, I'm a brand guy, brand and design guy.”
A Cape Talk host describes Heidi Klum's elaborate Halloween costume, a giant severed hand modelled on her own, and plays her reporter chat.
“Supermodel, and over the past years, every year, Heidi has a very elaborate, it's got more elaborate over the years. These I want to say silicon, but it's these really like prosthetic costumes.”
Laughter on air
A biographer tells Cape Talk why Robert Mugabe's life deserves a full-length biography and how he saw Zimbabwe's bond with South Africa.
“But also, Mugabe, in my estimation, Mugabe is the second most important personage in Southern Africa after Nelson Mandela and his life.”
Plato Coffee co-founder Stefan Bredel tells BizNews how an informal traders' licence let them trade at level four while cafes were shut.
“How did a coffee shop stay open when lockdown said it couldn't? Plato Coffee started in a shipping container.”
On SAfm's Vinyl Corner, the host explains the famous Blue Note sleeve of a woman's legs, shot by Francis Wolff and designed by Reid Miles.
“While the stereo edition was subsequently issued as a BST 18588 in 1967, the original album contains four tracks: who's trotting and a blue minor, a blue manor rather on the A side, followed by Sippin' rather at bells…”
On Cape Talk, the creator of the play Superfan at the Baxter explains its genesis and what he wants audiences to take away.
“It's just played out on the rugby field. But just talk to us beefy about the genesis of that because I walked out and I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. My wife didn't know what to say either.”
On Kaya 959, pianist Amina Figuerova says music brings people together, recalling recording in Cuba on batteries with no power or food.
“But music can heal and really do bigger work more than politicians can ever do. And that's my mission. I felt like, you know, since I first saw the poverty and criminality in South Africa, I felt like it's my mission.”
A visiting pianist on Kaya 959 recalls Joburg students with only one keyboard beside a World Cup stadium, which inspired a kids' choir project.
“For some while, and on one of the trips, when I was talking to the students at the university in Joburg, and they were brilliant students and they played amazing, but we're standing outside of the university and talking…”
On Kaya 959, Jahari Stampley says he only realised his mother's talents, from bass and sax to flying planes, were unusual once he met other mums.
“Firstly, I always knew that she was incredible, but I thought it was normal until I started to go out and see other mothers.”
Laughter on air
A Matsuli Music representative tells Kaya 959 that fires, poor storage and discarded masters threaten South African recordings, and explains its restoration mission.
“For the past 16 years, Matsuli Music has been digging out, researching, finding great South African recordings and ones that are out of circulation and ones that we believe must be presented to a new audience in South…”
A guest on Kaya 959 says Whisky Live runs 5 to 7 November at the Galleria in Sandton, and explains what first-timers can expect.
“Whiskey Live will be happening at the Galleria in Sandton.”
On SAfm's Alternative Breakfast, hosts joke about party dance circles and one admits to a failed twerking attempt since quitting drinking.
“Of guy to end up in the circle, it depends on the party and it depends on my levels of comfort within that particular party. If it is within my inner circle, oh, they have seen me do all kinds of vile nonsense.”
Laughter on air
A 702 guest says Netflix asks filmmakers to restate plots three times as viewers distracted by phones and TikTok stop paying attention.
“And because of the vertical screen and the fact that, you know, I'm often on TikTok and watching a show and Instagramming someone and I'm highly distracted, they were now asking filmmakers, this is Netflix, to restate…”
Cape Town reggae musician Roland Nair tells Cape Talk how a chat at a Hout Bay gig led a man to turn his life around.
“We were playing a gig out in Hout Bay, and I met a person that was on his way to drive himself over Chapman's Peak. It was the last bar. He was going to have a drink and then go.”
On Cape Talk, author Xander Beattie says his novel The President, set in 2012, was sparked by the backlash to Brett Murray's The Spear.
“So, before we get into the president, tell us where the alter ego of Xander comes from and why you felt you needed one for your fiction writing, which I think is interesting.”
Chartered accountant Nukukle Kumalo says she wrote Boss Your Money because advice was vague and rarely suited young South Africans.
“So, a pleasure to welcome Nuku Klechi is a chartered accountant, a personal finance content creator, and the author of this book. Hi, Mandy. How are you? Good, thank you. Good.”
A performer tells a 10,000-strong female audience he should be able to sing Endless Love without Diana Ross and urges them to join in.
“Because I think it is definitely possible to do endless love tonight without Diana Ross. I think that I have 10,000 women in the audience tonight. I should be able to sing Endless Love. Is that possible?”
Raised voices
A Power FM host says Jermaine Jackson, then married, was Whitney Houston's secret love when she was 19 and he produced her duets.
“So the plot twist is that Jermaine Jackson, the father of Jafar Jackson, who played his uncle Michael Jackson in the movie Michael Jackson, was 19-year-old Whitney Houston's secret love. He'd been hired to work with her.”
A 702 book reviewer describes Patrick DeWitt's novel about Lee Clark, expelled and dodging the Vietnam draft by delivering a car to Canada.
“So he decides to dodge the draft and he wants to go to Canada, but he doesn't have any money. So he takes.”
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly says she patented her hairstyle to protect her ideas and will keep the pieces for auctions and art collectors.
“Did you know I'm the only person in the world who owns a hairstyle legally? What do you mean? Exactly what I said, darling. You wait. I mean, did you know now your hair, the IP of the style?”
Laughter on air
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Fri 30 Oct, 14:50702
Moonchild Sanelly: called satanic over coloured hair, so she trademarked her styleSat 31 Oct, 20:32702This one
Moonchild Sanelly says she legally owns her wig hairstyle
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly says being violated at home, regardless of clothing, led her to live liberated and shaped her poetry.
“The fact that I could be violated at home and it had nothing to do with my clothes. What's the point? Already owning a vagina is an adventure sport, you might as well live.”
Emotional moment
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly describes realising she was molested and an uncle's assault when she was a student.
“So before we went to the news, I asked of you: you spoke about being molested and only later, you know, how did that all happen for you? How did you discover? Was there even somebody to tell?”
On SAfm's Classical Fix, the host notes Mozart's burst of three symphonies in 10 weeks, then profiles Cape Town-born film composer Trevor Jones.
“That piece there, the symphony number 14 G minor, is one of three symphonies that Mozart wrote in the span of 10 weeks. Imagine that writing three symphonies in a mere 10 weeks.”
A Kaya 959 host says Mary J Blige halted a Las Vegas concert to ask a booing audience member why they wasted money on a ticket.
“And Mary J. Blige as well, just fine. I hope she's just fine, especially after what she had to experience such unnecessary disrespect this past week.”
On Kaya 959, a host says Halloween is about fun, noting she made a costume and keeps a rabbit her daughter wanted.
“Like, for instance, I'm not an animal person, but I currently have a pet rabbit because my daughter wanted a rabbit, right? Story for another day. Worst mistake of my life.”
On 947, Slovak singer Adela describes becoming the first Slovakian on the Billboard Hot 100 and growing up in ballet-loving Slovakia.
“In fact, if you didn't know, she was and is the first Slovakian to hit the Billboard Hot 100. It definitely makes me proud. I definitely know.”
Singer Jamie Miller says he never expected a number one hit and that believing in yourself meant being delusional with your dreams.
“It's like the most insane thing, like trying to live in the moment when all your dreams are coming true in the space of 8 to 12 weeks. I never in my life expected a number one. Never. I've never charted before.”
On the 947 Top 40, DJ Slick and Mash Beats play an audio guessing game about each other and explain how their friendship began.
“I mean, Slick, for you, being you're the first hip-hop producer to win a Salman, eh? I believe that's correct.”
Laughter on air
A Cape Talk guest says the Khotpo rally club will feed a thousand people before Christmas, an idea sparked by hungry people he saw in town.
“But us at the Khotpo rally set out to give a thousand people food this year, just before Christmas. And that came about my wife making a beautiful brown leg of land one Christmas morning.”
Author Damilare describes her new novel Women Rent Men and Secrets, about sugar babies, a mysterious death and a writer under pressure.
“It's about this group of women who decide to kill someone they have in common, a sugar daddy. Okay. So there's this guy who decides to, so he has an estate where he”
Naughty Water co-founder Michael Tones explains how they won shelf space by running one store, then 50, as if it were everything.
“And we got into one store and we ran one store like it was our be all and end all.”
Bruce Whitfield reveals the quiz answer: Kylicha Cookies was bought in 2013 for one rand with R2m debt, and still supplies British Airways.
“Asked you earlier, there was a biscuit company in 2013 with a BA contract that was sold. What was the purchase price for the biscuit company? Well, it was only one rand, actually. Yes, one rand.”
A 947 Drive segment reviews AKA's outspoken political stances, from backing the ANC and Zuma to the 2019 xenophobia accusations he rejected.
“He expressed his admiration for Zuma, even while you”
A Kaya 959 host recalls a grade seven oral in his dad's tracksuit, where his teacher told him he was a star, shaping his career.
“So it was in grade seven with my teacher, Mrs. Keating, love you till this day. So what had happened was she had given us an oral to do. I don't remember what the task was. I don't remember. Okay, I don't remember.”
On 947's Anele and the Club, hosts answer lie-detector questions about blaming Frankie, faking guest fondness, pay and blocking people.
“You go to what you don't like in your head. Because there's a possibility. But this thing picks up the break. Because the truth of the matter is, you haven't liked every boiled egg you've had in your life. No.”
Kellogg's has changed the UK recipe for Rice Krispies and Cocoa Pops to rice and corn flour, blaming weather and disrupted rice supplies.
“Kellogg's have admitted that their snap, crackle, and pop sound could be quieter. They've changed the recipe, you see, for both rice krispies and cocoa pops in the UK.”
On 702's The Upside of Failure, Mo Flavor says missed auditions often reflect fit or timing, and urges not letting one audition define you.
“So I think the point is: you know, not getting that gig is viewed as a failure. And to some degree, that's how I saw it in the beginning when I was a lot younger in the industry.”
A 702 guest explains writing Chef Rendani, a woman left at the altar who rebuilds her life through cooking, in Venda to showcase her culture.
“And then, right there at home, that is where she found herself. So, I just wanted to write a different story.”
A 947 host recounts a report that a 97-year-old man collapsed and died while dancing to the Bee Gees' Staying Alive at his own party.
“Been in the juice with you from 10, getting ready to wrap it up at midnight. Something crazy that I found out while I was prepping for the show this afternoon is: have you ever heard of someone dying because of their…”
A Cape Talk host recommends Sylvester Stallone's memoir The Steps, describing his brutal childhood and fight to play Rocky Balboa.
“It. I finished it about six days ago, and I just think about it all the time. I think, what was it about? What points were being made here? What's it saying about history?”
A film industry representative says the DTIC's 2019 repudiations of about 20 projects wrecked the rebate and drove international financiers away.
“They ran effectively, and we had a very competitive rebate from about its start, I think it was 2003-2004, until about 2019 when the wheels just fell off and, to be honest, haven't been put back on in any shape or form.”
On 947, hosts discuss Cardi B saying she spends millions on family and caps help at five times, then share how they lend to relatives.
“So you know Cardi B, Cardi Body. Yeah. She's easily one of the most honest celebrities. The whole PR, I'm going to say the right thing at the right time. Oh, she missed that class. No, she doesn't do it.”
Author Stephen Simon tells Cape Talk how his debut novel grew from the true bond between Matthias Letulu and Hans-Joachim Marseille.
“I read Stephen Simon's debut novel. Stephen is an acclaimed poet, one somebody whose poetry I really enjoy reading, both to myself and out loud on the radio.”
A listener on 947 says she was accidentally added to a leadership WhatsApp group and flagged a double-counted budget row; hosts debate her next move.
“Doubling up the music, Anne Marie with Little Mix, kiss my oh oh before that now, Horan, what a good song tastes so good on 947. Someone slid into my DMs and I feel like there's a there's an urgency to this.”
The story so far
2 moments on 947
Tue 3 Nov, 08:27947This one
Junior accountant added to managers' WhatsApp spots R1.2m budget error
Wed 4 Nov, 06:19947
Hosts debate whether accountant was right to flag R1.2m budget errorOn Cape Talk, an Irish crime novelist recalls Wilbur Smith saying he wasn't trained to deal with problem children, after discussing reform schools.
“So, yeah, I'm in part I'm buying myself a little time and also I still want to explore other ways of writing.”
A Cape Talk host mocks Martha Stewart's Halloween photo posing as homeless, and her two apologies after the backlash.
“Another special voting experience voice note. Hello, Maury here. Simon's down to Gama Park. Voting was a dream. Everything was perfect. Polite, contented people. Thank you. Polite, contented people.”
On 702, John Perlman asks listeners which non-political figure they'd put on a ballot, drawing Trevor Noah, Dora the Explorer, Ned Stark and Rassie Erasmus.
“I was quick to say Trevor Noah, but I thought, no, let me tone it down a little bit more. But why were you going to say Trevor Noah? Tell us.”
Plato Coffee co-founder says a South African partner in London carries the brand's DNA, and the UK market prefers stronger coffee.
“And for us, we said, Okay, because like London, I think it's once again, it we got the right partner, and I think that's the biggest.”
Plato Coffee co-founder says its 'iStore of coffee shops' design and name-knowing baristas are translating from South Africa to London.
“All the well, it felt to me like all the coffee shops almost like went to this very dark mood, you met dark spaces. And we just felt like because the thing is, I'm a brand guy, brand and design guy.”
A Cape Talk host describes Heidi Klum's elaborate Halloween costume, a giant severed hand modelled on her own, and plays her reporter chat.
“Supermodel, and over the past years, every year, Heidi has a very elaborate, it's got more elaborate over the years. These I want to say silicon, but it's these really like prosthetic costumes.”
A biographer tells Cape Talk why Robert Mugabe's life deserves a full-length biography and how he saw Zimbabwe's bond with South Africa.
“But also, Mugabe, in my estimation, Mugabe is the second most important personage in Southern Africa after Nelson Mandela and his life.”
Plato Coffee co-founder Stefan Bredel tells BizNews how an informal traders' licence let them trade at level four while cafes were shut.
“How did a coffee shop stay open when lockdown said it couldn't? Plato Coffee started in a shipping container.”
On SAfm's Vinyl Corner, the host explains the famous Blue Note sleeve of a woman's legs, shot by Francis Wolff and designed by Reid Miles.
“While the stereo edition was subsequently issued as a BST 18588 in 1967, the original album contains four tracks: who's trotting and a blue minor, a blue manor rather on the A side, followed by Sippin' rather at bells…”
On Cape Talk, the creator of the play Superfan at the Baxter explains its genesis and what he wants audiences to take away.
“It's just played out on the rugby field. But just talk to us beefy about the genesis of that because I walked out and I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. My wife didn't know what to say either.”
On Kaya 959, pianist Amina Figuerova says music brings people together, recalling recording in Cuba on batteries with no power or food.
“But music can heal and really do bigger work more than politicians can ever do. And that's my mission. I felt like, you know, since I first saw the poverty and criminality in South Africa, I felt like it's my mission.”
A visiting pianist on Kaya 959 recalls Joburg students with only one keyboard beside a World Cup stadium, which inspired a kids' choir project.
“For some while, and on one of the trips, when I was talking to the students at the university in Joburg, and they were brilliant students and they played amazing, but we're standing outside of the university and talking…”
On Kaya 959, Jahari Stampley says he only realised his mother's talents, from bass and sax to flying planes, were unusual once he met other mums.
“Firstly, I always knew that she was incredible, but I thought it was normal until I started to go out and see other mothers.”
A Matsuli Music representative tells Kaya 959 that fires, poor storage and discarded masters threaten South African recordings, and explains its restoration mission.
“For the past 16 years, Matsuli Music has been digging out, researching, finding great South African recordings and ones that are out of circulation and ones that we believe must be presented to a new audience in South…”
A guest on Kaya 959 says Whisky Live runs 5 to 7 November at the Galleria in Sandton, and explains what first-timers can expect.
“Whiskey Live will be happening at the Galleria in Sandton.”
On SAfm's Alternative Breakfast, hosts joke about party dance circles and one admits to a failed twerking attempt since quitting drinking.
“Of guy to end up in the circle, it depends on the party and it depends on my levels of comfort within that particular party. If it is within my inner circle, oh, they have seen me do all kinds of vile nonsense.”
A 702 guest says Netflix asks filmmakers to restate plots three times as viewers distracted by phones and TikTok stop paying attention.
“And because of the vertical screen and the fact that, you know, I'm often on TikTok and watching a show and Instagramming someone and I'm highly distracted, they were now asking filmmakers, this is Netflix, to restate…”
Cape Town reggae musician Roland Nair tells Cape Talk how a chat at a Hout Bay gig led a man to turn his life around.
“We were playing a gig out in Hout Bay, and I met a person that was on his way to drive himself over Chapman's Peak. It was the last bar. He was going to have a drink and then go.”
On Cape Talk, author Xander Beattie says his novel The President, set in 2012, was sparked by the backlash to Brett Murray's The Spear.
“So, before we get into the president, tell us where the alter ego of Xander comes from and why you felt you needed one for your fiction writing, which I think is interesting.”
Chartered accountant Nukukle Kumalo says she wrote Boss Your Money because advice was vague and rarely suited young South Africans.
“So, a pleasure to welcome Nuku Klechi is a chartered accountant, a personal finance content creator, and the author of this book. Hi, Mandy. How are you? Good, thank you. Good.”
A performer tells a 10,000-strong female audience he should be able to sing Endless Love without Diana Ross and urges them to join in.
“Because I think it is definitely possible to do endless love tonight without Diana Ross. I think that I have 10,000 women in the audience tonight. I should be able to sing Endless Love. Is that possible?”
A Power FM host says Jermaine Jackson, then married, was Whitney Houston's secret love when she was 19 and he produced her duets.
“So the plot twist is that Jermaine Jackson, the father of Jafar Jackson, who played his uncle Michael Jackson in the movie Michael Jackson, was 19-year-old Whitney Houston's secret love. He'd been hired to work with her.”
A 702 book reviewer describes Patrick DeWitt's novel about Lee Clark, expelled and dodging the Vietnam draft by delivering a car to Canada.
“So he decides to dodge the draft and he wants to go to Canada, but he doesn't have any money. So he takes.”
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly says she patented her hairstyle to protect her ideas and will keep the pieces for auctions and art collectors.
“Did you know I'm the only person in the world who owns a hairstyle legally? What do you mean? Exactly what I said, darling. You wait. I mean, did you know now your hair, the IP of the style?”
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Fri 30 Oct, 14:50702
Moonchild Sanelly: called satanic over coloured hair, so she trademarked her styleSat 31 Oct, 20:32702This one
Moonchild Sanelly says she legally owns her wig hairstyle
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly says being violated at home, regardless of clothing, led her to live liberated and shaped her poetry.
“The fact that I could be violated at home and it had nothing to do with my clothes. What's the point? Already owning a vagina is an adventure sport, you might as well live.”
On 702, singer Moonchild Sanelly describes realising she was molested and an uncle's assault when she was a student.
“So before we went to the news, I asked of you: you spoke about being molested and only later, you know, how did that all happen for you? How did you discover? Was there even somebody to tell?”
On SAfm's Classical Fix, the host notes Mozart's burst of three symphonies in 10 weeks, then profiles Cape Town-born film composer Trevor Jones.
“That piece there, the symphony number 14 G minor, is one of three symphonies that Mozart wrote in the span of 10 weeks. Imagine that writing three symphonies in a mere 10 weeks.”
A Kaya 959 host says Mary J Blige halted a Las Vegas concert to ask a booing audience member why they wasted money on a ticket.
“And Mary J. Blige as well, just fine. I hope she's just fine, especially after what she had to experience such unnecessary disrespect this past week.”
On Kaya 959, a host says Halloween is about fun, noting she made a costume and keeps a rabbit her daughter wanted.
“Like, for instance, I'm not an animal person, but I currently have a pet rabbit because my daughter wanted a rabbit, right? Story for another day. Worst mistake of my life.”
On 947, Slovak singer Adela describes becoming the first Slovakian on the Billboard Hot 100 and growing up in ballet-loving Slovakia.
“In fact, if you didn't know, she was and is the first Slovakian to hit the Billboard Hot 100. It definitely makes me proud. I definitely know.”
Singer Jamie Miller says he never expected a number one hit and that believing in yourself meant being delusional with your dreams.
“It's like the most insane thing, like trying to live in the moment when all your dreams are coming true in the space of 8 to 12 weeks. I never in my life expected a number one. Never. I've never charted before.”
On the 947 Top 40, DJ Slick and Mash Beats play an audio guessing game about each other and explain how their friendship began.
“I mean, Slick, for you, being you're the first hip-hop producer to win a Salman, eh? I believe that's correct.”
A Cape Talk guest says the Khotpo rally club will feed a thousand people before Christmas, an idea sparked by hungry people he saw in town.
“But us at the Khotpo rally set out to give a thousand people food this year, just before Christmas. And that came about my wife making a beautiful brown leg of land one Christmas morning.”
Author Damilare describes her new novel Women Rent Men and Secrets, about sugar babies, a mysterious death and a writer under pressure.
“It's about this group of women who decide to kill someone they have in common, a sugar daddy. Okay. So there's this guy who decides to, so he has an estate where he”
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