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On Cape Talk, a host and guest discuss men hiding emotional pain, the critique that men built oppressive systems, and unresolved childhood wounds.
“Maybe you find yourself in a situation where you can't. You simply can't cope, but you dare not express that because the expectation is that you must be a man. You must be in control.”
Laughter on air
On 702, a philosophy lecturer explains that people hold conflicting beliefs by describing the part wanting to lose weight and the part wanting cake.
“There's a part of you that wants to eat that piece of cake that you see in front of you right now. So we're battling these various parts of ourselves. As in the two truths that can exist at”
Laughter on air
A 947 host says weight loss gummies are a scam that uses the likenesses of local radio personalities, now with AI voices.
“There are no such thing as weight loss gummies, guys. Stop giving these people your money. It's a scam. It's a proper scam. It's a scam. They use me, they use Li and Manners. There's a third person, Devi.”
A caller on The Aubrey Masango Show describes night-time assaults and loose teeth, asking whether witchcraft has a bad side too.
“To find out is there the element of witchcraft in this whole thing? Because you know, what I'm experiencing with myself and my life, I think I'm going through a horrible, horrible, horrible time.”
Residents of Hammanskraal say they vote amid a water crisis dating to 2004 that turned deadly in a 2023 cholera outbreak.
“Hamas Ground's water crisis dates back to 2004, meaning residents have been grappling with water challenges for more than two decades.”
Crowd moment
A Bonitas member with a displaced wrist fracture was told to find three implant quotes herself before surgery could be authorised.
“Moved some of the cases, but Wendy says there's still so many cases coming, including a person who had to get a badly broken wrist repaired and was told to haggle over the price of the plates and screws that were needed.”
An SABC reporter says a woman in her late 70s collapsed in a Shallcross voting queue; no ambulance came, so she was taken by Uber.
“A story that the SABC has been covering: an elderly woman dying after collapsing at a voting station. Have you got details for us there, Talisha?”
The story so far
2 moments on 2 stations
Mon 2 Nov, 17:05702
IEC presiding officer collapses and dies at voting stationWed 4 Nov, 17:08SAfmThis one
Elderly woman dies in Shallcross queue after three ambulances never arrive
A Cape Talk caller from Atlantis says this will be his last election with vision, but he will dress up and vote anyway.
“From first-time voters to people who has voted in every single democratic election in South Africa. As-salamu alaykum, Muhammad in Atlantis, how are you feeling today? Very sad, listen, man. Why so?”
On 702, a hypnotherapy guest gives listeners a visualisation trick for fear, picturing yourself in a TV show looking at the snake, and the studio laughs.
“Okay, when you do it and you feel that feeling, visualize yourself as though you're in a TV show looking at the snake, and it'll feel 10 times better. What? Visualize yourself as if you see.”
Laughter on air
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Wed 4 Nov, 02:43702
Hypnotist says he cured a radio host's bird phobia in 20 minutesWed 4 Nov, 02:46702This one
Host's snake phobia trick: picture yourself on a TV watching it
A hypnotherapist on 702 says hypnosis works faster than conventional therapy, citing clients who compared it with their therapist and psychiatrist.
“But when you compare three years of therapy to six sessions, then you can get it into perspective.”
A hypnotherapist on 702 debunks TV myths, saying parents ask her to force teens to stop lying and she cannot.
“Some life coaching courses around transformation coaching, CBT courses, REBT courses. Then I came across, funny enough, an executive coaching course.”
Laughter on air
A Rockefeller University cardiologist says brown fat, activated by cold, is linked to fewer health conditions, and losartan activated it in cells and mice.
“But new research examining the medical records and scans of more than 100,000 patients has found that if you have more brown fat, it could reduce your likelihood of having various health conditions, including mental…”
A Tshwane official says residents use ritual 'holy water' and contaminated dam water, and tanker suppliers resumed selling after police left.
“They call the holy water where we are struggling to pull the residents out of to a point where I even said to the team, please go and test the water because we're not going to win this because people are so used to…”
The story so far
2 moments on 2 stations
Tue 3 Nov, 06:56702
Water mafia is spreading and risks becoming entrenched, guest warnsTue 3 Nov, 20:03Kaya 959This one
Tshwane official: holy water and black dam water fuel illness
On 947, hosts discuss how the body signals a bad relationship, including a host whose eczema vanished after leaving a five-and-a-half-year relationship.
“That feeling that something is just off about this person, you just like your man or love your man, your man so much, but your body just keeps rejecting. And with the rejection, comes no, I'm overthinking.”
A Council for Medical Schemes appeals ruling overturned the registrar and ordered full funding for a 15-year-old's treatment, his lawyer says.
“They've overturned its own registrar's decision and ordered that Key Health Medical Scheme to fund life-saving treatment in full for a 15-year-old boy suffering from a rare and potentially life-threatening blood…”
A DA mayoral candidate argues Tshwane's mayor must answer for the Bronkhorstspruit water illness outbreak and for ANC appointees on her mayoral committee.
“Now, you could say it's not the mayor's job to check that chlorine stocks aren't depleted at water treatment plants. And I suppose in the”
On Cape Talk, the founder of Senso explains how a vibration and LED device helps deaf people sleep without missing alarms or sounds.
“And then, but these buildings are not necessarily equipped for deaf people because this is invisible disability. You know, you don't know a person has a disability in reference to the deaf community.”
On 702, a retired judge says royalties from his book go to Diabetes South Africa after his daughter and son both died of diabetes around age 40.
“This book, and I want to urge you to go check it out: Rich Pickings Out of the Past. And you're going to read a lot about the lessons that the judge, some of the significant events that he touches on, and the lessons…”
On Cape Talk, a guest explains how disability and dread disease cover changed her sister's finances during stage four colorectal cancer.
“Just how important these conversations can be. Cindy, good to have you with us. Hi, Sarah Jane. Lovely to be on the show with you and hello to all your listeners. It's lovely to have you with us.”
On Cape Talk, a doctor says most people may carry a dormant cancer, and that only the heart itself escapes, not its covering.
“The only organ that doesn't get cancerous is your heart. It's only the covering of the heart which can, the pericardium, which can have cancer, but the heart itself.”
A Cape Talk host reads Sue Seeger's poem on Eastern Cape hospitals lacking ICU beds, medicines and staff, urging people to vote.
“It's a poem by a journalist called Sue Seeger.”
Dr Chris Smith cites a Japanese study of 300,000 people showing no link between the MMR vaccine and autism diagnoses.
“Five years ago, this was spuriously and erroneously linked to the development of certain developmental disorders like autism off the back of vaccination.”
A guest on SAfm's The Full Circle explains how men and women seek help differently after divorce, and why isolation raises the risk of suicidal ideation.
“And then I asked: what kind of information did you require at the time as a man initiating and going through this next chapter? I'll start it like this: I'll use a comparison.”
Sprinter Akani Simbine tells Cape Talk that missing a Tokyo Olympic medal hit him harder than Paris, leading to therapy and antidepressants.
“The one that knocked me was Tokyo Olympics, which was the COVID Olympics. And that year, I had everything geared up to actually win, and my shape was in form, and it just didn't come out when I finished fourth.”
A 702 host and callers discuss Jacob Zuma's weekend speech, his apparent frailty and his son standing behind him throughout.
“But also, his speech was very erratic. It was very repetitive. At one point, he asked for.”
The story so far
5 moments on 2 stations
Sun 1 Nov, 15:02702
Zuma dances at MK final rally in first outing since hospitalSun 1 Nov, 21:03SAfm
Zuma asks rally why anyone would arrest himMon 2 Nov, 06:05702
Zuma vows MK will take back the country through numbersMon 2 Nov, 12:24702This one
Listeners react to Zuma's rally speech: frail, erratic, repetitive
Mon 2 Nov, 23:48702
Host marvels at Zuma line: 'I'm going to die a member of the ANC'
A SAfm host recounts how a falsified Lancet article on vaccines was pulled yet still circulates, as measles and polio return in South Africa.
“Also, bring fantasy into the argument, which also doesn't help us because many on the ground take their faith leaders seriously.”
A Power FM guest says women facing contraceptive stockouts can't rely on pharmacies or gynaecologists, calling reproductive health a right.
“Immediate resolve do they have themselves? That is a tricky one because saying go to your nearest clinic and hospital is something that you won't then be able to do if they are out of stock.”
A 702 presenter discusses the dark-gym workout trend and cites a 58-woman experiment on mirrors and body image.
“And some people would be pulling weights, for example, or doing something and looking at the mirror to see that one, they're doing it right. There's that, there's that question, right? Is my form right?”
A relationship therapist tells SAfm's Quantum that post-traumatic growth is intentional work, illustrated by a martial-arts training story.
“And then, with that said, yeah, we have Eleklo Honolo Mazindo, relationship therapist, a mental health practitioner, Mr. Maz. Hello, Monday. Good morning. How are you? Welcome.”
A Power FM commentator attacks past and present Tshwane leaders over unchlorinated water in Bronkhorstspruit, citing a chlorine price excuse.
“And they even cautioned people that we are supplying with water that is not clean. How can you do that? And they were saying,”
Taryn Tomilson tells Richard Sutton how aggressive juvenile rheumatoid arthritis began at 17 and spread to every joint within weeks.
“And I got up, and as I got up, it felt like my knee jumped out of socket. Like as I stood up, it was like, oh shit, that twisted my knee. That's what I thought. It was hot and it was inflamed and it was terribly sore.”
Laughter on air
A mother of twin autistic boys on Power FM describes how communities offer selective compassion, from church to public spaces, as her sons grew older.
“And it was therapy in the sense that, you know, a lot of times when people talk about disability or something like autism, we are concentrating very much on going to school and all of those things are necessary. Yes.”
The story so far
2 moments on Power FM
Sun 1 Nov, 20:06Power FMThis one
Autism mum: nice versus kind, and church that can't handle a disruptive child
Sun 1 Nov, 20:27Power FM
Autism mum to business: we are your consumers, not a CSI project
An SAfm guest says school governing bodies can block sex education, and argues HIV must be seen as something that can affect anyone.
“School governing bodies in Dumiso.”
A UWC pharmacy professor says South African pharmacies must accept unused medicine, yet there is no awareness campaign or take-back programme.
“And as much as you are right with take back programs and government needs to be involved, I want to take us rather back to only use medicine when needed.”
A Balance Group physiotherapist says viral fitness challenges like 100 daily kettlebell swings are fine if conditioned, but often cause injuries.
“The block. Do it consistently. You'll see and feel the results. You'll be better for this, my son. The internet gives us hacks, it gives us cracks.”
An allergy clinic founder explains why allergies flare in the autumn transition: more time indoors with pets, dust mites and pollution from fires.
“Why do some allergies only flare up at this time of the year where we're seeing a transition, obviously, from the wonderful summer months into now autumn?”
On 702, relationship coach Lee Joy describes her disorganised attachment style and how self-abandonment and blaming exes shaped her relationships.
“So it's this push-pull kind of attachment style that I developed. And so I tended to go for avoidant personalities who avoided me because of this push-pull dynamic that I have inside of me.”
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Sat 31 Oct, 19:12702
Coach explains why relationship hoppers skip the internal workSat 31 Oct, 19:19702This one
Coach admits her own push-pull attachment style drew her to avoidant partners
MEC Mireille Wenger urged Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to prioritise imported medicines at Durban port as shortages persist.
“Western Cape Health Department says the poor management of the country's ports is affecting the rollout of crucial medication.”
On Power FM, a journalist says she tried therapy but relies on prayer, worship music and venting with colleagues to cope with distressing stories.
“That people go read this book as we're sitting here. I'm seeing some lines here that are very important. For example, he says the newsroom has a way of forgetting in real time.”
Laughter on air
A Cape Talk guest describes grieving her son's complex future, isolation, and not knowing why he developed conduct disorder.
“There's nothing more lonely than parenting in the sense that you don't have parenting without the feeling of parenting without a village. And I can't imagine what it must be like feeling that.”
On 702, Dr Fundile Nyati gives heat-collapse first aid and explains why clothing is removed: layers constrict blood flow and block cooling.
“And if you've got a towel nearby that has been soaked in ice water, you can then apply that towel throughout the body, especially around the head and neck, to try and pull the person down.”
Krista Pike, who survived a botched execution in Tennessee last month, says she is in constant pain and isolated in a prison hospital.
“And in the U.S., Krista Pike said she remains in constant pain, struggles to speak, and has been largely isolated in a prison hospital after surviving a lethal injection last month.”
A Cape Talk caller says weighing food and logging macros showed he was undereating, and he went from 50kg to 68kg.
“But what is the reason? Especially for females or women, because being underweight really affects whether it's the menstrual cycle, our hormones, our mental health, immunity, even with men as well.”
A guest on Cape Talk says only five or six neurodevelopmental paediatricians serve public clinics, while private assessments cost R6,000 to R12,000.
“Between what we get in public hospitals versus private hospitals? So, in public hospitals, there are only within South Africa probably five or six neurodevelopmental pediatricians working within these developmental…”
Quincy Malope of A Million Girls Foundation tells Cape Talk why EDCs in pads need explaining despite the minister's safety assurances.
“These products are essential for dignity and education, and it's the core mission of Quincy Malope's work. Recent studies highlight a need for better transparency and regulation. Quincy, welcome.”
A UJ optometry professor tells 702 how students run outdoor eye clinics, ending with a chief thanking her for restoring his grandmother's reading.
“Students wake up at the crack of dawn. We start setting up, possibly half past six, seven o'clock in the morning, winter or summer, rain or shine, will set up.”
A podiatrist on Cape Talk explains how diabetes numbs the foot, citing amputation and death statistics and warning that pre-diabetes is still diabetes.
“Definition of the diabetic foot. It says the foot of diabetic patients with ulceration, infection, and/or destruction of the deep tissues associated with neurological abnormalities and various degrees of peripheral…”
A Naked Scientists guest tells Cape Talk AI that designs helpful bacteriophages could also be misused to engineer more dangerous pathogens.
“Zara writes, he's raised questions around biosecurity, specifically AI lowering the technical barrier to synthesize pathogens or dangerous biocompounds. What's the risk, Zara asks? Yeah, hi, Zara.”
On Cape Talk, a host and guest discuss men hiding emotional pain, the critique that men built oppressive systems, and unresolved childhood wounds.
“Maybe you find yourself in a situation where you can't. You simply can't cope, but you dare not express that because the expectation is that you must be a man. You must be in control.”
On 702, a philosophy lecturer explains that people hold conflicting beliefs by describing the part wanting to lose weight and the part wanting cake.
“There's a part of you that wants to eat that piece of cake that you see in front of you right now. So we're battling these various parts of ourselves. As in the two truths that can exist at”
A 947 host says weight loss gummies are a scam that uses the likenesses of local radio personalities, now with AI voices.
“There are no such thing as weight loss gummies, guys. Stop giving these people your money. It's a scam. It's a proper scam. It's a scam. They use me, they use Li and Manners. There's a third person, Devi.”
A caller on The Aubrey Masango Show describes night-time assaults and loose teeth, asking whether witchcraft has a bad side too.
“To find out is there the element of witchcraft in this whole thing? Because you know, what I'm experiencing with myself and my life, I think I'm going through a horrible, horrible, horrible time.”
Residents of Hammanskraal say they vote amid a water crisis dating to 2004 that turned deadly in a 2023 cholera outbreak.
“Hamas Ground's water crisis dates back to 2004, meaning residents have been grappling with water challenges for more than two decades.”
A Bonitas member with a displaced wrist fracture was told to find three implant quotes herself before surgery could be authorised.
“Moved some of the cases, but Wendy says there's still so many cases coming, including a person who had to get a badly broken wrist repaired and was told to haggle over the price of the plates and screws that were needed.”
An SABC reporter says a woman in her late 70s collapsed in a Shallcross voting queue; no ambulance came, so she was taken by Uber.
“A story that the SABC has been covering: an elderly woman dying after collapsing at a voting station. Have you got details for us there, Talisha?”
The story so far
2 moments on 2 stations
Mon 2 Nov, 17:05702
IEC presiding officer collapses and dies at voting stationWed 4 Nov, 17:08SAfmThis one
Elderly woman dies in Shallcross queue after three ambulances never arrive
A Cape Talk caller from Atlantis says this will be his last election with vision, but he will dress up and vote anyway.
“From first-time voters to people who has voted in every single democratic election in South Africa. As-salamu alaykum, Muhammad in Atlantis, how are you feeling today? Very sad, listen, man. Why so?”
On 702, a hypnotherapy guest gives listeners a visualisation trick for fear, picturing yourself in a TV show looking at the snake, and the studio laughs.
“Okay, when you do it and you feel that feeling, visualize yourself as though you're in a TV show looking at the snake, and it'll feel 10 times better. What? Visualize yourself as if you see.”
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Wed 4 Nov, 02:43702
Hypnotist says he cured a radio host's bird phobia in 20 minutesWed 4 Nov, 02:46702This one
Host's snake phobia trick: picture yourself on a TV watching it
A hypnotherapist on 702 says hypnosis works faster than conventional therapy, citing clients who compared it with their therapist and psychiatrist.
“But when you compare three years of therapy to six sessions, then you can get it into perspective.”
A hypnotherapist on 702 debunks TV myths, saying parents ask her to force teens to stop lying and she cannot.
“Some life coaching courses around transformation coaching, CBT courses, REBT courses. Then I came across, funny enough, an executive coaching course.”
A Rockefeller University cardiologist says brown fat, activated by cold, is linked to fewer health conditions, and losartan activated it in cells and mice.
“But new research examining the medical records and scans of more than 100,000 patients has found that if you have more brown fat, it could reduce your likelihood of having various health conditions, including mental…”
A Tshwane official says residents use ritual 'holy water' and contaminated dam water, and tanker suppliers resumed selling after police left.
“They call the holy water where we are struggling to pull the residents out of to a point where I even said to the team, please go and test the water because we're not going to win this because people are so used to…”
The story so far
2 moments on 2 stations
Tue 3 Nov, 06:56702
Water mafia is spreading and risks becoming entrenched, guest warnsTue 3 Nov, 20:03Kaya 959This one
Tshwane official: holy water and black dam water fuel illness
On 947, hosts discuss how the body signals a bad relationship, including a host whose eczema vanished after leaving a five-and-a-half-year relationship.
“That feeling that something is just off about this person, you just like your man or love your man, your man so much, but your body just keeps rejecting. And with the rejection, comes no, I'm overthinking.”
A Council for Medical Schemes appeals ruling overturned the registrar and ordered full funding for a 15-year-old's treatment, his lawyer says.
“They've overturned its own registrar's decision and ordered that Key Health Medical Scheme to fund life-saving treatment in full for a 15-year-old boy suffering from a rare and potentially life-threatening blood…”
A DA mayoral candidate argues Tshwane's mayor must answer for the Bronkhorstspruit water illness outbreak and for ANC appointees on her mayoral committee.
“Now, you could say it's not the mayor's job to check that chlorine stocks aren't depleted at water treatment plants. And I suppose in the”
On Cape Talk, the founder of Senso explains how a vibration and LED device helps deaf people sleep without missing alarms or sounds.
“And then, but these buildings are not necessarily equipped for deaf people because this is invisible disability. You know, you don't know a person has a disability in reference to the deaf community.”
On 702, a retired judge says royalties from his book go to Diabetes South Africa after his daughter and son both died of diabetes around age 40.
“This book, and I want to urge you to go check it out: Rich Pickings Out of the Past. And you're going to read a lot about the lessons that the judge, some of the significant events that he touches on, and the lessons…”
On Cape Talk, a guest explains how disability and dread disease cover changed her sister's finances during stage four colorectal cancer.
“Just how important these conversations can be. Cindy, good to have you with us. Hi, Sarah Jane. Lovely to be on the show with you and hello to all your listeners. It's lovely to have you with us.”
On Cape Talk, a doctor says most people may carry a dormant cancer, and that only the heart itself escapes, not its covering.
“The only organ that doesn't get cancerous is your heart. It's only the covering of the heart which can, the pericardium, which can have cancer, but the heart itself.”
A Cape Talk host reads Sue Seeger's poem on Eastern Cape hospitals lacking ICU beds, medicines and staff, urging people to vote.
“It's a poem by a journalist called Sue Seeger.”
Dr Chris Smith cites a Japanese study of 300,000 people showing no link between the MMR vaccine and autism diagnoses.
“Five years ago, this was spuriously and erroneously linked to the development of certain developmental disorders like autism off the back of vaccination.”
A guest on SAfm's The Full Circle explains how men and women seek help differently after divorce, and why isolation raises the risk of suicidal ideation.
“And then I asked: what kind of information did you require at the time as a man initiating and going through this next chapter? I'll start it like this: I'll use a comparison.”
Sprinter Akani Simbine tells Cape Talk that missing a Tokyo Olympic medal hit him harder than Paris, leading to therapy and antidepressants.
“The one that knocked me was Tokyo Olympics, which was the COVID Olympics. And that year, I had everything geared up to actually win, and my shape was in form, and it just didn't come out when I finished fourth.”
A 702 host and callers discuss Jacob Zuma's weekend speech, his apparent frailty and his son standing behind him throughout.
“But also, his speech was very erratic. It was very repetitive. At one point, he asked for.”
The story so far
5 moments on 2 stations
Sun 1 Nov, 15:02702
Zuma dances at MK final rally in first outing since hospitalSun 1 Nov, 21:03SAfm
Zuma asks rally why anyone would arrest himMon 2 Nov, 06:05702
Zuma vows MK will take back the country through numbersMon 2 Nov, 12:24702This one
Listeners react to Zuma's rally speech: frail, erratic, repetitive
Mon 2 Nov, 23:48702
Host marvels at Zuma line: 'I'm going to die a member of the ANC'A SAfm host recounts how a falsified Lancet article on vaccines was pulled yet still circulates, as measles and polio return in South Africa.
“Also, bring fantasy into the argument, which also doesn't help us because many on the ground take their faith leaders seriously.”
A Power FM guest says women facing contraceptive stockouts can't rely on pharmacies or gynaecologists, calling reproductive health a right.
“Immediate resolve do they have themselves? That is a tricky one because saying go to your nearest clinic and hospital is something that you won't then be able to do if they are out of stock.”
A 702 presenter discusses the dark-gym workout trend and cites a 58-woman experiment on mirrors and body image.
“And some people would be pulling weights, for example, or doing something and looking at the mirror to see that one, they're doing it right. There's that, there's that question, right? Is my form right?”
A relationship therapist tells SAfm's Quantum that post-traumatic growth is intentional work, illustrated by a martial-arts training story.
“And then, with that said, yeah, we have Eleklo Honolo Mazindo, relationship therapist, a mental health practitioner, Mr. Maz. Hello, Monday. Good morning. How are you? Welcome.”
A Power FM commentator attacks past and present Tshwane leaders over unchlorinated water in Bronkhorstspruit, citing a chlorine price excuse.
“And they even cautioned people that we are supplying with water that is not clean. How can you do that? And they were saying,”
Taryn Tomilson tells Richard Sutton how aggressive juvenile rheumatoid arthritis began at 17 and spread to every joint within weeks.
“And I got up, and as I got up, it felt like my knee jumped out of socket. Like as I stood up, it was like, oh shit, that twisted my knee. That's what I thought. It was hot and it was inflamed and it was terribly sore.”
A mother of twin autistic boys on Power FM describes how communities offer selective compassion, from church to public spaces, as her sons grew older.
“And it was therapy in the sense that, you know, a lot of times when people talk about disability or something like autism, we are concentrating very much on going to school and all of those things are necessary. Yes.”
The story so far
2 moments on Power FM
Sun 1 Nov, 20:06Power FMThis one
Autism mum: nice versus kind, and church that can't handle a disruptive child
Sun 1 Nov, 20:27Power FM
Autism mum to business: we are your consumers, not a CSI projectAn SAfm guest says school governing bodies can block sex education, and argues HIV must be seen as something that can affect anyone.
“School governing bodies in Dumiso.”
A UWC pharmacy professor says South African pharmacies must accept unused medicine, yet there is no awareness campaign or take-back programme.
“And as much as you are right with take back programs and government needs to be involved, I want to take us rather back to only use medicine when needed.”
A Balance Group physiotherapist says viral fitness challenges like 100 daily kettlebell swings are fine if conditioned, but often cause injuries.
“The block. Do it consistently. You'll see and feel the results. You'll be better for this, my son. The internet gives us hacks, it gives us cracks.”
An allergy clinic founder explains why allergies flare in the autumn transition: more time indoors with pets, dust mites and pollution from fires.
“Why do some allergies only flare up at this time of the year where we're seeing a transition, obviously, from the wonderful summer months into now autumn?”
On 702, relationship coach Lee Joy describes her disorganised attachment style and how self-abandonment and blaming exes shaped her relationships.
“So it's this push-pull kind of attachment style that I developed. And so I tended to go for avoidant personalities who avoided me because of this push-pull dynamic that I have inside of me.”
The story so far
2 moments on 702
Sat 31 Oct, 19:12702
Coach explains why relationship hoppers skip the internal workSat 31 Oct, 19:19702This one
Coach admits her own push-pull attachment style drew her to avoidant partners
MEC Mireille Wenger urged Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to prioritise imported medicines at Durban port as shortages persist.
“Western Cape Health Department says the poor management of the country's ports is affecting the rollout of crucial medication.”
On Power FM, a journalist says she tried therapy but relies on prayer, worship music and venting with colleagues to cope with distressing stories.
“That people go read this book as we're sitting here. I'm seeing some lines here that are very important. For example, he says the newsroom has a way of forgetting in real time.”
A Cape Talk guest describes grieving her son's complex future, isolation, and not knowing why he developed conduct disorder.
“There's nothing more lonely than parenting in the sense that you don't have parenting without the feeling of parenting without a village. And I can't imagine what it must be like feeling that.”
On 702, Dr Fundile Nyati gives heat-collapse first aid and explains why clothing is removed: layers constrict blood flow and block cooling.
“And if you've got a towel nearby that has been soaked in ice water, you can then apply that towel throughout the body, especially around the head and neck, to try and pull the person down.”
Krista Pike, who survived a botched execution in Tennessee last month, says she is in constant pain and isolated in a prison hospital.
“And in the U.S., Krista Pike said she remains in constant pain, struggles to speak, and has been largely isolated in a prison hospital after surviving a lethal injection last month.”
A Cape Talk caller says weighing food and logging macros showed he was undereating, and he went from 50kg to 68kg.
“But what is the reason? Especially for females or women, because being underweight really affects whether it's the menstrual cycle, our hormones, our mental health, immunity, even with men as well.”
A guest on Cape Talk says only five or six neurodevelopmental paediatricians serve public clinics, while private assessments cost R6,000 to R12,000.
“Between what we get in public hospitals versus private hospitals? So, in public hospitals, there are only within South Africa probably five or six neurodevelopmental pediatricians working within these developmental…”
Quincy Malope of A Million Girls Foundation tells Cape Talk why EDCs in pads need explaining despite the minister's safety assurances.
“These products are essential for dignity and education, and it's the core mission of Quincy Malope's work. Recent studies highlight a need for better transparency and regulation. Quincy, welcome.”
A UJ optometry professor tells 702 how students run outdoor eye clinics, ending with a chief thanking her for restoring his grandmother's reading.
“Students wake up at the crack of dawn. We start setting up, possibly half past six, seven o'clock in the morning, winter or summer, rain or shine, will set up.”
A podiatrist on Cape Talk explains how diabetes numbs the foot, citing amputation and death statistics and warning that pre-diabetes is still diabetes.
“Definition of the diabetic foot. It says the foot of diabetic patients with ulceration, infection, and/or destruction of the deep tissues associated with neurological abnormalities and various degrees of peripheral…”
A Naked Scientists guest tells Cape Talk AI that designs helpful bacteriophages could also be misused to engineer more dangerous pathogens.
“Zara writes, he's raised questions around biosecurity, specifically AI lowering the technical barrier to synthesize pathogens or dangerous biocompounds. What's the risk, Zara asks? Yeah, hi, Zara.”
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