The moments worth hearing, as they happen.

Caller wants to apologise at W. de Klerk's grave for his 1988 reaction

A caller tells Aubrey Masango he wants to apologise at a grave for nearly breaking his TV over a 1988 speech about black rule.

“When are you slowing down, bro? You never slow down. My brother, I can't slow down. I don't have that speed. Naughty. Yes, always.”

Laughter on air

Host: no South African is happy, and white Capetonians feel betrayed too

On 702, a speaker argues that South Africans of all races feel betrayed by the political elite, citing white Capetonians pushed to the city's outskirts.

“But have you noticed that all South Africans, black and white, are saying that this country has not served me? I don't know if you are watching. Yeah, I'm with you. White South Africans in Cape Town are saying,”

Long-term permanent resident: I pay rates but can't vote in municipal polls

A caller who has lived in South Africa since 1980 says permanent residents who pay rates and tariffs should be allowed to vote in municipal elections.

“Even in Joe Slovo, I was there about eight months ago. They had front-end loaders picking up an earth of rubbish, cleaning it out. Everything. Let me say this to you, John.”

Aubrey Masango: black leadership hates black people, not the reverse

Aubrey Masango tells listeners an angry SMS misread him: he says leaders who belittle voters as uneducated are demeaning the people who elected them.

“I'm saying that black leadership hates black people.”

Analyst: Trump can rule by decree; Democrats' only real lever is the purse

A 702 guest says a Democratic Congress can impeach but not remove Trump, who governs by executive order, leaving budget and court seats as leverage.

“Also, wondering about Trump. Just note this. We know that the Democrats will control the Congress, the House of Representatives, and it will control the Senate. In the House of Representatives, it can impeach Trump.”

Guest: Trump speaks for despised white working class, but only a particular common person

A guest on 702 argues Biden and Harris ignored their base while Trump, an outsider, tapped resentment of the Washington elite over fuel and grocery prices.

“That even when Biden and then came in in 2020, they ignored the people that put them there. So the issues of the Black Lives Matter movement took a back, you know, took a backstep to the issues they wanted to do in…”

Mkhonto party mayor: champagne for a few or clean water for all

A party representative on SAfm says it will serve all residents, including DA voters, and promises to connect a Matlosana caller to his ward councillor.

“And on Monday, the councillors of Mkonto Ciso Party will hit the ground running to correct all the challenges that the public has given us.”

Analyst: 'Swart gevaar' tactics and Zille's return drove a shock election outcome

A Kaya 959 analyst argues the DA and FF Plus benefited from a 'swart gevaar' appeal, with a Trump-style effect of shy voters and abstainers.

“And sometimes that can happen, where you're hearing stories of, well, you know, a lot of the people who are in poor communities didn't have their IDs.”

MK says 2024 coalition deal was done before the vote and Zuma skipped the meeting

An MK Party representative on Kaya 959 says ANC and DA coalition talks predated the May 2024 elections, so Zuma stayed away from the meeting.

“Leadership team. You also do have a party where your president has a lot of powers according to your constitution.”

Laughter on air

ActionSA: GNU formed wrongly, president elected with no reforms agreed

An ActionSA representative says the GNU statement of intent is so vague everyone agrees, and unemployment is highest in SA two years in.

“Institutional power was given to the president, it was all Mr. President, Mr. President. The statement of intent document which was drawn up is so vague and broad that everyone agrees to it and no one agrees to it at…”

Crowd moment

ActionSA jumps from 7 to 50 at Tembisa school as ANC falls to 28

A Corder Report host reads a Tembisa voting-station result showing ActionSA overtaking the ANC, which fell from 69 to 28.

“Let me just tell you about Isi Ziba Primary School in Tembisa. ANC 28, which is down 41. They got 69 last time out. ActionSA is now the biggest with 50, up from 7 plus 43 in Tembisa. It's absolutely extraordinary.”

Black Joburg voters secretly back DA for service delivery, host says

A Corder Report host says black Johannesburg voters privately admit they dislike the DA but will vote for it to get basic service delivery.

“Confession, which is: I hate the DA and I hate what they stand for, but I want basic service delivery competence in my city. And I believe the DA is the best place to do that.”

Casper armoured vehicle's name is an anagram of SAP and CSIR

The Corder Report hosts explain Casper stands for the police and the CSIR, and the Kentridge artwork 'Casper's Full of Love' mocks apartheid-era radio greetings.

“Casper, the vehicle. Yes, the military vehicle used by the apartheid state to crush dissent and fight other countries at our border.”

Analyst: ANC and its offshoots fall below 50% for first time

A Kaya 959 analyst says projections show the ANC plus parties born from it, EFF and MK, dropping under 50% combined, from 63% in 2024.

“They were projected on the base of their performance beforehand to win at Tequin. Yes. It doesn't look like I mean they'll be the biggest party, but they're not going to come close.”

Crowd moment

Commentator: FF Plus Afrikaners are 'constructively angry', not extremists

A BizNews commentator says the Freedom Front Plus is not a scary right-wing party and that some black voters are backing it too.

“This group of Afrikaners have got friends in there, you know what I'm saying, who love to be of this country. They're not out there to say, let's exit or let's break up Slovakia.”

Commentator: removing AGOA is collective punishment of South Africa

A political commentator says South Africa should not celebrate Trump's midterm loss and must lobby harder as AGOA removal hits citrus, cars and wine.

“We sent a reasonably well-mannered man to go and represent South Africa as ambassador to the USA. I think that we should give him the chance. We should not work against him. So it's not time to celebrate Trump losing.”

Commentator urges Mashaba to bury anger at Zille for Joburg's sake

A BizNews commentator says ActionSA's Herman Mashaba is well-intentioned but should set aside personal anger at Helen Zille to help Johannesburg.

“Sole, I can't see him and Helen Zille coming to an agreement. What do you think? Look, I like Mashaba as a person. I think his intentions are well.”

BER economist: failing municipalities cost business twice, and election may restore confidence

BER chief economist Lisette Eisel de Schiepe says municipal dysfunction raises business costs and deters investment, but stable coalitions could restore confidence.

“And Lisette, talk to me about the fact that municipalities are seen as a political story, but my goodness me, the economic cost of dysfunction, the cost to businesses, the cost to local economies around them has been…”

ANC demands recount after MK Party declared winner in Pietermaritzburg ward

Tensions flared at a Sobantu hall after the ANC disputed Ward 35's result and filed a formal dispute with the IEC.

“ANCNEC member Batavilamini says the party wants a fair process regardless of who wins. We can't predict the outcome. We want justice. We want things to be done correctly.”

AKA's politics: ANC regalia, Zuma admiration and the xenophobia row

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”

SMWX host warns ANC: Ramaphosa leaves party at 31% from 62%

An SMWX presenter says the election is a body blow to Ramaphosa's legacy and the Madlanga Commission shocked voters into rejecting the ANC.

“You will no longer be the biggest party in South Africa in 2029 unless you take radical steps to improve the lives of people, to govern right, and to get your house in order. But I mean, even saying those.”

CSIR projects ANC below 50% in Eastern Cape and Limpopo heartlands

An SMWX presenter reads fresh CSIR provincial projections showing the ANC losing its majority in Eastern Cape and slipping in Limpopo.

“Let's have a look at the Eastern Cape, the ANC's heartland. The ANC is kind of, it's almost its birthplace, not technically, but so many of its important leaders have come from the ANC. Look at this.”

Mokonyane and 702 host clash over ANC's Joburg failures: cable theft or mistakes

ANC chair Nomvula Mokonyane blames vandalism, cable theft and coalition instability for Joburg's failures; the host says they are ANC mistakes.

“You know there was cable theft, there was vandalism. Thirdly, you knew that when electricity”

Pillay: White House staff prepared sanctions papers against her UN commission

Nobel laureate Navi Pillay says she was told US officials were drafting sanctions on her and two fellow Gaza commissioners, so they secured savings.

“But you mentioned the Commission on Israel and Palestine and East Jerusalem set up by the United Nations Human Rights Council.”

ANC figure likens breakaway parties to Zionist church bishops with 20 members

An ANC representative on 702 denies the party's decline is its own doing, blaming breakaways and comparing them to small churches.

“Once all the numbers are in and the 14-day period of putting coalitions together gets underway, yeah, it's going to be fascinating stuff. We appreciate your time. Always a pleasure, John.”

ANC's Dumisani Dakile: we didn't do enough, leadership must be assessed

An ANC leader on Power FM admits the party ignored warnings on municipalities and says its leaders at all levels must be assessed after the elections.

“Are we confident enough that those lessons can be taken to the local government and serve the interest of our people? For me, that's where the question is going to lie.”

Zille: Joburg coalition needs signed anti-corruption deal, city has no money

DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille says Johannesburg's empty coffers and endemic corruption mean any coalition needs a signed anti-corruption strategy.

“You've just set out that yes, it's not going to be perfect, but we can do this well enough. I mean, presumably, well enough is what you're aiming for or not? Something higher?”

Coalition partners don't read the agreement, only want portfolios, says guest

A guest on 702 says lessons from the 2024 national coalition show partners ignore agreements and chase portfolios, paying lip service to values.

“For a start I found that many coalition partners in South Africa don't read the coalition agreement.”

IEC opens case over 10 missing special-vote ballots in Eastern Cape

The IEC says 10 ballots from home visits went missing; a case is opened against the presiding officer and police are investigating.

“The IEC in the Eastern Cape has opened a case against its presiding officer from Sikaya to local municipality for missing ballots.”

Also on 947 · Kaya 959

ActionSA's Beaumont: SA moving to era of performance-based voting

ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont says voters are rejecting the same parties and urges that failing parties, including his own, be kicked out.

“But where I think we must celebrate as a country is we're moving to an era of performance-based voting.”

ANC's Mantashe: electricity access rose from 34% to 95% since 1994

ANC national chair Gwede Mantashe defends the party's record, saying access to electricity and water has expanded greatly over 32 years.

“I always remind people that in 1994, only 34% of South Africa had access to electricity. Today, it's 95% that has access to electricity. People ignore that because they have the electricity.”

Analyst: seven metros headed for coalitions as ActionSA eats ANC's lunch

An analyst tells Cape Talk only Cape Town will be single-party run, and coalitions may hit 50% of municipalities, up from 60 in 2021.

“losing wards in its traditional heartlands, losing wards in Atteridgeville, in Suane, at risk of losing wards in Soweto and losing control and not just the majority that they would have had five years ago, but losing…”

Mashaba: ActionSA has won 54 wards off the ANC in Gauteng metros

ActionSA's leader says the party took 54 Gauteng metro wards from the ANC, and is now the largest party in Laingsburg in the Karoo.

“So far, what we have been able to gleam is that ActionSA has won 54 wards off the ANC in the three Gauteng metros, and that number is growing very rapidly as we're going.”

Also on SAfm · 947

Tony Leon on 1994: DP fought to survive, now DA may trail ANC by 5%

Former DA leader Tony Leon recalls the DP's 1994 struggle and says private projections put the DA near 26% and the ANC near 31%.

“So what would you say to a young Tony Leon if you got into a time machine and said, well, you know, we got like 1% of the vote back in 94. Hang in there because you're going to see a 19, 2026. Yeah.”

Tony Leon: ANC is a carcass on life support, with thousands of jobs lost

Former DA leader Tony Leon likens the ANC to a carcass picked over by predators, warning that lost councillor jobs could make its leadership race ugly.

“Nationally, maybe got two and a half last time. So that's, of course, growth from a low base. But it doesn't give you a national footprint in the way that the big three or four parties have.”

Tony Leon: DA could use ANC's own 2024 formula, risking GNU rupture

Former DA leader Tony Leon says the DA could invoke the ANC's 2024 'largest party leads' formula for metro mayoralties, a high-stakes game of chicken.

“Are entitled to the mayoralty in the places where we got the most votes. Now, the ANC can say, well, you know, what worked two years ago for us doesn't work for you two years later. And then what's the DA going to do?”

Supporters of the Siyancuma Independent Forum stormed a Northern Cape voting station, destroying ballots; the IEC declared it a crime scene.

“We begin in the Northern Cape, where the counting of ballots has been disrupted after members of a local political party forced their way into a voting station in Douglas and tore ballots.”

DA says it is shocked at gains, will now govern Swartland outright

A DA representative on SAfm says the party never governed Swartland and now will outright, and has taken wards from the ANC elsewhere.

“So, in Swartland, as an example, we have never governed Swartland, and we're now going to govern Swartland outright.”

Economist: AGOA exclusion tells South Africa 'being black is a crime'

Independent economist Stephen Mancho reacts to South Africa's removal from AGOA on Power FM, claiming it targets black economic participation.

“Africa's participation in AGOA talking to Stephen Mancho, who's an independent economist. Immediate reaction: number of reasons why we've been longing for it. Longing for it.”

IEC: reprinting 3 million ballots after court ruling caused delays

IEC deputy chief electoral officer says a court order forced a reprint of three million ballots, and choppers were used to cross flooded rivers.

“The IEC. So, Masergo, let me start with the big picture then. Was yesterday's election an operational success or were there more problems perhaps than you had anticipated?”

Wits professor: Trump's midterm loss is a sigh of relief for South Africa

Wits professor John Stremlau says the Democratic midterm win gives South Africa breathing space on trade, urging Ramaphosa to act fast.

“Now, as you will be well aware, Donald Trump has emerged from the US midterm elections politically weakened. But what does that mean for South Africa?”

Election timeline: results in 7 days, then 14 days for coalitions

Cape Talk's Pippa Hudson explains the IEC's gazetting deadline, the 14-day coalition window and the Friday 5pm objections cutoff.

“Several people asking the same question around the timeline and when we should be seeing final results and what happens thereafter. Look at Sue and others who are asking this.”

ActionSA wants polling regulated after pollsters missed its surge

ActionSA's Michael Beaumont tells 702 pollsters are conflicted and says the party has tabled a private member's bill to regulate polling.

“We've tabled a private member's bill in Parliament to say that polling needs to be regulated in South Africa. Many countries around the world regulate polling, they recognize the risk.”

Crowd moment

Power FM host: not stupid, but politically illiterate, black voters outsource democracy

A Power FM panel argues many black South Africans outsource political participation, citing a community that fixes a church but not a clinic.

“Instead of stupid, I believe we've got politically illiterate South Africans, especially black people. You see, ours is a”

MK Party wins first KZN municipality, Richmond, with 56.3%

With counting complete in Richmond Local Municipality, MK took 56.3%, and its provincial spokesperson says it is gaining from DA, IFP and ANC.

“The MK Party has just won its first municipality in KZN. It is the Richmond Local Municipality. 100% of the counting is done, and the MK Party got 56.3%. So they are definitely going to be governing the Richmond.”

Crowd moment

Callers slam Mantashe's 'maturing democracy' excuse for ANC losses

On 702, callers criticise Gwede Mantashe for blaming ANC decline on a maturing democracy, calling it arrogant and out of touch with voters.

“You want to talk about Gwede Mantashe? Good morning. Morning. I don't understand what Gwede Mantashe is talking about because the purpose and the main aim of this exercise is to win the race.”

Hill-Lewis projects DA at 58% in Cape Town, says ANC won't win a metro

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis tells 702 the party is declaring victory in Cape Town, expecting about 58%, and says the ANC had a bad night.

“So let's speak to the mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, who's also the leader of the Democratic Alliance. Mayor, thank you so much for making time for us. Good morning. Good morning, Clements.”

Professor: politicised, cadre-deployed municipalities risk making SA a failed state

A KZN professor tells Cape Talk local government rot set in after the first decade of democracy and urges meritocracy.

“They provided basic services and they were quite responsible as municipal functionaries. Now, at that stage, we can say in the first decade of democracy, the municipal functionaries, in other words, the officials, the…”