Listener calls
When a listener phones a show, or sends a voice note that gets played, we log the call: the topic, their view in a sentence and their own words, with a clip of the call as it aired. Browse the last 7 days by station, show or topic.
Listener call
Argues that porous borders and reduced aid to Zimbabwe are drawing Zimbabweans to South Africa for chronic medication, and calls for a border fence or wall.
“They don't have money to buy chronic medication, so obvious Zimbabweans will cross over and come to South Africa.”
Errol in Durban
SAfm · Update at Noon · 2 Oct 12:51
Listener call
Questions the NHI’s corruption safeguards after hospitals allegedly failed trials and companies received government contracts, and asks that Dr Crisp explain the situation.
“All 10 hospitals failed completely and utterly.”
Mike in Newlands
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 2 Oct 10:26
Voice note
Reports that Makanda clinic has lacked chronic medication for three weeks, leaving elderly patients repeatedly told their medicines are unavailable, and asks for an investigation.
“Can someone investigate and come back to us with an answer?”
Joanne in Makanda
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 2 Oct 10:11
Listener call
Asks whether pain triggered by looking at sharp objects is imagined or a measurable physical sensation.
Zuki in Bloberg
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 2 Oct 09:50
Voice note
Asks whether consuming 20 alcohol units across a week is safer than bingeing them over a weekend, and questions drinking two glasses nightly.
“If a person consumes 20 units of alcohol over a week, is it worse than if someone consumes or binges 20 units on a weekend?”
Jason in Berkerville
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 2 Oct 09:47
Listener call
Asks whether long-term alcohol consumption, beginning early in life, affects cognitive performance in older age.
“What is the effect of long-term alcohol consumption on the brain?”
Anne in Thornton
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 2 Oct 09:44
Listener call
Explains that rotating two pairs of running shoes weekly and choosing high-rubber soles provides comfort on flat and rocky roads.
“The high rubber, at least they give me comfort when I run.”
Motel in Victoria
702 · 702 Breakfast · 2 Oct 07:38
Listener call
Says he deliberately avoids hugging friends’ wives and children, choosing handshakes because of concerns about current circumstances.
Tuso
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 2 Oct 07:15
Listener call
Argues that stereotypes and institutional failures discourage men from seeking mental-health care, while male victims of gender-based violence are treated as perpetrators.
“When they go help, they are treated as perpetrators because what victims?”
Tabo in Brown Fontaine
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 1 Oct 22:41
Voice note
Says the artist’s music played an important role in her healing and inspired her, urging him to continue being himself.
“It played such a huge important part in my healing process.”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 1 Oct 14:44
Listener call
Argues that South Africa lacks sufficient pediatric oncology capacity and asks what age women are eligible to receive the HPV vaccine.
“We bring children into this world, we expose them to disease that they had not chosen.”
Mafuta
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 1 Oct 10:53
Voice note
Asks why cancer still has no cure despite modern technology and expertise, and suggests pharmaceutical companies profit substantially from cancer treatments.
“How come we do not have a cure for cancer yet?”
A listener in Cape Town
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 1 Oct 10:32
Listener call
Argues that health authorities should promote healthy lifestyles, address cancer prevention, and improve funding and waiting times at healthcare institutions.
“For me, Joanne, I think health starts on a daily basis as to how we conduct our lives in terms of our lifestyles.”
Mafuta
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 1 Oct 10:25
Voice note
Warns that weight-loss injections are risky and insufficiently tested, advising people to exercise and walk instead.
“They are basically experimenting. So my advice is don't go for that.”
Bob in Polokwane
SAfm · Quantum · 1 Oct 03:32
Listener call
Describes an inclusive clinic offering assessments, screenings, and referrals for children with disabilities while training ECD practitioners to identify developmental concerns.
“We've got an organization based out in Kwatema Springs called the Kwatema Stimulation Center.”
McColice in Victoria
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 03:18
Listener call
Asks whether wearing a pad longer because of rationing and period poverty compromises safety, especially when menstruation lasts more than three or four days.
“Does the duration that someone wears a pad also impacts the safety of it?”
Zandila in East London
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 02:36
Voice note
Asks whether people living with HIV or taking HIV medication need to worry about prostate cancer and other diseases.
“Can a person living with HIV have a prostate cancer?”
A listener
SAfm · Night Fall · 30 Sept 23:29
Voice note
Argues that expired poisoned food cannot be addressed without first improving inhumane living conditions, especially in informal settlements.
“Until we address this issue of inhuman living conditions on the ground, we cannot expect healthy food to come out of such places.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:28
Listener call
Warns that people misuse terms and take weight-loss drugs without understanding their effects, arguing lifestyle changes are preferable.
“My biggest fear is these side effects.”
A caller
Cape Talk · Good Morning Cape Town · 30 Sept 08:45
Listener call
Asks whether recurring brief episodes of blurry vision are dangerous and whether they should see a doctor.
“My eyes will just go blurry and it'll slowly just come right within a couple of seconds.”
A caller
Cape Talk · Good Morning Cape Town · 30 Sept 08:44
Listener call
Questions the study’s methodology, arguing that it should compare emissions, population data and causes of death before linking pollution to premature deaths and asthma.
“I think it was premature for them to conclude that it causes those deaths.”
Nkangala in eThekwini
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:56
Voice note
Argues that higher birth rates resulted from the absence of contraceptives and pregnancy termination services, and questions how fertility rates can include decimal points.
“There was no termination of pregnancy services.”
A listener
702 · 30 Sept 01:44
