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
Describes successfully receiving a free first-time ID card and quickly collecting passports after applying at Home Affairs.
“We went on Monday to apply for our passports, and my husband has not applied for his ID card, and he got his for free.”
Vaureen in Heidelberg
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 05:18
Listener call
Says bank closures mean branches offering smart ID services remain limited, especially outside urban areas.
“The banks are closing the branches.”
Jay in Soweto
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 05:17
Listener call
Argues that making smart IDs free would increase corruption and enable more non-South Africans to obtain fraudulent documents.
“But giving the IDs free is going to be a free for all.”
Franz in Soweto
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 05:14
Listener call
Explains that Smart ID applicants are restricted to branches of the bank used for payment, with limited availability and poor disclosure before payment.
“They don't tell you that beforehand.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Zugi in Blouberg
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 04:41
Voice note
Argues that the smart ID card fee is unaffordable for financially struggling people, including those surviving on social grants.
“Why does the government seem so aloof to the financial rules of the people out there?”
A listener
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 04:29
Voice note
Says children are unlikely to drink water when their parents mainly consume coffee, tea, cordials and fizzy drinks.
A listener
Cape Talk · 2 Oct 03:38
Voice note
Asks why South Africa does not require vehicle fitness certificates every two years, as Malawi did during his seven years there.
“Why can't we do that in South Africa?”
Roger
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 23:54
Voice note
Says they observed Solidarity members being promoted more frequently than members of POPCRU and other unions, and asks whether this is true.
“It looks like most policemen were now going towards joining this union.”
Shikwan in Ennerdale
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 23:40
Listener call
Asks whether the many police ranks are necessary and effective, given that salaries appear to receive more funding than operations.
“Is this really necessary to do the work we're doing?”
Larry in Lanesia
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 23:39
Listener call
Asks how someone without policing experience or a career in the police can wear a decorated police uniform and be called a brigadier.
“How did it happen that someone who's got a background in communications?”
Sami in Centurion
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 23:35
Voice note
Argues that men are not taught emotional language and must model vulnerability so younger men learn to discuss their feelings.
“Women tell each other things in five minutes that men wouldn't tell each other after 10 years.”
A listener
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 20:50
Listener call
Asks what advice to give someone who sacrificed education and money to raise siblings but is now excluded from family decisions.
Braciu in Turf and Ten
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 20:33
Listener call
Asks which primate has the closest equivalent to human language and argues that velvet monkeys use distinct sounds to describe different predators.
“Is which primate has the closest example of language, as in words, to humans?”
Margaret in Tamboerskloof
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:36
Voice note
Asks what might happen if an AI system takes revenge.
“What happens if that AI takes revenge?”
A listener
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 15:58
Listener call
Explains that NSFAS’s unpaid amount to Stellenbosch University is preventing graduates from accessing transcripts and degrees, creating employment difficulties and anxiety.
“Practically, we cannot access our transcripts or get our degrees, which makes it difficult to find employment.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Robin
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 15:20
Voice note
Recommends soaking off gel nails at home with acetone, cotton wool and plastic clips to avoid damaging overbuffing at salons.
“I soak it off myself.”
Sandy
Cape Talk · Lunch with Pippa Hudson · 1 Oct 14:36
Voice note
Describes nail delamination and cracking after removing stick-on nails and using nail hardener, and asks how removal can be made gentler.
“They last for over a week.”
Liz
Cape Talk · Lunch with Pippa Hudson · 1 Oct 14:35
Voice note
Describes discovering Empire Coffee, enjoying its coffee and bunny rolls, and appreciating the welcoming community gathered there.
“And there's just this community of people that chat to you, and you just feel this welcoming thing.”
A listener
Cape Talk · Lunch with Pippa Hudson · 1 Oct 13:33
Listener call
Asks where women's organizations, particularly the ANC Women's League, are while women face violence, and argues severe penalties could deter men who threaten women with guns.
“Where are these organizations, particularly the ANC Women's League?”
A caller
Cape Talk · 1 Oct 12:19
Listener call
Argues that the city lacks transparency about reversing his electricity tariff change and says he cannot afford paying more on his small pension grant.
“I need to know what is going on.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Martin
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 1 Oct 11:50
Voice note
Asks whether a retailer will honour a voucher purchased three and a half years ago that has not been used.
“We have discovered a voucher that was purchased just over in fact three and a half years ago and that hasn't been used yet.”
Cheryl
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 1 Oct 11:28
Voice note
Claims Charlie Chaplin’s uncle farmed in South Africa and says descendants of that branch are scattered around Natal and the Cape.
“There is an entire branch of the Chaplin family in South Africa.”
Kate
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 1 Oct 09:28
Voice note
Argues that Julius Malema’s call for special courts is hypocritical given his own appeals and alleged proximity to controversial figures.
“Julius Malema asking for special courts to deal with high-ranking people in government.”
Eben
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 1 Oct 09:22
Listener call
Shares that the Lockenville group’s two brothers are related to Charlie Chaplin and says he knows their father.
“They are related to Charlie Chaplin.”
Murshed
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 1 Oct 09:19
