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
Ask AIDescribes pressure to find an expensive luxury car for a matric dance and argues that society creates undue financial pressure.
“What kind of pressure have we put on ourselves?”
DK in Pretoria
702 · The Aubrey Masango Show · 30 Sept 20:56
Listener call
Ask AIApologizes for remarks associated with Babmasuku, says Zulus are not inherently violent, and urges negotiation instead of violence.
“Please, we are not violent as Zulus.”
Sagadipo in Kagiso
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 20:53
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes growing up in a shack, working while studying, earning scholarships, saving money, and choosing a different path despite financial hardship.
“I grew up in a shack, and the first thing I did was to buy a three-piece raka table.”
A caller
Cape Talk · 30 Sept 20:40
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that climate change has always driven evolution, rejects fear-mongering, and urges people to love nature rather than fear it.
“So this fear-mongering about climate change is absurd.”
A listener
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 20:33
Listener call
Ask AIRaises the BEE issue and asks to discuss it, but is told the topic will be taken up in the next hour.
Korto in Pretoria North
Cape Talk · 30 Sept 20:32
Voice note
Ask AIExplains that studying an MBA, AI and Power BI is intended to build resilience, employability and relevance for future jobs.
“I am currently studying my MBA, almost done.”
A listener
Cape Talk · The Money Show · 30 Sept 19:09
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that South Africans are taxed heavily but receive poor value, describing struggling to afford school transport while public resources serve others.
“When we are not getting the value for money, that's where the problem starts.”
Shana in Randburg
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 17:56
Listener call
Ask AIQuestions whether research on the death penalty establishes absolute facts and criticizes broadcasters and academics for treating research as unquestionable.
“So my question is to say: is there any absolute fact in this world?”
Isaac in Middelburg
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:47
Voice note
Ask AISays passengers waiting for buses at Inanda SIPS bus stop are left in darkness and that the councillor’s attempted intervention has not solved the problem.
“We need lights there because the passengers, those are waiting for the last passes from town, they are waiting in darkness.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:46
Voice note
Ask AIAsks how artificial intelligence should be controlled and regulated after being used for targeting and tracking by the Israeli military.
“The question should now be on how to control this and to regulate it.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:45
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that the commission appears partisan, withholds information, and should investigate Johannesburg, Johnny Speck, and how CPR received an appointment.
“It seems like the gatekeeping some information.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:45
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that the presenter shares with several celebrities and media figures the fact that their names are biblical.
“They're all biblical names, John.”
Andrew in Mitchell's Plain
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:38
Listener call
Ask AIAsks where the word “jinx” comes from, prompting an explanation linking it to an ancient Greek bird associated with sorcery and witchcraft.
Carol in Newlands
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:36
Voice note
Ask AICriticizes managers who treat subordinates as tools and praises action taken over the Shoprite matter.
“Just when we get the management position, we think our subordinates are our tools.”
Marum
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:29
Voice note
Ask AIQuestions why government receives credit for positive developments while individuals are blamed when outcomes are negative.
“When such cases, if somehow they decline, the president should not take credit.”
Abu
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:28
Voice note
Ask AIArgues 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
Ask AIDisagrees that people should not fear AI, citing major technology companies shedding jobs as they adopt more artificial intelligence.
“I think that if you look at Google and Facebook and Microsoft and see how many people they have let go as they have used more and more AI.”
Bam in Durban
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:26
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that hungry people cannot focus on learning jobs or business skills and will pursue immediate results instead.
“We cannot teach hungry people on how to catch a fish.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 17:25
Voice note
Ask AIRecalls growing up around a former dumping site and children hunting for edible plants there before the area was developed.
“It's me again I'm reminded of him Biba growing up.”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 17:24
Voice note
Ask AICalls for vehicles illegally parked in disability bays to be reported and clamped, with offenders paying the removal fee.
“The guards must just report them, and their cars must be clamped.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:12
Voice note
Ask AICriticises municipalities for neglecting cemeteries, removing fences and allowing them to become dangerous places where crime is committed.
“They've left our symmetry to be a place of where crime is committed.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:11
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that gender-based violence is a family, community and societal problem requiring change at home rather than simply more policing.
“This is not about policing.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:10
Voice note
Ask AISuggests residents with solar panels donate excess electricity to their town during the day, saying other local solar owners support the idea.
“My panels would generate three to four kilowatts per hour that could go back into the system at no charge.”
Mark
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:56
Voice note
Ask AISays he would kill to protect himself or someone important, despite refusing to carry a gun during national service.
“I think I would kill if I had the ability to kill.”
Chris in Blouberg
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:55
