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.
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that everyone is capable of killing, but people raised in violent environments have lower triggers for doing so.
“Every human being on this planet is capable of killing.”
A listener
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:54
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that claims of a white genocide are untrue, South Africa has law and accountability, and repeating them will divide society.
“It doesn't mean when you are repeating things they tend to be the truth.”
Sipo in Northern Cape
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 16:49
Listener call
Ask AISays porcupine meat is unpleasant and unsuitable for human beings.
“It's not good for human beings.”
Chiki
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 16:46
Voice note
Ask AISays villagers eat bush rat and other meats, arguing meat should not be restricted if animals are going to be killed anyway.
“We in our village, we eat the bush rat, the big one.”
A listener in Rustenburg
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 16:45
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that relevant ministers must implement the president’s plan to address violence against women and children and rejects claims of a failing state.
“There is no failing state.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 16:42
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes eating meat in a discussion about food and says he can now speak freely because he is old.
“Now I can speak freely because I'm old.”
Franz in Pretoria West
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 16:40
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that presidential promises and municipal action will not solve GBV, and calls for a referendum on the death penalty or harsher sentences.
“That's the only thing that can solve our problem.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:39
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes how sexist attitudes and witnessing domestic abuse were normalized while growing up, contributing to South Africa’s continuing GBV culture.
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:39
Listener call
Ask AIShares that people in Zimbabwe eat rodents as a delicacy, explaining that they are hunted in forests rather than caught inside homes.
“That is a delicacy.”
Max in Clayville
Power FM · POWER Drive · 30 Sept 16:29
Listener call
Ask AIExplains that growing up with an absent mother taught him to share childcare and household duties, emphasizing teamwork and hands-on parenting.
“It's all about teamwork.”
A caller
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:11
Listener call
Ask AISays there are no reliable gifting services and offers to provide evidence, though parts of the comment are unclear.
“My mate rates there are no reliable gifting services.”
Jabbo
Cape Talk · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 15:56
Voice note
Ask AISuggests the president should have identified a budget and departmental allocations to support the strategies announced in his speech.
“This would have actually helped in terms of achieving whatever that you wish the country or the departments could achieve.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 15:39
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that the government has failed women and children and should provide solutions rather than further recommendations or plans.
“At this point, we don't need recommendations, we don't need plans, we need solutions.”
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 15:38
Voice note
Ask AICriticises the president’s family meeting for offering familiar promises while highlighting violence against women and ongoing commission-related drama.
A listener
SAfm · The National Pulse · 30 Sept 15:37
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that violence begins at home, describing an equal, nonviolent upbringing and observing abusive households producing violent children.
“Either you're a girl, you're a boy, everybody is equal here.”
Karabu
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 15:20
Voice note
Ask AIPraises the guest for making the topic interesting and informative while explaining it clearly without confusing technical language.
“He's got a very rich brain, I must say.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:56
Voice note
Ask AIAsks whether a store will honour a voucher bought three and a half years ago and whether she should contact the retailer.
“Is it worth us sort of trying to check with my ladies if they will honor it?”
Cheryl
Cape Talk · Lunch with Pippa Hudson · 30 Sept 14:55
Voice note
Ask AIQuestions where the countrywide statistics come from, which organisations produced them, what information they use, and whether the figures are reliable.
“The stats just don't seem to make sense for me.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:54
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that a declining population would be positive because technology has reduced demand for manual labour and could lessen social problems.
“I would welcome a declining population where all the problems will disappear with that population.”
A listener in Pretoria
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:47
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that welfare grants may encourage people in rural communities to have more children, based on observations in a farming area.
“The amount of kids that they have is just absurd.”
Flores in Western Cape
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:43
Voice note
Ask AIAsks where people conduct research into parental responsibilities.
“I'm interested to know where do these people do their responsibilities?”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:42
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that workers often complain about management while failing to perform, and suggests managers should be allowed to lead and enforce accountability.
“We usually quick to complain how we are managed.”
Papa in Pretoria
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:54
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes using closer supervision for some graduate employees while giving guidance to others, based on performance and KPI results.
“These three I need to micromanage.”
Simon
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:54
Listener call
Ask AISays close supervision is sometimes necessary for inexperienced employees, missed standards and maintaining operational discipline.
Tabel
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:53
