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 AIArgues that gender-based violence should be understood as part of South Africa’s broader violent-crime problem rather than treated separately.
“There's a bigger picture that needs to be looked at, which is violent crime as a whole.”
Thompson
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 11:49
Listener call
Ask AIDisagrees that co-parenting justifies an ex calling the man her husband and says the current partner is insecure about the wrong person.
“But when somebody starts saying my husband, that is something completely different.”
A caller in Randfontein
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 11:47
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that separated parents should co-parent respectfully while maintaining boundaries that protect the current relationship from inappropriate social-media posts.
“Co-parenting and persistent to be still in a family are two mutually exclusive things.”
Ashad in Benoni
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 11:43
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that crime should be addressed by tackling poverty, absent fathers, and unsupportive social environments before people become entrenched in criminal gangs.
“What made you want to go and steal? What made you want to go and kill this woman?”
Dando
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 11:42
Voice note
Ask AISays South Africa’s diplomatic dealings with the US are disrespectful and questions why it retains an American diplomat viewed as harmful.
“Why are we keeping him here when he's not good for us?”
A listener
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:27
Voice note
Ask AICriticizes the president’s speech on gender-based violence and municipal audits, questions AI’s effect on jobs, and warns against relying on it mentally.
“The artificial intelligence is making people think very poorly.”
A listener
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:25
Voice note
Ask AIRejects claims that Fraser was targeted and that Maumela is Ramaphosa’s cousin, urging critics to be fair to the president.
“These guys must just be fair to the president.”
A listener
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:24
Listener call
Ask AIQuestions why Ramaphosa emphasized femicide while saying little about mass shootings and broader corruption, murders and government failures.
“Which feelings are more important than others when it comes to gender?”
Ceiso
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:23
Listener call
Ask AIWarns that South Africa is adopting AI while primary schools fail to prepare children with basic mathematics and technology skills.
“Our jobs are changing, but we are not changing in our schools.”
Lala in Polokwane
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:20
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that President Ramaphosa repeated old promises, failed to deliver, lacks accountability, and should step down.
“I wish he would step down.”
Stanley in Durban
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 11:19
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that property hijacking also affects villages and questions why occupants cannot be removed after 48 hours.
“Building or property hijacking does not only happen in the city, it also happens in the villages.”
Bongani
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:45
Listener call
Ask AISays successful mobilisation without hidden agendas can bring people together and make ambitious community projects possible.
“If people are mobilized correctly, brought together correctly with no other hidden agendas, everything's possible.”
Andrew
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:27
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that black people should organise for common causes despite religious and spiritual divisions that enable divide-and-conquer tactics.
“We as black people must organize.”
Celeste
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:26
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes neglected schools in Alexandra and argues learners deserve safe, well-maintained environments.
“These children deserve better.”
A listener
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:25
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that small-party voting causes instability and says they will vote Democratic Alliance to improve their town.
“Voting for small parties doesn't bring change.”
A listener
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 10:12
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that Cape Town voters can influence local government by changing their votes, unlike residents discussing cities where they do not vote.
“I vote in the city of Cape Town.”
A listener in Cape Town
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 30 Sept 10:11
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that several South African cities have deteriorated more severely and rapidly than Bulawayo, challenging claims that Cape Town is doing poorly.
“The real problem lies in Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Peter Maritzburg, Blomfinton, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.”
Peter
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 30 Sept 10:10
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that poor implementation, weak border controls, corruption, and failures in policing and intelligence reveal the need to overhaul government institutions.
“We have a leadership problem within which involves mainly our politicians.”
Lerato
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:59
Listener call
Ask AIQuestions focusing on AI when unemployment is rising, and argues that basic job creation and practical skills should come first.
“I don't see where the work is actually coming from.”
Mike
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 09:58
Voice note
Ask AIUrges people to restore moral values, act honorably and walk away from relationships rather than responding to conflict with abuse.
“There's no excuse for abuse.”
A listener
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:57
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that police, prosecutors and magistrates have become reluctant to allow cases to be withdrawn because of the risks to victims.
“Even when you want to withdraw, remember there was a case at Limpopo in which the matter was withdrawn.”
Debza
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:56
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that men should mobilize against gender violence, politicians have failed, and the country needs stronger enforcement and new leadership.
“It can't be business as usual a monthly.”
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A caller
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:54
Listener call
Ask AICriticizes Ramaphosa as compromised and ineffective, calls for urgent accountability, and says the ANC must be removed from government.
“We need urgency. And if the people are not doing their job, heads must roll.”
Churchill
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 09:47
Listener call
Ask AIExplains that cases can be withdrawn before court when complainants and evidence, including medical reports, are no longer available to prosecutors.
“There must also be doctor's reports.”
Vusi in Joburg
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:47
