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 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Ask AIArgues that police, prosecutors and magistrates have become reluctant to allow cases to be withdrawn because of the risks to victims.
“Even when you want to withdraw, remember there was a case at Limpopo in which the matter was withdrawn.”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.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
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Ask AIExplains that cases can be withdrawn before court when complainants and evidence, including medical reports, are no longer available to prosecutors.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
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that gender-based violence is linked to absent fathers, supports empowering women, and feels citizens are losing hope when choosing among political parties.
“Many men in the country are not taking care of their kids.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Vincent
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:46
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that black parties should not be expected to unite because they have different morals, ideas and political paths.
“You cannot lower the bar and say that just because we're black, we must all think the same way.”
A caller
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:45
Voice note
Ask AISays women may fear reporting to police because officers intimidate, ignore and blame victims, and calls for tougher laws and more prisons.
A listener
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:41
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that linking SIM cards and social media accounts to Home Affairs would help trace perpetrators and solve crimes against women.
A listener
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:40
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that transactional relationships and permissive parenting are contributing to prostitution and says men should not be demonized when addressing the problem.
“Women are not God, we are we must all be equal in this country, we must fix this problem together.”
Rolex
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:39
Listener call
Ask AIAsks what happens when a GBV victim withdraws charges at a police station after reconciling with the alleged perpetrator.
“What then happens to a police station? They drop the case, me?”
Mike in Tembisa
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:37
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that ANC policies have disempowered men, unemployment is disproportionately affecting them, and men need psychological support rather than being treated as inherently dangerous.
“Anybody who still expects anything from the ANC are still living in a dream.”
Rolex in Rustenburg
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:36
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that police lack an effective policy to encourage reporting abuse and need a panic button, while criticizing the president for repeatedly breaking promises.
“There's no panic button in our phone, you know, digital, there's no panic button to assist.”
Beth
SAfm · The Daily Discourse · 30 Sept 09:35
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes intervening when he saw a man assaulting a woman, and argues that men must stand up against violence toward women.
“You will not beat this woman while I am here.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Mike in Meyersdal
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:27
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that government must address crime, unemployment and broader social conditions underlying gender-based violence rather than relying only on short-term measures.
“GBV does not happen in a silo environment.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Astoria in Tshwane
Power FM · POWER Talk · 30 Sept 09:24
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that women’s killings remain a serious threat regardless of whether one or multiple perpetrators are involved, and criticises Ramaphosa’s municipal focus.
Cindy
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 09:23
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that affluent areas receive faster municipal services while newer, poorer areas remain underdeveloped because apartheid-era spatial planning still shapes the city.
“And so I suppose almost like the apartheid thinking is still impacting us today.”
A caller in Rondebosch
Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 30 Sept 09:22
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes livestock roaming the streets and sewage running through Knysna, calling the town filthy and dirty.
“Pigs, cows, anything, any livestock are roaming the streets.”
Spongi
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 08:57
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that someone respected the commission, then questions how procurement and supply-chain terminology relates to local content requirements.
“Touch not the anointed one or something along those lines.”
A caller
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 08:56
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes severe darkness in Tembisa, saying it creates a major security risk and worsens chaotic traffic, possibly because of cable theft.
“It was so dark.”
Mauta in Riverside
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 08:55
Listener call
Ask AIReports that 60% of Riverside View’s streetlights have been off since July because of a payment dispute between City Power and Eskom.
“So 60% of the area is dark.”
Mauta in Riverside View
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 08:53
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that politicians switch to indigenous languages in court to delay proceedings and formulate responses, despite previously speaking English fluently.
“It's a tactic, it's a tactic that I think they learned from their former leader, Jacob Zuma.”
Komoto
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 08:51
