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 AIWarns that people misuse terms and take weight-loss drugs without understanding their effects, arguing lifestyle changes are preferable.
“My biggest fear is these side effects.”
A caller
Cape Talk · Good Morning Cape Town · 30 Sept 08:45
Listener call
Ask AIAsks whether recurring brief episodes of blurry vision are dangerous and whether they should see a doctor.
“My eyes will just go blurry and it'll slowly just come right within a couple of seconds.”
A caller
Cape Talk · Good Morning Cape Town · 30 Sept 08:44
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes a taxi driver accusing passengers of being short two rounds and wanting to return to the rank after the taxi had already left.
“He wanted to go back to the rank.”
A listener
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 08:38
Listener call
Ask AISupports the President’s four-point plan but criticises ministers and municipalities for lacking the will to implement it and for delegating their responsibilities.
“Yes, the plan is there, but now it's up to the ministers and the municipalities to execute the problem.”
A caller
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 08:00
Listener call
Ask AIUrges communities to protect themselves by engaging station commanders and asking whether safety plans exist for people in their areas.
“Communities must just stand up and protect themselves.”
A caller
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:59
Listener call
Ask AIQuestions the study’s methodology, arguing that it should compare emissions, population data and causes of death before linking pollution to premature deaths and asthma.
“I think it was premature for them to conclude that it causes those deaths.”
Nkangala in eThekwini
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:56
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that South Africa is sovereign and should resist American threats of sanctions, which would also harm US businesses invested in the country.
“South Africa is a sovereign country, so is America.”
A caller
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:55
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes attending Celine Dion’s concert in Paris with her daughter and calls it an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
“It was once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
Paloma in Rondebosch
Cape Talk · Good Morning Cape Town · 30 Sept 07:54
Voice note
Ask AISays gender-based violence is difficult to monitor because it occurs in homes, argues that victims may return to abusive partners, and questions whether harsher sentences deter perpetrators.
“The biggest problem of GBV, as I've seen or as I've experienced, is that it's difficult to monitor people's bedrooms.”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 07:46
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that women and South Africans are tired of government promises and want visible action, including effective programs to address gender-based violence and crime.
“We want you to see, to show us the programs you're putting in place, you know.”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 07:42
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that government has failed to stop gender-based violence and advocates restoring the death penalty because current punitive measures are inadequate.
“So I am advocating for the death penalty to come back.”
Lucinda
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:17
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that the president’s address offered no strong action on crime and that municipalities cannot address local problems effectively.
“There's nothing drastic that shows force to address the issues of crime in our country.”
Pilani in Boksburg, Gauteng
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 07:00
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that the president’s promises are empty and will not be fulfilled.
“Nothing will come true.”
A listener in Cape Town
SAfm · The National Briefing · 30 Sept 06:59
Voice note
Ask AISays being asked to thank the community at a funeral made them realize they had entered adulthood.
“Somebody needs to thank the community.”
A listener
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:41
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes being summoned to a family meeting with elders, despite having no input, as the moment adulthood became real.
“I am now part of the adults.”
Nati in Alberton
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:41
Voice note
Ask AISays arranging her mother’s burial at age 51 made her realize she had been pretending to be an adult.
“I only realized I was an adult at 51 when I had to arrange my mother's burial.”
Faisa in Florida
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:40
Voice note
Ask AISays becoming responsible for providing daily bread for family made them realize they were an adult.
“Now I'm the person to go to.”
A listener in Limpopo
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:40
Listener call
Ask AISays the president’s address felt emotionless and failed to convey anger or urgency about who would be affected next.
“I never felt anything from the president.”
Sam in Joburg
702 · 702 Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:21
Voice note
Ask AIAsks why Chiefs and Pirates players do not earn salaries reflecting their commercial prestige, while Sundowns players reportedly earn more.
“Why does it reflect their prestige?”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Breakfast · 30 Sept 06:00
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that national coaches should select more players from dominant clubs, while teams outside the big three must prove themselves against established top teams.
“You have to prove yourself as a team from the Premier League level so that you go up on the national level.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Eric
Power FM · POWER Up · 30 Sept 05:47
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that the president’s 60-day mandate will fail, recalling that a previous national dialogue produced no action on issues raised by the public.
A caller
SAfm · First Take SA · 30 Sept 05:39
Listener call
Ask AIAsks for practical solutions to murders instead of repeated blame of police, government and the country or calls for the death sentence.
“Nobody's coming forward. Here's the solution. Try this solution.”
Disagmachabol
SAfm · First Take SA · 30 Sept 05:39
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that South Africa should restore jails rather than correctional services and overhaul parole for hardcore criminals.
“What we have, we have correctional services, whereby if people get corrected, they must be tested by coming outside.”
A listener
SAfm · First Take SA · 30 Sept 05:38
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that crime results from unemployment, corruption and illegal immigration, and says prison officials may have relationships with hardened criminals affecting parole.
“Crime in this country is bedeviled by many factors: unemployment, corruption, illegal immigration, you name it.”
Paulo
SAfm · First Take SA · 30 Sept 05:37
