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 for speaking plainly about social problems and says initiation schools should distinguish clearly between what is right and wrong.
“A fart is a fart, a pig is a peak.”
Tatana
Power FM · POWER Zone · 1 Oct 01:31
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Ask AIArgues that journalists coined the Bafana Bafana name before the trademark was registered and questions the value of its later ownership.
Bram in Orlando East
Power FM · POWER Zone · 1 Oct 00:34
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Ask AIArgues that recognising the feminine within men can help them understand that violence against women is also violence against themselves.
“Once you can understand as a man that there is feminine in you, it will be easy to shine.”
Maviani in Orange Farm
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 23:33
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Ask AIArgues that politicians should stop scoring points and provide specific timelines and solutions to improve residents’ lives after taking office.
Rolex
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 23:10
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Ask AIPraises the presenter, recalls a former Mangaung mayor’s effective leadership, and asks what leadership style and improvements he would bring if returned.
“Just ten and a half out of ten for you and the way you are giving the speakers a chance.”
A caller
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 23:08
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Ask AIAsks why the EFF seeks South African votes while supporting undocumented immigrants, and asks what three priorities the DA would implement in Mangaung's first 100 days.
“My question is that if they do not see illegal immigrants as a problem in us who are staying in the township, why do they request votes to South Africans?”
Mawande
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 22:51
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Ask AIQuestions why municipalities cannot be capacitated to provide services themselves and asks the EFF to explain its insourcing policy and how it would work.
“Why can't they capacitate state to actually provide services for the citizens?”
Akola in Bloemfontein
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 22:41
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Ask AIAsks how privatization can keep essential services affordable for poor communities and what the EFF will do to improve university students’ safety and lives.
“We don't feel safe anymore.”
Waruna in Bloemfontein
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 22:31
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Ask AIAsks what the African Transformation Movement will do about farm schools closing in the Free State and how it will support jobs and economic growth.
“I wanted to ask the African Transformation Movement leader what they're going to do about the farm, the school farms closing here in the Free State.”
Palisa in Free State
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 22:19
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that candidates failed to answer questions about local economic activities and safety, particularly for children, and did not present an adequate government plan.
Taneth in Soshanguve
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 22:18
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that giving a teenager a suspended sentence and criminal record could prevent employment and push him toward becoming a professional criminal.
“So, what are we saying? Are we grooming this boy to become a professional criminal?”
A listener
Power FM · POWER Perspective · 30 Sept 20:57
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ask AIExplains that some employees need close supervision while others work independently, and managers remain accountable for team performance.
“People are not the same.”
Sisi
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:49
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Ask AIArgues that enforcing company standards should not automatically be called micromanagement, while acknowledging genuine bullying and urging employees to meet their responsibilities.
“There’s a very thin line between micromanagement and a manager wanting things to be done as per the requirement of the company.”
Milton
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:47
Voice note
Ask AISays employers hid a camera inside a teddy bear to monitor workers and describes confronting them and threatening labour intervention.
A listener
Power FM · POWER Lunch · 30 Sept 13:45
