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 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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
