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 local beneficiation and black economic empowerment should be central to development, with businesses hiring or empowering local suppliers and retaining 30% locally.
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Khoto in Pretoria North
702 · The Aubrey Masango Show · 30 Sept 21:11
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes pressure to find an expensive luxury car for a matric dance and argues that society creates undue financial pressure.
“What kind of pressure have we put on ourselves?”
DK in Pretoria
702 · The Aubrey Masango Show · 30 Sept 20:56
Voice note
Ask AICalls for vehicles illegally parked in disability bays to be reported and clamped, with offenders paying the removal fee.
“The guards must just report them, and their cars must be clamped.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:12
Voice note
Ask AICriticises municipalities for neglecting cemeteries, removing fences and allowing them to become dangerous places where crime is committed.
“They've left our symmetry to be a place of where crime is committed.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:11
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that gender-based violence is a family, community and societal problem requiring change at home rather than simply more policing.
“This is not about policing.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 17:10
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that presidential promises and municipal action will not solve GBV, and calls for a referendum on the death penalty or harsher sentences.
“That's the only thing that can solve our problem.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:39
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes how sexist attitudes and witnessing domestic abuse were normalized while growing up, contributing to South Africa’s continuing GBV culture.
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:39
Listener call
Ask AIExplains that growing up with an absent mother taught him to share childcare and household duties, emphasizing teamwork and hands-on parenting.
“It's all about teamwork.”
A caller
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 16:11
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that violence begins at home, describing an equal, nonviolent upbringing and observing abusive households producing violent children.
“Either you're a girl, you're a boy, everybody is equal here.”
Karabu
702 · Afternoon Drive · 30 Sept 15:20
Voice note
Ask AIPraises the guest for making the topic interesting and informative while explaining it clearly without confusing technical language.
“He's got a very rich brain, I must say.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:56
Voice note
Ask AIQuestions where the countrywide statistics come from, which organisations produced them, what information they use, and whether the figures are reliable.
“The stats just don't seem to make sense for me.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:54
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that a declining population would be positive because technology has reduced demand for manual labour and could lessen social problems.
“I would welcome a declining population where all the problems will disappear with that population.”
A listener in Pretoria
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:47
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that welfare grants may encourage people in rural communities to have more children, based on observations in a farming area.
“The amount of kids that they have is just absurd.”
Flores in Western Cape
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:43
Voice note
Ask AIAsks where people conduct research into parental responsibilities.
“I'm interested to know where do these people do their responsibilities?”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 14:42
Listener call
Ask AIExplains that she and her longtime best friend choose activities both can afford, share expenses fairly, and prefer travelling together in economy.
“Always make sure that whatever we can, that we both can afford it.”
Tasnim in Randburg
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:47
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that people with more money should generously help friends and reject an excessive obsession with possessions.
“If you have more, share. I think it's a good thing to do, dear.”
Paulus in Springs
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:45
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes secretly paying for friends’ wedding suits because they could not afford them, and says couples should fund outfits they stipulate for the bridal party.
“I secretly paid for them.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:44
Voice note
Ask AISays poorer friends can still spoil wealthier friends meaningfully within their own means, rather than going into debt to match their lifestyle.
“I will spoil you according to my less money, but I will do something that I think is special according to my means.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:43
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that friends should plan according to their own means, avoid comparisons, and share experiences without expecting wealthier friends to pay.
“We can't plan our lives according to other people's financial lives and financial plans.”
Nomusa in Riddapuet
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:40
Listener call
Ask AIDescribes ending a friendship after a wealthy couple refused to help fund disadvantaged children’s mission trip, despite being able to afford it.
“We just cooled off after that because it's not just a choice that you're making.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Andre in Pretoria
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:37
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that property hijacking also occurs in 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.”
A caller
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:34
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes a generous friend covering expensive trips while she contributes when able, arguing that friends should balance their contributions rather than expect one person to pay.
“I can tell you I've got a very generous best friend.”
Masa
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:27
Voice note
Ask AIArgues that friends who can afford more are not ATMs and says people should live within their means or communicate when they cannot afford something.
“We are not your ATM.”
A listener
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:26
Listener call
Ask AIAsks whether she should stop being generous after friends begin expecting her to pay whenever they go out together.
“Must I stop being a generous person?”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Lindiwe in Rivonia
702 · The Azania Mosaka Show · 30 Sept 13:23
