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 AIDisagrees that co-parenting justifies an ex calling the man her husband and says the current partner is insecure about the wrong person.
“But when somebody starts saying my husband, that is something completely different.”
A caller in Randfontein
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 11:47
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that separated parents should co-parent respectfully while maintaining boundaries that protect the current relationship from inappropriate social-media posts.
“Co-parenting and persistent to be still in a family are two mutually exclusive things.”
Ashad in Benoni
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 11:43
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that property hijacking also affects 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.”
Bongani
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:45
Listener call
Ask AISays successful mobilisation without hidden agendas can bring people together and make ambitious community projects possible.
“If people are mobilized correctly, brought together correctly with no other hidden agendas, everything's possible.”
Andrew
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:27
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that black people should organise for common causes despite religious and spiritual divisions that enable divide-and-conquer tactics.
“We as black people must organize.”
Celeste
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:26
Voice note
Ask AIDescribes neglected schools in Alexandra and argues learners deserve safe, well-maintained environments.
“These children deserve better.”
A listener
702 · The Clement Manyathela Show · 30 Sept 10:25
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Ask AIArgues that police, prosecutors and magistrates have become reluctant to allow cases to be withdrawn because of the risks to victims.
“Even when you want to withdraw, remember there was a case at Limpopo in which the matter was withdrawn.”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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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 AIAgrees that the “Kill the Boer” song is hate speech and calls for a task team addressing farm murders, like the political killings task team.
“And I think Grandma Posa should have a task team for farm meras like they do with political killing task team.”
A listener
702 · Early Breakfast · 30 Sept 04:38
Listener call
Ask AIArgues that the government of national unity is confusing and should be clarified, comparing it with historical post-war political arrangements.
“It's really confusing.”
Buti in Eastern Cape
702 · 30 Sept 03:44
Listener call
Ask AIAsks why people over 67 are prevented from taking higher cover, describing his own unsuccessful attempt to obtain it.
“They said no, because my engine can seize up at any time.”
Paul
702 · 30 Sept 02:47
Voice note
Ask AIAsks whether employees who wash decomposed or accident victims’ bodies receive counselling and whether male and female employees wash bodies of the same gender.
A listener
702 · 30 Sept 02:45
