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
Asks why traffic lights around Fourways Mall repeatedly stop working and requests that the problem be investigated.
“All around this mall, all the robots are off.”
Zuko
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:41
Listener call
Describes raising two daughters, fearing dangerous men, and avoiding relationships since her husband's death to protect her children.
“Ever since I lost my husband, 2020 will never get into a relationship.”
Bongi
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:40
Voice note
Reports that a truck accident near the N12 is worse than expected and advises motorists coming from the airport to avoid the route.
“I wouldn't even suggest you try and come this way from the airport.”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:15
Voice note
Argues that South Africans react inconsistently to tough action against illegal miners and to soldiers being deployed without taking action.
“This is so absurd.”
Musiso in Prague
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:11
Listener call
Argues that the government should deploy the army to engage zama-zamas and eliminate some of them if necessary.
“Let the army go and engage them.”
John
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 17:10
Voice note
Asks whether home solar installations have caused incidents or bad outcomes, and how prevalent those incidents are.
“I just want to know: have there been any incidents or bad outcomes of home installations?”
A listener
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:58
Listener call
Argues that government and police involvement explains why nothing is being done after the Zama Zama gun battle.
“Still nothing is being done.”
Desmond
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:47
Listener call
Asks whether consent can still be claimed when one or both parties were drunk, amid discussion of morality and legality.
“Whether they can still claim consent if one or both parties were drunk.”
A caller
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:38
Listener call
Argues that legal relationships can still be morally and ethically wrong, particularly when there is a large age difference between the partners.
“What is legal is not always right.”
A caller
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:38
Listener call
Asks how someone can be recused from a company they own, especially when the company has no board and they founded it.
A caller in Randfontein
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:13
Listener call
Condemns a 59-year-old man’s relationship with an 18-year-old as morally wrong and hopes he is imprisoned.
“That person is an equivalent of your daughter or your granddaughter.”
A caller
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:12
Listener call
Argues that people aged 18 and older are adults who can choose whether to engage in relationships, even with much older partners.
“They can choose whatever they want to do with their lives.”
Rachel
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:12
Voice note
Questions whether legal consent adequately addresses the ethical and societal concerns surrounding an 18-year-old’s relationship with a much older man.
Busi
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 16:11
Listener call
Questions whether large age-gap relationships with newly legal adults can be ethically rationalized despite consent, given differences in maturity and power.
“There's an imbalance of power, there is a level of maturity that is not the same.”
Busisiwe
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 15:39
Listener call
Says his love of coffee began with his father and grew through making coffee for friends during university study sessions.
“My love for coffee started with my dad, he loved coffee, and I was the guy he always sent to go make coffee.”
Charlie
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 15:19
Listener call
Describes enjoying decent coffee, especially a Saturday morning takeaway coffee linked to driving to the golf course.
“I drive to my local spot, grab a coffee, and then drink the coffee on the way to the golf course.”
Jonathan
702 · Afternoon Drive · 1 Oct 15:17
Voice note
Calls 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
Criticises 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
Argues 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
Argues 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
Describes 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
Explains 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
Argues 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
