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.
Voice note
Questions why families of liberation stalwarts do not challenge ANC leadership and says they may be avoiding the truth for comfort.
“Are the families of the Stalwarts, the Susulus, the Mlangenes, the Mandelas?”
A listener
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 21:47
Listener call
Describes witnessing his father and community mourn Chris Hani’s death, and says the Honey Legacy project may help break the silence surrounding their pain.
“The first, the only time I saw my father cry was the day Kumi Krishani left us.”
Sydney in Bushback Ridge
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 21:41
Listener call
Praises Chris Hani as a true warrior, recalls his influence and prophecies, and asks Lindiwe to arrange a public session about her book and father.
“He was a true warrior.”
Lizo in PE
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 21:38
Listener call
Asks Lindiwe’s view of people advocating a return to apartheid because of current corruption, recalling apartheid’s cruelty and her own age.
“I'm 61, I'm almost 62 years of age.”
Kylie
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 21:36
Listener call
Encourages Lindiwe to continue Chris Hani’s legacy, offers a university invitation, and urges unity to address South Africa’s problems.
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Manfrey
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 21:33
Listener call
Raises concern that a developer is clearing bush at Limana College of Education and appeals to government to restore its heritage legacy.
“There is a developer there who is busy clearing the bush.”
A caller
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 1 Oct 20:40
Listener call
Argues that race should not be used to frame murders, noting that victims include coloured people and communities in the Western Cape.
“Let's not play a race card on these murders.”
Ross
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 21:53
Listener call
Argues that current gender-based violence victims are black women and objects to white people narrating experiences they do not encounter.
“There is no African or black person that comes here who can come here and tell us and narrate these things.”
The clip plays the first three minutes.
Mamvuyi in Parktown North
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 21:45
Listener call
Asks where the DA is to protect white people begging on the streets, while raising broader concerns about forgotten rural communities.
“Where is DA to protect them?”
Ntanta
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 21:43
Listener call
Argues that government neglects rural people despite constitutional obligations to provide fair and equitable services, citing the Freedom Charter.
“People from rural areas because the Constitution says services must be provided fairly, equitable, and without bias.”
A caller in Land Chasworth
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 21:40
Voice note
Argues that parliamentarians disregard rural residents and only consider them when seeking votes.
“Parliamentarians do not take us as human beings.”
A listener
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 21:34
Voice note
Argues that climate change has always driven evolution, rejects fear-mongering, and urges people to love nature rather than fear it.
“So this fear-mongering about climate change is absurd.”
A listener
SAfm · The Meeting Point · 30 Sept 20:33
