RC 260805702Aubrey Masango
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
A wide-ranging Wednesday show moved from women’s hidden financial burdens to African spirituality, then into a heated late-night call-in on councillor qualifications and mining accountability.
- 20:14
Women carry the bulk of unpaid domestic and care work, and that shows up in wages, promotions, retirement savings and mental health; one caller said she survives on R1,500 a month and needed help.
- 20:22
Dr Frank Maguako said workplaces still stereotype women as less committed when caregiving interrupts work, while new research and younger workers are pushing back on the old model.
- 21:15
Traditional healer Muzi Zuma argued witchcraft, ancestors and healing were re-framed by colonisation and religion, and said fear should not replace curiosity; intent, not the object or ritual, determines whether spiritual power harms or helps.
- 23:48
A long open-line segment called for councillors to have at least a diploma, with listeners arguing illiteracy fuels poor governance, weak oversight of mining projects, and community capture by business forums and “brown envelope” politics.