Wednesday, 5 August 2026
SAFM’s 90th-birthday episode was dominated by listener tributes, archival voice clips and reflections on the station’s role in South Africa’s history and public broadcasting.
Automated · SAfm · Bridget Masinga
- 01:17
SAFM marked 90 years with repeated tribute messages from listeners across the country, praising the station for informing, educating and inspiring South Africans for generations.
- 01:26
The station framed its anniversary around South Africa’s political journey, from apartheid and the state of emergency to Mandela’s release and the 1995 emergence of a new SAFM in a democratic era.
- 01:17
A new annual Women’s Month property was announced: an SAFM Woman search, built around four extraordinary women and the question of what it means to be an SAFM woman.
- 01:55
SAFM Connect was promoted as the way to listen anytime, anywhere via connect.safm.co.za or SABC Plus, with live streaming also on Facebook, X and YouTube.
- 01:35
One current-interest clip revisited the Lucky Montana/PASA matter, saying his two expensive properties could no longer be touched for the time being after billions were spent on inappropriate locomotives.