RC 260812SAfmBridget Masinga
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
SAFM’s 90th-anniversary celebrations dominated the hour, with station history, listener tributes and a short Joanne Joseph segment on digital sextortion and AI-fuelled scams.
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- 02:10
SAFM marked 90 years on air, tracing its start in 1936 as the SABC’s first service, through Radio South Africa, to the SAFM relaunch in 1995.
- 02:31
A Women’s Month campaign was announced: a search for an SAFM woman, with four extraordinary women and their journeys set to feature from 1 August.
- 00:19
Joanne Joseph’s “In Case You Missed It” segment warned that digital sextortion exploits fear, shame and reputational harm, while AI has made these attacks more scalable and sophisticated.