RC 260831SAfmBridget Masinga
Monday, 31 August 2026
The episode was largely music-led, with historical reflections on South Africa’s political transition and SAFM’s 90-year evolution providing its strongest spoken moments.
- 02:11
SAFM’s history was traced from its establishment in 1936 as the SABC’s first service, through the English service and Radio South Africa, to SAFM in 1995.
- 01:33
Archive reflections linked South Africa’s political transformation to apartheid, states of emergency, Nelson Mandela’s release and the 1994 elections as an opportunity for change.
- 01:52
The end of apartheid in 1994 was described as the beginning of an era founded on freedom and constitutional democracy, shaped by sacrifices including the June 16 student marches.
- 01:43
Seychelles was characterised as an independent, relatively high-income African country reliant on tourism and fishing, while facing climate-change and rising-sea-level risks.