RC 260809SAfm
Sunday, 9 August 2026
A Women’s Day special built the playlist around South African and international women singers, with repeated tributes to the 1956 march and women’s place in classical music.
- 16:03
Ramaphosa marked Women’s Day at the Union Buildings by calling GBV and femicide a societal problem, urging men and boys to help prevent abuse and insist they will not lift a hand against any woman.
- 16:12
The programme framed 9 August around the 1956 Union Buildings march against pass laws, saying the day honours the 20,000 women who protested discriminatory reference-book laws.
- 16:14
South African sopranos dominated the set: Pretty Yende, Golda Schultz, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Pumeza Matshikiza and others were highlighted with major career milestones from La Scala to the Royal Opera House.
- 18:40
The final stretch leaned on iconic female performers, including Maria Callas in ‘O mio babbino caro’ and Martha Argerich in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, which the presenter called a personal turning point in his life.