RC 260816SAfmKitty Beedla
Sunday, 16 August 2026
Kitty Beedla spent the night on Latin jazz and salsa deep-dives, while SAfm’s 90th-birthday documentary interrupted programming with a sweeping look at South Africa’s political transition.
- 23:10
Omara Portuondo’s 'La Sitiera' was framed as a 2000 Cuban classic, later first issued on vinyl in 2019; the song’s emotional core is absence, memory and longing for what has been lost.
- 23:33
La India’s 'Dímelo' from the 2015 album 'Intensamente' was presented as a direct demand for honesty in love, with the song later noted as a Billboard Tropical Albums chart topper and 2016 Latin Grammy winner.
- 23:42
'Ese Hombre' was highlighted as one of La India’s defining recordings: a 1994 salsa reworking of a 1979 Spanish song, turning a romantic lament into an assertive, character-assassinating performance.
- 22:42
SAfm’s 90th-anniversary documentary recapped the unbanning of liberation movements on 2 February 1990, Mandela’s release on 11 February, the CODESA talks, and the violence recorded by the TRC.