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6:15

Digging up trouble: New mining bill sparks industry...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

John Maytham is joined by Dr Ross Harvey, mining analyst and Chief Research Officer at Good Governance Africa, to unpack the storm brewing over the draft amendments to the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). Speaking at the Junior Mining Indaba, critics slammed the bill as a throwback to the controversial 2017 “Zwane Bill”, accusing the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources of repeating past mistakes. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and

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8:12

The exploitation of Sub-Saharan app-based drivers

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

John Maytham is joined by Professor Debbie Collier, Director at the Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work at the University of the Western Cape, to discuss the exploitation of app-based Sub-Saharan African drivers Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often

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8:16

Expanded rates relief measures for Cape Town tabled...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joins John Maytham to discuss the expanded rates relief measures tabled at the City Council. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists

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2:46

Xenephobia around Addo

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

John Maytham is joined by Commissioner Aseza Arthur Gungubele, Eastern Cape representative of the South African Human Rights Commission, to unpack the root causes behind the recent surge in xenophobic tensions in Addo. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often

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9:06

How healing and Ubuntu can transform architecture

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

What makes a house a home? South African architect and TED Fellow Wandile Mthiyane joins John Maytham to explore the emotional and spiritual dimensions of architecture. “A home is not where you live. It is where you are remembered.” Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests

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5:32

Lancet report: Globally the health of adolescents is...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/28

Dr Alex Ezeh, Global Health expert and contributor to the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, joins John Maytham to unpack urgent warnings from the latest report. With over one billion adolescents projected to face serious health risks by 2030, Dr. Ezeh outlines the global crises affecting young people — rising obesity, worsening mental health, climate stress, and a digitally saturated world. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned

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7:44

Julius Caesar at the Arena, Artscape this week!

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

John Maytham is joined by acclaimed actress Fiona Ramsay, who stars as Julius Caesar in a bold new production of Shakespeare’s classic, now running at The Arena, Artscape Theatre until 31 May. Directed by Fred Abrahamse, this reimagined version blends multiple historical periods and casts Ramsay in a gender-flipped role that fuses the Roman general with England’s Queen Elizabeth I Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show

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7:54

How much does it cost to park in Cape Town's CBD?

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

John Maytham is joined by Rob Kane, CEO of the Boxwood Property Fund, and non-executive Chair of the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID), to unpack one central issue: how much does it really cost to park in Cape Town’s CBD—and how are those rates calculated? From lease agreements and commercial property trends to supply, demand, and city policy—who sets the price of a parking bay, and what role does public oversight play in preventing inflated costs, especially when

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6:20

Scientists unveil game - changer in Malaria mosquito...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

To discuss a novel treatment for Mosquitoes with Malaria, John Maytham is joined by Dr Dale Taylor | Malaria Researcher at the H3D Centre, University of Cape Town. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and

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5:42

Powerless: The collapse of city power’s finances

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

John Maytham is joined by Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever, who presently holds the Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, to unpack the financial implosion at Johannesburg’s City Power. With a staggering R16.3 billion negative bank balance, under-collection of revenue, and internal reports allegedly buried by Mayor Dada Morero, the city’s ability to deliver services now hangs in the balance. Van den Heever

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8:03

Inside PetroSA’s diesel disaster

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

John Maytham is joined by investigative journalist Susan Comrie from amaBhungane to unpack her latest reporting on the turmoil inside PetroSA, South Africa’s state-owned oil and gas company. The discussion dives into a diesel deal gone wrong — one that saw PetroSA hand over hundreds of millions of rands worth of fuel to a little-known company without contracts, guarantees, or full payment. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist

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9:58

Gang strategy announced by SAPS

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/27

Joining John Maytham unpack the complexities of the province’s gang strategy and its unintended consequences is Professor Irvin Kinnes, a seasoned criminologist and expert in gang dynamics. Professor Kinnes is known for his deep insights into violence, policing, and the socio-political context of organized crime in South Africa. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled

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6:27

Good Hope by Nick Clelland optioned for TV by...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham is joined by Warwick Eccles, Development Executive at award winning South African production house Mannequin Films, to explore the chilling world of Good Hope, the debut political thriller by Nick Clelland, recently optioned for screen adaptation. Set in a dystopian version of Cape Town, now an independent and heavily surveilled Cape Republic, the novel imagines a society where public executions coincide with the Noon Gun and only the qualified may vote Presenter John Maytham is an

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7:46

Court scratches Tau’s lottery play

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham is joined by Toby Chance, DA Spokesperson on Trade, Industry & Competition, to unpack the legal and political fallout after the North Gauteng High Court ruling that found Minister Parks Tau’s appointment of a temporary National Lottery operator to be unlawful. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather

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7:00

Classroom sizes: What really matters for learning?

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham is joined by Dr Mark Potterton, Principal of Sacred Heart Primary School and Director of the Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project to unpack the complex debate around classroom size and pupil performance. Is smaller always better? Not necessarily. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The

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7:30

Should the main race at the Monaco Grandprix be...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham is joined by Hendrik Verwoed, a freelance motorsport journalist with deep knowledge of Formula 1 history and the politics of the paddock. Together, John and Hendrik discusses why Monaco continues to be a problem race in the modern F1 era. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic

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6:47

Malema states that the Oval office drama did well for...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast, political analyst and academic at Nelson Mandela University, to unpack whether the Oval office meeting has worked to Julius Malema’s political benefit. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing

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9:57

Red alert for South Africa’s birds

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham isjoined by Dr Alan Lee, the Science and Innovation Programme Manager at BirdLife South Africa and lead editor of the RDB-online project (Red Data Book). He’s here to help us unpack what this means for the birds of southern Africa — and what it should mean for all of us. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic

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5:52

How SA Youth engage on messages about underage drinking

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/26

John Maytham speaks to Mokebe Thulo, CEO of Aware.org, about a ground-breaking nationwide study involving 1,100 teens that offers one of the most detailed pictures yet of youth alcohol behaviour in South Africa. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises

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5:15

SA universities at risk: US grant freeze sparks...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/05/23

Jonathan Jansen, an Extraordinary Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University, speaks to Mike Wills about the impact that a US freeze in research grants for South African universities will have. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience

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