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Drive with John Perlman

Primedia Broadcasting

The days news stories delivered by the one of South Africa most respected news presenters from 3 pm to 6 pm weekdays.

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7:37

George building collapse report update

Drive with John Perlman ·

2025/04/09

John Perlman chats to Professor Richard Walls, Professor of Structural and Fire Engineering at Stellenbosch University, about the recent report release regarding the George Building Collapse that occurred last May. The investigation found a number of oversight failings, technical responsibility lapses, and regulatory flaws that contributed to the catastrophe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:40

Time to buy more Cape wine

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2025/04/09

John chats to Michael Fridjhon, Founder of Winewizard.co.za and Visiting Professor of Wine Business at the University of Cape Town, about the effect the US tariffs will have on the Cape wine industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:22

What to do when the markets become chaotic

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2025/04/09

John Perlman chats to Paul Roelofse, Certified Financial Planner about his thoughts on what would be the best course of action as markets get more volatile.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:34

Update on the CweCwe case

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2025/04/09

John Perlman chats toZoleka Qodashe, EWN Reporter who has spent some time in the town of Matatiele following the recent case of a 7-year old girl CweCwe who was raped. Public outrage and tensions have been raised nationwide by the rape of a seven-year-old girl in the community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:47

President Giving Speeches

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2025/04/09

John Perlman chats to Professor Richard Calland, Director of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership's Africa Programme and the Author of The Presidents on President Cyril Ramaphosa's responsibilities on giving speeches and visiting too many events.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:30

How do Universities deal with AI written assignments ?

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2025/04/09

John chats to Dr Carla Lever, Adjunct Lecturer at Stellenbosch University, about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat on assignments. How are universities addressing this issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:28

MTN Small Business Awards

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2025/04/09

The 702 Small Business Awards, brought to you by MTN, wants to recognise all the incredible small businesses doing BIG things. And this week, we’re announcing the finalists. So, stay tuned to find out about their journey, their hopes, dreams and what it took to become a Top 10 finalist in The 702 Small Business Awards. Brought to you by MTN. T’s, C’s and more on primediaplus.com. Company background: Malachi Organics - Effective skincare brand that often prioritises educating their

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3:33

Joshlin Smith case

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2025/04/09

John Perlman chats to Carlo Petersen, EWN Reporter, for an update on the Joshlin Smith court case and some of the key developments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:49

Government announces fund for spaza shops

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2025/04/08

John Perlmanchats to Mphuthi Mphuthi, Chief Director of The Soweto Business Access, on the government's announcement that R 500 million will be used to subsidize spaza stores. The National Empowerment Fund and the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency will work together to manage the Spaza Shop Support Fund, which will offer township companies both non-financial and financial assistance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:17

GNU woes continue

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2025/04/08

John Perlman chats to Dr Ralph Mathekga, Political Analyston the divisions within the GNU and how the ANC hasn't been entirely happy with the Democratic Alliance and what he thinks would the reasonable way forward be.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:28

How long are pothole repairs meant to last ?

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2025/04/08

John chats to Marshall Muthen, CEO of the South African Road Federation, about two questions we received from our listeners, which were, how long is a pothole repair meant to last, and what are we seeing newly built roads, deteriorating so soon after been built ?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:11

ActionSA threatens to reject the deal over VAT

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2025/04/08

John Perlman chats to Michael Beaumont, National Chairperson of ActionSA, on the organization's threat to renounce their agreement if the ANC doesn't remove the VAT hike.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:48

MTN Small Business Awards

Drive with John Perlman ·

2025/04/08

The 702 Small Business Awards, brought to you by MTN, wants to recognise all the incredible small businesses doing BIG things. And this week, we’re announcing the finalists. So, stay tuned to find out about their journey, their hopes, dreams and what it took to become a Top 10 finalist in The 702 Small Business Awards. Brought to you by MTN. T’s, C’s and more on primediaplus.com. Company background: Orzoflash is the only female youth owned and managed Paper production company

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3:58

BOSA on the budget process

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2025/04/08

John Perlman chats to Babalo Ndenze, EWN Reporter on Build One South Africa's press briefing outlining the party's next steps in the National Budget Process.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:55

Policing conference discusses the high crime rate in...

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2025/04/08

John Perlman chats to Orrin Singh, EWN Reporter, about the country's high-rate crime under discussion at inaugural Policing Summit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:02

MTN Small Business Awards

Drive with John Perlman ·

2025/04/07

The 702 Small Business Awards, brought to you by MTN, wants to recognise all the incredible small businesses doing BIG things. And this week, we’re announcing the finalists. So, stay tuned to find out about their journey, their hopes, dreams and what it took to become a Top 10 finalist in The 702 Small Business Awards. Brought to you by MTN. T’s, C’s and more on primediaplus.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:07

US think tank says SA Government must take some of...

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2025/04/07

John chats to Menzi Ndlovu, Political Economist at Signal Risk, about the tensions between US and SA, and who should take the blame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:00

ANC NWC meeting

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2025/04/07

John Perlman chats to Tshidi Madia, EWN Political Editor on her thoughts on the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) debating on how to react to the Democratic Alliance's decision to not vote with it on the controversial budget. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:07

Vaal Dam opens 5 sluice gates

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2025/04/07

John Perlman chats to Wisane Mavasa, Water and Sanitation Department Spokesperson on the reason behind the decision by the department to open 5 sluice gates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:32

A look at match fixing in cricket, 25 years since the...

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2025/04/07

John chats to Caryn Doley, Award-winning journalist and author, about match fixing in cricket 25 years since the Hansie Cronje saga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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