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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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4:18

Joburg Mayor briefs the media on the state of the city

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2025/03/26

John Perlman chats to Alpha Ramushwana, EWN Reporter on the key issues that Joburg Mayor highlighted at his media briefing on how things are in the province.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:54

More nurses leave the country

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2025/03/25

John Perlman chats to Nicholas Avramis, Managing Director of Beaver Immigration Consulting, about nurses leaving South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has lamented the rate at which nurses leave the country to work abroad as South Africa grapples with a shortage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:22

Did the clamp down on Spaza shops put a stop to...

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2025/03/25

John chats to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, Operations and Stewardship Manager of CropLife South Africa and Director of the Griffon Poison Information Centre, about the clamp down on Spaza shops, and finds out if this clamp down has had an effect on the sale and distribution of poisons.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:09

Angola withdraws from mediating Eastern DRC conflict

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2025/03/25

John Perlman chats to Liesl Louw-Vaudran, Senior Advisor at the International Crisis Group on Angola, which has declared its intention to resign from mediating the conflict between the M23 rebel group and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:38

SAFA unable to pay salaries

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2025/03/25

John Perlman chats to Sgwili Gumede, Sports business professional and Founder of Sports Boardroom on the inability of the South African Football Association to pay employees on time. Additionally, the football association owes players from Banyana Banyana and Bafana Bafana a sizable sum in match bonuses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2:21

Spaza shop registrations update

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2025/03/25

John Perlman chats to Lindsay Dentlinger, EWN Reporter giving an update regarding Spaza shop registrations. Members of Parliament have questioned whether approved applications for foreign nationals to operate spaza shops meet legal requirements.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:53

Update on Soshanguve shootings

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2025/03/25

John Perlman chats to Jabulile Mbatha, EWN reporter, about the most recent developments surrounding the group that was shot and stoned to death during weekend clashes with suspected criminals at the "Marry Me" informal settlement. Senzo Mchunu, the minister of police, visited the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:22

For the first time, Kusile's last unit contributes...

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Professor Sampson Mamphweli, Head of DSI Energy Secretariat at the South African National Energy Development Institute, about Kusile's Unit 6 adding 800MW to the grid for the first time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:40

US funding restrictions affects medical research

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Professor Shabir Madhi, Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University, about how medical researchers and universities in the country are in a state of uncertainty as they await word on the termination of more than R800 million in research grants from the United States National Institutes of Health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:51

Fix My City: The Lone Hill Residents Association's...

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Keith Rampton, General Manager for the Lonehill Residents Association and Ferial Haffajee, Daily Maverick Associate Editor, about the role of the association plays in the Lonehill community. Some of the issues are why form these associations, what positive impact do they bring, how difficult to setup, and what are some of the highlights. Also look at how they are tackling water hyacinth in the local dam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:12

Out of 330 SA Air Force aircraft, just six are...

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Sikonathi Mantshantsha, News24 Investigative Journalist, about The South African Airforce having only six of its military aircraft in service. 325 others have been abandoned to rust due to severe financial shortages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:53

Do neighbourhood patrols have insufficient resources?

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Andy Mashaile, Former Gauteng Community Policing Forum Board chair about the community patrollers who were murdered at the marry me informal settlement over the weekend. What are the challenges facing community patrollers?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:34

Judge Mlambo issued a directive seeking to mandate...

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Zoleka Qodashe, EWN Reporter, about Judge President of the Gauteng division of the High Court, Dunstan Mlambo, who issued a draft directive aiming to establish mediation as compulsory in all civil trials, this is due to 85% of civil trials being resolved on the morning of the trial date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:52

The killings of volunteer patrollers.

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2025/03/24

John Perlman chats to Jabulile Mbatha, EWN Reporter, about the four patrollers who were murdered, while eight victims were hospitalized in Soshanguve this past Saturday morning.She spoke to a family that lost two siblings in the incident.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:24

A Song, a Book and a Dish- Dawn Thandeka King

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Dawn Thandeka King, Award winning actress, indigenous musician and motivational speaker in A Song, A Book and A Dish. She takes us on an incredible journey that made her the dynamic woman she is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:47

Kirsty Coventry appointed new president of the IOC

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Penny Heyns, South African double gold medallist and businesswoman on her thoughts of Kirsty Coventry being appointed as the new president of the International Olympic Committee. She is the first female president in the committee's history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:43

Randall’s One Song- Komasava by Diamond...

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Randall Abrahams who is a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to music knowledge. In this feature Randall selects a song and unpacks something significant about the singer/band, the lyrics, the instruments, the arrangements, or simply tells us why we should enjoy the song. Today’s song is Komasava by Diamond Platinumz, Jason Derulo ft Khalil Harrison and Chley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:18

Human Rights 30 years in democracy

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Advocate Palesa Ncholo, One of the 7 experts who advised the Constituent Assembly in drafting the final South African Constitution and Mmakwena Semenya, a 15 year old activist from Mpumalanga on how far we have come 30 years into the democracy and the relevance of the youth within society.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:18

International Day of Forests & Human Rights Day

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Jenny Moodley, the Johannesburg City Parks spokesperson, about how the Zoo and Johannesburg City Parks are proud to celebrate the International Day of Forests, a day honoring the vital role forests play in supporting life and safeguarding the future of our planet, alongside the rest of the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:29

Understanding the impact on the fire closing down...

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2025/03/21

John Perlman chats to Dr Guy Leitch, MD of SA Flyer Magazineon understanding the impact of the fire closing down Heathrow International Airport. Does this affect South African travellers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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