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6:42

Nurses left behind: DENOSA slams SA’s healthcare...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/15

John Maytham speaks with Kwena Manamela, General Secretary of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, about the glaring disparities in the country’s latest healthcare staffing plan. While the National Health Council has approved the recruitment of one thousand two hundred new doctors, only two hundred nurses have been given the green light for appointment. This decision has sparked outrage from nursing professionals across the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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9:57

The environmental impact of loo paper

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/15

CapeTalk's John Maytham speaks to Jane Maloni, Executive Director of the Paper Manufacturer's Association of South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:45

Trust in the police is key to public safety

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

John Maytham speaks withLizette Lancaster, the manager of the South African Crime and Justice Information and Analysis Hub of the Institute for Security Studies' Justice and Violence Prevention Programme. What may be the single biggest obstacle to public safety in South Africa today? The collapse of trust in the police.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:56

Fossil Museum in Graaf Reinet

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

John Maytham is joined by Professor Bruce Rubidge, Director of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research at the University of the Witwatersrand and former head of the Evolutionary Studies Institute – to talk about the Fossil Museum in Graaf Reinet, which houses the worlds most unique species.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:47

New airport laws may cancel out boarding and check in...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

John Maytham is joined by Linden Birns, Managing Director of aviation consultancy Plane Talking, who weighs in on the benefits, risks, and local implications of this sweeping change – the removal of boarding passes and check-in'sSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:23

Puppy Prozac

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

John Maytham speaks to Quixi Sonntag, a veterinary behaviour practitioner with decades of experience in animal psychology. She joins us to help unpack the reality behind canine antidepressants.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:24

"Machines of Loving Grace" — Imagining a better AI...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

What if artificial intelligence could radically improve human life — not just automate it? John Maytham is joined byJacks Shiels, AI Research Fellow and founder of Shiels.ai, to explore the bold and hopeful vision laid out by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, in his recent essay“Machines of Loving Grace.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:45

Guarding the frontlines: Cape Town's battle to...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/14

John Maytham is joined by Alderman JP Smith, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, to break down the challenges the City faces in protecting its service workers."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:47

Rhythms of Love: Concerts for meaningful change

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

John Maytham is joined by Grammy Award-winner Zakes Bantwini to talk about Rhythms of Love, a benefit concert in Cape Town hosted by Mom’s House for Children. The event aims to raise funds for vulnerable children in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Zakes shares how this music-filled weekend will support clean water, education, and healing initiatives — all powered by rhythm and purpose. This is more than an event—it’s the beginning of a movement. Buy a ticket via QUICKET The Beach

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6:55

Trilogy Ocean Challenge

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

John Maytham is joined by Peet Crowther, athlete and swimmer, to unpack this landmark achievement by swimming from Robben Island to Dassen Island—what it took to prepare, the physical and mental toll, and the powerful mission behind it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:25

A reflection of this week’s tariff war

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

John Maytham is joined by Lisette IJssel de Schepper, Chief Economist at the Bureau for Economic Research, who helps us make sense of the long-term economic effects of the tariff war and where the global economy might be headed next.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:09

#AnHourWith Andries and Wiaan

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Wiaan Fourie, known as 'Toerbroers' join John to chat about what you can expect on Sunday when they will take over the playlist in another edition of #AnHourWith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:23

The John Maytham Book Review

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

Listen to John Maytham's weekly book reviews and share his passion for all things literary. From fiction to non-fiction, John reads and reviews a range of books that would sit well on your reading list. FICTION Broiler by Eli Cranor Fourth Boy by Andrew Robert Wilson NON-FICTION Careless People by Sarah-Wynne Williams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:29

Sporting prodigies: Abusive parents

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

John Maytham is joined by Craig Ray, sports editor at Daily Maverick, who has spent decades speaking to elite athletes, coaches, and the parents behind the prodigies. He unpacks the haunting testimony of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the painful paradox of success driven by fear, and what lessons all parents can take away—whether your kid is training for the Olympics or just trying to make the school team.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:21

MTB presents: Darkfest 2025

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

We speak to Theo Erlangsen, who gives us a rider’s-eye view of the new features of Darkfest 2025, how it feels to ride against some of the world’s best, and why DarkFest holds such a special place in the MTB calendar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:19

Hunted to numbers: The dark data of wildlife kills

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

Our Burning Planet is the Daily Maverick section devoted to expert environmental opinion and analysis. John Maytham speaks to Dr. Stephanie Klarmann, a researcher in the psychology of conservation and a wildlife photographer with a passion for environmental co-existence and justice. Do we have the capacity to realise a true potential for natural conservation? She guides Cape Talk listeners beyond the statistics to invite collaboration. Can we pull down the systemic injustices that have held each

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8:01

Cape Town invites public input on draft plan for...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/11

John Maytham speaks with Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews about the City of Cape Town’s draft Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF) for the CBD — a plan that could reshape the city centre by 2040.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:37

HIV/AIDS: The six-monthly injections

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/10

John Maytham speaks with Mia Malan about a game-changing development in HIV prevention: lenacapavir, the six-monthly injectable. A recent modelling study reveals that if South Africa’s health department can secure the drug at a price between R2 238 and R4 304 per person annually, it could be a cost-effective and transformative addition to the country's HIV response.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:49

Adolescence continued: SA teachers feel overworked...

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/10

John Maytham is joined by Dr Heleen Hofmeyr, postdoctoral research fellow at ReSEP and one of the report’s lead authors. She takes us through the stats, the mental health concerns, and what’s at stake if we don’t take urgent action. Based on a national survey of more than 1,500 teachers, this research uncovers the real emotional toll of being an educator in South Africa today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:16

More than a race: The economic power of Two Oceans

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham ·

2025/04/10

John Maytham speaks to Jon Cherry, business strategist and publisher at Cherryflava Media, who argues that the Two Oceans Marathon, along with other Cape-based sporting spectacles like the Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Epic and the Cape Town Marathon, offer a defendable, media-rich ecosystem that global streaming content simply can’t replicateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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