Taking the Rams by the Horns

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Veteran journalist and broadcaster Rams Mabote, in association with SowetanLIVE, hosts a weekly podcast that looks at the funny side of news and current affairs.  Mabote will take listeners on a journey to the light side of dark. Because life is too short to take the news to heart, and in typical South African style, we choose to laugh so we don’t cry. 

Episode Date
Meet Kabelo GP, the most abused but successful Kaizer Chiefs fan
Apr 25, 2024
Vuyiswa Ramokgopa aims to buck the family trend and oust the ANC
Apr 18, 2024
Jacob Zuma is real-life comic character Phunyukabemphethe
Apr 11, 2024
Colleen Makhubele promises guns, grants and boreholes for all
Mar 28, 2024
How tables have turned against Mapisa-Nqakula
Mar 21, 2024
The DA tries to rig elections via the G7
Mar 14, 2024
Soshanguve aircraft flies below the radar
Mar 07, 2024
Rams takes Julius Malema by the horns
Feb 28, 2024
The silly season is upon us
Feb 22, 2024
How mucus turned into a circus
Feb 15, 2024
Open Letter To President Cyril Ramaphosa
Feb 08, 2024
Zuma: God’s Greatest Gift to Ramaphosa
Feb 01, 2024
May The Real Thabi Leoka Please Stand Up
Jan 25, 2024
A Skeptic’s guide to AFCON
Jan 18, 2024
Mbalula delivers the real January 8 Statement
Jan 11, 2024
"X"clusive: Mbalula puts Msimang in his place
Dec 14, 2023
When friends are dark, days are few for the ANC
Dec 07, 2023
The Ghost of Buthelezi comes back to haunt the IFP
Nov 30, 2023
You get a gift. You get a gift. Everybody Gets A Black Friday Gift
Nov 23, 2023
JJ Tabane rants his way onto Rams’ studio
Nov 16, 2023
An Idiot’s Guide to Cricket
Nov 09, 2023
The hope and delusion of a Springbok win
Nov 02, 2023
Mmusi Maimane makes clear who is Boss-a of the house
Oct 26, 2023
An Idiot’s Guide To Rugby
Oct 19, 2023
In fairness, “Dr” Lani is not alone in the circus of doctors
Oct 12, 2023
Rams takes Redi Tlhabi by the horns
Oct 05, 2023
For Metro FM, there is no such thing as a stupid question
Sep 28, 2023
Dear Advocate Dali Mpofu, please defend me
Sep 21, 2023
Is Busisiwe Mkhwebane the Jesus Christ of our times?
Sep 14, 2023
The ANC revives apartheid from the dead.
Sep 07, 2023
Luis Rubiales delivers a kiss of death to his job
Aug 31, 2023
An Idiot’s Guide To Brics
Aug 24, 2023
Is the moonshot pact a mission impossible even before launch?
Aug 17, 2023
South African potholes are not for the fainthearted
Aug 03, 2023
Zandile Khumalo puts up a hilarious fight against defence lawyers
Jul 27, 2023
Radical Economic Transformation on show at a Midrand restaurant
Jul 20, 2023
uShaka ILembe: A story of well-toned and sexy people of the 1700s
Jul 13, 2023
Mashatile releases an “unfortunate” statement about police violence
Jul 06, 2023
Edwin Sodi: South Africa’s own Vito Corleone
Jun 29, 2023
Snakes on the Plane in Poland
Jun 22, 2023
Could Ace Magashule rise from the political dead?
Jun 15, 2023
Kabelo Gwamanda: South Africa is indeed alive with possibilities.
Jun 09, 2023
Eusebius McKaiser, the King of Vatiekakie, is gone.
May 31, 2023
How Prince Mashele moved from a biographer to a fiction writer
May 25, 2023
12,5-million unauthorised questions about Herman Mashaba’s book
May 22, 2023
Of new books, ponzi schemes and fake qualifications.
May 18, 2023
Will the real Songezo Zibi rise or fall in 2024?
May 15, 2023
For the ATM, it seems Manyi is too tight to mention
May 11, 2023
Face it, pun intended, Buthelezi owns the IFP
May 08, 2023
Panyaza’s kitskonstabels hit the ground strolling
May 04, 2023
How Hani’s death drove the Nats into a corner
Apr 27, 2023
Blade Nzimande gets slightly more than he asked for
Apr 24, 2023
Whisky, sheep and blankets to keep politicians quiet
Apr 20, 2023
From Central Karoo, Gayton McKenzie comes to Joburg
Apr 17, 2023
The ANC is A-mad over Joburg mayor
Apr 13, 2023
Guptas and Bester run circles around Ronald Lamola
Apr 11, 2023
The DA drops the ANC and declares the EFF is the new enemy
Apr 03, 2023
Lesotho could just take the problem children from South Africa
Mar 30, 2023
Thabo Bester is a 21st century headache for correctional services
Mar 27, 2023
It’s time the People’s Advocate died for his ideals
Mar 23, 2023
The national shutdown turns into a PR free for all
Mar 20, 2023
Is Lungile Phenyane an April fool’s joke or is this the end of an error for the DA?
Mar 16, 2023
Ramaphosa goes fat and then promises to go lean
Mar 13, 2023
God forsakes Makwarela after a short stay as Tshwane mayor
Mar 09, 2023
The 'bully' takes on the 'buffoon': Showdown between Phakeng and Tabane
Mar 06, 2023
David “The Cat” Mabuza goes home to enjoy his ninth life.
Mar 02, 2023
How Andre De Ruyter set the cat among the pigeons
Feb 27, 2023
The Derby, the last hope of Soweto.
Feb 23, 2023
Is Mpho Phalatse's 'walk and talk' enough to make her DA leader?
Feb 20, 2023
Men in blouses, capes and berets
Feb 16, 2023
Ramaphosa goes on a random shooting at SONA
Feb 13, 2023
Will SONA shoot the lights out on loadshedding
Feb 08, 2023
Could the EFF be turning into Education Freedom Fighters?
Feb 06, 2023
Mbalula is in the house. Lights. Camera. Action.
Feb 01, 2023
Zuma goes back to civic politics, by hook or crook
Jan 30, 2023
A DA march that wasn't
Jan 25, 2023
With Sheba gone, Gwede The Tiger Mantashe flexes his muscles
Jan 23, 2023
Sheba the tiger dies after much shock and drama
Jan 18, 2023
Nqaba Bhanga quits the DA and Ramaphosa retreats from Davos
Jan 16, 2023
Fikile Mbalula is the most popular minister on Twitter, numbers show
Jan 11, 2023
An ANC conference or a comedy
Dec 21, 2022
Cyril shows some horns & Qatar flips the script on football
Dec 14, 2022
JHB mayor breaks many hearts as ANC ponders way out of Phala Phala cow dung
Dec 07, 2022
Cyril Ramaphosa caught in a pothole & SA Ambassador accused of witchcraft 
Nov 30, 2022
Another Meyiwa trial lawyer bites the dust & Zuma’s book buyer speaks
Nov 23, 2022