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.
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Marketing through mud and dust, according to Nano Mothibi
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Pearl Mbewe: A daughter, a mother and a sister
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Ke Dezemba boss: Time to know your whisky
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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I BLEW IT – The RAF way
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Unknown to him, Paul Biya retains Cameroonian presidency
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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SA is limping, but it is not lights out, yet
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Make Joburg clean again. But don’t take away its bounce
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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The ANC finally has a plan for South Africa, again
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Celebrating podcaster Ursula Mariani
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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It is darkest before dawn says Songezo Zibi
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ntshavheni enters the annuls of Most Influential People
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Makashule Gana takes a gamble on the betting industry
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Pitso Motaung to Dance The Death Drill On Stage
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Holomisa floored in a radio interview from hell
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Relentless Tebogo Malaka goes Bell Pottinger
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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A not-so-heartfelt advice for IDT's Tebogo Malaka
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Panyaza Lesufi perfects the art of demoting officials upward
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Wine, whisky and Holy Land: A day in the life of a politician
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Noma does Cold Play on Gigaba
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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It’s the law, stupid. Mbhazima Shilowa explains decision on Senzo Mchunu
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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A week from hell for President Cyril RamaphosaA week from hell for President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Are you sceptical about Africa? Well, think again
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ayanda Allie: The Native Who Caused All The Trouble
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Broadcasting is fun, but not a walk in the park - Thabiso Tema
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Trump Drama: South Africa came out alive
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Betereinders: Ons dak nie, ons phola hier
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May 22, 2025 |
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An Idiots Guide To The Budget
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May 01, 2025 |
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South Africa is in a football nirvana right now.
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Tebogo Khaas advises Ramaphosa: Put South Africa first
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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T-Bose Mokwele: life, radio and family
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ekurhuleni loses its peace as EMPD officers go on strike
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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An Idiots Guide to Budget 2025
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Trump should not stop with white Afrikaners
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Who knocked up our SANDF soldiers in the DRC?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Rams appears before Scopa to account
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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“I apologise, but Tsek Floyd,” says Duduzile Zuma
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Open Letter to President Jacob Zuma
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef comes into town, and that’s not a joke.
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Donald Trump introduces the 5th Industrial Revolution
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Scopa: so far, so good, says Songezo Zibi
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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The 2024 Christmas book catalogue for politicians
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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GNU: The ANC's own Isithembu
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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An exclusive interview that revealed nothing exclusive
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Finally something to smile about for Kaizer Motaung
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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An Open Letter to US vice president Kamala Harris
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Americans get ready to choose Dumb or Dumber
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Divorce or not, Siyamthanda uKolisi
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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The coming and the going mixed up
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Rams switches chairs and becomes the guest
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Those that the gods seek to destroy, first they make mad
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The cult movement called PSL is underway
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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How a rich man fell from a bike into a dark hole of drugs
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Time to celebrate few but honest politicians
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Lucas Mangope In Black and White
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Morero's Dud Plan Falls Short
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The Fist of Fury: Malema Fights Back
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Kabelo Gwamanda finally does something visible
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Pastor Mboro: The Slay King
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Zuma — a man of many season(ing)s
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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"I love what I do" – Clement Manyathela
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Trump shot. Expect an earful of insults
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ramokgopa polishes her Afrikaans for new role
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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McKenzie aims to promote unusual games
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Zille behaving like a Demagog(o)
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Zulu Boy sings praises about his comic book hero Jacob Zuma
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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A government of narcissistic unity in the making
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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EXCLUSIVE: Ramaphosa resigns (it's a joke)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Dear politician, the people have spoken
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May 30, 2024 |
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An Idiot's Guide to Elections
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May 23, 2024 |
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Pens on fleek as ANC runs towards election day
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May 16, 2024 |
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Is Ayanda Allie a new political force or farce?
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May 09, 2024 |
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It is time President Ramaphosa increases the number of National Orders
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May 02, 2024 |
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Meet Kabelo GP, the most abused but successful Kaizer Chiefs fan
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Vuyiswa Ramokgopa aims to buck the family trend and oust the ANC
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Jacob Zuma is real-life comic character Phunyukabemphethe
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Colleen Makhubele promises guns, grants and boreholes for all
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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How tables have turned against Mapisa-Nqakula
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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The DA tries to rig elections via the G7
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Soshanguve aircraft flies below the radar
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Rams takes Julius Malema by the horns
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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The silly season is upon us
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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How mucus turned into a circus
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Open Letter To President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Zuma: God’s Greatest Gift to Ramaphosa
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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May The Real Thabi Leoka Please Stand Up
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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A Skeptic’s guide to AFCON
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Mbalula delivers the real January 8 Statement
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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"X"clusive: Mbalula puts Msimang in his place
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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When friends are dark, days are few for the ANC
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The Ghost of Buthelezi comes back to haunt the IFP
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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You get a gift. You get a gift. Everybody Gets A Black Friday Gift
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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JJ Tabane rants his way onto Rams’ studio
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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An Idiot’s Guide to Cricket
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The hope and delusion of a Springbok win
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Mmusi Maimane makes clear who is Boss-a of the house
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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An Idiot’s Guide To Rugby
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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In fairness, “Dr” Lani is not alone in the circus of doctors
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Rams takes Redi Tlhabi by the horns
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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For Metro FM, there is no such thing as a stupid question
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Dear Advocate Dali Mpofu, please defend me
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Is Busisiwe Mkhwebane the Jesus Christ of our times?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The ANC revives apartheid from the dead.
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Luis Rubiales delivers a kiss of death to his job
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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An Idiot’s Guide To Brics
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Is the moonshot pact a mission impossible even before launch?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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South African potholes are not for the fainthearted
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Zandile Khumalo puts up a hilarious fight against defence lawyers
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Radical Economic Transformation on show at a Midrand restaurant
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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uShaka ILembe: A story of well-toned and sexy people of the 1700s
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Mashatile releases an “unfortunate” statement about police violence
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Edwin Sodi: South Africa’s own Vito Corleone
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Snakes on the Plane in Poland
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Could Ace Magashule rise from the political dead?
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Kabelo Gwamanda: South Africa is indeed alive with possibilities.
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Eusebius McKaiser, the King of Vatiekakie, is gone.
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May 31, 2023 |
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How Prince Mashele moved from a biographer to a fiction writer
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May 25, 2023 |
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12,5-million unauthorised questions about Herman Mashaba’s book
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May 22, 2023 |
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Of new books, ponzi schemes and fake qualifications.
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May 18, 2023 |
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Will the real Songezo Zibi rise or fall in 2024?
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May 15, 2023 |
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For the ATM, it seems Manyi is too tight to mention
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May 11, 2023 |
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Face it, pun intended, Buthelezi owns the IFP
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May 08, 2023 |
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Panyaza’s kitskonstabels hit the ground strolling
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May 04, 2023 |
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How Hani’s death drove the Nats into a corner
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Blade Nzimande gets slightly more than he asked for
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Whisky, sheep and blankets to keep politicians quiet
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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From Central Karoo, Gayton McKenzie comes to Joburg
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The ANC is A-mad over Joburg mayor
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Guptas and Bester run circles around Ronald Lamola
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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The DA drops the ANC and declares the EFF is the new enemy
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Lesotho could just take the problem children from South Africa
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Thabo Bester is a 21st century headache for correctional services
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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It’s time the People’s Advocate died for his ideals
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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The national shutdown turns into a PR free for all
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Is Lungile Phenyane an April fool’s joke or is this the end of an error for the DA?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ramaphosa goes fat and then promises to go lean
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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God forsakes Makwarela after a short stay as Tshwane mayor
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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The 'bully' takes on the 'buffoon': Showdown between Phakeng and Tabane
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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David “The Cat” Mabuza goes home to enjoy his ninth life.
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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How Andre De Ruyter set the cat among the pigeons
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The Derby, the last hope of Soweto.
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Is Mpho Phalatse's 'walk and talk' enough to make her DA leader?
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Men in blouses, capes and berets
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Ramaphosa goes on a random shooting at SONA
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Will SONA shoot the lights out on loadshedding
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Could the EFF be turning into Education Freedom Fighters?
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Mbalula is in the house. Lights. Camera. Action.
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Zuma goes back to civic politics, by hook or crook
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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A DA march that wasn't
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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With Sheba gone, Gwede The Tiger Mantashe flexes his muscles
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Sheba the tiger dies after much shock and drama
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Nqaba Bhanga quits the DA and Ramaphosa retreats from Davos
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Fikile Mbalula is the most popular minister on Twitter, numbers show
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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An ANC conference or a comedy
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Cyril shows some horns & Qatar flips the script on football
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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JHB mayor breaks many hearts as ANC ponders way out of Phala Phala cow dung
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Cyril Ramaphosa caught in a pothole & SA Ambassador accused of witchcraft
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Another Meyiwa trial lawyer bites the dust & Zuma’s book buyer speaks
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Nov 23, 2022 |