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
An Idiots Guide To The Budget
May 01, 2025
South Africa is in a football nirvana right now.
Apr 24, 2025
Tebogo Khaas advises Ramaphosa: Put South Africa first
Apr 17, 2025
T-Bose Mokwele: life, radio and family
Apr 03, 2025
Ekurhuleni loses its peace as EMPD officers go on strike
Mar 20, 2025
An Idiots Guide to Budget 2025
Mar 13, 2025
Trump should not stop with white Afrikaners
Mar 06, 2025
Who knocked up our SANDF soldiers in the DRC?
Feb 27, 2025
Rams appears before Scopa to account
Feb 20, 2025
“I apologise, but Tsek Floyd,” says Duduzile Zuma
Feb 13, 2025
Open Letter to President Jacob Zuma
Feb 06, 2025
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef comes into town, and that’s not a joke.
Jan 30, 2025
Donald Trump introduces the 5th Industrial Revolution
Jan 23, 2025
Scopa: so far, so good, says Songezo Zibi
Jan 09, 2025
The 2024 Christmas book catalogue for politicians
Dec 12, 2024
GNU: The ANC's own Isithembu
Dec 05, 2024
An exclusive interview that revealed nothing exclusive
Nov 28, 2024
Finally something to smile about for Kaizer Motaung
Nov 14, 2024
An Open Letter to US vice president Kamala Harris
Nov 07, 2024
Americans get ready to choose Dumb or Dumber
Oct 31, 2024
Divorce or not, Siyamthanda uKolisi
Oct 24, 2024
The coming and the going mixed up
Oct 17, 2024
Rams switches chairs and becomes the guest
Oct 10, 2024
Those that the gods seek to destroy, first they make mad
Oct 03, 2024
The cult movement called PSL is underway
Sep 26, 2024
How a rich man fell from a bike into a dark hole of drugs
Sep 19, 2024
Time to celebrate few but honest politicians
Sep 12, 2024
Lucas Mangope In Black and White
Sep 05, 2024
Morero's Dud Plan Falls Short
Aug 29, 2024
The Fist of Fury: Malema Fights Back
Aug 22, 2024
Kabelo Gwamanda finally does something visible
Aug 15, 2024
Pastor Mboro: The Slay King
Aug 08, 2024
Zuma — a man of many season(ing)s
Aug 01, 2024
"I love what I do" – Clement Manyathela
Jul 25, 2024
Trump shot. Expect an earful of insults
Jul 18, 2024
Ramokgopa polishes her Afrikaans for new role
Jul 11, 2024
McKenzie aims to promote unusual games
Jul 04, 2024
Zille behaving like a Demagog(o)
Jun 27, 2024
Zulu Boy sings praises about his comic book hero Jacob Zuma
Jun 20, 2024
A government of narcissistic unity in the making
Jun 13, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Ramaphosa resigns (it's a joke)
Jun 06, 2024
Dear politician, the people have spoken
May 30, 2024
An Idiot's Guide to Elections
May 23, 2024
Pens on fleek as ANC runs towards election day
May 16, 2024
Is Ayanda Allie a new political force or farce?
May 09, 2024
It is time President Ramaphosa increases the number of National Orders
May 02, 2024
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