Drive with John Perlman
The day's news stories delivered by the one of South Africa most respected news presenters from 3 pm to 6 pm on weekdays
Recent Episodes
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A Song, A Book and A Dish Sue Nyathi, Author of the Polygamist
17 July 2026 · 12m
John chats to Sue Nyathi, Author of the Polygamist in this instalment of A Song, A Book and A Dish. The Polygamist, Nyathi's 2012 debut book, is now a 22-episode Netflix supernovel
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17 July 2026 · 3m
John chats to Dimakatso Leshoro, EWN Reporter on the arrest of Witness K in relation to the purported R14.9 million precious stone theft case involving Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi,
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Public Protector report on spazas
17 July 2026 · 6m
John chats to Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, Director of the Griffon Poison Information Centre on the Gauteng towns' failure to enforce food safety regulations at spaza outlets according to
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Randall's One Song - Cheap Thrills, by Sia
17 July 2026 · 6m
John 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 s
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The high level of initiation deaths this winter
17 July 2026 · 9m
John chats to Professor Dorothy Mmakgwale Farisani, Associate Professor and The Director of The School of Law, College of Law at The University of South Africa on the high level of
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Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2026
17 July 2026 · 10m
John chats to Avrum Burg, Former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament on this year's Festival of Dangerous Ideas where the theme was "How do Jews and Palestinians break free of the sp
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Madlanga Commission - Suliman Carrim
17 July 2026 · 8m
John chats to Thabiso Goba, EWN Reporter on Suliman Carrim, The controversial-north west businessman's full postponement application will no longer be heard by the Madlanga Commiss
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Inquest opened after fan falls to his death
17 July 2026 · 10m
John chats to Minenhle Khumalo, High Court of South Africa admitted attorney, about an inquest that was started following the death of a Bok fan who fell into a hole close to Loftu
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16 July 2026 · 7m
John chats to John Carlin, Author and journalist, about the Argentine players displaying a banner saying “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, making reference to the 1982 Falklands war.
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Risks, trade-offs and possible ways forward for assisted dying
16 July 2026 · 11m
John chats to Professor Willem Landman, Co-Founder of Dignity SA, about World Congress of Bioethics, which looks at assisted suicide. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johan