Drive with John Perlman

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Episodes

A card game gets Mzanzi talking about inequality and unemployment

John chats to Nape Senong, Mobiliser Strategist at Youth Capital, about the launch of a conversation game, Thetha Ngeunemployment, that encourages conversations on the different experiences that mark growing up and having aspirations and dreams in South Africa. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes se...

Jun 16, 2025•7 min

South African universities are being overrun by mafia organisations

John chats to Grant Abbott, the National Tertiary Education Union's secretary general, about how "corruption mafia" organizations have infiltrated universities in the nation. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation,...

Jun 16, 2025•5 min

250 soldiers are returning from the DRC

John chats to Advocate Pikkie Greef, National Secretary of the SA National Defence Union on the kind of support that the soldiers returning from Goma are going to need? 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as yo...

Jun 16, 2025•6 min

Reflecting on June 16

John chats to Thulani Nzima, Son of the photographer Sam Nzima looking back on the iconic picture that his father Sam Nzima took and the commemorative events that will be held in his honour. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their dai...

Jun 16, 2025•8 min

Latest on the EC floods

John chats to Ali Sablay, Project Manager of Gift of the Givers on an update on the latest regarding the Eastern Cape floods. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as you travel through the traffic. Thank you for...

Jun 16, 2025•6 min

EFF Rally and MK Party

John chats to Nhlanhla Mabaso, EWN Reporter on the EFF's Youth Rally and the launch of the MK Party's youth wing. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as you travel through the traffic. Thank you for listening t...

Jun 16, 2025•4 min

Song, A Book, and A Dish – Refentse Morake, Afrikaans Singer

John chats to Refentse Morake, Afrikaans Singer on a Song, A Book, A Dish, walking a mile in his shoes to understand what makes him tick and what it took to get where he is today. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversa...

Jun 13, 2025•12 min

Gift of the Givers on the ground in the Eastern Cape

John chats to Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, Founder of the Gift of the Givers about the disaster and aid after the floods in the Eastern Cape. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as you travel through the traffic. Thank ...

Jun 13, 2025•6 min

Randall’s One Song – Family Affair by Sly & The Family Stone

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 singer/band, the lyrics, the instruments, the arrangements, or simply tells us why we should enjoy the song. Today’s song is Family Affair by Sly & The Family Stone. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with th...

Jun 13, 2025•8 min

In conversation with The Dischem Foundation – Girls and Boys Town

John chats to Kganya Mothapo, National Fundraising & Resource Mobilisation Officer of Girls and Boys Town South Africa and Jacqueline Kahlberg of The Dis-Chem Foundation on learning what it truly takes to restore a child’s spirit through Girls & Boys Town. 702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes...

Jun 13, 2025•7 min

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