Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

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Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Creator: CapeTalk

The highlights from John Maytham's weekday show

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1325 episodes
Books with John Maytham

Books with John Maytham

Join us to take a look at what books John Maytham found interesting this week!
Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio v...

2026-06-05 10:39:44 564
Only 49,000 Educators Vetted Against Child Protection Register, Report Finds

Only 49,000 Educators Vetted Against Child Protection Register, Report Finds

John Maytham to Tendai Mafuma, Senior Researcher at SECTION27, about what these findings mean in practice, and why gaps in implementation could be lea...

2026-06-05 10:23:47 467
Pin Drop: The Tana Baru Cemetary

Pin Drop: The Tana Baru Cemetary

John Maytham speaks to Akbar Khalfe, Treasurer of the Tana Baru Trust, about the site’s powerful history, its place in the story of the Cape Muslim co...

2026-06-05 10:08:56 570
Plan B with Rebecca Davis

Plan B with Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Davis joins John Maytham each week to reflect on just how strange the news can be. From the most important to the very strange, John and Rebec...

2026-06-05 10:03:14 592
Electricity tariff cost saving

Electricity tariff cost saving

John Maytham speaks to Andrew Cunninghame, a retired engineer who has been working with Methodist churches and community organisations to help them re...

2026-06-05 09:47:32 539
How effective are drones in fighting crime?

How effective are drones in fighting crime?

John Maytham speaks to Professor Kholofelo Rakubu, criminologist, researcher and security expert, to unpack what this rapid expansion of drone policin...

2026-06-04 11:50:02 437
Scourge of illegal number plates

Scourge of illegal number plates

John Maytham speaks to Jan De Lange from the License Plate Association of South Africa, LAZA, to unpack how the system is being exploited, and what im...

2026-06-04 11:39:23 558
Intentional: With Author, Chris Bailey

Intentional: With Author, Chris Bailey

John Maytham speaks to Chris Bailey, bestselling author of Intentional, who has spent years researching productivity, focus, and human behaviour , and...

2026-06-04 10:37:25 611
Canal+ trading on the JSE

Canal+ trading on the JSE

John Maytham speaks to TV and entertainment journalist Tinus Ferreira, to unpack what this listing really means for DStv subscribers, investors, and t...

2026-06-04 10:24:22 402
Incorrect Electricity Tariff payments as Small Business owners

Incorrect Electricity Tariff payments as Small Business owners

John Maytham speaks to Retha Tait, former owner of Alma Café, about what she describes as a long and costly administrative oversight, and why she beli...

2026-06-04 10:07:45 515
Stormers Take on Leinster’s Dublin Fortress in High-Stakes Clash

Stormers Take on Leinster’s Dublin Fortress in High-Stakes Clash

John Maytham speaks to Stormers head coach John Dobson, as his side prepares for what has been described as a “massive mountain to climb” in Dublin. <...

2026-06-04 09:51:52 484
The Young Women Using Tech to Fight Fraud in South Africa

The Young Women Using Tech to Fight Fraud in South Africa

John Maytham speaks to to Thalia Pillay, co-founder of ORCA Fraud, one of the women behind this rapidly expanding start-up that is already protecting...

2026-06-04 09:36:48 407
Minister Aucamp Praises Rapid Arrests in Kruger National Park Murder Case

Minister Aucamp Praises Rapid Arrests in Kruger National Park Murder Case

Pippa Hudson is joined by Minister Willie Aucamp, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to discuss the Kruger National Park murder arres...

2026-06-03 11:38:56 398
The Madlanga Commission: New Claims in the R200 Million Cocaine Theft Saga

The Madlanga Commission: New Claims in the R200 Million Cocaine Theft Saga

Pippa Hudson is joined by Daily Maverick journalist Caryn Dolley, to chat about the new claims in the Madlanga Comission’s R200 million cocaine theft...

2026-06-03 11:36:32 304
Insurance implications when living near a river, estuary..

Insurance implications when living near a river, estuary..

Pippa Hudson is joined by NAKED’s founder and CMO, Ernest North to chat about SA’s recent severe weather reports and the implications of that on home...

2026-06-03 11:04:58 301
Garden Route storm update

Garden Route storm update

Pippa Hudson is joined by Nabeel Rylands, Disaster Resilience and Spatial Information Specialist for the Disaster Management for the Western Cape to g...

2026-06-03 10:38:50 233
School Violence Crisis: 1.1 million South African Pupils Affected

School Violence Crisis: 1.1 million South African Pupils Affected

Joining Pippa Hudson is Basil Manuel, Executive Director of NAPTOSA, to help make sense of the findings and what they reveal about pressure in schools...

2026-06-03 10:35:01 393
CSI Interview: STEPS Clubfoot Care

CSI Interview: STEPS Clubfoot Care

Joining Pippa Hudson is Karen Mara Moss, CEO of STEPS Clubfoot Care, to talk to us about World Clubfoot Day today and how far we’ve come as a country...

2026-06-03 10:08:03 420
Luggage woes: Canadian investigation finds drug smugglers switching luggage tags

Luggage woes: Canadian investigation finds drug smugglers switching luggage tags

Pippa Hudson joined by Guy Leitch, Independent Aviation Analyst, to help us understand how baggage systems work, where the vulnerabilities are, and wh...

2026-06-03 10:05:50 437
AI Without Job Losses: A Different Growth Story

AI Without Job Losses: A Different Growth Story

Pippa Hudson is joined by Jonathan Shapiro, Group CEO of Lesco, to talk about balancing cutting-edge innovation with human dignity in the workplace.

2026-06-03 09:38:33 511
Over 500 Hijacked Buildings: Johannesburg’s Housing Crisis Deepens

Over 500 Hijacked Buildings: Johannesburg’s Housing Crisis Deepens

To help us unpack what this means for the future of Johannesburg’s inner city—and whether evictions without housing solutions can ever be sustainable—...

2026-06-02 11:39:27 525
President Ramaphosa’s Future in the Hands of Makashule Gana

President Ramaphosa’s Future in the Hands of Makashule Gana

Amy MacIver speaks to Ferial Haffajee, Senior Daily Maverick journalist, about the appointment of Rise Mzansi's Makashule Gana as chairperson of Parli...

2026-06-02 11:34:49 427
RMB: Africa Focus on Botswana

RMB: Africa Focus on Botswana

RMB is a leading African Corporate and Investment Bank, with a strong presence across the continent and key international markets. By combining deep l...

2026-06-02 11:01:27 611
Florida Lawsuit Accuses ChatGPT of Assisting Mass Shooters

Florida Lawsuit Accuses ChatGPT of Assisting Mass Shooters

Amy MacIver speaks to Emma Sadleir, social media law specialist, about Florida's groundbreaking lawsuit against OpenAI. The discussion explores allega...

2026-06-02 10:38:17 480
Nearly 28,000 High-Risk Parolees Unaccounted For

Nearly 28,000 High-Risk Parolees Unaccounted For

Amy MacIver speaks to Professor Lukas Muntingh, Director of the Dullah Omar Institute, about mounting concerns over South Africa's parole system after...

2026-06-02 10:36:01 453
The Mother-Daughter Team Transforming Small-Scale Farming

The Mother-Daughter Team Transforming Small-Scale Farming

Amy MacIver is joined by Gugu Dlamini, a small-scale farmer who runs a farm alongside her daughter.  
Presenter John Maytham is an actor and aut...

2026-06-02 10:24:17 390
What does the new Petrol prices mean?

What does the new Petrol prices mean?

Joining Amy MacIver is Tracey Solomon, Economist at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), to help break down what’s really going on behind the numbe...

2026-06-02 09:55:42 489
Just Ask Me launches Sentinel programme to keep women, children and vulnerable citizens safe

Just Ask Me launches Sentinel programme to keep women, children and vulnerable citizens safe

Amy MacIver is joined by Anton Viljoen, Co-founder of Just Ask Me, an app tailored to protect women and children.
Presenter John Maytham is an a...

2026-06-02 09:40:32 566
Smoking and vaping increases amid outdated legal framework:

Smoking and vaping increases amid outdated legal framework:

John Maytham is joined by Professor Corné van Walbeek, Professor at UCT’s School of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Ex...

2026-06-01 12:06:49 516
Reboot of xenophobia in South Africa

Reboot of xenophobia in South Africa

Kyle Findlay, co-founder of Murmur Intelligence, speaks to John Maytham about his view that the anti-immigrant narrative in South Africa has been deve...

2026-06-01 11:23:53 469
New look for libraries across Cape Town

New look for libraries across Cape Town

Cape Town libraries are getting a facelift – MMC for Community Services and Health Francine Higham speaks to John Maytham about the refurbishment roll...

2026-06-01 10:54:09 388
Implications for SA as scientists predict mega el Nino

Implications for SA as scientists predict mega el Nino

Prof Willem Landman, meteorologist at the University of Pretoria specialising in SADC seasonal climate prediction speaks to John Maytham about the dev...

2026-06-01 10:51:15 555
Takeaways from the first Phala Phala Impeachment committee meeting

Takeaways from the first Phala Phala Impeachment committee meeting

John Maytham is  joined by Lindsay Dentlinger, EWN Parliamentary Correspondent to discuss the key takeaways from the first Phala Phala Impeachment Com...

2026-06-01 10:49:11 421
Constellations: With Mark Elderkin

Constellations: With Mark Elderkin

John Maytham is joined by actor Mark Elderkin to unpack the production, the complexity of the characters, and what it takes to perform a play that con...

2026-06-01 10:05:17 345
Inside the Luxury Lifestyle of Numsa’s General Secretary

Inside the Luxury Lifestyle of Numsa’s General Secretary

John Maytham is joined by News24 journalist, Sikonathi Mantshantsha, to unpack how NUMSA boss, Irvin Jim, funds his extravagant lifestyle. 
Pres...

2026-06-01 09:56:31 408
Beware WhatsApps Claiming to Be from Your Bank

Beware WhatsApps Claiming to Be from Your Bank

John Maytham is joined by Maya Fisher-French, News24 financial journalist and consumer finance expert, to unpack the suspicious WhatsApp messages one...

2026-06-01 09:37:44 541
Music: Kai Scott at the Alma Cafe

Music: Kai Scott at the Alma Cafe

John Maytham is joined by musician, Kai Scott, to discuss his journey as a musician and his upcoming show at the Alma Cafe.
Presenter John Mayth...

2026-05-29 12:24:17 304
PSG vs Arsenal: Who will win the Champions League final?

PSG vs Arsenal: Who will win the Champions League final?

John Maytham speaks to Sizwe Mbebe, Soccerbeat Editor and football analyst, to break down the tactical battle, key players, and what could decide one...

2026-05-29 12:13:59 409
Phala Phala Fallout: Should Parliament Be Delayed by the Courts?

Phala Phala Fallout: Should Parliament Be Delayed by the Courts?

John Maytham is joined by Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach, DA Spokesperson on Justice and Constitutional Development, to unpack the legal and constitutional...

2026-05-29 12:09:30 374
Car of the year

Car of the year

 
Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and inter...

2026-05-29 11:01:30 308
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