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CT company develops vandal-resistant rail track monitoring system
John Maytham speaks to Franz Struwig, CEO and co-founder of HisWay Labs, about how TrackView works, whether low-cost monitoring technology can help t…
4 days, 11 hours ago
Should we have "None of the Above" on ballot papers?
John Maytham speaks to Dr Sithembile Mbete, Executive Director of the Public Affairs Research Institute, about whether South Africa should introduce …
4 days, 11 hours ago
Zuma’s spy trial: Media and civil society challenge closed-door proceedings in court
John Maytham speaks to Pieter du Toit, News24 co-editor overseeing investigations, about the legal challenge, the significance of Thulani Dlomo’s rol…
4 days, 11 hours ago
Can AI influence the outcome of South Africa’s 2026 elections?
John Maytham speaks to Kyle Findlay, co-founder of Murmur Intelligence, about the experiment, what AI models reveal about the political narratives th…
4 days, 12 hours ago
#BinItDontFlushIt: The everyday waste clogging Cape Town’s sewers
John Maytham speaks to Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation at the City of Cape Town, about the #BinItDontFlushIt camp…
4 days, 12 hours ago
Former rough sleeper raises awareness with running challenge
John Maytham speaks to Alex Sean Swartz, who was formerly homeless and recently took on the Stride To Survive campaign in partnership with the City o…
4 days, 12 hours ago
#TakeTheEdgeOffFridays: In Conversation with Gordon Laing
John Maytham speaks to Gordon Laing, South African civil engineer and 2026 SAICE Engineer of the Year, about sustainable transport, infrastructure pl…
1 week ago
Meet the “Alien Forager”: Turning invasive plants into food, medicine and opportunity
John Maytham is joined by Angela Moore Pozarycki, botanical researcher, author and co-founder of Forage & Ferment, to discuss her work with invasive …
1 week ago
Books With John Maytham
Join John Maytham as he reviews the books he read this week. Stay tuned!
Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and …
1 week ago
Is Poverty a crime? The Informal Trader that was fined R1500
John Maytham speaks to City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Cllr Rob Quintas, following concerns raised by a Hout Bay resid…
1 week ago