Drive with John Perlman

John chats to Dr Baba Mthethwa, Award Winning broadcaster in this instalment of A Song, A Book and A Dish.   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 invit...

John chats to Professor Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political Analyst on the ANC not being keen on going into a coalition with Democratic Alliance.      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...

John chats to Masego Sheburi, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer for Electoral Operations from the IEC on the local government election cycle drawing to a close, The IEC has acknowledged that over 1,700 objections were filed.   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...

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 Dream Girl Shibuya, By Hayley Williams.     702 Drive with John Perlman is a Joh...

John chats to Arthur Goldstuck, The Founder of World Wide Worx and the Author of Hitchhiker's Guide to AI on the possibles reasons behind the global shutdown of Microsoft.     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...

John chats Margot McCumisky, The National Manager of Diabetes South Africa on World Diabetes Day.  According to Statistics South Africa's most recent mortality data, diabetes mellitus accounted for 27,692 deaths in 2023, making it the most common underlying natural cause of death.     702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you com...

John chats to Nkosikhona Malinga-Mnisi, EWN Reporter, on Julius Mkhwanazi, The Former Deputy Chief of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department, filing a lawsuit in the Labor Court since the corruption case over the purported abuse of blue lights in Ekurhuleni has been delayed until next year.     702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep yo...

John chats to Tsholo Tsoku, EWN Reporter on the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry regarding the testimony of a senior official who was buried in operations.       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...

Thabo chats to Khanya Vilakazi, Political Analyst on the ANC's special extended NEC and the likely outcomes.     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 t...

Thabo chats to Chante Venter, Co-founder and CEO of Wise Move on the benefits of relocating to Gauteng? According to Stats SA, residential property prices in Cape Town increased by 12% in the year ending in June, while those in Johannesburg increased by 4.9%. For a family considering moving between the two provinces, what does that difference mean?     702 Drive with John Perlman is a Jo...

Thabo chats to Prof Lizette Koekemoer, Director of the Malaria Institute at Wits University about the Gauteng Department of Health raising the alarm over a sharp increase in malaria cases and deaths in the province.    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...

Thabo chats to Stan Bezuidenhout, Court Expert and former Specialist Reservist in the South African Police on the reasons why express kidnappings are placing more South Africans at risk?     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 inter...

Thabo chats to Thabiso Goba, EWN Reporter, about a group of 22 foreign store owners in Nongoma, north of KwaZulu-Natal, who have taken anti-illegal immigration activists Nkosikhona "Phakelumthakathi" Ndabandaba and seven other people with them in order to obtain an injunction that would prevent them from harassing and entering their establishments. The Pietermaritzburg High Court will hear the cas...

Thabo chats to Tsholo Tsoku, EWN Reporter about the latest witness to appear at the Madlanga Commission. National Intelligence Coordinating Committee, Dr Ntandazo Sifolo.        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 intervie...

John Perlman is joined by Ian Cameron, DA Police Spokesperson and MP, to discuss the current reality that one in five calls to the police is abandoned, the circumstances leading to this, such as understaffing and system delays.      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...

John Perlman speaks to Micaela Giltrow, an Actuary at Invest Technical Marketing at Discovery Invest, to unpack the cost of ageing and how people can prepare for the care they may need later in life.      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...

John Perlman speaks to Environmental Law Expert at UKZN, Professor Michael Kidd, about the five "intercepted" baobab trees in KZN and the billionaire tree collector who did not have a valid license to export.      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...

John Perlman speaks to Khadija Jamaloodien, Chief Director: Health Products Procurement at the Department of Health, about the cause and implications of the shortage of chronic medication, including relapse, exacerbation of illnesses and the plea from the South African Society of Psychiatry for the government to address the matter.        702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johann...

John Perlman speaks with Annemieke Thomaidis, Junior Sports Reporter at Daily Maverick, about Tajana Smith's decision and what it says about support for sports and athletes 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...

John Perlman is joined by SA Weather Services forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela, discussing the second heatwave set to hit Gauteng, its implications and the safety precautions required to wade this wave.      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...

John Perlman is joined by EWN reporter Tsholo Tsoku to discuss alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's claim accusing former Deputy Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya of extortion before the Madlanga Commission.      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 an...

John chats to Prudence Moilwa, Head of Division, Complaints and Investigation at the National Consumer Commission on the recall of over 23,000 Chery, Omoda, and Tiggo automobiles due to safety flaws that could result in brake issues or a vehicle's rear suspension collapsing. The Chery Tiggo 4, Omoda C5, and Tiggo 8 Pro Max 2.0 are all impacted by the recall.     702 Drive with John Perlm...

John chats to Tsholo Tsoku, EWN Reporter on Cat Matlala's denial of having a quid pro quo arrangement with Sergeant Nkosi and Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya following the Madlanga Commission's presentation of WhatsApp evidence demonstrating that he traded case dockets for impala.   702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep...

John chats to the Masego Sheburi, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer for Electoral Operations about the destruction of ballots at a voting station in the Northern Cape, and in Ga Rankuwa. What legal action and consequences will be served.       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...

John chats Dr Busani Ngcaweni, Director of Centre for Public Policy and African Studies at The Johannesburg Business School of the University of Johannesburg on political parties stepping up coalition talks in the wake of the announcement of municipal election results that saw a further decline in support for the African National Congress and no clear winner in seven of the eight largest cities.&n...