Episodios

  • R1 million worth of explosives was seized
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Mmemme Mogotsi, The Spokesperson for the Border Management Authority, regarding the seizure of explosives valued at R1 million from smugglers at the Beit Bridge border.

    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.
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    4 m
  • Madlanga Commission - Mkhwanazi EMPD clarifies mother
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Thabiso Goba, EWN Reporter on the day's proceedings at the commission. Suspended Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) has clarified that he requested a postponement of his testimony before the Madlanga Commission due to the death of his stepmother, not his biological mother.

    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.
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    8 m
  • 702 Small Business Awards - The Learning Space
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Ernest Rangaka, The Learning Space on the 702 Small Business Awards with MTN finalist announcement finding out about their journey so far and discover what it took to make them stand out in the 702 MTN Small Business Awards.

    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.
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    7 m
  • Second Cabinet minister implicated in scandal
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Rebecca Davis, Daily Maverick journalist about a second Cabinet minister connected to the Chinese SUV affair. The Minister of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, has also been accused of giving lavishly funded Chinese SUVs to her close ones without alerting anyone.

    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.
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    10 m
  • Tensions between the Vatican and President Trump
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Father Russell Pollitt, Jesuit Priest and Parish Priest of Holy Trinity in Braamfontein on the verbal battle between the Vatican and US President Trump and his thoughts on Pope Leo visiting various African countries.

    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.
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    10 m
  • Prominent Soweto community leader accused of raping 12 year old girl
    Apr 14 2026

    John chat to Jabulile Mbatha, EWN Reporter about a Soweto community leader who has been accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in Dobsonville.

    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.
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    4 m
  • Ledwaba suggested by JSC to be the Gauteng Judge President
    Apr 14 2026

    John chats to Kgomotso Modise, EWN Reporter on Aubrey Ledwaba, The acting judge president of Gauteng, being recommended by the Judicial Service Commission to serve as the division's president.

    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.
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    5 m
  • In conversation with 702 small business awards with MTN finalist announcement
    Apr 13 2026


    John chats to Afrika Mdolomba, Founder and CEO of Travel With Afrika on the 702 small business awards with MTN finalist announcement finding out about their journey so far and discover what it took to make them stand out in the 702 MTN Small Business Awards.

    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 to a podcast from 702 Drive with John Perlman.
    Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 to 18:00 (SA Time) to the Drive with John Perlman broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj
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    9 m