MFM 92.6 Interviews
With multiple South African Radio Awards under its belt, MFM 92.6 goes beyond just playing music—it’s a space for intelligent conversations and meaningful content.
Dignified From the Door | Abongile Quthu on Queer Rights and Access to Healthcare in South Africa
Pride Month has just closed, and July brings Mandela Month, with its call to reflect on dignity, justice and human well-being. On SiyaKhulaLive, that reflection turns to a question many South Africans don't have the luxury of taking for granted: what does it take for queer communities to access healthcare…
Breaking the Silence | Inside Stellenbosch's Frontline Response to Gender-Based Violence
Gender-based violence is not a private matter, it is a community one. In Stellenbosch and its surrounds, the people who respond to it every day, from the first phone call to the courtroom to the recovery room, rarely get to explain how the system actually works, or how to reach…
The Cost of Carrying a Gun | Dr Stanley Maphosa on Gun Violence and Public Safety in South Africa
Fifty years ago, young South Africans were gunned down in the streets of Soweto. Half a century on, gun violence still cuts short young lives across the country, and communities are still left to carry that grief largely on their own. Dr Stanley Maphosa, Executive Director of Gun-Free South Africa,…
African Microbiomes and the Frontiers of Science | Professor Thulani Makhalanyane on Health, Agriculture and Innovation
What if the answers to some of Africa's biggest health and food security challenges are too small to see? Professor Thulani Makhalanyane, Professor in Microbiology at Stellenbosch University and recently appointed SARChI Research Chair in African Microbiome Innovation, joins Dr Katlego Letlonkane on SiyaKhulaLive to explore the world of microbiomes…
WOW Telfees 2026 | Fiona van Kerwel oor hoofrekene, pret met syfers en WOW se eerste landwye Telfees
Wiskunde-angs is ’n werklikheid in duisende Suid-Afrikaanse klaskamers – maar wat gebeur wanneer jy syfers in ’n speletjie omskep? Fiona van Kerwel, bestuurder van die Universiteit Stellenbosch se Woorde Open Wêrelde-projek, sluit by Kyle op Lunch Club aan om die eerste landwye WOW Telfees bekend te stel: ’n mondelinge wiskundekompetisie…
Cyber Violence and the Digital Age | Professor Delano Cole van der Linde on Online Harm and Safer Digital Communities
Professor Delano Cole van der Linde, Public Law Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Law, joins Dr Katlego Letlonkane on SiyaKhula Live for a searching conversation on cyber violence - what it is, how South African law responds to it, and what it reveals about the societies producing it…
Pat Mahlangu: Youth, Brands & The Future of Africa
Entrepreneur and founder Pat Mahlangu joins Dr Katlego Letlonkane on SiyaKhula Live during Youth Month for a conversation that reframes youth entrepreneurship as a form of economic activism. Recorded 50 years after the Soweto Uprising, the discussion moves from the tactical - building sustainable youth-led brands across Africa - into…
The Right to a Clean Environment | Advocate Rantsho Moraka on Environmental Justice as a Human Rights Issue
Civil society practitioner and environmental justice advocate Advocate Rantsho Moraka joins Dr Katlego Letlonkane on SiyaKhula Live for a wide-ranging conversation on what the constitutional right to a clean, safe and healthy environment actually means for communities on the ground. Recorded during Human Rights Month, the discussion moves from the…
The Hippo's Calf | Dr Panashe Chigumadzi on Radical Ubuntu and the Global Reparations Struggle
Author, essayist, and rapporteur for the African Union's Committee of Experts on Reparations, Dr Panashe Chigumadzi joins Sibulele and Nalo in the Lift Club studio ahead of her 8th Annual Africa Day Lecture at Stellenbosch University on 27 May 2026. The conversation moves from the Zulu dictum at the heart…
Who Gets to Stay Home? | Ebrahiem Abrahams on parental leave, caregiving, and the law that changed everything
For most of South Africa's labour history, the answer was simple: the mother. She got four months. The father got three days. And the law called that equal. On this episode of SiyakhulaLive on Lunch, host Dr Katlego Letlonkane sits down with Ebrahiem Abrahams, Director of Employment Relations at Stellenbosch…
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Day | Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni on Rise 76 and the Story of June 16th
Fifty years ago, ordinary schoolchildren had breakfast, worried about maths class, and walked into history. Rise 76: The Story of June 16th is playwright Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni's attempt to hold both of those truths at once. Commissioned jointly by the Baxter Theatre and the Market Theatre — which opened…
We've Always Been Doing It | Simangele Mashazi on Multilingualism, Translanguaging and Linguistic Range in South Africa
Language is wealth — and South Africa is rich. On this episode of SiyakhulaLive on Lunch, host Dr Katlego Letlonkane sits down with Stellenbosch University lecturer in general linguistics Simangele Mashazi — a familiar voice to MFM listeners — for a wide-ranging conversation on what it really means to live…
The Killing of a Union Leader | John Maytham & Emma Kotze on Breakfast Club
CapeTalk drive-time host and stage veteran John Maytham and acclaimed actress Emma Kotze join Caleb and Jade on Breakfast Club ahead of the world premiere of The Killing of a Union Leader, the new political thriller by award-winning playwright and director Louis Viljoen, running at Artscape's Arena Theatre from 12…
Rights, Accountability and Active Citizenship | Prof Tshepo Madlingozi on the South African Human Rights Commission
South Africa is 30 years into constitutional democracy - but how well are those rights actually being protected? Prof Tshepo Madlingozi, Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and scholar-activist with two decades of university teaching and grassroots engagement, joins Dr Katlego Letlonkane on SiyakhulaLive to examine the…
Language and Belonging | Prof Richard Stevens on the Language Policy and Multilingualism at Stellenbosch University
The SU Language Policy is under review — and the process is about more than words on a page. Prof Richard Stevens, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching at Stellenbosch University, joins Thoriso on AM2PM to explain what the review entails, why it matters, and what the University's commitment to…
Coming Home to Deliver | Dr Leon Schreiber on Digital-First Home Affairs Reform and the Future of the Smart State
On a landmark morning for the Winelands, the Department of Home Affairs brought its digital-first reform drive directly to Stellenbosch. Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber — Paul Roos alumnus and triple graduate of Stellenbosch University — was joined by Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and Executive Mayor…
The Body as Archive | Hatched Ensemble, The Herd/Less and a Life in Resistance with Mamela Nyamza
What does it cost to become yourself when the art form you love was never built for your body? And what does it mean to take that cost — the ridicule, the exclusion, the rigid aesthetic violence of classical ballet — and transform it into work that tours sixteen countries…
SiyaKhula Live | Music, Memory and Resistance in South Africa with Dr Carina Venter
Can a song carry the weight of a nation's history? Can the act of listening — truly listening — become a form of ethical and political engagement? And three decades into South Africa's democracy, what does resistance sound like now, when the struggle is no longer fought in the streets…
#GivingMaties 2026 | The Fight Against Student Food Insecurity with Viwe Benxa and and Alwin Mabuza
How many students at one of South Africa's most prestigious universities are choosing between eating and studying? More than the numbers suggest — because most of them never ask for help. They suffer in silence, navigating food insecurity behind the façade of a normal student life. And according to the…
SiyaKhula Live | Local Government Elections, Electoral Power and the Youth Vote with Dr. Choice Makhetha
Is your vote in a local government election really the most powerful thing you own — or does it feel too remote, too complicated, and too easily dismissed? With South Africa's local government elections set to take place before 1 February 2027, and voter registration dates already confirmed for June,…