Podcasts: Popular and growing apace in SA
Nobody knows how many podcasts there are in South Africa, but there’s a huge array that provide in-depth information on news, wine... you name it
18 May 2025 - 00:00
Honesty and solid research rather than sensationalism are the backbone of a good podcast, according to three longtime podcasters I interviewed this week. Podcasts are in the limelight due to a skandaal that erupted recently in the media, to the extent that the chairperson of parliament’s communications portfolio committee, Khusela Diko, is calling for them to be regulated. This after the public backlash over the derogatory remarks made about celebrity Minnie Dlamini by MacGyver Mukwevho, on his Podcast and Chill with MacG...
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