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If you’re like us, you’re probably experiencing the typical need to reorganize your life, set goals, and, of course, discover new podcasts to listen to or watch. This list includes something for everyone, whether you’re just learning how to listen to podcasts or seeking fresh recommendations to add to your queue of old favorites. Podcasts have a format similar to talk radio and can cover a wide range of topics and everything in between.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

• After school is after school with sis G.U.
•  Podcast and Chill with MacG
• The Journey Kwantu
• The 213 show
• Investec Focus Radio SA
• Unpacked with relebogile Mabotja
• The Mbali Nwoko podcast.
• Every Everything SA music
• Nongcebo Vukile McKenzie; The podcast
• Fan reaction show
• Sisters without Shame
• DEAD.RADIO
• Tell Us More/Mojak Lehoko

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Our pick of the top 13 local South African podcasts to listen to features topics such as humor, guidance, sports, finance, music, social concerns, food, celebrity interviews, history, self-help, cultural analysis, and podcasts that may lead you to fall off the treadmill from laughter. Podcasts that tell stories can take you anywhere in the world, while those that offer counsel can guide you through your life.

(IN NO ORDER) Let’s dig in!

1.AFTER SCHOOL IS AFTER SCHOOL WITH SIS G.U.-PODCAST

The host, Gugulethu Nyatsumba, is the exclusive focus of this podcast. She speaks more freely and openly about her hardships in her 20’s in this platform. She is really passionate about inspiring others to continually strive for personal progress and to seek more for themselves. It is strongly represented in her writing “Let’s chuckle, sob, and just enjoy ourselves,” she says.

2.PODCAST AND CHILL WITH MACG

Podcast and Chill because sometimes all you want to do is laugh and drink . Podcast & Chill with MacG is known for saying it like it is, whether good or bad, and while the hosts have received a lot of flak for it, it is also one of the reasons they have such devoted fans. Podcast and Chill is one of the biggest in South Africa and Africa as a whole. They break down what happened in South Africa and around the world in the previous week, and host interviews from politics, entertainment, finance and many more.

3.THE JOURNEY KWANTU

Exploring Questions Around African Beliefs and Identity

4.THE 213 SHOW

The 213 Show podcast, Tumi discusses music, lifestyle, personal growth, life-changing advice, and friendship talks on the podcast. Every week, he alternates between playing the best music and discussing a diverse range of topics.

5.INVESTEC FOCUS RADIO SA

Investec Focus Radio South Africa features conversations with Investec executives and other experts about economic, investing, and business topics, as well as challenges that reach beyond wealth. As young people, we need to learn more about our finances and how to make better financial decisions.

6.UNPACKED WITH RELEBOGILE MABOTJA

This is the official podcast for Relebogile Mabotja’s daily show “Unpacked.” The show delves at social concerns and taboos that are rarely discussed in the media or on social media.

Episodes air at 17:00 CAT daily on South African TV channel SABC3 and then on YouTube at 17:30 CAT daily.

7.THE MBALI NWOKO PODCAST

The Mbali Nwoko Podcast is a farming and agricultural podcast featuring industry professionals and stakeholders from around the agricultural value chain. Farmers, scientists, agronomists, researchers, economists, investors, and policymakers, to mention a few, are interviewed in this podcast in order to aid, inspire, educate, and inform you about the economics of farming and agriculture. Mbali Nwoko, a multi-award-winning South African farmer, keynote speaker, journalist, and agriculture blogger.

8.EVERY EVERYTHING SA Music

The leading news source for 🇿🇦 music fans. South African music based content, podcast & performances. Listen to The Rea & Blvck Steph Podcast/Live Jive/exclusive interviews on Everything SA Music.

9.NONGCEBO VUKILE McKenzie; THE PODCAST

 Nongcebo Vukile McKenzie presents guests every week, including authors, speakers, renowned academics, and respected leaders, for illuminating and insightful dialogues in isiZulu and English. Subscribe to the channel to receive all new episodes as they become available. 

10.FAN REACTION SHOW 

Your voice can be heard on the Fan Reaction show! The fans of the SL Podcast comment on games, signings, and anything else going on in Mzansi football.
This is the show where fans are given a voice and a place to express their thoughts on significant games and breaking events. Fans send  their ideas via voice notes and Facebook comments, and they always bring the banter! So if you banter, laugh a little and a soccer lover this podcast is for you

11.SISTERS WITHOUT SHAME

You know those medical secrets you can’t reveal in public? The Sisters Without Shame podcast, proudly provided to you by Health For Mzansi, strives to demystify shameful health while dissecting your medical riddle with the proper specialist. Your health is not a source of embarrassment. Your health is not a source of embarrassment. Your health is not a source of shame. If you are a teenager who is confused or ashamed of any health problem, listening to the sisters without shame podcast may be the answer to finding peace and being free to communicate and be proud of who you are.

12.DEAD.RADIO

DEAD. radio is a platform to have conversations in a manner to express different relatable and realistic topics that could potentially change the listener’s perspective of current affairs within the South African domain.

13.Tell Us More/MOJAK LEHOKO

A podcast telling the stories of South African artists and personalities.

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