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Taking the Rams by the Horns

Veteran journalist and broadcaster Rams Mabote, in association with SowetanLIVE, hosts a weekly podcast that looks at the funny side of news and current affairs. 
Mabote will take listeners on a journey to the light side of dark. Because life is too short to take the news to heart, and in typical South African style, we choose to laugh so we don’t cry. 
Weekly English Explicit South Africa Comedy · Society & Culture
129 Episodes
120 – 129

Nqaba Bhanga quits the DA and Ramaphosa retreats from Davos

In this episode of Taking The Rams By The Horns on SowetanLIVE, Rams smells a rat as Nqaba Bhanga quits the DA’s Eastern Cape leadership.And in an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, our intrepid podcaster says “vamos to Davos, Mr President”.
16 Jan 2023 14 min

Fikile Mbalula is the most popular minister on Twitter, numbers show

In this week's edition of Taking The Rams By The Horns on SowetanLIVE, we find out how government leaders are doing on the social media platform. Apparently, newly elected ANC spokesperson Fikile Mbalula is the ANC's most popular leader thereon. We also watch the legal battle between former president Jacob…
11 Jan 2023 23 min

An ANC conference or a comedy

This week’s edition of Taking The Rams By The Horns is all about the ANC’s 55th national conference. Who are the winners and losers? Was spokesperson Pule Mabe the ANC’s own comical Ali? Did presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya put his foot in it?
21 Dec 2022 41 min

Cyril shows some horns & Qatar flips the script on football

In this week’s edition of Taking The Rams By The Horns on SowetanLIVE, Rams asks if President Cyril Ramaphosa is finally growing a pair. He also looks at the good, the bad and the ugly of the Fifa World Cup so far, and let’s you in on why he hates…
14 Dec 2022 43 min

Cyril Ramaphosa caught in a pothole & SA Ambassador accused of witchcraft 

In this week's edition of Taking The Rams By The Horns on SowetanLIVE, host Rams Mabote goes around Rivonia Circle with Songezo Zibi, President Cyril Ramaphosa is stuck in the potholes of Ditsobotla and South Africa's ambassador to the US is the subject of sorcery and voodoo. Rams also shares…
30 Nov 2022 42 min

Another Meyiwa trial lawyer bites the dust & Zuma’s book buyer speaks

In this inaugural edition of Taking The Rams By The Horns, our host Mabote makes an observation that lawyers representing the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial seem to be afflicted by some sort of madness which is sinking them one by one. Mabote also looks at the sale…
23 Nov 2022 29 min
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