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WAW! What A Week with DJ Fresh

Africa Podcast Network

300 episodes

Every week is more WAW!!! than the one before.

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DJ Fresh talks to comedians, sports stars, celebrities, know-it-alls and human beings about what went down this week.

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  1. NADIA NAKAI & TOSS | LOVE, LOSS, MUSIC & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN!

    · 44 min · Episode 238

    This week on WAW — What A Week, we sit down with two of South Africa’s biggest music personalities — Nadia Nakai and TOSS! Hip-hop meets amapiano, and the chemistry is undeniable! Fresh off their joint EP, Do’s &…

  2. WAW POLITRICKS WT BOTSANG MOILOA | ANC COURT VICTORY; NAVI PILLAY'S NOBEL; KABILA & RWANDA F1

    · 1 h 19 min · Episode 237

    What a week in politics! This week on WAW Politricks, DJ Fresh and Botsang Moiloa unpack five major stories making headlines across South Africa, Africa and the world. The ANC wins a crucial Constitutional Court…

  3. DALIN OLIVER | FROM THE CAPE FLATS TO THE WORLD STAGE. MARRIAGE; BEING CARAMEL; HIS WEEK

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 236

    From teaching maths and history to making audiences laugh around the world, comedian Dalin Oliver has one incredible story to tell! This week on WAW – What A Week with DJ Fresh, we sit down with the award-winning…

  4. WAW POLITRICKS W/T BOTSANG MOILOA | ROYAL POWER, COURT BATTLES & THE FUEL CRISIS

    · 1 h 14 min · Episode 235

    What a week in South African politics! This week, DJ Fresh and Botsang Moiloa unpack the stories making headlines and raising serious questions about power, accountability and justice. From the Constitutional Court's…

  5. BRIGHTON MHLONGO | LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL, LOSS, REDEMPTION & REINVENTION; SENZO; BEING NEWLY WED

    · 1 h 02 min · Episode 235

    What happens when the game you've dedicated your entire life to is suddenly taken away from you? This week on **WAW – What A Week with DJ Fresh**, former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper **Brighton…

  6. WAW POLITRICKS W/T BOTSANG MOILOA | RAMAPHOSA GBV ADDRESS; LGE DRAMA; MADLANGA OFF TRACK? USA

    · 1 h 24 min · Episode 234

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  7. CONRAD KOCH & CHESTER MISSING | CHESTER'S GOT TALENT; CURRENT AFFAIRS; DEATH THREATS;

    · 46 min · Episode 233

    This week on WAW — What A Week, Conrad Koch and South Africa’s most outspoken puppet, Chester Missing, are in the hot seat! We talk about Chester's Got Talent, Conrad's award-winning live show. It's a talent show for…

  8. THABO “T-BOSE” MOKWELE | MARRIAGE; THE RADIO JOURNEY; HIS PARENTS; THE BOOK;

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 232

    This week on WAW! What A Week, DJ Fresh sits down with Thabo "T-Bose" Mokwele. He quit chemical engineering in 1997 for a smaller salary at YFM and a microphone. Twenty-nine years later he's still on air — Metro FM,…

  9. BREYTON PAULSE | BOKS VS ALL BLACKS; LOSING HIS MOM; HIS WAW WEEK; FEARLESSNESS

    · 47 min · Episode 231

    Springbok legend Breyton Paulse joins DJ Fresh on WAW! What A Week for a special conversation about Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry — Springboks vs All Blacks. From his own unforgettable battles against New Zealand to what…

  10. Botsang

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 230

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  11. Matli Mpohapeloa & Motlatsi Mafatshe

    · 47 min · Episode 229

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  12. WAW POLITRICKS | LOCAL GOVT ELECTIONS; MADLANGA; SOOKLAL; TRUMP; COACH PITSO ; AIRLINK & FIFA

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 228

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  13. LINDA SIKHAKHANE | NEW MUSIC; DR NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI; BLUE NOTE RECORDS; COLTRANE; HIS WOW WEEK

    · 46 min · Episode 227

    South African saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane joins What A Week (WAW) for a conversation that goes far beyond jazz. From growing up in Umlazi to studying in New York, becoming a Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz and…

  14. WAW POLITRICKS | DIDIZA MOTION; ANC ON MATRIC; MATLALA @ MADLANGA; MCKENZIE V SAFA; SA/BRAZIL

    · 57 min · Episode 226

    DJ Fresh and Botsang Modimowame Moiloa break down the week South African politics tried to gaslight us. Mpho Maboi sits in. The EFF came for the Speaker and got sent home. Julius Malema's motion of no confidence in…

  15. DAWN THANDEKA KING |

    · 56 min · Episode 225

    MaNgcobo. Mkabayi. Nomcebo. Mazet. Dawn Thandeka King has spent a decade building the kind of characters that don't leave you when the episode ends. This week on WAW, the Eshowe-born actress, musician and motivational…

  16. WAW POLITRICKS | RAMAPHOSA @ SADC; JACINTA & AFRIFORUM; NSFAS & PUB. PROTECTOR; PRES HICHILEMA

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 224

    Five stories, one question: who belongs, and who gets left out. On this week's Politricks, DJ Fresh breaks down the SADC Summit in Durban — where Ramaphosa told the region South Africans are "deeply concerned and…

  17. XOLLY MNCWANGO | BEING A PK; DISAPPOINTING HER DAD; HER WEEK; PARENTING; FAITH; SINGS FOR US

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 223

    This week on What A Week, DJ Fresh sits down with multi-award-winning gospel vocalist Xolly Mncwango — and this one isn't the career interview. It's her week. The highs, the tests, the quiet moments, and the small…

  18. WAW POLITRICKS | R293 MILL. to move 82,000, But Only R57m Reached Spaza Owners | Politricks

    · 1 h 23 min · Episode 222

    This week on Politricks with Botsang, we unpack the R293 million repatriation bill Home Affairs never budgeted for — and the letters now sitting with Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia asking them to pay it back. We go…

  19. WAW POLITRICKS | IEC VOTER REG; AMB. SOOKLAL; MKP & ZUMA; IDAC IN THE DOCK; EXPROPRIATION ACT

    · 1 h 30 min · Episode 221

    DJ Fresh hands over to Botsang Modimowame Moiloa for Politricks. Voter registration closes with the roll past 29 million and a WhatsApp chatbot doing the heavy lifting — is that the IEC succeeding, or the country…

  20. THATO DJ FRESH SIKWANE DMs Q&A PART 4 |

    · 33 min · Episode 220

    ONCE A MONTH WE OPEN WAW AND DJ FRESH UP TO YOUR CURIOUS QUESTIONS, OFTEN SENT VIA IG DM AND FB INBOX!!!! Thank you for watching, please subscribe to support the channel. Thank you for watching, please subscribe to…

  21. WAW POLITRICKS |

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 219

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  22. WAW POLITRICKS | RAMAPHOSA JUDGEMENT; REV CHIKANE; P.I.C; CHIDIMMA; MADLANGA & ADV JOHNSO

    · 1 h 22 min · Episode 218

    The President went to court to stop Parliament asking about the couch — and won. Ramaphosa's interdict halts the Phala Phala impeachment committee until September, the DA says your pension is sitting on a "bonfire of…

  23. WAW POLITRICKS | WHERE WAS BOTSANG; JUNE 30 DEADLINE; RAMAPHOSA IN COURT; AD-HOC PRELIM REPORT

    · 1 h 20 min · Episode 217

    DJ Fresh hands over to Botsang for another week of Politricks. On the docket: President Ramaphosa spends two days in the Western Cape High Court trying to pause his own Section 89 impeachment — and a judge asks why…

  24. MZILIKAZI WA AFRIKA | FAMILY; ARTICLES; ARRESTS; KIDNAPPINGS; ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS & MUSIC

    · 1 h 40 min · Episode 216

    This week DJ Fresh sits down with legendary investigative journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika — the man who broke the Arms Deal story, exposed the R1.7-billion police lease scandal, got arrested for it, and made the…

  25. THATO DJ FRESH SIKWANE DMs Q&A PART 3 |

    · 43 min · Episode 215

    ONCE A MONTH WE OPEN WAW AND DJ FRESH UP TO YOUR CURIOUS QUESTIONS, OFTEN SENT VIA IG DM AND FB INBOX!!!! Thank you for watching, please subscribe to support the channel. Thank you for watching, please subscribe to…

  26. Rerun: Kitty Phetla

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 214

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  27. WAW POLITRICKS | PARLY SPEAKER VS COMMITTEE; CAT MATLALA; BAFANA; JUNE 30 R600 MILLION; LUNGU

    · 1 h 22 min · Episode 213

    What A Week with DJ Fresh — Politricks with Botsang. This week DJ Fresh hands over to Botsang Modimowame Moiloa to unpack South Africa's biggest week in politics: Ramaphosa's impeachment committee pressing ahead while…

  28. THATO MATABOGE & MPHO MABOI | YFM; LEAVING YFM; PASSAGE OF TIME; LOSS; DIVORCE; KAYA FM

    · 1 h 16 min · Episode 212

    Twenty years ago, DJ Fresh, Mpho Maboi and Thato Mataboge shared one YFM studio. Then they scattered — 5FM, SuperSport, Metro, behind the glass — and built whole careers apart. Days before they reunite on Kaya 959…

  29. WAW POLITRICKS | RAMAPHOSA V PARLY; DA CABINET RESHUFFLE; JUNE 16 JUBILEE; DURBAN DEPORTATIONS

    · 1 h 29 min · Episode 211

    This week on Politricks: ▸ Ramaphosa interdicts the impeachment committee over Phala Phala — even as Parliament's own legal team tells the MPs to fight back. Is this exhausting every legal avenue, or weaponising the…

  30. WAW POLITRICKS | RAMAPHOSA ON MIGRATION; AFRIKA RESPONDS; MORERO IN PARLY; FIFA WORLD CUP

    · 1 h 23 min · Episode 210

    President Ramaphosa addresses the nation on illegal immigration and admits the system has been failing for years — while a 30 June deadline looms and the streets get louder. African states respond with repatriation…

  31. DR. JOHN KANI | FROM SIZWE BANZI TO BLACK PANTHER. THEATRE, STRUGGLE & HOLLYWOOD.

    · 1 h 02 min · Episode 209

    DJ Fresh talks to comedians, sports stars, celebrities, know-it-alls and human beings about what went down this week! Dr Bonisile John Kani, OIS, OBE — actor, author, director, playwright, and a living pillar of South…

  32. WAW POLITRICKS | SECTION 89 CHAIR; ANC MAYOR CRISIS; MADLANGA FUNDING; AARTO; BAFANA VISAS

    · 1 h 20 min · Episode 208

    Phala Phala is back from the dead. Four years after Parliament voted the Section 89 report into the ground, the Constitutional Court forced a rematch — and now Rise Mzansi's Makashule Gana chairs the 31-member…

  33. THATO DJ FRESH SIKWANE DMs Q&A | LEAVING 938; KAYA FM; OPEN UP THE INDUSTRY & SO ON & SO FORTH

    · 39 min · Episode 207

    ONCE A MONTH WE OPEN WAW AND DJ FRESH UP TO YOUR CURIOUS QUESTIONS, OFTEN SENT VIA IG DM AND FB INBOX!!!! Thank you for watching, please subscribe to support the channel. Connect on other platforms: Instagram:…

  34. WAW POLITRICKS | BOTSANG & ACTION SA; EU MIGRATION PACT; MARCH & MARCH; GHANA REPATRIATIONS

    · 1 h 34 min · Episode 206

    This week on Politricks with Botsang, the law goes freelance. Botsang breaks down the week South Africa outsourced enforcement to the streets, and the borders . The parties suddenly remember you exist as the 4…

  35. WAW POLITRICKS | THATO MOLOSANKWE; BE AN ANC MAYOR; 30 JUNE ULTIMATUM; COALITIONS BILL; EU AID

    · 1 h 24 min · Episode 205

    Politricks with Botsang this week: the ANC finally opens its mayoral candidate process to the public — but is Loyiso Masuku already chosen? ActionSA is promising MMCs picked on skill, not slate — could competency…

  36. RINGO MADLINGOZI | RINGO THE MUSICAL; PARLIAMENT; POLITICS; WHY VOTE EFF; LOSING HIS SISTER

    · 56 min · Episode 204

    A living legend of South African music walks into the WAW studio. Ringo Madlingozi — the voice behind "Sondela," "Vukani" and a catalogue that's soundtracked weddings, funerals, road trips and first loves for over…

  37. WAW POLITRICKS | CON-COURT; PHALA PHALA; MAGUDUMANA ABDUCTION; ASYLUM RULING; MAPISA-NQAKULA.

    · 2 h 10 min · Episode 203

    This week on Politricks with Botsang: the ConCourt drops two hammers in five days. The Section 89 panel report is going to an impeachment committee, Ramaphosa says "I will not resign" . We unpack the Phala Phala chess…

  38. 310| BONGANI BINGWA | BEING A PREACHER; MARRIAGE; DIVORCE; CO-PARENTING; COMING OUT; DEATH THREATS

    · 1 h 13 min · Episode 202

    The Big D nobody wants to talk about — divorce — and what happens after. DJ Fresh sits down with broadcasting heavyweight Bongani Bingwa (Carte Blanche, 702 Breakfast) for a rare personal one: marriage, the…

  39. WAW POLITRICKS | COJ FINANCES; LEGAL SECTOR CODE; CON-COURT RULING; RAMAPHOSA VISITS MNANGAGWA

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 201

    This week on Politricks with Botsang, Thato and Botsang break down the political tsunami hitting South Africa. Treasury has declared the City of Johannesburg in severe financial distress — Mayor Dada Morero has weeks…

  40. DESMOND DUBE | HIS WIFE & KIDS; PARENTING; CLIENTELE; THE INDUSTRY; HIS WEEK; MILLION MAN MARCH

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 200

    This week on WAW, Thato Fresh sits down with SA screen legend Desmond Dube — Loerie winner, Avanti winner, Hotel Rwanda alum, and the voice behind Amaglug-glug and the Clientele Life ads. Thank you for watching,…

  41. MICHELLE MOSALAKAE |

    · 51 min · Episode 199

    This week on WAW we sit down with actress Michelle Mosalakae — the Mabopane-born, Rhodes-trained powerhouse you know as Zakithi from Isibaya, Kamina from The Queen, and Rachel Paige in Netflix's Silverton Siege. Beyond…

  42. WAW POLITRICKS | SAPS TOP BRASS; DIPLOMATIC RESHUFFLES; ANC VS SACP; PARLY & LOTTERIES; NSFAS

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 197

    SAPS top brass in court, the ANC-SACP marriage on the rocks, Parliament's race-card lottery, NSFAS tenders under the spotlight again, and Ramaphosa's diplomatic reshuffle — Botsang unpacks the week that was. New…

  43. DR. FEZILE MKHIZE | HIS MOTHER; LOSING HIS FATHER; TOP BILLING; MANIFESTING A SAFTA; HARD WORK

    · 1 h 28 min · Episode 198

    Dr Fezile Mkhize — medical doctor, SAFTA-winning TV presenter, Mister Supranational 2024, actor, — joins DJ Fresh on WAW to talk Top Billing's comeback on S3, what a year on the Mr Supranational circuit actually looks…

  44. WAW POLITRICKS |

    · 1 h 29 min · Episode 196

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  45. BONTLE MODISELLE |

    · 40 min · Episode 195

    Bontle Modiselle pulls up to WAW. Dancer. Choreographer. Presenter. Mother. She's worn every hat Mzansi entertainment has — often all at once. This week, she sits down with DJ FRESH for a conversation about what's…

  46. WAW POLITRICKS | IRAN CEASEFIRE; BOEREMAG @ UN; CONCOURT ON PHALAPHALA; TOLASHE; FANIE NKOSI

    · 1 h 34 min · Episode 194

    This week on Politricks with Botsang: The US-Iran ceasefire — two weeks to save the Middle East or just a timeout? The UN slaps SA over the Boeremag trial. A deputy mayor fires a gun in public and gets charged under…

  47. THATO DJ FRESH SIKWANE DMs Q&A | LOVE; LIFE; PARENTING; GIVING BACK; SOCIAL MEDIA

    · 43 min · Episode 193

    Thank you for watching, please subscribe to support the channel. Connect on other platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djfreshsa/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@djfreshsa?lang=en Facebook:…

  48. WAW POLITRICKS | FUEL LEVY RELIEF; LESUFI SHUFFLE; SARS WIN; HORMUZ; IGBO SA KING; ZILLE STUNT

    · 1 h 07 min · Episode 192

    Politricks with Botsang — the week that had EVERYTHING. Government drops a R3 fuel levy cushion, but petrol still climbed R3.06 and diesel over R7 per litre. Relief or illusion? Lesufi reshuffles his Gauteng cabinet…

  49. MPIMY MASHIMBYE | JOHNNIE WALKER; AFRO EXCHANGE; WALKING HIS JOURNEY; HOW TO PITCH; HIS WEEK

    · 37 min · Episode 192

    Mpimy Mashimbye is the Culture Marketing Manager for Premium Core at Diageo South, West & Central Africa — the brain behind Johnnie Walker's AfroExchange Creative Summit 2026. This week, we go past the press release…

  50. WAW POLITRICKS | MASEMOLA SUMMONED | MBALULA vs AFRI-FORUM | SOBUKWE | NATASHA PHIRI

    · 1 h 07 min · Episode 190

    🔴 Commissioner Masemola summoned to court — R360M tender scandal deepens while 12 cops face criminal charges. Will Ramaphosa act or just "note"? 🔴 AfriForum drops the Mbalula Dossier — private prosecution, crimen…

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