Dobsonville
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Oct 19, 2026
Aubrey MasangoHOST
Um, and then, uh, Tempo says, "Hi, bra Obs.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
I stay in Dobsonville behind the police station.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
Clean water has been leaking for years.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
I reported it and nothing happened." And that's from Tempo.
Relebogile MabotjaHOST
High level.
JomoAUDIENCE
This is Jomo from Dobsonville.
JomoAUDIENCE
He's sitting in Mganwa, Mlapo.
JomoAUDIENCE
Obviously, he doesn't remember me anymore.
Helen ZilleGUEST
This is all because of the state of drug abuse, especially in Naiope in Johannesburg.
Helen ZilleGUEST
And when I go to places like Dobsonville and Meadowlands and the middle class areas of Soweto, the grannies come to me and say, Our grandchildren are all on drugs.
Helen ZilleGUEST
They attack us.
Helen ZilleGUEST
They steal our stuff.
Geordin Hill-LewisGUEST
Or they can get a solar panel.
Geordin Hill-LewisGUEST
But people like we visited in, in, uh, Dobsonville-
Luyanda MpithiHOST
Yeah
Geordin Hill-LewisGUEST
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Clement ManyathelaHOST
I've just written some of your questions and comments now, and then I'll get Professor Munyai and Professor Duvenhage to respond.
Clement ManyathelaHOST
Let's hear from Klare in Dobsonville.
Clement ManyathelaHOST
Klare, hi.
KlareAUDIENCE
Hi.
Karabo ChaleCORRESPONDENT
We've doubled our staff for the night shift.
Karabo ChaleCORRESPONDENT
So we've-- And we've got enough petrol, so, uh, motorists can rest assured that there'll be enough petrol as well." I went to-- I called the Dobsonville BP garage.
Karabo ChaleCORRESPONDENT
Uh, it's very busy.
Karabo ChaleCORRESPONDENT
Um, and they said, "No, we are, uh, fully staffed.
Karabo TjaleCORRESPONDENT
He was like, "No, we've got enough capacity.
Karabo TjaleCORRESPONDENT
We've doubled our staff for the night shift, so we've... and we've got enough petrol, so, uh, motorists can rest assured that there'll be enough petrol as well." I went to, I called the Dobsonville BP garage.
Karabo TjaleCORRESPONDENT
Uh, it's very busy.
Karabo TjaleCORRESPONDENT
Um, and they said, "No, we are, uh, fully-
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
So how did your passion for the law emerge?
Tumi SoleGUEST
So I'm from Dobsonville, a place called Snake Park, actually, outside Dobsonville.
Tumi SoleGUEST
It's a former settlement.
Tumi SoleGUEST
I am the last born, and I grew up in a shack, like I think most of us, you know, and there's no shame in that.
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Tumi SoleGUEST
my friend at that time.
Tumi SoleGUEST
So I was amongst, you know, a few kids, learners that were chosen to do computer studies as part of the Howard State Department of Education elsewhere.
Tumi SoleGUEST
So I would walk over 20, 15 or so Ks from Snake Park to Dobsonville.
Tumi SoleGUEST
And then after that, after school, we then walked further to a place called Makwarane, which was a computer science studies type of thing.
Thabo Shole-MashaoHOST
Some guy out there beating up to a pulp.
Thabo Shole-MashaoHOST
A few days ago, my younger brother, he stays in Dobsonville.
Thabo Shole-MashaoHOST
He saw a woman being beaten up to a pulp in the early hours of the morning.
Thabo Shole-MashaoHOST
He stopped and then he tried to intervene and the guy beat him up.
Mmusi MaimaneGUEST
And what's more worrisome is that the ratio of police to citizen is that instead of being the international norm of 1 to 300, In certain instances, the national average they give is 1 to 400.
Mmusi MaimaneGUEST
But worse, when you've got shift workers, et cetera, that number, as I know, in a community like Dobsonville, where I come from, can become 1 to 1,200.
Mmusi MaimaneGUEST
So in that instance, we can condemn all we like, march all we like.
Mmusi MaimaneGUEST
The truth of the matter is that there's just inadequate policing to ensure that the people are arrested.