BBK Unplugged podcast

Temba Bavuma & the black batsman burden (feat. Daniel Gallan)

Temba Bavuma forced his way back into the Proteas Test team after scoring runs, 180 of them in one innings, for the Lions in the domestic 4-Day competition. But his omission from the SA team that is locked in a four-Test battle with England caused a massive racial storm on…

26 Jan 2020 29 min

Proteas In Crisis (feat. Kagiso Rabada)

After England took an assailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series against South Africa, we looked at the cause of the malaise the national South African men's cricket team is under. We hear from paceman Kagiso Rabada, who is suspended for the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers in…

22 Jan 2020 42 min

'I'm stoked to be alive': Kirsten Landman

Hard enduro biker Kirsten Landman made history in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia by becoming one of the first African women, alongside Taye Perry from East London, to ride the toughest motorsport race in the world. Her journey to the Dakar, however, was paved with challenges, some near-fatal. Her…

15 Jan 2020 33 min

The Legacy of EL10's (feat. Scarra Ntubeni & Sikhumbuzo Notshe)

In the first episode of 2020 for this award-winning podcast, we went to the East London 10's tournament where we caught up with some of the chief organisers of what was a groundbreaking event for the province. The popular Old Boys 10's tournaments have, through the course of history, made…

8 Jan 2020 42 min

How We won the World Cup Part 2 (feat. Lindsay Weyer)

In Part 2 of our beautifully insightful conversation with Rassie Erasmus's lieutenant, performance analyst Lindsay Weyer, our last special guest for 2019 breaks down how the Springboks dismantled England. They had plenty of help, of course, coming in the form of consultant Felix Jones, who joined the Springbok management team…

13 Dec 2019 37 min

How We Won the World Cup Part 1 (feat. Lindsay Weyer)

Performance analyst Lindsay Weyer sat next to Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus and he got the best seat in the house as South Africa's messiah led the Boks to their third Rugby World Cup title, beating England in the final in Japan. No, we are not over the victory yet…

11 Dec 2019 34 min

Henry Olonga: 'I had no pleasure when Mugabe died'

In this new episode of the award-winning SportsLIVE podcast, we cross the oceans to Brisbane, Australia, to chat to one of the most fascinating characters sport has ever seen. This is the full conversation of the story that was first published on New Frame, which captured former Zimbabwean international cricketer…

4 Dec 2019 23 min

SportsLIVE wins SAB Sports Media Awards Newcomer of the Year 2019!

The SportsLIVE Podcast was the only podcast to feature at this years SAB Sports Media Awards, winning the audio categories Newcomer of the Year award. Our host Sbu, explains what the win means to him.

4 Dec 2019 2 min

The year of Women's Football (feat. Desiree Ellis)

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis paid a special visit to the SportsLIVE podcast to detail the whimsical year 2019 has been for the South African National Women's team, as well as women's football as a whole. She took us through the journey of guiding Banyana to their first Fifa…

27 Nov 2019 46 min

Downs Dynasty plus Am & Mapimpi's roots (feat Elliot Fana)

There’s trouble in paradise, if reports are to be believed, at Mamelodi Sundowns with an alleged rift between head coach Pitso Mosimane and Alex Shakoane. Allegations are that a campaign to oust the multiple league winning and CAF Champions League winning coach, Mosimane, has resumed in earnest. Are we seeing…

20 Nov 2019 38 min

Special | "Ndlozi is not a God of sport" - Holomisa

Leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) General Bantu Holomisa responded to EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's comments that the Springboks "entrenched white supremacy in the South African society". Holomisa, who was a right wing in his rugby playing days, said the black players in the World Cup-winning Springbok team were…

14 Nov 2019 14 min

Give Chiefs the league title now (feat. Mark Haskins)

The AmaKhosi runaway train seems to have suffered brake failure because it is not showing any signs of stopping any time soon. Kaizer Chiefs are enjoying one of their best starts to an Absa Premiership campaign ever, having won nine out of their 11 matches played so far and losing…

13 Nov 2019 44 min

Boks Are World Champions (feat. Whiteley & Kankowski)

The Springboks arrived in the country to heroes welcome at OR Tambo International Airport, where scores of fans sang songs of jubilation, displaying an utterly joyous side of South Africa. We hear directly from the leaders of the pack that made history by delivering the third Rugby World Cup to…

6 Nov 2019 40 min

Bakkies Botha: "Siya Will Lift the Trophy"

SportsLIVE caught up with 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok Bakkies Botha ahead of the 2019 final between the Springboks and England. Bakkies faced England in the '07 final and gave his views on the big clash, England coach Eddie Jones's influence on him and his teammates, plus his prediction that…

1 Nov 2019 6 min

THE SHOWDOWN: what to expect from the 2019 RWC final

Not many predicted that the Springboks would face England in the Rugby World Cup final in Japan this year but, according to Sunday Times UK rugby writer, Stephen Jones, these are the two best teams of the tournament and they face of in a final for the ages. It's a…

30 Oct 2019 43 min

Tim Sukazi: "TS Galaxy are the Barcelona of Africa"

TS Galaxy founder Tim Sukazi is known as a straight-talking, shrewd football and legal mind. The former player agent visited the Tiso Blackstar Multimedia studios to chat about what went into his thoughts in founding TS Galaxy, the GladAfrica Championship club that made history by beating Kaizer Chiefs and winning…

23 Oct 2019 53 min

Team SA: Despair in Doha (feat. Peter Stemmet)

Team South Africa came back from the IAAF Athletics Championships in Doha last week without a single medal, which was in stark contrast to the 2017 performance in London, where the team finished third in the medal standings? What in heaven's name happened? We have Al Jazeera sports journalist, Peter…

16 Oct 2019 54 min

Becoming an award-winning sports Journalist feat. Junia Stainbank

For this episode we were joined in studio by accomplished multiple award-winning sports journalist Junia Stainbank, who spoke to SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso on what it takes to become a top sports journalist. Stainbank won a hat-trick of SAB Sports Media Awards television sports journalist-of-the-year awards in his career…

9 Oct 2019 43 min

"Mark Alexander must step down" over Etzebeth - Claassen

The leader of the Khoisan Defiance Campaign, Sammy Claassen, whose organisation laid the complaint regarding Eben Etzebeth's alleged racial assault in Langebaan with the SA Human Rights Commission, called on SA Rugby president Mark Alexander to step down. This after Alexander stood in support of Etzebeth, who is facing mounting…

4 Oct 2019 39 min

More than Rugby Part 2: The Nkosi & Nomlomo journey

While Springbok captain Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup, becoming the first black African to do so, the #SportsLIVE podcast charts the journey of players that come from places like Zwide, where Kolisi is from, and other rural Eastern Cape locations. What does it take for…

2 Oct 2019 45 min