John Perlman previously hosted the current affairs radio show Today with John Perlman on Kaya FM which was voted South Africa’s best news and actuality radio show for the second year in a row in 2020. He hosted the show since May 2007. Before that he presented the news programme AM Live on national radio at SAfm for nine years.

John has been inducted into South Africa’s Radio Hall of Fame and was the 2013 winner of the News and Actuality Presenter of the Year award. Today with John Perlman won the award for Best News and Actuality Show in 2011, in 2019 and 2020.

John has worked in television, as a football commentator, and was the presenter of the current affairs programme The Round Table on SABC1. John was also the host of Under the Skin on eNCA.

John has been a newspaper journalist with the Weekly Mail, the Saturday Star and the Sunday Independent and has written for a number of international publications including The Guardian and the Financial Times.