Our most expensive mistakes

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We’ve all made mistakes that end up costing us a lot of money. Lindy was renting an apartment in 2020 where we saw various levels of lockdown. A month before moving into a new house, a visit to the toilet turned out to be a VERY expensive mistake:

Bobby gave the airforce a hefty cleaning bill:

But nothing could compare to a caller who told us about a mistake that probably cost him close to R380 million:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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