Diluted Soap & Fancy Bottles: The Frugal Hacks Our Parents Swore By

We’ve all grown up in a house where soap was watered down to the last drop and every store catalogue was studied like a textbook! On this nostalgic episode of Word On The Street on Afternoons with Zweli, Zweli and listeners unpack the hilarious, extreme, and resourceful frugal habits of their parents. From moms who poured cheap tomato sauce into luxury bottles to impress houseguests, to dads who switched off the main power breaker to teach a lesson about the electricity bill, callers share their most relatable upbringing moments. Tune in for a heartwarming, laugh-out-loud look at parent-approved money-saving hacks, homemade juice experiments, and how our parents' resourcefulness shaped our own financial habits. Spend weekday afternoons with Zweli. He keeps you in the loop with everything from music and movies to sport and pop culture.   Hear what the Word on the Street is, test your skills with the high-pressure 6 Out of 6, and get ready to be entertained.    Thank you for listening to an Afternoons with Zweli podcast   Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 12:00 to 15:00 (SA Time) to Afternoons with Zweli broadcast on 947 https://www.primediaplus.com/station/947   For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/FeeL6wY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/pRBikjo   Subscribe to the 947 Weekly Newsletter here https://buff.ly/hf9IuR9   Follow us on social media      947 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/947Joburg/   947 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@947joburg   947 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/947joburg   947 on X https://x.com/947    947 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@947Joburg  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.