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The Democratic Alliance has kicked off election season by attacking affirmative action. Jeremy Maggs and Zukile Majova discuss the party’s leadership contest and ask if it’s too late for it to stop just being the party of privilege. Read more on Scrolla. Africa

The EFF’s highly-anticipated national shutdown has flopped dramatically. Besides businesses closing their doors in many parts of the country as a precautionary measure, there was little threat to business or life as police and private security confronted anyone acting suspiciously. Is violence and protest the only strategy that the EFF has, wonder Scrollacast hosts Jeremy Maggs and Zukile Majova....

The Economic Freedom Fighters has confirmed that it will be taking to the streets in a national shutdown on Monday, 20 March, and has called on all South Africans to join in. Numerous court cases have been launched by opposition parties and civil society to end rolling blackouts. The unrest-marred public servants’ wage strike might be over, but not before the Labour Appeal Court interdicted the Na...

With two existing Cabinet ministers responsible for managing Eskom and the new supply of electricity, what does President Cyril Ramaphosa give South Africa? Another electricity minister. But Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is going to have his work cut out for him, says Scrolla. Africa political editor Zukile Majova. The long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle, which started nearly two hours late, brings many new...

In a world where anything is better than nothing, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should be applauded for providing a 25% rebate for solar roof panels. But as an incentive for families to really invest in solar panels and therefore give some relief to the country’s ageing electricity grid, the rebate is not bold enough. At the same time, the minister has been praised for committing to provide Es...

It’s a political jungle out there. Jeremy Maggs and Zukile Majova are your guides. Jeremy is an induna of South African political reporting and Zukile, a founder and political editor of Scrolla. Africa, has been investigating South African politics since 2005. He commutes between Mount Frere and Joburg. Read more on Scrolla. Africa

If the ANC can’t run its own conference, how can it run the country? After three days of registration, the four-day conference managed to elect leaders but not discuss any policy. Part two of the conference may have happened before the traditional January 8 statement – which was filled with the same promises as usual – but what does it mean for South Africa? A Cabinet reshuffle is imminent, as peo...

The ANC has shown the country how lightly it takes the issue of removing a sitting president. The infamous “Eight Days in September” detailed shocking details of how decisions were taken around the recall of former president Thabo Mbeki. We are now stuck with this unfortunate precedent. When Kgalema Motlanthe was caretaker president for 18 months, he began the process of stripping the NPA by disso...

After incumbent Cyril Ramaphosa garnered the most branch nominations for the ANC elective conference next month, he seems set to be the ruling party’s president? But with voters likely to punish the ANC for its failings, will he be the country’s outright leader, wonder Jeremy Maggs and Scrolla’s political editor Zukile Majova. Meanwhile, Jacob Zuma’s medical payroll was judged to be illegal. The l...

Host Jeremy Maggs speaks to political editor Zukile Majova about the upcoming ANC elective conference in December and the repercussions of this leadership tussle for the country. Scrolla’s Toby Shapshak joins them to discuss the disastrous effects Eskom is having on the country, having spent R12bn on diesel which the power utility says it can’t afford until April next year. Read more on Scrolla. A...

Host Jeremy Maggs is joined by political editor Zukile Majova to talk about how the suspects in the horror Krugersdorp rape scandal have had their charges withdrawn as police fail to get sufficient evidence against them. Meanwhile, the implosion of UK prime ministers Liz Truss and her ill-considered economic polices made a lowly lettuce famous, says editorial director Phillip van Niekerk. Read mor...

News podcasts the world over are ubiquitous and so you might well ask why another one. Well aside from the importance of many media platforms being an important cornerstone of democracy, it's time’s Scrolla. Africa ’s important voice was added to the mix. Daily, online we reach tens of thousands of readers with challenging and relevant content, and time to turn that into an audio service. We’ll st...

Every day Scrolla. Africa reaches tens of thousands of readers with challenging and relevant content, and time to turn that into an audio service. We’ll start small, take careful steps, and do this weekly and then in time, turn it into Scrolla. Africa’s daily news podcast. It is hosted by Jeremy Maggs, who has been behind a microphone or in front of a camera for decades. He’s interviewed all of SA...