POWER Breakfast

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Avhapfani Tshifularo – CEO of the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA), about how the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA) has moved to calm public concerns following recent reports of increased demand and fears over fuel availability. Rather than a physical shortage of petrol and diesel, FIASA says the industry is tig...

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Thato Mahapa – Family Lawyer, about how a divorced man has failed in his bid to be exempted from financially supporting his ex-wife’s children. The Western Cape High Court ruled that his conduct amounted to taking on a parental role and that withdrawing support would not be in the best interests of the children, aged 14 and 16, who had grow...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Ms Melissa Erra – Acting CEO of the National Skills Fund, about how the WorldSkills South Africa National Competition, Conference, and Career Festival 2026, hosted at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban, concluded yesterday, marking the successful culmination of five days of competitions, conferences, and career-fo...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Guy Leitch – Aviation Analyst and Editor of SA Flyer, about how South African Airways (SAA) has become the latest carrier to succumb to the pressure of soaring jet fuel prices. Despite an earlier commitment to keep fares stable, the national airline has reversed its stance and announced the implementation of a fuel surcharge on new bookings. See...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Mr Rhulani Mathebula – Executive Manager for Electricity at NERSA, about how NERSA has officially approved Eskom’s electricity tariff hikes for the 2026/27 financial year. Following a meeting on 5 March 2026, the regulator approved an average increase of 8.76% for Eskom’s direct customers, which will take effect on 1 April 2026. See o...

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Prof Bruce Mellado – Professor of Physics at Wits University who runs an air quality monitoring programme across Gauteng, about how Johannesburg residents have raised concerns after a strong sulphur odour, often compared to the smell of rotten eggs, spread across parts of the city. The smell has triggered widespread reports of headaches, chest ti...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Senator Douglas Mwonzora – President of the Movement for Democratic Change, about how Human Rights Watch reported that Zimbabwean authorities are deploying violence and intimidation against those opposing constitutional amendments intended to extend the president’s time in office. The proposed changes, which received Cabinet approval last m...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Shaquill Kasan – Community Leader in the Housing Portfolio at the Gauteng Housing Crisis Committee (GHCC), and Ian Cameron – Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, about how, on 11 March 2026, soldiers from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) arrived in Eldorado Park, a suburb of Johannesburg, as part...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Dr Wycliffe Nduga Ouma – Financial Economist and Researcher at the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment at Wits, about how South Africa may be overlooking the important role played by non-profit organisations in helping young people find work, largely because there is limited reliable data on how many jobs the sector actually crea...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to the Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, about how the department hosted an official ceremony yesterday at its head office in Johannesburg to hand over operating licences to eligible minibus and scholar transport operators. This initiative spans four major regions — Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, West Rand, and Sedibeng —...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Mncedisi Vilakazi – Deputy Director-General (DDG): Sustainable Fiscal Resource Management for the Gauteng Provincial Government, about how the Gauteng Provincial Government has tabled a budget of more than R549 billion over the next three years, with a strong focus on economic growth, infrastructure development, and improving service delivery. Se...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Brooks Spector – International Relations Analyst, about how the United States has expressed growing frustration with South Africa over what it describes as Pretoria’s failure to act on a set of key policy requests delivered nearly a year ago. Speaking at the BizNews Conference in Hermanus, Leo Brent Bozell III, who has been in South Africa...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Tshiamo “Tshitshi” Makamedi about how he made history at the prestigious Joburg Open 2026 by performing the ceremonial opening tee shot — a role traditionally reserved for the city’s Executive Mayor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Nhlalwenhle Princess Shongwe – Attorney and Director of NP Shongwe Attorneys Inc, about how the civil rights movement Not In My Name International is calling on the South African justice system to strengthen the enforcement of protection orders. This demand follows a tragic femicide in Meyerton, where a woman was allegedly murdered by her husband...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Nomusa Dube-Ncube about the WorldSkills South Africa National Competition, Conference, and Career Festival 2026 taking place in Durban from 8–12 March, hosted by the Department of Higher Education and Training. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Mr James Ndlebe – Director for Education Management and Governance Development (EMGD) at the Department of Basic Education (DBE), about how recent research from TPN Credit Bureau highlights a systemic crisis within South Africa’s public school admissions process, with address fraud evolving from an occasional occurrence into a widespread is...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to David Skhosana – MK Party Member of Parliament, and Sipho Seepe – Political Analyst, about how members of the ad hoc committee investigating corruption within the criminal justice system are taking a firm stand on executive accountability. They insist that President Cyril Ramaphosa receive no special treatment from Parliament and should fac...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Ian Cameron – Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, about how the South African Police Service (SAPS) is facing a financial crisis following a botched firearms contract initiated by former commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Sibongile Maseko – General Secretary of the Greater Johannesburg Learner Transport Organisation, about how the Greater Gauteng Learner Transport Organisation (GGLTO) has launched an investigation into a disturbing viral video that shows a schoolgirl being assaulted and subsequently run over by a minibus taxi. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

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In a historic shift for South African democracy, the Portfolio Committee on the Presidency was established on March 6, 2026. This ends a three-decade gap in which the nation’s highest office operated without a dedicated parliamentary watchdog. Following its formation, Parliament has officially elected a chairperson to lead the new oversight body. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Karabo Ozah – Director of the Centre for Child Law, about how a complex legal battle is unfolding in the Durban High Court after a Ballito couple applied for a court order compelling an Indian woman to allow a DNA test on her eight-year-old son, amid claims that the child may have been born from their embryo following a possible fertility clinic...