POWER Talk

Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned freight logistics company, has undergone a significant transformation from its historical role as a national railway operator to its current form as a multifaceted entity managing rail, ports, pipelines, terminals, and engineering services. While the company has long served as the backbone of the country’s logistics network, it has also faced seriou...

The rand manipulation case centers on allegations that between 2007 and 2013, 28 local and international banks colluded to manipulate the USD/ZAR exchange rate. The Competition Commission of South Africa launched the investigation after receiving a tip-off in 2015. The Commission alleges that traders from banks including Standard Bank, FirstRand, Nedbank, Investec, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan Chase, HSB...

Sipho Madonsela has been serving a life sentence since 2001 for the alleged murder of Dumezweni Innocent Ndlovu,a man who is still alive. The shocking revelation surfaced during a victim-offender dialogue at Pietermaritzburg New Prison, where Ndlovu came face to face with Madonsela and confirmed he had never met him before, nor had he ever been stabbed. The encounter revealed what appear...

South Africa’s prisons are operating at crisis levels, holding 52 percent more inmates than they were designed for. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) told Parliament that facilities meant for about 103,000 inmates are now accommodating close to 157,000.  Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Kgomotso Ramolobeng.  See...

Container homes, built in 2021 to ease overcrowding in Alexandra, Johannesburg, at the height of the covid pandemic, remain unoccupied. A year after unlawful occupiers were evicted for the second time, the complex’s hundreds of living spaces stand empty. And the City still cannot commit to a timeframe for when they will be allocated.  Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Johann...

In a country grappling with high unemployment and poor education outcomes, one partnership is proving that maths and science can be more than subjects - they can be a lifeline, not only for individuals but for the country at large.  According to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, 92 million current jobs could be displaced globally by 2030 due to the impact of automation, t...

The National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council (NACAC) presents its final report, marking the culmination of three years of work to advise on the fight against corruption in South Africa. This report comes five years after the adoption of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), both of which are critical interventions in the ongoing struggle against corruption, an existential threat to our de...

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with C EO GMA Tshepo Kgobe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Redge Nkosi- Economist and First Source Money Executive Director See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 16 August 2012, South Africa witnessed its deadliest use of state violence against civilians since the end of apartheid. Thirty-four striking mineworkers were gunned down by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) at the Marikana platinum mine owned by Lonmin PLC in the North West province. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with AMCU Head of Organisational Development, Krister Van...

On June 27, 2024, several Legacy Foundations made a call to “to the people of South Africa to join in a National Dialogue to reorientate the direction of our nation,” after many years of decline in which the promise of April 1994 had been broken. We do not claim to have been the first to have made such a call, it had in fact been made by many South Africans over the years. Mbuyiseni Nd...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) met with the family of Dimpho Motlodi on 15 August 2025 to address the controversial release and subsequent re-arrest of Atlholanang William Mosiane, a former North West traffic officer previously convicted of her murder.  Mosiane was found guilty of fatally shooting Dimpho five times in front of their nine-year-old son in Tlhabane in March 2021. He wa...

Dr Leila Fourie has been the CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for five years, and her tenure should finally see headwinds turn into tailwinds.  Fourie has roughly three decades of experience and was appointed as the CEO of the JSE on 1 October 2019. Leading the JSE is a massive task, with the JSE’s all-share market cap currently standing at close to R20 trillion. Mbuyis...

On August 17, 2025, South Africa's National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale, announced a significant push to implement an electronic monitoring system (EMS) to enhance oversight of parolees. The announcement comes amid public concern about parole violations, including a recent case in Kariega, Eastern Cape, where a parolee was found under the influence at a tavern result...

 Mbutiseni Ndlozi in conversation with E-hailing Partners Council National spokesperson,Vhatuka Mbelengwa, & (SANTACO) the South African National Taxi Council National Spokesperson, Rebecca Phala. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mbuyiseni in conversation with Eskom CEO, Dan Marokane See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two months after a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend was set free on a technicality, having served just over a year of a life sentence, the victim’s father was shocked to run into him on the streets.  Startled by seeing Atlholanang William Mosiane in Rustenburg, North West, and not in prison, where he was supposed to be serving a life sentence for murder, Charles Motlodi immed...

According to the Sunday World, the ANC has lost a powerful ally in the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which decided not to campaign for the governing party in the upcoming 2026 local elections.  This move is a big deal as the NUM has always stood by the ANC’s side, helping it win votes for many years.   Even though the union isn’t telling its members to vote against the ANC, not...

Higher education minister Buti Manamela has vowed to “fix that which is broken” in South Africa's post-school education and training (PSET) sector while setting out a long-term vision to integrate and modernise the system.  Speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday, Manamela said his department's consultations over the past 19 days with students, lecturers, principals, v...

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) was renamed the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) on 27 September 2024. The name change, which was announced in the Government Gazette by President Cyril Ramaphosa, follows the splitting of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation into the Ministry of Higher Education and Training and the Ministry of Science, Tech...

Owning your music masters is an invaluable asset to any musician and artist. “Masters” refer to the original recordings of a songs. It is the original copy that contains the highest quality audio, which can be used to create other variations and formats such as vinyl, digital files, streams, etc.  Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Senior Consultant Attorney at Tshaya Mashab...

On July 6, 2025, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made explosive allegations about a high-level criminal syndicate infiltrating South Africa’s criminal justice system, implicating the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Police Ministry, Parliament, the judiciary, and other institutions. We speak to Chad Thomas who helps us examine the progress made...

South African primary schools are facing a crisis. Every day, learners fight, bully, destroy property, and intimidate other learners and teachers, turning what should be safe spaces into places of fear and mistrust. Research shows that learner behaviour frequently involves violence, bullying and vandalism (damage to school property) that threatens the safety of both learners and staff. Mbuyiseni N...

The threat of Chinese invasion has long loomed over Taiwan – and there’s a new intensity to that pressure. Taiwan is self-governing and democratic. China sees it as a breakaway province and wants reunification. The election of US President Donald Trump has further fuelled decades of speculation about a future conflict over the island. So, how is Taiwan preparing for a possible war? Mbu...

At least 148 local government officials have been murdered in South Africa since 2018 — and the attacks have ramped up in the past four years. The deaths — predominantly linked to corruption, with those targeted often whistleblowers — need “urgent attention”, warns the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu). It says corruption and violence in municipalitie...