The Issue with Dan Corder

Government has announced that seventy fuelling stations have been selling watered down diesel to South Africans. Nelson Mandela's daughter is selling some of his most personal items, including his hearing aids. Jacob Zuma must now pay back R28m of taxpayers money. This is the News Worth Knowing this week on The Issue! Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdanco...

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has faced some of the biggest stories and scandals in South Africa in the last few years. In this exclusive interview, we ask him about all of them, and he answers, from accusing Israel of genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza, to why Jacob Zuma and the Guptas walk free today. He also defends his party, the ANC, in the run-up to the 2024 general election. Let's...

Everything you need to know about the new arrest in the murder of Nadine Terblanche and her son, Jacob Zuma's embarrassing speech mistake, and famed economist Thabi Leoka's missing PHD. This is News Worth Knowing, a once a week update on big news from the last seven days, from The Issue with Dan Corder. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder  Twitter:...

South Africa has charged Israel with committing genocidal acts and showing genocidal intent against Palestinians in Gaza. The case has become a worldwide news headline. Yet, many news organisations have misunderstood the arguments. Let's look at exactly what South Africa is accusing Israel of, and consider what might happen if South Africa wins their case in the International Court of Justice. Fin...

What we're doing in 2024, the wildest year in South Africa's modern era. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

Former President Jacob Zuma shocked the world when he announced that he would be campaigning and voting for a different party to the ANC, and accused the ANC of being sellouts and apartheid collaborators. Let’s look at what this unprecedented act may mean for the 2024 election, and the ANC’s future. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @thei...

The ANC has pushed through their plan for National Health Insurance, despite facing massive opposition from medical professionals, political parties and big business. The ANC looks set to make the plan a significant part of their 2024 election campaign. Let’s figure out what the plan is, whether it can work, and why so many people are so loudly against it. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewith...

In our exclusive interview with voting data expert Wayne Sussman, we analyse voting patterns in recent local and national elections in South Africa to infer what is likely to happen in 2024. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

Chris Pappas is the Democratic Alliance's Premier candidate in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Pappas has shot to nationwide attention in the last few years after becoming the only DA mayor in KZN, and is now attempting to dethrone the ANC in the province. In this exclusive interview, we ask him the questions that the country has been wondering about. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram:...

Twenty eight banks stand accused of illegally manipulating South Africa's currency to make huge profits for themselves, to the detriment of the South African economy. We explore what we know so far, how banks could have manipulated the Rand, and how the plot has affected South Africa's economy. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuew...

Rise Mzansi is a new political party that has grabbed South Africa's attention. In our exclusive interview with its leader, Songezo Zibi, we find out what Rise Mzansi stands for, why it has got the nation's media obsessed, and why it is so confident of having a potentially record-breaking debut in the 2024 election. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancord...

Jacob Zuma’s feud with Cyril Ramaphosa has defined modern South African politics. How Zuma behaves and how Ramaphosa responds in the coming months could define the next general election. Let’s look at this feud and what may happen next. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gma...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is supposed to help young South Africans from poor backgrounds get deserved opportunities to study beyond school at higher education institutions. Instead, decades of disasters have left a trail of victims. Let’s try to understand what has led to one of the most extraordinary government failures in modern South Africa. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @...

The taxi industry is more powerful than most South Africans realise. Let’s look at how it got so powerful, why it is so ungovernable, and what, if anything, can be done to change the industry. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

The new census data is going to be used by all political parties to try and get votes in the next election. Let’s look at the numbers that are likely to matter in 2024, and whether the data is reliable. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

Herman Mashaba is South Africa's biggest new political force in a decade. His proposed policies would fundamentally change South Africa, if he became president. In our exclusive interview, we ask him the big questions on some of his controversial proposals. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: thei...

The dark history of the South African national rugby team makes what the Springboks has become a total miracle. Let's look at how the Springboks was used by the apartheid government to advance racist ideology, and how extraordinary work then changed the team into a celebratory, multiracial national treasure. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitt...

The DA has boldly made a young white mayor from rural Kwa-Zulu Natal their candidate for Premier of the province for the 2024 elections. In many ways, he is fundamentally different to the leaders the DA has been picking up until now. Let's look into why Pappas might bring clarity to the party whose future is so uncertain. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithd...

The tragic fire that took more than seventy lives in Joburg's CBD exposed so many massive issues that will likely influence the 2024 national election. Let's analyse factors that caused this disaster, and what we can learn from the aftermath. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancord...

South Africa's journalism industry had a massive fight recently, over whether reporters are failing to hold powerful people to account, and effectively tell the right stories. We spoke to prolific journalist and news24 assistant Editor for Politics and Opinion Qaanitah Hunter about what is good and bad about South African journalism. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @t...

Maimane explains what makes BOSA, his new political party, so different, and why he thinks it will work. He speaks on what would happen if the ANC asked him to go into coalition in 2024. Maimane also talks about making an opposition coalition with old exes and enemies. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inq...

Coalition governments have been disasters across the country, but coalitions are our future. Let’s see how they might impact the 2024 elections. Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

BRICS has just added six massive countries as new members, but what does this mean? What is BRICS, what is its aim, and what is its potential? Find us elsewhere: Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

South Africans have never been more gatvol of the political parties available to us. 2024 is going to be the most important election since 1994. What can we expect? Youtube: @theissuewithdancorder Instagram: @theissuewithdancorder Twitter: @theissuewith Tiktok: @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com

How white economic empowerment through targeted government intervention made modern South Africa. Youtube @theissuewithdancorder Instagram @theissuewithdancorder Twitter @theissuewith Tiktok @dancorder Inquiries: theissuewithdancorder@gmail.com