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The 98th edition of the Comrades Marathon will happen on Sunday 8 June, with the race starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing 12 hours later with a street finish outside Durban’s People’s Park. 06.06.2025 8:05

  Guest: Alain Dalais: General Manager: Comrades Marathon Association 

Police say protests turned violent at the Walter Sisulu University Mthatha main campus after news emerged residence manager, Manelisi Mampane, was granted R10,000 bail by the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Mampane is accused of fatally shooting st 06.06.2025 5:58

  Guest: Dabane Mfama - Eastern Cape EFF Youth Command Coordinator

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 06.06.2025 6:48

    6 June 2025 1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;South Afrika – Zambia Zambia is mourning the death of former President Edgar Lungu, who passed away on yesterday in South Afrika at the age of 68. ZAMBIA and the rest of the Southern African Development Community region have been plunged into mourning following the death of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu yesterday.   2.&ensp;&ens...

The Dutch government collapsed this week after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled out of the right-wing coalition after a dispute over anti-immigration measures his party had proposed. 06.06.2025 5:56

    Guest: Casper Messchendorp - Political Commentator

The Kwazulu-natal (KZN) livestock farming community has called on the government to declare KZN a disaster area due to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). 06.06.2025 8:15

  Guest: Angus Williamson - chairman of the KZN Red Meat Producers Organisation

A recent report by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute has now revealed that more than 23% of SA households experience inadequate or severely inadequate access to food 06.06.2025 6:44

    Guest: Nomzamo Zondo, executive director at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri)

There are now reports that young boys in the Western Cape are increasingly being used as gang recruits, often tasked with carrying weapons or acting as lookouts, a trend driving a deadly surge in youth violence. 06.06.2025 5:24

  Guest: Pastor Craven Engel - founder of gang-prevention organisation Ceasefire

Young South African graduates are becoming more and more despondent about their careers as they continue to face unemployment. What are the psychological effects of prolonged unemployment? 06.06.2025 7:06

  Guest: Dr. Keitumetse “Tumi” Mashego - Clinical & Sports Psychologist; Speaker; Author; Mindset, Performance, Life Coach and Founder of RebaOne Wellness

A 59-year-old man was fatally shot in Riverlea, Johannesburg when he became an unintended victim in a violent exchange of gunfire between police and suspected illegal miners. 05.06.2025 4:58

    Guest: Theo Doyle – Riverlea Community Activist

How important is Rand Water's planned maintenance to solve SA's water crisis? 05.06.2025 6:12

    Guest: Prof Anja du Plessis: Associate Professor and Water Management Expert

South Korea's new liberal President Lee Jae-myung pledged on Wednesday to raise the country from what he described as the near destruction caused by a martial law attempt and revive a struggling economy facing global protectionism. 05.06.2025 6:03

    Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist and Commentator at University of Pretoria

National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola has condemned the attack on members of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) in Westbury, Gauteng, by residents after a video of the incident went viral. Members of the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) were at 05.06.2025 10:06

  Guest: Pastor Mello Du Plessis - Westbury Church Leader, chairperson of an organisation called Divine Intervention who are Pastors that works with SAPS.

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 05.06.2025 4:57

5 June 2025   1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;Burundi- Bujumbura Burundi decides 2025 – legislative elections Burundians are voting today in the country’s first legislative elections since 2020, when President Evariste Ndayishimiye came to office. They will be choosing lawmakers to serve on the 123-seat National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.   2.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;I...

The Black Business Council says it's dismayed by awarding of battery storage bid window 3 to former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer Company. 05.06.2025 6:03

    Guest: Elias Monage - Black Business Council (BBC) President

New data has now raised concerns about the safety of children in school environments across South Africa, as it revealed that 2.95% of school staff screened between March 2024 and February 2025 were flagged for criminal activity, including violent and sex 05.06.2025 5:50

    Guest: Thirona Moodley - National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa chief executive officer

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is currently battling a backlog of more than 140 000 cases that are awaiting DNA evidence. Experts have now said prolonged forensic delays often force victims to live in a state of limbo, with no closure or justice. 05.06.2025 7:40

    Guest: Dr Khosi (Nancy) Mabaso. An educational psychologist and a senior lecturer in the department of Educational Psychology At University of Johannesburg

A new report released this week by Greenpeace Africa and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals a devastating and avoidable public health crisis. In 2023 alone, 42,000 South Africans lost their lives due to exposure to fine particl 05.06.2025 6:33

    Guest: Cynthia Moyo, Greenpeace Africa climate and energy campaigner 

Lawyers for the Arts South Africa (LASA) is proud to present a groundbreaking initiative aimed at empowering creatives in the film industry: the IP Commercialisation Workshop for Filmmakers, taking place June 3–4, 2025, and streaming free and live from th 04.06.2025 5:13

    Guest: Refuwe Thubela: Board Member, Chief Legal Officer, and admitted lawyer of the High Court, Lawyers for the Arts SA 

The recent murder of postgraduate student Olorato Mongale by a man she met on a first date has once again laid bare the daily risks South African women face simply for existing in a misogynistic society. 04.06.2025 6:25

  Guest: Bonolo Mahlatsi is a Senior Student Experience Officer in the Centre for Teaching and Learning, and a Sociology master’s graduate, University of Free State

Dr. Nandipha Magudumana is now turning to South Africa’s highest court in a last-ditch effort to challenge the legality of her arrest and deportation from Tanzania. 04.06.2025 6:23

    Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana: Founder and Legal Expert, Dubazana Attorneys 

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leadership has decided to redeploy its Secretary- General (SG) Floyd Shivambu to Parliament. 04.06.2025 7:07

    Guest: Prof Bheki Mngomezulu: Director: Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University

The NPA to carefully consider the judgment relating to the trial within a trial in the asbestos case after the court found that Moroadi Cholota's extradition from the US was unlawful 04.06.2025 6:55

    Guest: Mmamoloko Kubayi: Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa

Italy’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted early Monday morning, sending dramatic plumes of ash and volcanic material into the sky. 04.06.2025 5:36

    Guest: Simon Gear: Climatologist

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 04.06.2025 6:43

    4 June 2025   1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;UN Security Council – Afrika’s Representation in 2026/27 Five new non-permanent members of the Security Council elected for 2026-2027 The United Nations General Assembly yesterday elected Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-yea...

The NPA to carefully consider the judgment relating to the trial within a trial in the asbestos case after the court found that Moroadi Cholota's extradition from the US was unlawful 04.06.2025 6:04

    Guest: Ashraf Essop: Immigration Law Expert 