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Eskom has announced its latest power system update and Winter 2025 outlook, confirming that its power system is in a further improved and more reliable position than in recent years. 06.05.2025 7:15

    Guest: Mohamed Madhi: Energy expert

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 06.05.2025 4:52

    06 May 2025   1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;ICJ- Sudan- United Arab Emirates ICJ dismisses Sudan's genocide case alleging the Emiratis funded RSF rebels The top United Nations court yesterday dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the deadly Sudanese...

The Constitutional Court has declared that the blanket ban preventing prisoners from using personal computers in their cells for educational purposes is unconstitutional 06.05.2025 8:07

    Guest: Golden Miles Bhudu National spokesperson of the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights

The Department of Basic Education has now said that 464 public schools in South Africa do not offer Mathematics as a subject, with the highest number located in KwaZulu-Natal. 06.05.2025 8:52

    Guest: Mr Seleki Thlabane: Chief Director MST and Curriculum Enhancement, The Department of Basic Education

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure, Martin Meyer has now said that contractors will face blacklisting for abandoning projects or failing to deliver within budget and on time 06.05.2025 4:01

    Guest: Martin Meyer: MEC of Public Works and Infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal

The Mpumalanga Premier has released the findings of the investigation into the Mpumalanga Department of Education’s procurement of 22 laptops at a cost of R91,482.50 each. 06.05.2025 6:40

  Guest:  Ms Maggie Skosana: Director General in the Office of the Mpumalanga Premier

President Donald Trump has now announced a 100% tariff on foreign-produced films, citing a rapid decline in the U.S. movie industry and national security concerns. 06.05.2025 6:30

    Guest: Thinus Ferraira: independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa as well as a pop culture and media expert

The Department of Defence yesterday held a media briefing on the withdrawal of SANDF from Democratic Republic of Congo 05.05.2025 10:33

    Guest: Siphiwe Dlamini: Head of Communication, Department of Defence (SANDF) 

South Africa’s leading renewable energy associations have voiced serious concerns over a proposed government review of import tariffs on solar, wind, and battery components 05.05.2025 6:13

    Guest: Mark Swilling: Professor of Sustainable Development and Co-Project Leader of a new initiative by Stellenbosch University 

Justice was served in the Western Cape High Court last week when Kelly Smith and two others were found guilty of human trafficking in connection with the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith 05.05.2025 6:56

    Guest: Stanley Malematja: Attorney at the Center For Child Law

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a historic second term, leading the Labor Party to a landslide victory in a result that defied expectations and reversed a year of political setbacks. 05.05.2025 7:14

    Guest: Prof Chrsipoher Isike  - Professor of African Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria

While authorities celebrate a significant decline in accidents during the Easter holiday period, experts suggest that economic factors may have led to reduced domestic travel in South Africa. 05.05.2025 5:11

    Guest: Brett Tungay: Chair: Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa East Coast Region

Podcast host Macgyver “MacG” Mukwevho is facing a potential parliamentary summons and legal action for his utterances about media personality Minnie Dlamini on his popular show Podcast and Chill 05.05.2025 5:34

    Guest: Steve Letsike: Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 05.05.2025 5:24

    05 May 2025   1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;Gabon – Libreville Gabon swears in ex-military chief Oligui as president Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept the election last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote, has been sworn in as the country’s president over the weekend.   2.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;DR Congo-...

Sick of illegal dumping, unplanned densification, illegal housing and many other issues, residents of Region F in Johannesburg are fighting back in a bid to clean up their streets. 05.05.2025 7:02

    Guest: Ravin Singh - Community organizer and Activist

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to resume its hearing into Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge today 05.05.2025 5:22

    Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin: Research and Advocacy Officer of the Judges Matter 

There are now reports that the Police have discovered 44 Ethiopian nationals at a house in Sandton (JHB), allegedly kept against their will. 02.05.2025 8:15

    Guest: Calvin Rafadi - Crime expert and research associate at the University of Johannesburg 

Free SA has now said that there’s very little to celebrate this Workers’ Day. With an expanded unemployment rate of 42%, it is not a day of national pride, but of national reckoning. 02.05.2025 8:41

    Guest: Reuben Coetzer: Free SA Spokesperson 

Will we experience loadshedding this coming winter? 02.05.2025 7:00

    Guest: Professor Vally Padayachee, power and energy expert and a former executive manager of Eskom and a former senior executive of City Power Jhb 

The parliamentary committee on communications has now raised serious concerns about the unregulated growth of podcasts 02.05.2025 4:42

    Guest: Khusela Diko – Chairperson of the parliamentary committee on communications

Political writer and analyst Ebrahim Harvey has now written an opinion piece where he claims to expose the lie of 1994 'Freedom' 02.05.2025 6:19

    Guest: Ebrahim Harvey – Political Writer and Analyst 

Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa 02.05.2025 6:49

    2 May 2025 1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;Egypt- Angola  Egypt and Angola strengthen bilateral ties during Cairo meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi welcomed his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço to  Cairo this week.   2.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;Gabon- Afrikan Union ( AUPSC)  African Union ends Gabon suspension after Oligui election Gabon is ba...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has commenced the phased withdrawal of its personnel and equipment from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as from 29 April 2025 as part of SAMIDRC 02.05.2025 4:05

    Guest: Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Prince Tshabalala (Director Defence Corporate Communication) for SANDF 

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump's administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. 02.05.2025 6:14

    Guest: Adrian Joseph is a research fellow in the Climate Change and Natural Resource Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs. 

Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's ruling junta Wednesday, days after the military authorities said they had uncovered a "plot" to overthrow the government. 02.05.2025 6:35

  Guest: Lerato Tsebe an independent African Researcher 