The National Pulse

A delegation of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is in Gauteng from today until Friday as part of their oversight mandate. But are they doing their job in terms of holding those deployed in our provincial legislatures accountable? To help us understand the work dynamics of the NCOP in Gauteng is….   GUEST: Jane Mananiso, NCOP Gauteng Provincial Whip

    New research by Just Share has revealed that the CEOs in South Africa earn on average 597 times what lowest paid workers earn. Surely this is staggering. Joining us to react to this is….   GUEST: Matthew Parks, Cosatu Parliamentary Coordinator  

The U.S has announced that the withdrawal of its troops from Niger is now complete. Some of you may recall that earlier this year, Niger’s ruling junta ended an agreement that allowed U.S. troops to operate in the country. Still in the West African region, Mali announced earlier today that their military camp was attacked. So what can we read into these developments?   GUEST: Nixon Katembo, Africa...

Today we chat to Vicky Abraham who received the Nat Nakasa Community Award this past weekend for her compelling series on blind students at PCD College in Pretoria who were subjected to inhumane conditions, including being forced to eat food crawling with ants. Some of you may recall that on the 26th of June this year, Ashraf my colleague spoke to Vicky about this disturbing story, and this is how...

A couple of days ago, the Gauteng Provincial Government in partnership with the Department of Water and Sanitation as well as Rand Water hosted a water imbizo with municipal councilors in Boksburg to address water challenges in Gauteng. Rand Water spokesperson, Makenosi Maroo joins me on the line to talk about the water imbizo as well as level 1 water restrictions Gauteng municipalities will be im...

BMW workers have downed tools embarking on a strike action at the plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria. The workers accuse management of targeting them over allegations of medical aid fraud at the company. In a released statement, BMW said they roped in the police on an ongoing fraud investigation within the BMW Employees Medical Aid Scheme. The company said the company won’t tolerate any acts of bribery, f...

Paula Quinsee, the founder of Engaged Humans wrote an interesting piece that questioned what it takes to be an empowered woman. We all know that when it comes to juggling careers, family, and social obligations, it's easy for some women to put their own personal development on the back burner and Paula believes that investing in your personal growth is not just a luxury but it is in fact a necessi...

Former President Thabo Mbeki is of the view that the renewal of the ANC requires a complete overhaul of its membership and says this will help to address the quality of the party’s membership as it has been declining.    GUEST: Professor Andre Duvenhage, Political analyst

The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape has warned that extortionists are now demanding protection fees from social workers. Also, the party is concerned that attacks on social workers have increased. For more on this, we are joined by…..   GUEST: Wendy Kaizer-Philander, DA provincial social development spokesperson  

Amnesty International is once again calling for an immediate release of four Angolan activists who were allegedly wrongfully detained on 16 September last year. They are demanding that Angolan authorities must release these activists now, especially given their worsening medical conditions.   GUEST (ANGOLA): Cidia Alcidio Chissungo, Amnesty’s Angola Campaigner

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It’s now official, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Basic Education Amendment Bill into law and according to Professor Hanlie Dippenaar – the bill will enhance equal opportunities and education for all the children in South Africa while going a long way towards regulating Homeschooling in the country.   GUEST: Prof Hanlie Dippenaar, Assistant Dean of The Faculty of Education at the Cape Pe...

    Adobe is continuing its AI venture with new video generative and editing tools. The Firefly Video Model joins Adobe’s suite of generative AI tools, though only available in beta for now. The model also marks their foray into the video generation corner of the AI market. To make this easy for us to understand, I’m joined on the line by Tshepo Chauke from Stuff…   GUEST: Tshepo Chauke

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed the full implementation of the BELA Bill to allow for further engagements on two clauses over three months. Speaking at the signing of the bill at the Union Buildings today, Ramaphosa said he had agreed to pause the implementation of two clauses which deal with school admissions and language.   GUEST: Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum

    Kate Roebertson chats to us about the next One Young World Summit which will take place in Montréal, Canada (from next week Wednesday till the 21st of this month). One Young World identifies, connects and promotes young leaders, giving them a global platform. But what can we expect from this year’s event?   GUEST (CANADA): Kate Robertson, Co-Founder of One Young World, the global forum for you...

    Tributes continue to pour in following the passing of struggle stalwart and former Minister Pravin Gordhan. Some have made it clear that they will always remember him for his principled fight against corruption and his transformation of Sars. Let’s now hear from another struggle stalwart Derek Hanekom about Pravin’s life and legacy…..   GUEST: Derek Hanekom, ANC Veteran & Anti-Apartheid ac...

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Today we give you another side of the story in relation to the recent Israeli protests and various interpretations thereof in terms of what exactly is happening in the Middle East region. You may recall that on the 2nd of this month I interviewed Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow at the Africa-Asia Dialogues after Israel’s military recovered the bodies of six hostages killed in Gaza. He made...

As Gold-Youth celebrates 20 years of youth-led change across Africa this month. We hear from the organisation’s founder Susannah Farr on how they hope to develop 10 million young African leaders with character and integrity in the next coming years.   GUEST: Susannah Farr, CEO & founder of Gold-Youth  

    DA leader John Steenhuisen addressed the Cape Town Press Club earlier today. He opened his speech by quoting Vladimir Lenin: 'There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.' And boy, a lot has been happening. We’ll play clips from the briefing as well as clips from the guest we spoke to when the show started. In this clip, John Steenhuisen spoke outlines the...

Alongside the iPhone 16 announcement this week, Apple also announced that their Air-Pods Pro 2 will also feature a software-based Hearing Aid capability. This is part of an industry wide initiative by consumer electronics makers to make hearing assistance more accessible.   GUEST: Paul Hjul, Managing Executive at Hjul Consulting

Yesterday, the Presidency confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Bill into law on Friday. There’s been a lot of push back from political parties and civil society based on what those individuals and organisations believe the bill intends to change. SECTION 27 put together a fact sheet that debunks myths around the implementation of the BELA BIL...

    The department of basic education has cancelled the R10bn school feeding scheme tender which would have centralised the distribution of meals to millions of pupils in 19,000 schools across the country. What does this mean for the nutrition programme right now and what will happen next? Department of Basic Education’s spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga joins me on the line…   GUEST: Elijah Mhlanga, D...

Police in eMalahleni recently arrested over 40 undocumented foreign nationals who were found working at local businesses without valid permits. It is common knowledge that employing a foreigner without a valid work permit is illegal - but did they arrest business owners too? We find out from…….   GUEST: Captain Eddie Hall, Witbank Police spokesperson

Pastor Paseka ‘Mboro’ Motsoeneng has been granted R3000 bail. His co-accused and bodyguard, Clement Baloyi, is also out on warning. During this morning’s short appearance before the Palm Ridge magistrate’s court, the state said that it would not be opposing the duo’s bail application, provided strict measures were attached to their bail. The case is set to continue on 21 October.    GUEST: Advocat...