The National Pulse

    Focus: One-On-One with Lorenzo Davids about his journey, career, dedication and many other things that you didn’t know about him. Through his story, we hope to inspire others.   GUEST (Studio): Lorenzo Davids: CEO of the Development Impact Fund and the Justice Fund

Senamile Madlala, Junior Associate at Women’s Legal Centre 

The Black Business Federation put out a statement this week noting the signing of the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The federation applauded the streamlining of agencies meant to assist SMMEs by the formation of the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency and also called on the Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, to...

We’ve just spoke to the EFF about the party turning 11 today and they gave us an interesting summary about their role in South African politics over the past 11 years. How different would that summary be from a political analyst’s point of view?   GUEST: Sihle Lonzi _ President of the EFF Student Command

EFF turns eleven   The EFF is turning 11 years old today. Since its formation, the party positioned itself as a radical party opposed to the ruling government. There’s absolutely no doubt that the EFF has played a critical role in South African politics. What sort of scorecard would the party gives itself for the role they played in South African politics over the past 11 years?   GUEST: Professor...

South African police have arrested 95 Libyan nationals on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp in Mpumalanga. It is widely reported that these Libyan nationals came into the country to train as security personnel, and they have been in the country since April this year. But where was our intelligence to stop this and why was this secret military camp only detected now? Joining...

The Global Watch: According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report  – close to 733 million people faced hunger last year, and that is equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa. Surely this is concerning, but how should global leaders deal with this problem? GUEST: Sandy Bukula, Interim CEO @ Operation Hunger

Outgoing Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has once again reminded South Africans that through the work of the State Capture Commission, he has made a lot of enemies. Zondo revealed this earlier on today when he was presenting the 2022/23 Annual Judiciary report. GUEST: Melusi Xulu, Legal analyst  

The Electoral Court is hearing the DA’s legal challenge of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Sunday address to the nation on the 26th of May 2024. The then Official Opposition Party, in papers before the court, accused Ramaphosa of "abusing the highest office in the land for flagrant Electioneering". SABC News reporter, Zoleka Qodashe has been covering the story…   GUEST: Zoleka Qodashe, SABC News Repor...

We continue talking about the resignation of Zizi Kodwa as a Member of Parliament. In a statement released earlier today, ANC acting national spokesperson Zuko Godlimpi said the resignation is with immediate effect after the secretary-general of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, received a letter from Zizi Kodwa formally communicating his resignation as a member of parliament. Equal Education and other civ...

    The Hospital Association of South Africa welcomed the Gauteng High Court Certificate of Need judgement. The organization was however disappointed that a legal challenge to the planned Certificate of Needs became necessary.   GUEST:  Dr Dumisani Bomela, Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Association of South Africa  

Earlier this week, the ANC in Tshwane announced its intention to call for a vote of no confidence against Mayor Cilliers Brink. To give us reasons why this move is necessary, I am joined on the line by   GUEST: George Matjila, ANC Regional Secretary

Earlier this week, the ANC in Tshwane announced its intention to call for a vote of no confidence against Mayor Cilliers Brink. The ANC said it was confident that its motion would prevail against Brink, despite the numbers being against them. A joint caucus in the Tshwane Metro released a statement earlier today announcing that the multi-party government stands united against ANC’s motion of no co...

With heatwaves continuing to have a major impact across the globe. We understand that Monday was the hottest day ever globally. While scientists cannot be certain that Monday was the very hottest day throughout that period, average temperatures have not been this high since long before humans developed agriculture, that’s according to the European climate change service.   GUEST: Thando Lukuko, Na...

Our guest, Dr William Mpofu is posing some serious questions about the coming together of various political parties and the formation of the Government of National Unity. This as some observers feel that this government of national unity spells the end of the ANC as we know it and the beginning of a post-ANC South Africa. Mpofu’s key question is – who benefits from the current arrangement? He join...

The Global Watch: Sudan’s paramilitary leader General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo has announced that he intends to attend next month’s ceasefire talks that have been arranged by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The talks will take place in Switzerland and are aimed at reaching a nationwide cessation of violence that has been going for 15 months. But will the other side led by General Abdel-Fattah Bu...

Following relentless criticism over his deployment to the National Assembly. ANC NEC member Zizi Kodwa has finally resigned as a member of Parliament (MP) with immediate effect. But politically speaking – why did he put himself in this position in the first place and to what extent has his actions hurt the party’s renewal project as it is public knowledge that there are those who often argue withi...

A school governing body of the Pretoria High School for Girls has suspended 12 pupils over allegations of racism. This comes after messages that were allegedly shared on a WhatsApp group comprising white pupils. GUEST: Steve Mabona, Gauteng Department of Education’s Spokesperson

    GUEST: Caroline Doherty, Durban born writer/producer  

The Johannesburg Crisis Alliance has once again called on the city’s Executive Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, to resign. The Johannesburg Crisis Alliance made this call in the wake of the significant decline in citizen confidence and trust in the leadership of the executive mayor and his mayoral committee. The alliance highlighted many severe problems in Johannesburg, with a deepening crisis looming.   G...

Premier Soccer League chair, Dr. Irvin Khoza, has announced Betway as the new sponsor of the Premiership. Betway, the new title sponsor, will replace DStv, with the league now known as Betway Premiership. This is an interesting story to look at for sports sponsorship… GUEST: Kelvin Watt, Chairman of Nielsen Sports Africa

    Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau is expected to use this week’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Forum that is currently underway in Washington to enhance US-South Africa’s bilateral relations. Some of you may recall that recently, there have been calls for the US to review US-SA relations.   GUEST: Prof. Patrick Bond - Political Economist and Distinguished Profe...

    The High Court in the Free State has postponed the pre-trial conference of convicted murderer Thabo Bester and his co-accused to next Wednesday. To give us an update in terms of what happened in the Free Hight Court earlier today is….   GUEST: Makgala Masiteng, SABC News reporter

The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements has warned residents that housing scams are becoming more prevalent in the province. According to the department, the scammers falsely claim to be senior officials, such as Directors, MEC’s or Heads of Department.   GUEST: Tahir Sema, Head of Communications at the Department of Human Settlements in Gauteng  

The Global Watch: Afrobarometer’s inaugural flagship report shows that over the past decade, popular support for democracy has declined sharply in several countries, and opposition to military rule has weakened. South Africans should be worried as this latest report states that support for democracy in this country and Mali drastically went down this year compared to 39 other African countries. Bu...