The National Pulse

    As we continue with our Youth Month theme. Today we talk about challenges that young people usually face in becoming business owners. Our guest is Luthando Kolwapi, founder of Boerie Bro’s.   GUEST: Luthando Kolwapi, founder of Boerie Bro’s. ****SAfm 104-107 – Leading the conversation

AfriForum has filed an urgent court bid to prevent municipalities from implementing Nersa's approved electricity tariff hikes. The lobby group claims that councils failed to conduct cost-of-supply studies.    GUEST: Morné Mostert, manager of local government affairs at AfriForum  

Let’s now look at this chilling story about two South African engineers who have been unlawfully held as state hostages in Equatorial Guinea since February last year. This as their families have launched an online petition and social media campaign to share their story and demand their urgent release.   GUEST: Shaun Murphy, spokesperson for the Potgieter family

EFF clarifies its position on the proposed Government of National Unity. This as the party made it clear last week that they will not form any part of government with the Democratic Alliance.   GUEST: Leigh-Ann Mathys _ EFF Spokesperson

Tomorrow marks the 11th annual Black4Rohingya campaign which is about remembering the Rohingya people who were massacred in Arakan State in the second week of June in 2012. We understand that since February this year, hundreds of Rohingya have been killed and over 200 000 of them have been displaced. Joining us to outline the significance of this campaign is……   GUEST: Adv Shabnam Mayet, Co-founde...

The Electoral Court has dismissed an application by Jabulani Khumalo with punitive costs. You may recall that Khumalo approached the Electoral Court in a bid to have the IEC’s record of former President Jacob Zuma as the leader (President) of the MK Party invalidated and set aside. Joining us to look at the political dynamics around this is….. GUEST: Lukhona Mnguni, Political analyst

    Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla held a media briefing earlier today to update the public on the outbreak of Mpox disease and outline plans by the department in collaboration with various stakeholders in the sector to curb further spread and prevent mortality. The Minister said five cases have been confirmed in South Africa so far with two of these cases in Gauteng and three in KwaZulu-Natal...

Makashule Gana - Chief organiser of Rise Mzansi

Telkom, the state-owned telecommunications company, has recently declared and completed a $357 million sale of its cell phone towers. 6200 mobile towers make up Telkom's vast portfolio of communication infrastructure, which is managed and operated by Swiftnet, owned by Telkom. It appears from observation that mobile providers are increasingly selling off their cell phone towers, and Telkom is not...

As part of observing Youth Month - we continue to look at some of the pressing issues that are affecting young people in this country. Today we revisit the issue of Teen Pregnancy, assessing as to why it remains a growing problem. Earlier this year, Deputy Minister of Health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, described the increase in teenage pregnancies in the country as a pandemic, that’s how serious this i...

    Rand Water will be embarking on a 37-day maintenance regime that will see days-long water disruptions hitting parts of Gauteng on a set schedule. According to the water utility, it will be embarking on “an extensive proactive maintenance of its infrastructure” from 22 June to 29 July 2024.   GUEST: Makenosi Maroo, Rand Water Spokesperson

    Transnet Port Terminals and business grouping the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has hit back at a report by the World Bank and rating agency S&P’s that ranked four South African ports as among the worst in the world for efficiency and competitiveness. Transnet and the SAAFF claim that the report was limited in its focus and missed a large number of boats, and was...

As the GNU talks are still underway with different political parties in a bid to bring about a new government. There are those who are of the view that if an ANC-DA coalition succeeds, it could spell the end of President Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC. For more on this discussion, we are joined by….   GUEST: Professor Sipho Seepe, Political commentor  

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others have been confirmed dead: To give us an update in terms of what’s going to happen next moving forward is….   GUEST (Malawi): George Mhango, Channel Africa’s reporter based in Malawi  

Terry Tselane joins us to share his thoughts on coalition governments. You may recall that in 2018 Tselane once called for an independent body to regulate a coalition government, arguing that such a move will avoid the prospect of governance being held to ransom by political squabbles.   GUEST: Terry Tselane -  Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Election Management Services

Last week, the University of the Free State announced the accreditation of its medical programme by the Republic of Korea. The University of the Free State benchmarks itself against both local and international institutions and this affirms its place as one of the top-tier medical schools in the world. An alumnus from the university succeeded in getting the university officially approved as a reco...

Yesterday’s comrades’ marathon has been covered extensively in our sports bulletins by our Minister of Sports, Tumi Nkgapele. Great to see Gerda Steyn break another record. The big question for us though is, what impact does this race have on Brand South Africa?   GUEST:  Dr. Thebe Ikalafeng, pre-eminent African authority on branding.

Lawyers for the uMkhonto we Sizwe Political Party have sent a letter of demand to the Secretary of Parliament, Xolile George and Chief Justice Raymond Zondo asking both offices to refrain from convening the first sitting of parliament. MK Party lawyers have said that failure to comply with the letter of demand would result in court action.   GUEST: Lawson Naidoo, Executive Secretary of the Council...

IEC is facing its first legal challenge to the election, with a number of political parties lodging objections to the final results and calling for them to be declared null and void. In papers filed by the Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation last week, the non-profit organisation approached the Electoral Court about what it calls the IEC’s failure to discharge its statutory obligations. The Hola Bon R...

Last week, Corruption Watch filed a notice of withdrawal against Brian Molefe to be declared a delinquent director for alleged violation during his tenure at Eskom. Molefe was accused of state capture during the Zondo Commission led by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. The matter is between Corruption Watch as the applicant and Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, Molefe and other executives.   GUEST: Mpho Mole...

High youth unemployment rate continues to be a thorny issue in this country. This is supported by statistics indicating a 45,5% unemployment rate among young individuals aged between 15 and 34 years. Even more stark is the difference in transition rates between youth without experience and those with experience. So how best should we deal with this issue moving forward? For more on this, we are jo...

The City of Johannesburg’s power utility, City Power, has decided to implement load reduction in areas it says have exceedingly high electricity usage levels. Following this decision some people are complaining already that now that the elections are over – load shedding is back? But what’s the relationship between load reduction and load shedding? For more on this, we are joined by…….   GUEST: Ru...

ANC Youth League president, Collen Malatji shares thoughts on Government of National Unity and what needs to happen going forward.   GUEST: Collen Malatjie, President of the ANC Youth League

The uMkhonto weSizwe party (MK) has instructed its lawyers to urgently seek an interdict from the Constitutional Court to postpone the first sitting of Parliament until their pending case about possible election fraud is finalised. To elaborate further on this, we are joined by….. GUEST: Nhlamulo Ndhlela, MK Party national spokesperson

The Global Watch: We examine French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap national election after the right-wing National Rally (RN) party that is being led by Marine Le Pen won around 31% of the vote in Sunday’s European Parliament election. GUEST (FRANCE): Professor John Keiger, former research director of the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Ca...