The National Pulse

Guest: Parliament's Communications Committee chairperson Khusela Diko

Guest: Thulani Mavuso, South African Home Affairs spokesperson and Deputy Director- General for Operations

GUEST: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Asia Dialogues (Afrasid)

GUEST: Nazley Sharif, DA Spokesperson on Social Development

GUEST: Professor Sethulego Matebesi, Political Analyst from the University of Free State

GUEST: Sithembiso Ngema, Newly elected DA KZN Leader

GUEST: Tebogo Khaas, Founder and Chairperson of Public Interest SA

Guest: Thapelo Mohapi, general secretary of Abahlali basemjondolo

Guest: Dr Mxolisi Mathebula, Independent policing and crime expert

GUEST: Professor Loren Landau of Migration and Development at the University of Oxford and Research Professor at the African Centre for Migration and Society

National Coloured Congress MP, Fadiel Adams, was back in the Pinetown Magistrates Court for a bail hearing today. The MP is charged with fraud and defeating ends of justice linked to an alleged interference with investigations in the Murder case of ANC politician, Sindiso Magaqa. GUEST: Zanele Buthelezi, SABC News Reporter in Kwa-Zulu Natal

GUEST: Tshepo Matseba, Managing Director: Rputation

South Africa’s telecommunications operators are calling for future spectrum auction proceeds reinvested in digital infrastructure, citing the heavy bill that operators continue to carry from 2022. GUEST: Nomvuyiso Batyi, The Association of Comms & Technology CEO

Economic analyst, Duma Gqubule believes we need a family meeting for the job crisis in the country. The latest labour force survey which shows the country’s official unemployment rate has risen to 32.7% with more than 8 million people now without work. GUEST: Duma Gqubule, Economic Analyst

The 5th AfriCAN EARTHizens Honoree Awards took place yesterday in Claremont, the annual initiative founded by our guest recognises grassroots "ECOpreneurs" and environmental changemakers across Africa. We find out more on the initiatives… Guest: Anthea Thyssen – Founder and Organiser of the Earthizens awards

Five people have been confirmed dead in Cape Town overnight as severe weather continues to batter the province. We find out more on how things are on the ground and how rescue operations are going… GUEST: Charlotte Powell – The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre spokesperson

Stats SA has released the latest Quarterly Labor Force Survey, which showed that the number of employed people decreased by 345,000 to 16.8 million during the first quarter of the year, while the number of unemployed people increased by 301,000 to 8.1 million compared with the previous quarter. We get a reaction from… Guest: Mbali Williams - Advocacy Strategist at Youth Capital

Statistics South Africa released the Quarterly Labour Force Survey results for the first quarter of 2026 during a media briefing in Tshwane today. The Labour Force Survey measures the labour market activities of individuals aged 15-64 and therefore provides insights into employment, unemployment, labour force participation, and other labour market trends. GUEST: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-Gene...

The Freedom Front Plus says the President’s decision to challenge the findings of the Section 89 Independent Panel, nearly four years later, is clearly a desperate attempt to save himself. GUEST: Dr. Corne Mulder, Freedom Front Plus Leader

GUEST: Lawson Naidoo, Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)

COGTA in the Eastern Cape has warned its residents in the Garden Route and Kouga region to evacuate low-lying areas and avoid unnecessary travel altogether. This as flooding continues in the area, we hear more on the state of things in the area. Guest: Gerhard Otto - Head of Disaster Management at the Garden Route District Municipality

The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the Economic Freedom Fighters, finding that the National Assembly acted unlawfully when it voted in December 2022 to reject the Section 89 Independent Panel report into President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala scandal.   The judgment, delivered at 10AM this morning at Constitutional Hill in Braamfontein, marks one of the most consequential ruling...

    GUEST: Nhlamulo Ndhlela, MK Party Spokesperson

NEWF (Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers) and E·CO / Encounter of Collectives are launching a new partnership to support 12 interdisciplinary collectives from Ibero-America and Africa with production grants of €5,000 each. We find out more on the programme with… Guest: Pragna Parsontam- Kok -  Executive Director of NEWF and National Geographic Explorer

So what exactly are the legal consequences of this morning’s Constitutional Court judgment? The court ruled in favour of the EFF, finding that the National Assembly acted unlawfully when it voted in December 2022 to reject the Section 89 Independent Panel report into President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala scandal. Guest: Elton Hart, Legal Expert and attorney with the University of Johannesb...