The National Pulse

Our next guest has found her way into our living rooms every night, for the last three decades and is considered a living legend in the entertainment industry. When she is not on stage, she is advocating for breast cancer awareness - lending her voice as a cancer survivor.    She has recently lost a close friend that she has known from Form 1 (Grade 8) who had lived with her in the period before h...

When Slinky went missing 10 years ago, hope for his return had faded out. However, at the end of last year, a miracle happened when the long-lost cat, Slinky, was found by the Randburg SPCA and returned him to his family.   Guest: Andrew Swart - Owner of Cat. 

According to reports (The Citizen), the African Congress for Transformation (ACT) is set to announce a partnership with newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe. This comes less than four months into starting the political party. To tell us more about their two-day program in Kwa-Zulu Natal and how this move positions the party ahead of elections, we are joined by....    Guest: Ace Magashule - Leader of the...

Post our discussion with Arsen Ostrovsky, let’s now speak to Stanley Cohen, who is an International Human Rights Lawyer who is widely known for having provided legal aid to Hamas.   GUEST (U.S): Stanley Cohen, International Human Rights Lawyer

Israel has rejected accusations brought by South Africa at the ICJ court, arguing that South Africa has failed to demonstrate a prima facie case, also maintaining that Israel has a right to defend itself from Hamas attack. Yesterday, South Africa asked judges at the International Court of Justice to intervene and stop the ongoing war in Gaza.   GUEST (The Hague): Arsen Ostrovsky, Israeli-based Hum...

Few hours ago, the International Court of Justice heard oral arguments from lawyers representing South Africa. The application to the International Court of Justice against Israel by South Africa alleges that Israel has violated the Genocide Convention, to which it is a signatory. However, Israel has strongly refuted the allegation, calling it baseless. Daniel Levy joins us now to help us understa...

SAP has been fined R4 billion for bribing public officials to acquire government business in South Africa. The German software company settled out of the court given the investigations that have been conducted by the US Department of Justice. According to their report, SAP had engaged with officials at the City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane, Eskom and Department of Water and Sanitation. To tell...

The City of Cape Town has announced it will open a new procurement process for independent power to mitigate the impact of loadshedding for its residents. The City seeks to protect residents from the first four stages of Eskom loadshedding by 2026. To tell us more about how this tender process will work, the diversification initiatives, and how it will manage large power consumers, we are joined b...

Police Minister Bheki Cele has revealed that SAPS is currently grappling with the ever-increasing theft of official firearms. According to him, more than 1,500 official SAPS firearms were stolen between April 2021 and July last year. Surely this is a big problem as it poses a danger to society. Joining us to discuss this is….. GUEST: Dr. Chris de Kock - Crime expert and former head of the Crime In...

We continue with the ICJ court case, examining how South Africa’s case against Israel has been covered worldwide? To help us unpack this, is Peroshni Govender who is the Business Editor at TRT World and also an international broadcaster based in Istanbul, Turkey. GUEST (Turkey): Peroshni Govender, international broadcaster based in Istanbul & Business Editor @TRT World

In the past 48 hours, Alfred Duma Municipality was again hit by floods. This follows massive flash floods that swept through Ladysmith on Christmas eve, killing at least 23 people. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) in KwaZulu-Natal says emergency services, which include the South African Police Service (SAPS), traffic police, emergency services, and social pa...

An unidentified man, believed to be in his 40s, was brutally murdered by community members in Makurung village for allegedly stealing a plasma television set. Also, in another separate incident that tells a tale of Mob Justice gone wrong in Gauteng - a would-be recycler/ scrap metal collector was accused of being a TV thief. Community members tied him with ropes and started to beat him with differ...

South African Airways (SAA) has returned its flights to Perth, Australia. The Perth route marks the second interoceanic route to be reopened within 6 months of the successful launch of the Sao Paulo, Brazil route on 31 October 2023.To tell us more about this latest development is…….   Guest: Emmanuel Hlongo, Manager for Network Planning, Scheduling and Areopolitical at the South African Airways (S...

An 83-year-old man from the Eastern Cape, who opened a false theft case after taking three of his cows to his mistress's home without telling his family has been jailed for nine months for perjury.   Guest: Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli - Eastern Cape police spokesperson

AfriForum has filed a legal action against Rustenburg municipality over poor electricity distribution. It is also requesting the court to compel the energy regulator Nersa to pursue legal action against the Rustenburg municipality for failing to adhere to its licence conditions.   Guest: Petrus Coetzee - AfriForum local government advisor  

Tomorrow is D-Day as the global community will be paying attention to South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, with several countries having welcomed the move amid global calls for ceasefire in Gaza. Let’s now cross to …….   GUEST: Sophie Mokoena, SABC News International Editor

In its bid to assist the country to reduce road deaths. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) is calling for South Africa’s traffic police to be nationalised. This as they are concerned about what they term ‘the disorganisation within traffic departments across various provinces’. For more on this, we are joined by….   GUEST: Thulani Ngwenya, President of the Police and Prisons Civil...

Still on the ICJ story: South Africa approached the court under the Genocide Convention with respect to acts committed by Israel in the context of its attacks on Gaza. Commenting on this issue earlier on today - President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was confident that South Africa has a strong case against Israel. Let’s now hear from…….   GUEST: Obed Bapela, Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises &...

As learners and educators prepare for the start of the 2024 academic year. Earlier on today, Minister Lindiwe Zulu handed over desktops to five local schools in Mpumalanga and she also urged teenage mothers to go back to school to break the cycle of poverty. Meanwhile, more than 70 000 beneficiaries are still waiting to receive their January social grants from the South African Social Security Age...

ANC’s Electoral Committee recently announced stringent criteria introduced by the party to nominate candidates to serve as MPs and MPLs. The new criteria will prevent people who are facing charges in court, suspended by the party and those with criminal records to stand for positions in Parliament and provincial legislatures. ANC electoral committee member Chief Livhuwani Matsila joins us to give...

Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) has officially unveiled the state-of-the art studios at Kanyamazane FM in Mpumalanga. The unveiling forms part of the MDDA’s ongoing work to support the development and diversity of community and small commercial media. For more on this, we are joined by….. GUEST: Shoeshoe Qhu – CEO, Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)  

Cope leader, Mosiuoa Lekota has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration of failing to improve the lives of South Africans. The party is also of the view that the country’s Constitution needs to be amended so it can allow South Africans to vote directly for presidents, premiers and mayors. Lekota joins us now to elaborate further on this…… GUEST: Mosiuoa Lekota, COPE President

Animal rights activists have hailed South Korea’s decision to pass a bill that bans breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat. Dog meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, and at one point up to a million dogs were believed to be killed for the trade every year. To react to this, we are joined by…. GUEST: Steve Smit, Founder of Justice for animals

As more people continue to lose jobs in the country. The presidency says big businesses must reconsider their planned retrenchments and has also urged the business sector not to rush laying off more workers. Head of the project management office in the presidency, Rudi Dicks says Business must continue to work closely with government so they could find lasting solutions. GUEST: Rudi Dicks, head of...

The Minister of Defense of Somaliland, Abdiqani Mohamud Aateye, has announced that he has resigned from the ministerial position after opposing the agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia. Ateye says ministers were not consulted on the Ethiopia port deal, but only learned about it through the media. Recently, Ethiopia signed a historic agreement to use the main port in Somalia’s breakaway region...