The National Pulse

Authorities confirmed a tornado that touched down in Lekwa local municipality, Mpumalanga. Electrical infrastructure and properties were damaged when a tornado accompanied by heavy rain and hailstorm hit Serit and Thuthukani yesterday. This has affected power lines that are supplying electricity to Morgenzon.  Guest: Peter Nkhuna - Senior Assistant to the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance Guest:...

We examine David Cameron’s return to UK politics, following his appointment as Foreign Secretary. Some say it is rare for a former prime minister to make such a prominent return to government, and his appointment caught political observers off guard. But what is Rishi Sunak trying to do here? For more analysis on this, we are joined by…… GUEST (Scotland): Musa Mdunge, Political analyst and PHD can...

Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has placed Transnet on review for a potential credit ratings downgrade due to concerns over liquidity and refinancing risks. To give us a breakdown in terms of what this means is….. GUEST: Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist @Efficient Group

Sergeant Vusimizi Mogane has gone through vehicle tracking data at the Senzo Meyiwa trial within a trial at the High Court in Pretoria. Five men are on trial for the murder of the soccer star who was shot and killed in 2014. The defence is challenging the admissibility of confession statements that have been allegedly made by accused one and two, claiming they assaulted and tortured into signing....

Statistics South Africa has revealed that the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 31.9% in the third quarter, down from 32.6% in the second quarter. Employment gains were mostly concentrated in finance and agriculture as well as community and social services. To give us more explanation, we are joined by…..   GUEST: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General

Two submissions from traditional authorities have been made to be recognized as the initial settlers of Gauteng with the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims. The Ndebele Royal House is seeking recognition for parts of Tshwane and Hiedelburg under King Makhosonke Mabena's tenure. The  Bapedi Royal House is seeking recognition for the Vaal under the Queen Thulare. Our next guest...

The case against a Sibanye Still Water employee who allegedly stabbed  to death his colleague and took a selfie with the corpse has been postponed to Monday next week. This is to give the accused enough time to appoint his own legal representative and to apply for bail. The video of the killing has sent shock waves across the country after it went viral on social media. Forty-three year old Boineh...

Today we celebrate Spark Schools Soweto after they were recently named this year’s World’s Best School. The school launched a number of community initiatives to help address the challenges of its surrounding area. This helped instil environmental responsibility and stewardship in the community. To explain what this win means is….. GUEST: Nthambeleni Nyambeni, Principal of SPARK Schools Soweto  

The Gauteng Department of Health has spent more than R23 million securing food items such as bread, eggs, meat, and vegetables since August from firms contracted to its Limpopo counterpart. And the DA in Gauteng wants the provincial Department of Health’s contracts to obtain food for all its hospitals from Limpopo stopped and investigated.   Guest: Jack Bloom - DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC  

Today, the Judicial Conduct Tribunal held a hearing investigating the allegations that suspended judge Nana Makhubele had violated the separation of powers principle by holding an office of the Court while also serving on the interim board of the state railway agency, PRASA between October 2017 and March 2018. The hearing has been postponed to January 2024 and the basis of the postponement was the...

The heavy fighting that erupted in Sudan on 15 April has forced more than six million people from their homes and created a humanitarian catastrophe that the world must not continue to ignore. That's the urgent message from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR's) Dominique Hyde, who's just back from White Nile state, where she witnessed the deadly impact of months of conflict on the country's most vulnera...

Let’s now hear from AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa about some of the demands that are being advanced by AMCU members. GUEST: Joseph Mathunjwa, President of AMCU

Report into the loans issued by the Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF)   Earlier on today, Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile released an investigation report into the loans offered to Nonkwelo Investments owned by Nceba Nonkwelo, Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s son in law. According to Maile, the investigation was unable to make conclusive findings whether all applicable policies, procedu...

The drama continues at Gold One mine in Springs as AMCU members stage a protest. Workers downed tools last week demanding that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) be recognised as a majority union in the mine as they claim to have more members than the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). It's understood that operations at the mine have been halted due to this ongoing prot...

THE BONDING SESSION: Why is it that when I look out for help, no one is willing to help? Asks our guest Zanele Nyakale who is popularly known as ‘Nestum’. Nyakale gained popularity as part of the Abashante group and as Jam Alley presenter, and she currently works for Lesedi FM which is our sister station here at SABC.   So - do you ever feel lonely sometimes and yet you are surrounded by people bu...

We tell you more about the Free State’s Provincial Social Compact Imbizo. This as we understand that the MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development in the province aims to accelerate the department’s Food Security programme in the Thabo Mofutsanyana district. GUEST: Saki Mokoena, MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development in the Free State

Earlier this week, we had a discussion around the state of libraries in the country due to safety concerns and delayed renovations. One of the takeaways from that interview was establishing what is the future of libraries in the country.  Link: Earlier this year, the National Library Week was held under the theme  "Libraries: Telling Powerful Stories". We have lined up a cohort of  local librarian...

Minister Sihle Zikalala joins us now to tell us more about the infrastructure investment roadshows that he has been undertaking in the United Kingdom. He told global investors that South Africa’s economy remains resilient despite numerous challenges that our country continues to face daily, like the ongoing load shedding problem. He is now at Inter Africa Trade Fair that is currently underway in S...

National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council dialogue   President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the government's efforts to combat corruption, stating that a society-wide response is necessary. Addressing the two-day National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council dialogue that ended yesterday, Ramaphosa said the government has invested in rebuilding law enforcement agencies and initiated 16 legislative ref...

The U.S. Census Bureau says the global population has passed 8 billion. The Bureau also revealed that people living to older ages account for much of the recent increase. The global median age, now 32, has been rising in a trend expected to continue toward 39 in 2060. So what does it all mean – should the world slow down a bit – is this a healthy figure?   GUEST: Iturralde Diego, Chief Director fo...

According to the World Bank, persons with disabilities are more likely to experience adverse socioeconomic outcomes such as poorer health outcomes, lower levels of employment, and higher poverty rates. In South Africa, the public sector, as a major employer and as custodian of policies promoting the empowerment of persons with disabilities, is under particular obligation to ensure that employment...

The Phumlani Dube Foundation in partnership with Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) will host a free prostate cancer screening event this weekend in recognition of Men’s Health Awareness Month. The event will be held from 9am to 12pm on Saturday the 11th of November at MUT in Umlazi.   Guest: Phumlani Dube – Founder of Phumlani Dube Foundation

Earlier today, the Indlulamithi Trust released its latest barometer which unpacks the trends that inform not only the realities of our society but also address what a socially cohesive South Africa would like through research. By 2021, the Indudlamithi Barometer had identified that South Africa had gone beyond the "Gwara Gwara" depicted the worst-case scenario as over 30% of the population was liv...

Hollywood actors are expected to resume work after their union and studios have reached a tentative deal to end a months-long strike that has crippled the entertainment industry, delayed hundreds of popular shows and films, and cost billions to the US economy.   Guest (Carlifonia-Los Angeles): Jonathan Handel, Entertainment and Technology Attorney and Journalist.  

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 3 300 members of the South African National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the South African Police Service to prevent and combat crime and maintain and preserve law and order under Operation Prosper. So does it mean that South Africa will finally win the battle against the zama zamas? We find out from …….. Guest: David Van...