The National Pulse

Ballistics expert Chris Mangena has told the High Court in Pretoria that Senzo Meyiwa was shot at close range. Meyiwa was shot and killed in 2014 while at Kelly Khumalo's parental home in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg. Five men are currently on trial for the murder of the soccer star. Mangena who has served 29 years in the police service - examined both the crime scene and Meyiwa's body at the G...

Gabonese President, Ali Bongo, has been removed from office by the country’s military officers. For many years now, Bongo’s family has been accused of getting rich on the country’s resource wealth while many of its citizens struggle to make ends meet. The coup in Gabon comes on the heel of the yet to be resolved coup in Niger Republic. But why now after so many years of the Bongo dynasty?   GUEST:...

We continue our live broadcast from Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg where Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation is hosting the inaugural Transforming MENtalities Summit. Different stakeholders spent today discussing root causes of violence against women and how to deal with them. Research on human behaviour from a sociological, psychological and anthropological perspective has been don...

The build up towards ActionSA’s inaugural policy conference next month is under way. The policy conference will also inform how the party will elect its leaders going forward. It has been three years since the part of we launched. Party leader, Herman Mashaba launched it on this day in 2020 ahead of the local government elections. It heads towards its first policy conference with two years experie...

We continue our live broadcast from Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg where Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation is hosting the inaugural Transforming MENtalities Summit. Different stakeholders spent today discussing root causes of violence against women and how to deal with them. Research on human behaviour from a sociological, psychological and anthropological perspective has been don...

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California have delved into the biological processes that facilitate lizards’ remarkable cartilage regeneration. Their study found that - lizards regenerating their tails could actually boost efforts to achieve similar results in human cartilage, paving the way for treating osteoarthritis and other degenerative co...

The Qhubeka Trust closed its doors this month after making payments to over two thousand former gold mineworkers who were diagnosed with silicosis. This was the entity’s biggest settlement in South Africa, with over R420 million spent in payments. The trust was set up in 2016, however, claims by former mineworkers who contracted lung related diseases were first made in 2012. There will still be ma...

guest: Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma

GUEST: Werner Horn, DA MP  

Parliament's ad hoc committee, set up to select and recommend the next Public Protector is backing Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to take over as the country’s next Public Protector. For more details on how this decision was reached, we are now joined by ANC MP Cyril Xaba who has been leading the parliamentary process to find a candidate to succeed public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.   GUEST: Cyril Xab...

How will the Department of transport ensure that the new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) system is effective? The current reality is that South Africa’s road crashes and fatalities are unacceptably high, hence the need for a very effective legal instrument that will enforce compliance and improve road safety. For more on this, we are joined by Lisa Mangcu, Deputy Minis...

As the Senzo Meyiwa trial continues, Tefu told the court today that she met accused number 3, Mthobisi Mncube on the first week of January in 2015 before they moved in together. She also revealed that she was home from work on the day that the accused was arrested for a different matter, which related to taxi violence in Alexandra. For more on what transpired this afternoon, we are joined by.... S...

As we continue to observe Women’s Month, our guest Babalwa Ngonyama says there are stories of highly talented women that have been side-lined and excluded from leadership and management positions based on the perception of poor cultural fit. She is of the view that if men were to change their attitudes towards women, more than half of this battle will be won. GUEST: Babalwa Ngonyama is Founder and...

World News: On World News today we ask, what next for Zimbabwe after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner, following a hotly contested election? Also what is interesting is the fact that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says his party, Citizens Coalition for Change will challenge the results as they believe that the voting process was fraught with unprecedented illegality. For more...

Six-year-old Eli Anderson, was born with single-sided deafness and microtia. Now both sides of the ear can function properly, thanks to a ground-breaking cochlear implant and ear repair that completely changed his life by Dr Maurice Hockman. Now were joined by, Eli's father Warren Anderson and Dr Maurice Hockman at Netcare Linksfield to tell us more about it….. Guest:  Warren Anderson - Eli's fath...

We speak to Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, on the SA Reserve Bank statement on Phala Phala and if he stands by the institution’s findings. We spoke to him on the sidelines on the final day of the BRICS Summit 2023 in Johannesburg. Let us take a listen to his reflections.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will be visiting the University of Western Cape (UWC) as their women’s football team has just been crowned winners of the Vartsity Cup 2023. He will be accompanied by Banyana Banyana stars who are UWC alumni. Earlier this week, the Minister attended the launch of the Cricket SA’s Professional Women’s League. Earlier this month, the ministry hosted a breakf...

Yesterday, we covered the allegations that has been made against Mediclinic regarding patient bill manipulation. Today, we speak to one of the country’s largest medical schemes that have approached the hospital group on these allegations and have released a statement outlining what mechanisms they will put in place until the investigation ends. We are joined by... Guest: Dr Ryan Noach, CEO of Disc...

Former US President, Donald Trump, was arrested on charges of racketeering and conspiracy in Atlanta, Georgia. These charges are in relation to colluding to overturn the 2020 US Election results. He stands accused alongside 18 other defendants who will stand trial in March 2024. He is currently out on US$200 000  bail and his mugshot has trended on social media. To unpack what implications this ch...

Six more countries have become members of the BRICS block. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the expansion earlier today. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Argentina and Ethiopia will be official members from January 2024. This brings the number of countries who are a part of this group to three. What do all these countries bring to BRICS economically? Is this the right decision? We're now joi...

Tomorrow, we launch the University Debate Challenge where University of Kwa-Zulu Natal will be facing off against the University of Zululand. Today, we speak to the debaters that will be speaking at the SABC M1 Studios at Durban. The question that will serve as the topic of the debate: Should developing nations reject all renewable projects, funding or grants if it is conditioned on decarbonizing?...

Nixon Kathembo - African Affairs analyst and Channel Africa Producer  

Police Minister, Bheki Cele says South Africa has done a great job ensuring security in the last three days as the country hosted the 15th BRICS Summit. Cele made reference to two security related incidents that happened during the summit, however, the summit was safe.

On the final day of the 15th BRICS Summit being held in SA, the BRICS Johannesburg Declaration II outlined the recovery of the tourism industry. It outlined how platforms such as the BRICS Alliance for Green Tourism will seek to strengthen mutual tourist flows among member states and create cooperation mechanisms to build an inclusive tourism market. To unpack this, we are joined by... Guest: Patr...