The National Pulse

Members of the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union marched to the Health Department in Polokwane today. They demand that Health MEC, Dr Popi Ramathuba fills all outstanding vacancies in the province and ensure Covid-19 contract workers are given permanent posts. The union also says nurses have been working under pressure due to staff shortages, because over 1000 positions remain vacant. H...

28 suspected illegal miners are expected to appear before the Orkney Magistrates' Court next week Monday, facing charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, attempted murder and for contravention of the Immigration Act. According to Colonel Adele Myburgh, some of the illegal miners, whilst trying to flee, fired shots towards the police and when the police returned fire - one suspect was wounded and l...

Saviour Kasukuwere, Zimbabwe’s independent presidential candidate says he disagrees with Zimbabwe’s High Court judgment that prohibits him from running in the country's presidential election that is due to take place next month. Kasukuwere has also instructed his lawyers to attend to the matter. He joins us now to elaborate further on this and also to talk about his presidential campaign. GUEST: S...

THE INNERVIEW: Let’s get some political reaction to today’s Constitutional Court ruling that President Cyril Ramaphosa acted rationally when he suspended Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended Mkhwebane in June 2022, just two days after Mkhwebane informed him that she was investigating the Phala Phala matter. The Constitutional Court upheld the suspensio...

International award-winning professional dancer, Musa Motha is our guest today as we celebrate him for raising the South African flag high. Musa’s audition in this year’s Britain Got Talent competition, made history as he received the first-ever group Golden Buzzer. It is also important to mention that last month, Motha won the Emerging Artist Award at the National Dance Awards ceremony that took...

Unilever has reached an agreement with the Competition Commission and will pay a R16m penalty without admitting guilt. The Competition Commission accused the multinational consumer goods company of anticompetitive behaviour in 2017. The commission’s investigation found that Unilever and Malaysia's Sime Darby Hudson Knight agreed not to compete with each other in respect of certain pack sizes of ma...

The South African Human Rights Commission is probing complaints about a shop owner in Gqeberha who is refusing entry to members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Dawood Lagardien, the owner of La Gardi Plastics and Baking Requirements erected a sign outside the shop. The sign says "LGBTQ not welcome at La Gardi. Save our children!!! Right of admission reserved!!! Members of the community sent complaints...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the judgment by the Constitutional Court which affirmed his position that he followed the law when he suspended Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Earlier on today, the Constitutional Court ruled that Ramaphosa followed due process and fairness when he suspended Mkhwebane after impeachment proceedings began in Parliament.   GUEST: Dr Llewellyn Curlewis, Senior lect...

The U.S remains committed to partnering and amplifying investment opportunities with African countries. This was revealed by Scott Nathan, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation - he was speaking during a virtual media briefing hosted on the side-lines of the US-Africa Business Summit that is currently underway in Botswana. The theme for this year’s Summit is “Enhancing Afri...

The NPA in the Eastern Cape has been granted leave to appeal a sentence imposed by the Mthatha Regional Court, where a man was sentenced to five years imprisonment for raping a nine-year old girl two years ago. The NPA felt that the sentence was lenient and decided to approach the High Court for leave to appeal. GUEST: Luxolo Tyali, NPA Spokesperson in the Eastern Cape

What is going on with Cope? Willie Madisha and Mzwandile Nhleko say they want to restore Cope. The party was deregistered from the CIPC as a corporate entity. Madisha and Nhleko through their legal representative have written to the IEC informing them that they are taking steps to restore the registration. They say there was no valid meeting prior to the deregistration. We’re now joined by Cope’s...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has vowed to take action against municipalities who continue to receive poor audit outcomes. Dube-Ncube has also made it clear that her administration will no longer tolerate municipalities who defy the provincial government’s authority. She joins us now to elaborate further on this and also to talk about the state of municipalities in KZN.   GUEST: Nomusa D...

Reginald Sibeko tells us more about an e-gifting platform that is designed to help hospitality companies to grow their businesses. According to him, in order for one to prosper in today’s and tomorrow’s hospitality industry as it evolves, companies will need to become skilled at using technology platforms like Isipo. GUEST: Reginald Sibeko, Managing Director at Micros SA

12 people have been identified so far in connection with the torching of trucks in the past few days. The number of burnt trucks has now risen to 21 after a new incident in Mpumalanga where a passenger also suffered burn wounds. Police minister Bheki Cele says he is ruling out the possibility that the torching of the trucks could be linked to the July 2021 unrest. We’re now joined by Police Minist...

City of Tshwane’s emergency services is appealing to residents to be cautious and place candles in safe candle holders, and not leave fire burning overnight without supervision or over electrical plugs. This after a shack fire at a Mamelodi transit camp claimed the life of a man and two children. The emergency services department was called to respond to the fire around 2am today and they found an...

The Automobile Association of South Africa reacts to ConCourt’s AARTO ruling. This as today’s ruling is set to have major implications for motorists. Earlier on today, the Constitutional Court ruled against the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) in its challenge to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) and the Aarto Amendment Act, affirming the department of trans...

What is government’s response to the ongoing torching of trucks? Two more trucks were burnt in KZN last night, bringing the number of torched trucks to 16 in just two days. It is alleged two truck drivers were attacked by a group of armed men and robbed of their belongings. The incident happened in Canefields between between Enseleni and Empangeni in KZN. Police minister, Bheki Cele says he doesn’...

Safety in the transport and logistics industry topped the agenda on day 2 of the Southern African Transport Conference at the CSIR in Pretoria today. Stakeholders in the industry are calling for protection of their staff and businesses from criminals who have attacking drivers and torching trucks since Sunday. 16 trucks have been set alight so far. We’re now joined by SABC News Economics Reporter,...

Earlier on today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in KwaZulu-Natal announced that they have signed what they term “a historic Service Delivery Pact” that will ensure that where each party holds seats in a hung municipality, they will work together to improve service delivery and better the lives of residents. To explain what this service delivery pact entails is….. GUE...

A 27 year old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his 59 year old mother, 27 year old sister and 10 year old nephew. Police were called by the community to report a domestic violence incident and upon arrival, all three victims had been hacked to death. The man will appear in court on three counts of murder. Guest: Limpopo police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Caster Semenya in a case involving testosterone levels in female athletes. Semenya has been in a long-running dispute with governing body, World Athletics, since regulations requiring her to take hormone treatment to decrease her natural testosterone levels, were introduced in 2018. She has twice failed in legal battles to overturn the deci...

Authorities in Plateau State in Nigeria have eased a 24-hour security curfew that was imposed on Sunday, following recent attacks that left at least 11 people dead and properties burned. For more details on this, we are joined by…..   GUEST: Eniola Daniel, Reporter for The Guardian Nigeria

What exactly are the issues with the new NSFAS allowance payment system? Students at the Tshwane University of Technology say the appointment of the new service provider to facilitate direct payments to students is not sufficient. Some have not yet receieved their meal allowances for June and July. They are calling for the new system to be scrapped. Members of the South African Students Congress m...

Unions in the communications sector want to meet with the SABC following reports that it is on the verge of financial collapse and may struggle to pay staff salaries in the near future. Sunday Times reported yesterday that the SABC may be forced to apply for business rescue after making a loss of more than R1 billion in the financial year that ended in March 2023. Guest: Communication Workers’ Uni...

We hear from Professor Abdon Atangana, who was recently awarded the UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for his contribution to mathematics. After receiving the award, Atangana encouraged Africans to utilise their skills to develop the African continent. He joins us now to elaborate further on this……   GUEST: Professor Abdon Atangana, Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Institute for Groundwat...