The National Pulse

The second day of the District Development Model Conference which is underway in Stellenbosch. The model aims to improve the coherence and impact of government service delivery with a special focus on 44 districts and eight metros around the country. Our SABC NEWS reporter, Lulama Matya  

Days of violent protests have taken place all over France in response to the death of Nahel Merzouk, 17, at the hands of the police.  Emmanuel Macron, the president of France missed a state visit to Germany today. He’s having a meeting with the mayors of 220 cities hit by the riots at the Elysee Palace. One of the passengers who was in the car gave a statement to police. How will all these riots a...

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has been handed down an R5 million fine for failing to purchase antivirus software. The fine is the highest penalty imposed for noncompliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia). Back in 2021, the department was hit by a cyberattack after failing to renew its antivirus software. We are joined by... Guest: Adv Pansy Tlaluk...

Our next guest has been named as part of the Mail and Guardian Young 200 and she is receiving this accolade in the Arts and Entertainment section. She has also been nominated for the 2023 Radio Awards for her show, Lunch on 5fm and hosts the SABC Sport show counting down the Netball World Cup taking place this month in Cape Town.  Outside of broadcast, she has a foundation that supports young wome...

Over the weekend, the Minister of Electricity held a press briefing regarding the implementation of the Energy Action plan. One of the key moments in the briefing was when Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that policymakers cannot stall when it comes to the vulnerabilities of transmission network. Given that the introduction of the Just Energy Transition will require alternative energy sources t...

Last week, there was a story regarding the Braamfontein shooting where a police officer was killed by a metropolitan police officer. We wanted to have a conversation whether off-duty fire arms should remain with police officers and what happens if firearms deployed to police officer are used in crimes. we are joined...  Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale – National Spokesperson of SAPU

Northern Cape Floods: Clean-Up operations  Focus: Over the weekend, floods ravaged the Namaqualand region of the Northern Cape that destroyed public infrastruture that affected over 1000 families. To respond to the destruction of the floods, our next guest is on the ground and assisting communities under the Karoo Hoogland Municipality with humanitarian assistance. We are joined by... Guest: Dr Im...

The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture will be meeting with the South African Players Union to discuss the grievances that have been raised by Banyana Banyana players and get a state of readiness of the women’s national team ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. To tell us more about this, we are joined by… Guest: Litha Mpondwana – Spokesperson of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture Gu...

Two of the three accused in the convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester prison escape, will remain in custody. Thabang Mier has been granted bail of ten-thousand-rand by the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court. Mier, Joel Makhetha and Moeketsi Ramolula are facing charges of aiding and abetting an inmate to escape from lawful custody. The charges against Makhetha and Moeketsi include corruption and...

King Willem -Alexander of Holland and his government have apologized for the nation's role in slavery within their colonies. This follows the 150th commemoration of the abolition of slavery over the weekend. Is this acknowledgement enough given the reparations? we are joined by... Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula – Senior Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs at...

    Guest: Dr Justin Visagie, Senior Research Specialist, HSRC   Guest: Karen Harrison, City Support Programme: National Treasury   Guest: Justice Matarutse, Innovation Manager, eThekwini metro   Guest: Isaac Tau, Head Data Analytics, SARS

    Guest: Derek Hanekom, chairs the interim board of SAA

    Guest:  Jan Vermeulen, MyBroadband Editor

There’s been a really dramatic set of events around Banyana Banyana over the weekend - our women’s football team was due to play Botswana in a warm up friendly ahead of the women’s world cup yesterday - at the Tsakane stadium Guest: Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwe - President South African Football Players Union   Guest: Nkululeko Nkweu – Founder Idiski Times

  Guest: Cynthia Stimpel, Executive Director at Whistle-blower House

 In Ukraine the country’s deputy defence minister Hanna Vasylivna Maliar says that Russian forces have made some progress in capturing ground near a town known as Svatove - and that there is currently intense fighting there. Guest: Prof. Abel Esterhuyse is an associate professor of strategy in the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University

  Guest: Thapelo Malekutu, NUM Deputy Regional Secretary

There is still huge reaction to the findings by the acting public protector Kholeka Gcaleka that President Cyril Rampahosa did nothing wrong in the Phala Phala scandal Guest: Lawson Naidoo, Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)

the ANC Youth League finally got new leadership - the new president of the league is the ANC MP Collen Malatji - he was elected unopposed in the end Guest: Samkele Maseko, Political Reporter at SABC

  Afrika Update Report: 3 July 2023; 1. Burundi-Somalia, Burundian troops with the AU transition mission in Somalia celebrated their country's 61st independence day in Mogadishu; 2. Ivory Coast -Abidjan, Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo electoral roll appeal inclusion  has been rejected by the electoral commission; 3.Botswana-Gaborone, The Botswana government and the mining company De Beers...

There is still huge reaction to the findings by the acting public protector Kholeka Gcaleka that President Cyril Rampahosa did nothing wrong in the Phala Phala scandal Guest: Bantu Holomisa - United Democratic Movement Leader

At the University of Stellenbosch an investigation by retired judge Carole Lewis, Helena Conradi and Ziyanda Stuurman has found that the vice chancellor Professor Wim de Villiers is not guilty of serious misconduct - after he was accused of nepotism by using his discretionary powers to give places to two young people who were related to him. Guest: Dr. Nicky Newton-King - Chairman of the Stellenbo...

Miss Soweto Tsakane Sono discusses her community service projects and her work as an Occupational Therapist

The U.S Supreme Court has ruled that race-based admissions criteria violate the Constitution. We understand that the ruling invalidates admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, as both institutions use race as part of their admissions policy. However, President Joe Biden has slammed the decision, saying that the ruling canno...

The ANC Youth League is holding its first leadership conference in eight years today - the last time it held a conference was in 2015, with ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula removing Xola Nqola as the convener of the party youth league task team on the eve of its national conference.   Guest: Samkele Maseko, SABC Political Reporter