The National Pulse

The issue of small roads that are packed with big trucks is back on the spotlight following the death of 21 people including 19 schoolchildren in Pongola in KwaZulu-Natal last week. That truck driver appear in court briefly today. Just this morning another gruesome truck accident happened Vryheid. Officers were trying to control traffic after an accident when another truck drove into vehicles, cau...

It has been a frustrating weekend for South Africans, with Eskom implementing stage six load-shedding. Households have been going for as long as four hours at a time without electricity. We’re going down to stage five from midnight. President Cyril Ramaphosa is cutting his trip short to attend to the power crisis. Are we ever going to be able to get out of this situation? What exactly will it take...

KZN’s Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison is concerned that more and more municipal employees who hold strategic positions are being killed. Following this new trend, the department says it will soon hold a meeting that will look into the killings of public representatives in the province. To furnish us with more details on this, is Kwanele Ncalane, Spokesperson for the Departmen...

ID4Africa—the organization leading the campaign for the recognition of 16 September as Identity Day (ID Day) worldwide – announced recently that more countries are now beginning to recognize 16 September as Identity Day. The campaign to recognize 16 September as Identity Day was launched by ID4Africa at its 4th Annual Meeting in 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria. Joing us to talk about the significance of th...

It’s a big weekend in KwaZulu-Natal. This year’s reed dance ceremony, ‘umkhosi womhlanga’ will be taking place in Nongoma. There have been uncertainties over whether or not it would take place as the Zulu Royal family continues its fight over the throne. Preparation are underway though as King Misuzulu will preside over the ceremony this weekend. How are the preparations going? We are now joined b...

The South African Cabin Crew Association and Numsa are condemning the South Gauteng High Court’s decision to liquidate SA Express. The unions say the Department of Public Enterprises has played a direct role in destroying the airline and shouldn’t absolve itself of responsibility. They say Minister Pravin Gordhan should be held accountable for the liquidation. The high court placed SA Express in f...

We look at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first visit to the White House. US President Joe Biden and Ramaphosa are expected to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest, including trade and investment, climate change, food security, energy, and peace and security. Our US based reporter, Sherwin Bryce-Pease joins us now to talk about the importance of this visit……     GUEST: She...

Malesela Teffo has been struck off the roll. The Legal Practice Council brought an application before the court for Teffo to either be suspended or struck from the roll. The council received numerous complaints against him, some pre-dating the Senzo Meyiwa trial. These include contemptuous behaviour in court and misleading the court. For more on this, we are joined by…..     GUEST: Johan Van Stade...

Is a global recession imminent? World Bank has warned that the world is entering a downturn not seen since the 1970s. The bank is also worried that the global economy may face a recession next year. To explain what this means is …..    GUEST: Isaah Mhlanga, Chief Economist at Alexander Forbes 

Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis is calling on Police Minister, Bheki Cele to urgently establish a multi-disciplinary operational task team focused on tackling kidnapping and extortion activities in Cape Town. Just this afternoon, Cele revealed that police in the Western Cape are investigating 32 cases of kidnapping that occurred between March and September this year.     Guest: Geordin Hill-Le...

South Africa is pursuing re-election into the International Civil Aviation (ICAO) Council. Deputy Minister of Transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has been leading the process and the re-election to the seat, which will signify the country’s indispensable contribution to world aviation matters. She joins us now to talk about why South Africa deserves to be re-elected……  Guest: Sindi Chikunga, Deputy Min...

Former Chief Justice, Sandile Ngcobo will lead an independent panel that will recommend on whether or not President Cyril Ramaphosa should face an impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal. National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula announced last night that Ngcobo will be working with former Gauteng High Court Judge, Thokozile Masipa and University of Cape Town's associate professo...

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched an internal emergency Minerals Council Jagersfontein Relief Fund. Its members will contribute to the fund to help with the cleanup and reconstruction of infrastructure. One person died and many were injured following the collapse of the tailings dam in the Free State on Sunday. The council sent a team to assess the extent of the damage and its preside...

the ANC spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Mafika Mndebele as it is public knowledge that the party has accused the IFP of buying votes, something that Thami Ntuli has vehemently denied.    Guest: Thami Ntuli, IFP Provincial Chairperson Guest: Mafika Mndebele, ANC Spokesperson in KZN  

A new report published by the Institute for Security Studies dispels the myths about foreign nationals living in South Africa. This as immigrants are constantly blamed for many of our country’s socio-economic problems. Some of the myths are that immigrants commit most of the crime, take jobs and overburden public services. For more on the outcomes of the report, we are joined by…….    Guest: Godfr...

We continue our live broadcast from the GovTech Conference. Businesses in the ICT sector form a huge role in the process of digitisation. Why are businesses central to this? We are now joined by Mlamli Booi, Sentech CEO. 

Members of parliament are calling for an investigation against Advocate Dali Mpofu after he threatened ANC MP and Chairperson of the 194 Committee, Qubudile Dyantyi. During an exchange with the chairperson of the committee yesterday, Mpofu said 'you will reget this, your day is coming'. When the MP asked Mpofu if he was threatening him, he initially said yes, and then said it is not a threat, but ...

Old Mutual SME Feature: Today we tell you more about Bits N Bytes Business Systems, which is a business entity that has also enjoyed some monetary support from Old Mutual, through the organisation’s SMEgo solution and services designed for the needs of SME owners.     Guest: Nkosikhona Phakathi, Operations Manager 

We are still coming to you live from the Durban Exhibition Centre at the 2022 Government Technology Conference hosted by the State Information Technology Agency and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies. Over 2000 technology experts, businesses, and government representatives from different countries are sharing expertise on digitisation. This year's theme is .Digitisation and...

As preparations to hold the annual Reed Dance Ceremony at Enyokeni Royal Palace on Saturday are currently underway. The battle for the Zulu Kingship has intensified, following Prince Simakade Zulu’s decision to file a court application to have the appointment of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the new monarch reviewed and set aside. Also those who are loyal to him are saying that King Misuzulu shoul...

The high court in Pretoria has heard that several people had to carry Soccer star Senzo Meyiwa to the car - after he was shot. Meyiwa's close friend, Tumelo Madlala who was present when Meyiwa was shot is continuing to give evidence in the murder trial of the goalkeeper. Madlala says there were already people outside the house soon after the incident, and assisted them to carry him to the vehicle....

Why are African leaders failing to offer solutions to the ongoing Ethiopian war? Ten people have just been killed in a second day of air strikes on Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Tigray has been hit by several air strikes since fighting resumed in late August between government forces and Tigray People's Liberation Front rebels. For more on this, we are joined by…..    Guest: Dr Abdul Karim Elgoni, Cha...

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence has cleared Deputy State Security Minister, Zizi Kodwa from allegations that he covered up the  Phala Phala robbery. The committee says there is no independently verifiable  information to support the allegations. Kodwa was accused of not only knowing about the robbery, but using  crime intelligence funds to pursue alleged suspects. The finding...

Acting Speaker and Chair of Chairs in the City of Johannesburg Councillor  Colleen Makhubele.says she will not be appealing today’s court interdict by the City of Joburg, The interdict prevents a special sitting of the council she had scheduled. The sitting was meant to officially elect an acting speaker following the ousting of Vasco Da Gama. It is also understood there was a plan to discuss the...