The National Pulse

The Legal Practice Council has just confirmed that Paul Ngobeni who was Public Protector’s legal advisor on the CR17 matter is not registered with the council. You may recall that during the ongoing Parliamentary Inquiry into the fitness of Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold office – Members of Parliament asked questions about whether Ngobeni was qualified to render services to t...

The City of Tshwane continues its fight against residential estates with illegal connections. Last week is switched off the lights at Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate in Centurion. The City alleged the estate had illegally connected its electricity. It has now identified 10 more residential estates in its bid to recover revenue it lost due to electricity meter tampering. Those found to have tamp...

Are Putco buses back on the road and if not, when can commuters expect them back? Operations were expected to resume today as it seemed like an agreement between the bus company and its employees was on the cards. Putco employees down tooled at the beginning of the month, following a wage increase dispute. What’s the latest on this? We are now joined by Putco Spokesperson, Lindokuhle Xulu. 

As the Parliamentary Inquiry into the fitness of Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold office continues. We are now joined by her legal representative Advocate Dali Mpofu who will give us an update in terms of how things have panned out in Parliament so far, Mpofu will also talk to us about the suspended Public Protector’s decision to approach the Western Cape High Court, asking it...

The Gauteng Department of Education has called for school activities to resume as it disadvantages learners and they would go as far as getting an interdict. The spokesperson of the Department has announced that the chairperson of the SGB will not return to the school. The spokesperson was responding to the concerns raised by parents at Fred Margardie Primary School, including allegations of rape....

The African National Congress is looking to make wholesale changes to the immigration policy. One of these changes is bringing an end to marriages of convenience and foreign nationals marrying South Africans to obtain citizenship by naturalisation. The draft resolution suggests that South African citizens marry a foreign national, their rights and consequences thereof should be governed by other l...

We hear from the newly elected chairperson of EFF in Gauteng about how he intends to change the party’s electoral fortunes in the province, leading up to 2024 general election. When closing the provincial conference yesterday, party leader Julius Malema warned EFF delegates that Gauteng is what will liberate South Africa and without a grounded EFF that is based on the quality of highly recruited m...

In a landmark judgment, the Western Cape High Court has ordered the City of Cape Town to change their housing policy after it was found to be unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. In the court order, it called for sales agreements under this policy to be rectified to reflect both the married male beneficiaries and their spouses as co-purchasers in equal shares of the housing units. Ou...

Following yesterday’s dam collapse that resulted in the loss of power in the small town of Jagersfontein. President Cyril Ramaphosa will this afternoon visit the area. It’s estimated that between 60 and 100 homes have been damaged. So far at least one person has been reported dead, with many still missing. To talk to us about the current situation and how this unfortunate incident has affected var...

The UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) has just released its modern slavery report. According to the report, there are 50 million people worldwide, who are still trapped in modern slavery and what is very concerning is that more than two-thirds of these people are female. So post the release of this report, we ask, are global leaders doing enough to eradicate all forms of modern slavery?...

Former British MP, George Galloway shares thoughts on what the death of Queen Elizabeth II and ascension of King Charles III mean for the United Kingdom as we know that her passing has received mixed reactions.   GUEST: George Galloway, former British MP  

TimesLive Investigations released the first part of their report into the operations of illegal mining. In interviews with Zama Zamas, some of the miners have shared that they are making up to R40 000 per month and buy protection to run their operations. The Police estimate that up to R3 million is in circulation underground in the North West as a result of illegal mining activity. It is alleged t...

British citizen and author of the book ‘Imagined Nation: England After Britain’ Mark Perryman talks to us about The Queen’s death and what it means to the British people, as it is common knowledge that Britishness is defined by a mix of ethnic and civic factors. According to him, Her Majesty The Queen, was a symbol of Englishness.     GUEST: Mark Perryman, Author of ‘Imagined Nation’  

As we continue to remember Queen Elizabeth II, let’s remind you that on the 2nd of June this year, we spoke to Ian Lloyd, Royal biographer and Author of ‘The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II’. This was part of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and Ian spoke about Her Majesty’s journey and how she has managed to rule the U.K longer than any other Monarch in British histo...

We now focus on Queen Elizabeth’s death. We all know what happened earlier this year when Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge visited the Caribbean. Officially, the trip was meant to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, but it somehow sparked protests which were part of a wider land dispute between indigenous communities. The locals there, were...

Gauteng Transport MEC, Jacob Mamabolo joins us now to outline the outcomes of the forensic investigation report into corruption in Driving Licensing Testing Centres (DLTCs) in Gauteng. According to him, some driving schools are offering guaranteed pass and applicants do not have to study anything.  

The standoff between Putco and its employees continues. Drivers are still not back at work as a ruling on their matter by the Labour Court is expected. The bus company obtained a court interdict against the protesting workers and demanded they return to work after they took part in an unprotected strike. This morning, it said it is in the process of finalising dismissal letters.  The workers are d...

The Department of Agriculture has lifted the 21 day ban on the movement of cattle across the country. The ban was implemented as an attempt to curb foot and mouth disease outbreaks. We’re not out of the woods yet with regards to the outbreaks, and there are still conditions people need to adhere to when moving cattle. All movements will need to be accompanied by owner declaration and animals need...

African Transformation Movement will form part of opposition parties that will stage a picket at the Public Protector’s Office tomorrow. The parties are calling on the Acting Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to release the Phala Phala report that will tell us if President Cyril Ramaphosa violated any laws in relation to the saga.     GUEST: Vuyo Zungula, President of the African Transform...

The department of education in KwaZulu-Natal has confirmed the brutal murder of a Principal at Msunduzi Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg. Apparently, the incident happened this morning. To furnish us with more details in terms of what transpired, we are now joined by…..   Guest: Muzi Mahlambi, spokesperson for the department of education in KwaZulu-Natal  

A recent survey conducted by Afrobarometer indicates that some African countries have negative attitudes towards the role of traditional leaders, and that includes our country as well. The same survey also revealed that trust in traditional leaders is much higher among rural respondents. For more on the outcomes of the survey, we are joined by…..  Guest: Sibusiso Nkomo, Head of Communications @Afr...

Tiger Brands has recalled some of its Purity and Elizabeth Anne’s baby powder. This follows trace levels of asbestos detected in the baby products. The company says it is doing this as a precautionary measure. It found the asbestos in a batch of pharmaceutical-grade talc powder it uses in the production of its baby powder products. This recalls comes just a weeks after Johnson & Johnson announ...

Members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts have expressed frustration by the Compensation and Unemployment Insurance Fund’s silence and lack of response with regards to their poor performance. The entities failed to present its 2020 and 2021 financial reports before parliament. Scopa is also considering asking the SIU on cases involving the UIF due to the fund’s slow pace in taking disci...

Running a small business needs more than just funding. Many entrepreneurs learn on the go, without technical support or strategy. This leads to failure of some businesses that actually have potential. What’s the foundation for a successful business? Old Mutual’s SME Director Nobesuthu Ndlovu