The National Pulse

Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Thabo Mabaso joins us to talk about this morning’s fatal crash involving a truck and a bus that claimed 15 lives and left 37 people injured. According to Tshwane authorities, the accident happened at about 5am this morning.   Guest: Thabo Mabaso, Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson

Religion has been on the spotlight in South Africa this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday we address the abuse of power by so called pastors and we asked if it’s not time to regulate churches. Today we are talking about extremism in the Christian faith. South African pastor, Harry Knoesen was found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks, and recruiting people to commit...

Anger is mounting following the suspension of Dr Tim de Maayer, a pediatrician at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. The suspension comes after he raised issues at the hospital in an open letter addressed to Gauteng government. In the letter published in the Daily Maverick, de Maayer paints the poor state of the hospital where he works. De Maayer talk about children unnecessarily dying du...

Irish budget airline Ryanair has refused to scrap its travel policy that has caused outrage in South Africa. The organisation is adamant that all South Africans travelling on flights to the UK must prove their nationality by taking a test in the Afrikaans language. To react to this we are joined by….   Guest: Lance Schultz, CEO of the Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) &nb...

Earlier today, some members of the Economic Freedom Fighters were forcefully removed from Parliament when they attempted to prevent President Cyril Ramaphosa from addressing the National Assembly. Several women and male MPs were manhandled by marshals. Naledi Chirwa was one of them and she joins us now to talk about what transpired earlier on…….     Guest: Naledi Chirw...

    Guest: Moloto Mothapo, Parliamentary spokesperson

We are often told that the population of young people in Africa is growing so fast that half the world’s young people will be living in Africa by the year 2040. Also the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says there is growing consensus that Africa’s youthfulness will continue to grow for the next 50 years while the other continents are ageing. On the other hand, when you lo...

    Guest: Kival Singh, FNB Retail Climate Change Lead  

It seems like more is still brewing in the Eastern Cape’s ANC following that conference where Oscar Mabuyane was re-elected as Chairperson last month. Disgruntled members of the party in the province are calling for a redo of the conference. Their lawyers have written to acting Secretary General, Paul Mashatile asking for the outcomes to be revoked and for the newly elected leadership to be...

Taxi associations have distanced themselves from social media posts saying there will be a national shutdown against rising petrol prices on Friday. National Taxi Alliance says while its members are feeling the impact of the increasing fuel prices, it is still in negotiations with government. Social media posts have been circulating all week, asking people to not go to school or work on Friday. Th...

Following a complaint laid by former intelligence director-general Arthur Fraser. The Hawks have confirmed that investigation of the multimillion-dollar burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's farm is already underway. To furnish us with more details on the scope of the investigation is….   Guest: Nomthandazo Mbambo, Brigadier Nomthandazo Mbabo, Hawks spokesperson

Comair has been grounded indefinitely after its business rescue practitioners (BRPs) confirmed that there is no longer any reasonable prospect that the company can be rescued. You may recall that the group went into business rescue two years ago during the Covid-19 lockdown era.   Guest: Guy Leitch, editor of SA Flyer Magazine

The Algerian government has suspended its 20-year-old cooperation treaty with Spain. Tensions soared between these two nations after Spain gave its backing to Morocco’s position over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Algeria backs the Polisario independence movement in the region, which rejects Morocco’s annexation of Western Sahara. To explain the political dynamics betwe...

Trade Union Numsa says Comair cannot guarantee that employees will get their salaries for the month of June, including medical aid payment and other benefits. The airline is on the verge of collapse. It suspended its flights last month, citing financial difficulties. Numsa had a meeting with the airline and other stakeholders on Tuesday. The airline’s management revealed to the union it migh...

Is it time for South Africa to start a conversation about the possibility of regulating religious organisations? A group of congregants at a church in Boitekong outside Rustenburg has been arrested after they were found naked with children. Police received a tipoff from a congregant and they found a group of six men and women naked with children between the ages of four and 12. Just yesterday we r...

Yesterday, Namibian President Hage Geingob denied having assisted South African president Cyril Ramaphosa to conceal a robbery at his Phala Phala game farm that occurred two years ago. Geingob said if he was involved in any way the evidence should be brought forth in the court case. Guest: Shelleygan Peterson, Senior reporter with The Namibian newspaper

We got a call from Noko in Bloodriver in Limpopo yesterday saying his area has been getting eight hours of load-shedding for the past two to three months. He said they get four hours of load-shedding in the morning and four hours again in the evening. Some people from the same area tweeted us saying sometimes they don’t get power at all. Noko says they have often been forced to use firewood...

Six men and women who are congregants of a church in the North West have been arrested after police found them naked with children. The group aged between 21 and 85 was found in a house that’s being used as a church with 11 children between the ages of four and 12. The children whose parents were not there have were handed over to social workers. Guest: North West Police Spokesperson, Brigad...

We delve into this topic, following the NPA’s decision to grant former president Jacob Zuma permission to privately prosecute Advocate Billy Downer.   Guest: Dr. Llewellyn Curlewis, senior lecturer in criminal and procedural law at the University of Pretoria

How important is vitamin D in the fight against Covid-19? A recent study that was published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that patients with insufficient vitamin D levels prior to infection are more likely to develop severe Covid-19 and mortality compared to those with high vitamin D levels.   Vanessa Ascencao, Health & wellness expert, and nutritional consultant

On World News today we ask - what’s behind Zimbabwe’s economic woes and why is the country’s economic situation keeps getting worse? We ask this because, this week - the price of bread in Zimbabwe was hiked by 70% while on the other hand, the country’s inflation rate is already above 130%. To tell us more about Zimbabwe’s economic outlook is….   Guest: Edd...

A victory in the ongoing fight against gender based violence. A man known as Jaco ‘Hooligan’ Swartz has pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm following several attacks on his wife Nicoleen Swartz. The case was truck off the roll in 2021, however there is video footage showing Swartz viciously attacking his wife, sometimes in front of their children. The matte...

Will President Cyril Ramaphosa appear before parliament’s ethics committee? Shocking revelations were made by former intelligence boss, Arthur Fraser who laid money-laundering, corruption and kidnapping charges against Ramaphosa. Fraser says a robbery took place at his property in Limpopo where criminals allegedly took off with millions of dollars in cash. Ramaphosa confirmed the robbery ind...

Post Arthur Fraser’s expose, EFF is demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa must not deliver Thursday’s Presidency budget vote speech and that he must take a leave of absence to allow the police to do their job without fear or favour.   Guest: Sinawo Thambo