The National Pulse

A News24 investigation has revealed that someone known by the code name "Helen" is somehow linked to more than R260 million embezzlement that allegedly occurred at State Security Agency prior the ANC’s 2017 Nasrec conference and this forms part of affidavits filed by SSA spies to the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.   Guest: Dr Chris De Kock, Former SAPS head of Crime Inf...

What fuels negative police perceptions – are you one of those who don’t trust the police, call us and tell us why? An article by the South African Human Sciences Research Council shows that public confidence in the police is at its lowest since 1998. It also follows the July unrest when trust in the police dipped.   Guest: Richard Mamabolo, Spokesperson of the Police and Prison Ci...

We outline the objectives of the recently held Extraordinary SADC Troika ministerial meeting which basically discussed the prevailing security situation and progress of the SADC Mission in Mozambique.   Guest: Nixon Katembo, specialist on the Great Lakes and East Africa and also works on the KiSwahili Desk at Channel Africa  

DJ Black Coffee has won his first Grammy Award, winning the Best Dance/Electronic Album category for his 2021 album titled Subconsciously. To celebrate his achievement, we are joined by……   Guest: Percy Mabandu, Art specialist

Post the ANC’s provincial congress that took place in Mpumalanga this past weekend, we ask - What happened to the party’s through the eye of a needle document which basically compels the party to choose the best cadres? Many commentators and observers were left astounded that Mandla Msibi was allowed to contest for a leadership position at the ANC’s provincial congress this...

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng is proposing that foreign embassies must pay for patients from their countries who are treated in Gauteng hospitals. They are arguing that billing foreign embassies for patients from their countries was a practical way to deal with the issue of foreign patients overburdening Gauteng’s hospitals.   Guest: Jack Bloom, DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC

Oliver Dickson talks about his new programme on SAfm and what the listeners can look forward to. Dickson will present a weekly show called ‘ This Week, Today’ on Fridays from 18:00 – 19:00, where he will engage the top newsmakers of the week as well as host some of the station’s big debates.   Guest: Oliver Dickson, SAfm presenter of ‘ This Week, T...

Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has been sentenced to four years in prison or a fine of R200,000. Magistrate Betty Khumalo handed down the sentence in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday after the former minister was found guilty of perjury last month. According to the ANC Constitution, Dlamini can be asked to appear before the Disciplinary Committee due to the convi...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says tribalism and ethnic discrimination were a serious cause for concern during the unrest that broke out in the country in July 2021.  During the chaos, like millions of South Africans, he followed "the many conversations, watched the video clips and listened to the audio recordings being disseminated".   GUEST: Ntebo Mokobo - SABC Reporter

Motorists have been given another two weeks to renew expired driving licence cards, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula made the announcement earlier today. Mbalula also urged motorists to make use of the latest extension as the country’s drivers’ license and testing centres will be open on weekends as well.   Guest: Simon Zwane, Spokesperson for the Road Traffic Management Corporat...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted with disappointment the recommendations submitted by the Independent Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers that all Political Office Bearers should get a 3% salary increase. According to the union, this is a tone deaf and embarrassing recommendation that should be rejected by President Cyril Ramaphosa and South A...

Today is the last day of the information sharing workshop that is currently underway in Mombasa, Kenya. The workshop focused on challenges and opportunities in forest management for sustainable development in Africa in the context of climate change. During the deliberations, Godwin Kowero, the executive secretary of the Nairobi-based African Forest Forum emphasized the fact that Africa needs to lo...

Your Money Feature with FNB: Today we focus on the MPC interest rate announcement that was made last week – just to educate you more in terms of what it means for consumers.   Guest: Koketso Mano, FNB Economist

Former president Jacob Zuma has suffered another legal setback. This following the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that says Zuma’s prosecution petitions have no reasonable prospects of success in an appeal. Zuma wanted to remove prosecutor Billy Downer as he claims that Downer lacks the independence and impartiality to conduct the case lawfully. To explain what this ruling means...

In less than 2 hours, the Centre for Sociological Research and Practice (CSRP) will release the launch of its research report titled ‘Energy Racism: The Electricity Crisis in South Africa’. This research was conducted in the Black working-class township of Soweto and sought to explore the experiences, responses and solutions of members of this community to the energy crisis in South Af...

We’re in conversation with Samkele Maseko, our SABC Senior political reporter. He had an exclusive interview with the former Police Commissioner, Khehla Sitole. The conversation covered a number of issues including the matter of the 2021 July unrest; his relationship with Minister bheki Cele, allegations of interference in him carrying out his duties and and his view on why Police Commission...

The ANC Women’s League President Bathabile Dlamini gave an exclusive interview to the SABC News team and she says she will step aside from her position should she be requested to do so by the ANC’s top officials. Though the ANC has a standing resolution that all members facing criminal charges must step aside, pending the finalisation of their cases and those convicted must resign...

Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani has been sentenced to five years in prison. East London Regional Court Magistrate Twanette Olivier found Mani guilty of stealing R818 000 of the funds that she received from NSFAS. She was accidentally paid an amount of R14 million instead of R1,400 in June 2017 by Cape Town-based company, Intellimali.  Magistrate Olivier said 585 students who r...

We hear from the Active Citizens Movement on why they are calling for the Judicial Service Commission’s code of conduct to be amended. The movement started a petition on Change.org after interviews in February for the appointment of the country’s next chief justice – they are now demanding that the JSC must include a requirement that says “questions asked during interviews...

Prince Simakade Zulu, the first-born son of the late AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu has written a letter through his lawyers requesting President Cyril Ramaphosa not to proceed with preparations for the pending coronation of King Misuzulu KaZwelithini. Ramaphosa recently issued a certificate recognising King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the rightful heir of AmaZulu nation throne, a step...

Health department says they are concerned that over 90 000 doses of the Pfizer vaccines will expire tomorrow. But what is even more concerning i guess is the fact that South Africa has seen a slow uptake in vaccinations with only some 30% of the country’s population fully inoculated against Covid-19 – and if this trend continues - the department has warned that the next expir...

For the first time in U.S history, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that designates lynching as a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanising moment in the civil rights era. Under the new law, perpetrators of a...

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has officially received four reports from the South African Law Reform Commission which propose recommendations for law reform in sexual offences, specifically pornography and children, the practice of Ukuthwala, legal fees and prescription periods. The reports were handed over by Justice Jody Kollapen, the chairperson of the South African Law Reform Commission. &nbs...

MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development in Gauteng, Parks Tau joins us to outline the objectives of the Township Economic Development Bill that was recently enacted into law. Tau says this bill is a game-changer that will change how townships are regulated and governed so that they become areas of employment-creating commercial activity.   Guest: Parks Tau...