The National Pulse

Many students at various universities across the country are still on the waiting list for acceptance. The universities have received tons of applications for first year students, but some institutions can only take over four- thousand for the 2022 academic year. Walk-ins are also not allowed as registration is done online. Guest: Director of Operations at Universities South Africa Dr. Linda Meyer

The office of the Public Protector has confirmed having received a complaint from ANC MP Mervyn Dirks. According to the office, the complaint was lodged in terms of the Executive Members Ethics Act 82 of 1998. Dirks’ complaint relates to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s knowledge of alleged misuse of state funds for political party activities. Guest: Oupa Segalwe, spokesperson for the publi...

Western Cape Police have opened an inquiry into allegations of sexual assault against suspended provincial Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. Meanwhile DA leader John Steenhuisen says he was not privy to the charges levelled against Fritz but that the party will make the charges public soon… GUEST: Democratic Alliance leader, John Steenhuisen

Western Cape Police have opened an inquiry into allegations of sexual assault against suspended provincial Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. The ANC in the province says it wants to open a case against Albert Fritz GUEST: ANC spokesperson in the Western Cape, Sifiso Mtsweni

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID has lodged a criminal charge against National Commissioner Khehla Sitole for failing to cooperate in an investigation into the murder of Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear. The detective was gunned down in Cape Town in 2020. A court has already found Sitole guilty of breaching his duties. In October last yea...

The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights has welcomed the recent High Court ruling which grants prisoners permission to keep their laptops in their cells for study purposes. The ground-breaking judgment was sparked by three of the so-called Boeremag members, Dr Lets Pretorius and two of his sons, Dr Johan and Wilhelm Pretorius who argued that the department of justice and correcti...

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed a new cabinet – days after he fired all his ministers. Chakwera had campaigned on the promise to end endemic corruption in Malawi and usher in economic revival. However many people have been accusing him of not doing enough to turn things around, with many accusing his party of corruption, nepotism and leading the country toward economi...

We assess South Africa’s contradictory position when dealing with Middle East conflict. Recently, President Cyril Ramaphosa received backlash for accepting a letter of credence from an ambassador of Israel. Also you may recall that in 2018 South Africa withdrew its ambassador to Israel in response to the killings of more than 50 Palestinians in Gaza. Again late...

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, CCMA has ruled that the dismissal of an employee who refused to be vaccinated was fair. Theresa Mulderiji was dismissed from the Goldrush Group, who introduced mandatory vaccination to protect its employees. Mulderiji has argued that she was well within her rights to refuse the vaccine but the CCMA found that the company acted fairly in f...

Western Cape schools continue to be targeted by criminals; the Western Cape Education has recorded 41 incidents of burglary and vandalism which so far have affected 34 schools in the province. GUEST: Kerry Mauchline, Spokesperson to Western Cape Education Minister Debbie Schäfer

Onthatile Sebati and her cousins Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone who she allegedly paid to kill her family at their home have each been granted bail of 10-thousand-rand by the Brits Magistrate's Court in the North West. The investigating officer in the case says Onthatile Sebati allegedly committed the crime because she wanted her freedom. Guest: Lumka Mahanjana, NPA Regional Spokesperson

Post the Sunday Times report about a top-secret piece of technology developed by Transnet that found its way to one of the big private security companies (Fidelity Security Services). We hear from the Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) – as they are calling for the harshest punishment against this service provider including blacklisting them from doing any busin...

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts, SCOPA has given ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa 10 days to submit a written response to explain his comments on the misuse of public funds in a leaked audio. SCOPA's decision came after the ANC in Parliament suspended its MP Mervyn Dirks from Scopa after he asked the Committee to investigate the matter. If memory serves you well, you'll recall a similar inc...

World News: We look at Zimbabwe’s upcoming by-elections and also examine the political status of the newly formed political party called Citizens Coalition for Change which is led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa. Addressing a media conference recently in Harare, Chamisa said the political party will chart a new course and is the start of a new trajectory in Zimbabwe. But will this party define a...

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) has distanced itself from disgraced member Nerius Moloto who was found guilty of sexual harassment by the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in December last year. PAC President Mzwanele Nyhontso says Moloto is a sex pest and the law should deal with him… GUEST: PAC President Mzwanele Nyhontso 

Former Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) President Nerius Moloto continues to deny allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him. This after he was found guilty of sexual harassment by the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in December last year. Moloto was accused of sexual harassment in his capacity as the general secretary of the Building, Construction and Allied W...

What type of leader is Cyril Ramaphosa and what is central to his philosophy and actions? We assess President Ramaphosa’s leadership style, looking at how he has managed different, difficult situations – including his hardline stance against corruption. Guest: Ongama Mtimka, Political analyst

Last week Monday, we spoke to the Commission for Gender Equality after they issued a statement - warning companies against introducing mandatory vaccination policies. The commission used the study into the disruption of menstrual cycles experienced by a few women after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine as an argument for why businesses should not be implementing mandatory vaccines in the workplace. H...

    World News: To prove that he meant business when he promised Malawians that he was going to root out the culture of corruption and selective justice. Yesterday, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera dissolved his cabinet amid allegations of corruption, nepotism and economic mismanagement against his party. Chakwera also said that he does not support the offer of amnesty to those who defr...

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned the sale of scrap metal in the country. The immediate ban comes amid an effort to end what the government says are "rising cases of vandalism of key public installations or infrastructure. Meanwhile here in South Africa, the country's rail sector is almost obsolete due to vandalism and theft, this despite the country having the best rail infrastructure o...

Two Kimberley families, whose deceased loved ones' graves were desecrated - when strangers were buried in the same tombs as the families' late relatives - are relieved after the Public Protector's office directed the Sol Plaatje Municipality to obtain exhumation orders and right its wrongs. In January 2020, Mr Izak Louw complained that the municipality removed the tombstone on the grave of his lat...

Following his resignation from the Democratic Alliance last December. Former Midvaal mayor, Bongani Baloyi has joined Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA. Baloyi became the youngest mayor at Midvaal in 2013 and went on to make it one of South Africa’s most successfully run municipalities. Under his leadership, Midvaal Municipality received 7 consecutive clean audits. Guest: Bongani Baloyi,...

Western Cape Community Safety Minister, Albert Fritz has been suspended with immediate effect following allegations sexual of misconduct. Premier Alan Winde says serious allegations were made against Fritz last week. GUEST: Jaco Londt, DA Western Cape provincial chairperson

The family of the Tembisa Deputy principal who was shot and killed outside her school on Friday are still struggling to come to terms with her death. Thembisile Ngendane, was fatally shot in front of the Phomolong Secondary school in the east of Johannesburg. For more on this, we're now joined on the line by Mr Mbulelo Ngendane, the husband to Thembisile Ngendane...   GUEST: Mr Luyolo Ngendan...

The Automobile Association has set up a petition calling for a review of the fuel price in South Africa. They say there is an urgent need for a comprehensive, long-term analysis of the components of the fuel price and that all fuel price calculations need to be reviewed to determine if they're still relevant and appropriate to South African conditions. Joining us to share thoughts on this is...