The National Pulse

Charity Is not Justice, this according to economist and head of research at Nascence Advisory and Research, Xhanti Payi. He says a 'just transition' to clean energy shouldn't leave developing nations behind and doing so will simply increase inequality within and between nations. As the world gathers for COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, the Summit has seen the US, UK, France, Germany and the EU str...

Voters are confident that the 2021 local government elections were both free and fair. This according to the Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC's preliminary findings of the Election Satisfaction Survey. The HSRC say an overwhelming majority of sampled voters feel that the election procedures were free. GUEST: Divisional Executive for Developmental, Capable and Ethical State at the Human Scienc...

The leader of Leader of the Credible Alternative First Movement in Cape Town has called for the re-run of the 2021 local government. Advocate Rod Solomons says the IEC cannot be allowed to jeopardize democracy.  GUEST: Advocate Rod Solomons, Leader of the Credible Alternative First Movement

Former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba's newly-formed party, ActionSA, say they will only enter into a coalition to form a government to serve South Africans. Briefing the media after the party's Senate meeting last night, Mashaba says the party wants to run a pro-poor government and not serve certain constituencies. GUEST: ActionSA President, Mr Herman Mashaba

A member of the South African Communist Party, SACP in the Eastern Cape Lazola Ndamase has resigned as a member of the party and as its 2nd Deputy Provincial Secretary. Ndamase says he has also resigned as a member of the ANC and all its associated organizations. He says this decision was 10 years in the making. GUEST: Lazola Ndamase, former 2nd Deputy Provincial Secretary of the South African Com...

The IFP is emerging as the biggest winner in the municipal elections in KwaZulu-Natal. Although their support base is predominantly in that province, the party’s national spokesperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa says they are not a Zulu nationalist party… Guest: Mkhuleko Hlengwa, IFP’s national spokesperson

As vote counting continues across the country. We hear from the leader of One SA Movement, Mmusi Maimane about how some independent candidates performed during Monday’s election. Guest: Mmusi Maimane, Leader of One SA Movement

The Democratic Alliance says it is in coalition talks with the ANC. The DA’s spokesperson in the Eastern Cape, Mlindi Nhanha confirmed the news with Aldrin Sampear on SAfm. GUEST: Lulama Ngcukayitobi, ANC provincial secretary in the Eastern Cape GUEST: Mlindi Nhanha, Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance, DA in the Eastern Cape

Do businessmen make better politicians? And do they bring some sense of credibility when in it comes to governance? In the case of ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba, he is a successful businessman who came from a poor background and managed to make a success of himself. This is equally the case with President Cyril Ramaphosa. We now speak to Wits Economist and Senior Lecturer, Dr Lumkile Mondi, who s...

As vote counting continues across the country, we ask - why is voter turnout so low? Did Covid19 fears play any part and what about service delivery disgruntlements? We ask these questions as South Africa records its lowest voter turnout in 27 years. Guest: Professor Zwelethu Jolobe, Deputy Head of Politics at UCT

World leaders are currently gathering in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit. Delegates are being asked to accelerate action on climate change and commit to more ambitious cuts in their countries’ emissions. Bringing it home, the European Union and other wealthy countries will launch a partnership with South Africa to help phase-out use of coal. Joining us to discuss the significance of the...

The IEC says over 99 percent of voting stations opened on time - with three-point-five million people having already voted by midday. Problems that have been noted by the Commission are an alleged attempt at ballot stuffing by a presiding officer in EThekwini Metro who has subsequently been reported to the police. The Commission also says it is encouraged by the strong turnout at voting stations e...

Staying with South Africa's municipal election, we speak to Glen Mpani Managing Partner at Shikamo advisory and political campaigns, an Africa focused campaigns and political advisory firm, which provides skills, expertise to political parties and candidates on how to run a winning campaign. GUEST: Glen Mpani, Managing Partner at Shikamo advisory and political campaigns

The Electoral Commission, IEC says they are happy with the first day of elections. Over 99% of the 23 148 voting stations opened on time to kick start voting in the 2021 Municipal Elections. As of 12h30 today over 3.5 million voters had already voted according to the IEC. We are now joined on the line by various political parties to share their respective thoughts and experience for the first day...

How should parents or guardians talk to their child or children about elections or politics in general? Most children tend to pay attention to how family members engage in discussions around politics and the upcoming election; whether or not family members vote and whom they intend to vote for. As the local government election looms, we will speak to parents are their children about their expectat...

The latest statistics published by the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa reiterates the incredible power and influence of SABC radio stations as 14 of the country’s 20 most listened to radio stations are part of the SABC radio portfolio. GUEST: Nada Wotshela, SABC Group Executive for Radio

We now speak to our various reporters across the country who will be station in various municipalities covering Monday's local government elections...   GUEST: Reginald Witbooi, Who will be in the De Aar area, a town in the Northern Cape GUEST: Ishmael Modiba, who will be based in Welkom. Responsible for all nearby areas such as Virginia, Bothaville and Hennenman and Kroonstad

Labour union Cosatu has appealed to employers to allow workers to exercise their democratic right and cast their votes on Election Day on Monday. This follows numerous complaints by truck drivers that certain employers want to force workers to work on Election Day. The Union's Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks says workers have the right to be given time off to vote... GUEST: Matthew Parks,...

With just less than three days to go before we cast our votes, one wonders what the outcomes will be. We've seen many new small parties and independent candidates standing for elections. Some analysts predict that we may see coalition governments in some of the municipalities. Also promises made to the voter. GUEST: Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast - Senior Lecturer in history and politics at the Nelson Ma...

  We explore this question in light of South Africa cricketer Quinton de Kock, who withdrew from his team's match against the West Indies at the T20 World Cup on Tuesday after refusing to follow a directive by Cricket South Africa, Instructing all players to take a knee against racism. The "take a Knee" stance comes from American footballer Colin Kaepernick took the knee during the national a...

Guest: Mr Terry Tselane, Executive Chairman of the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa and former vice chairperson of the Electoral Commission

As you’ve heard in the news that Higher Education minister, Dr Blade Nzimande has raised concerns about the decrease in the number of students with disabilities applying for funding for university and TVET College bursaries through NASFAS. Nzimande says he will follow up on this to establish the root cause for the lack of interest from this category of students. Nzimande addressed the media...

According to Consulta survey, South Africans expectations of local government delivery of services are very far from being met. The survey also reveals that the 10 point decline in citizen expectations compared with 2020 is a significant red flag. So why are South Africans so pessimistic about service delivery? Guest:  Marko Fourie, Consultant @ Consulta

Alena Douhan, who is the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures has called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe. Douhan concluded a two-week visit to Zimbabwe upon which she pointed to unilateral sanctions as having exacerbated pre-existing social and economic challenges on the people of Zimbabwe. To react to this is……..   Guest: R...

Yesterday, the United States of America issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female. To react to this is….. Guest: Vee kaNkosi, Aurum POP INN Ambassador and the host of the annual Hammanskraal Pride