The National Pulse

Reputation Management: In conversation with Janine Hills on how to save brand after crisis - this as we try to measure brand value and also understanding brand resilience through crises.   Guest: Janine Hills, Director of Janine Hills Authentic Leadership

The Department of Health in collaboration with the Denis Hurley Centre has embarked on a vaccination drive of undocumented persons in Durban. This includes homeless people, South Africans without identity documents, and undocumented foreign nationals. Guest: Raymond Perrier – Director of Denis Hurley Centre

The Public Protector has asked the Hawks to investigate allegations that Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane received R450,000 to renovate his house from R1m that was allocated to the memorial service of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. For more details on this, we are joined by…..   Guest: Oupa Segalwe, Spokesperson of the Office of the Public Protector

Former US President Donald Trump has once again hit out against refugees seeking asylum in the United States of America, this time claiming Haitians “probably have AIDS” and labelling their arrival a “death wish for the US.” Trump was speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday evening. To react to this is…….but before we speak...

Earlier today, Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla officially launched the country’s Covid19 vaccination certificate. The certificate is only accessible to the individuals who have received the COVID 19 Vaccine. Joining us to elaborate further on this is……   Guest: Milani Wolmarans, Chief Director of the National Department of Health and the national Electronic Vaccination Data...

Next week Monday, South Africa will officially be off the UK’s red list. This decision brings an end to a baffling diplomatic shambles that risked the economic recovery of the tourism and hospitality sector in the country as most of you are probably aware that a big chunk of the country's tourists come from the UK. For more reaction on this, we are joined by……   Guest: Tsh...

The Cape Independence Advocacy Group says 8 political parties are willing to support a referendum on Cape Independence. The Group, which has long advocated for the secession or independent state of the Western Cape from the rest of South Africa, had formally handed over a request for a referendum on Cape independence. This also comes in the wake of the DA's calls to have the Referendums Act amende...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions - COSATU today embarked on a nationwide protest action. The one-day strike action is aimed at putting pressure on the government to change its current fiscal policy of freezing public sector wages and cutting budget allocations to social services including the dispute resolutions body, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). The...

A newly released memo from the Ministerial Advisory Committee shows that President Cyril Ramaphosa didn't follow all the advice of the Ministerial Advisory Committee when he eased lockdown restrictions. Apparently, scientists had recommended that Ramaphosa keep the curfew from 11pm to 4am and they also suggested that the limits on the number of people allowed to gather be dropped. Guest:...

KZN Cogta MEC, Sipho Hlomuka is investigating a R5-million business breakfast. Mec Hlomuka has directed his department to probe the circumstances surrounding the breakfast that was hosted by the Zululand District Municipality in Durban last week to reportedly attract Investors. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Zululand district municipality, Thulasizwe Buthelezi has disputed the R5-million breakfast which...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a board of inquiry to look into National Police Commissioner Khehla Sithole's fitness to hold office. Sithole is accused of frustrating the Independent Police Investigative Directorate probes into suspected corrupt procurement deals in Crime Intelligence. Guest: Dr Chris De Kock, Former SAPS head of Crime Information Analysis Centre

World News: The World Health Organisation has approved the world’s first malaria vaccine for general use in children in sub-Saharan Africa, along with other regions with moderate to high rates of the disease. Many scientists have applauded this, calling it a historic moment. Guest: Professor John Frean, Deputy Director, National Institute for Communicable Diseases

President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched the Women's Economic Assembly formed by a partnership between government, the private sector and women organisations and businesswomen. The Economic Assembly has a six-pillar plan which calls for the need to create more economic opportunities for women who are vulnerable to abuse due to poverty, unemployment and social inequality. For more on the launch, we'r...

The Anti-Disinformation Project have been tasked by the Electoral Commission of South Africa, IEC to look out for disinformation using technological tools to monitor social media as well as media coverage.  Anti-Disinformation Project Intends to hold politicians and those spreading disinformation to account ahead of the local government elections in November. GUEST: Nick Cowen, Anti-Disinform...

MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and CoGTA Lebogang Maile says it is worrying that opponents of the Provincial Government are spreading false narratives that create an impression that the Con Court issued only one "unanimous judgment" that found the dissolution of the Tshwane Council unlawful. Briefing the media earlier on the Constitutional court judgment pertaining to the decision of th...

We examine JJ Strijdom’s apology for being part of the prosecutors who unfairly prosecuted anti-apartheid activists. EFF leader, Julius Malema ordered him to apologize during the JSC interviews and he obliged and apologized for being part of the system that used apartheid laws to prosecute liberation struggle icons. Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin, Researcher at Judges Matter

Did you know that an estimated 1.14 billion people use tobacco and nearly 8 million die each year of tobacco-related causes? Well, according to a new report that was released recently by members of the International Commission to Reignite the Fight Against Smoking - global efforts to end smoking have stalled and require a drastic overhaul to prevent one billion people from dying in this century. T...

World News: Following Australia’s announcement that they are going to stop detaining asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the end of December. We speak to Brooks Spector about this controversial asylum detention deal. Since 2013, asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat have been sent to detention centres in Papua New Guinea. Guest: Brooks Spector is the Associate Edi...

According to a UN Children's Emergency Fund report - 65% of South African children and youth admitted to suffering from some form of mental health issue but not seeking help. The UN poll also found that increased poverty and a lack of hope for the future were the top reasons given for children and young people’s anxiety. Guest: Muriel Mafico, Deputy Representative at UNICEF South Africa

The sexual abuse charges against a 39-year old woman from Silverlakes, in the east of Pretoria, have nearly doubled, since her arrest in November 2019. She faces 18 charges of statutory rape, sexual grooming, and use of a minor to produce child pornography in the Pretoria Regional Court. Guest: Ms Lisa Vetten, Research project Consultant University of Johannesburg

Recently, the Council for Medical Schemes gave its stamp of approval to the merger of Hosmed Medical Scheme and Sizwe Medical Fund, creating South Africa's eighth-largest open medical scheme, marking the beginning of what is likely to be a revolution in South Africa's medical scheme industry. We're now joined on the line by Dr Simon Mangcwatywa, Sizwe Hosmed's Principal Executive Officer to talk t...

Workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, NUMSA are today marching to the offices of the Metals and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council, asking for an eight percent salary increase. Employers are offering a four point 5 percent increase. The strike action is taking place in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. GUEST...

On World News today we look at the escalating tensions between Algeria and France. Apparently, tensions between the two countries have been growing since France decided to cut the number of visas issued to Algerians, Tunisians and Moroccans. We are also told that Emmanuel Macron’s comments made matters worse after he argued that the “official history of Algeria has been rewritten, not...

Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi has revealed that over 200 Steve Biko Academic Hospital patients have been waiting for surgeries since 2010. According to her, the orthopaedics department has the most number of patients waiting for surgery.   GUEST: DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC Jack Bloom  

As JSC re-runs interviews for two ConCourt judge positions. We hear from Advocate Dali Mpofu about how things have been proceeding so far. In case you haven’t been following this particular story - the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has nominated the same five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court as it did in April. Guest: Advocate Dali Mpofu, Spokesperson of the Judicia...