The National Pulse

Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Albert Fritz, says he is shocked and angered by the murder of three women in Khayelitsha yesterday. The women, aged between 17 and 21, were found by community members at the TT Block informal settlement with gunshot wounds to their heads. The motive for the killings has yet been established. Fritz has welcomed the SAPS 72-hour activation plan to capture th...

Farmers in the Northern Cape are counting their losses following devastating wildfires. Thousands of hectares of grazing land have been destroyed and hundreds of livestock was also not spared. Some farms around Doughlas, Hopetown, Ritchie and Jacobsdal were affected. The fires come as farmers are trying to recover from the crippling drought that gripped the province for over six-years. On Monday e...

More than 140 schools have been broken into in Mpumalanga, where learning material like computers, internet savers and laptops amounting to millions of rand have been stolen since March last year. GUEST: Bonakele Majuba, Mec for Education in Mpumalanga

On Sunday, Tunisians took to the streets, demanding that the country’s constitution be respected and parliament reinstated. But before Sunday’s protests - around 20 global and Tunisian human rights groups on Saturday condemned Saied's power grab and labelled it a first step towards authoritarianism. Guest: Ibrahim Deen, Senior Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre

There are 287 000 teacher, general assistant positions now open. This as the Department of Basic Education has opened phase 2 of the Basic Education Employment Initiative programme. The Initiative will see 287 000 teachers and general assistance employed for a period five months. For more on the programme, we're joined on the line by Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Educati...

The ANC is set to launch its manifesto in Tshwane today. The party says they are hosting their manifesto launch in the capital City to win back municipality. Guest: Sabc Senior Political Reporter, Ntebo Mokobo

Gauteng has identified the West Rand and the Vaal Triangle as potential special economic zones for 'incubation hubs.' This as the province wants to use cannabis to drive economic transformation and to create employment.   Guest: Goitsione Malete, Director of Tertiary Services Sector in the Department of Economic Development in Gauteng  

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa says his department is seeking legal advice against those who allegedly mismanaged the R300 million relief funds meant for artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We now speak to Opera singer Sibongile Mngoma, who and other disgruntled artists staged at sitting at the National Arts Council in Newtown, Johannesburg, earlier this year, where they were demanding a...

The mural of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was defaced on Longmarket Street in the Cape Town CBD with derogatory words. "Ek is 'n k****r" was written over Tutu's glasses on artist Brian Rolfe's painting. The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Trust says the defacing of his mural shows that work still needs to be done to restore humanity in the country. Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the lobby group Black...

In conversation with David Letsoalo about the upcoming local government elections and he will also share with us as to why he thinks that elections are not a revolutionary act ‘at all’. Guest: David Letsoalo is a Sankarist, an activist and a law academic

Traditional leaders’ organization, Contralesa, has expressed concern at what it calls moral decay amongst young people in the country. This as the country celebrates heritage day today. Contralesa President, Kgosi Larmeck Mokoena says this year's heritage celebrations should be dedicated to teaching young people the African way of doing things. GUEST: Kgoshi Larmeck Mokoena, president of tra...

The AmaZulu Royal household will today commemorate uMkhosi weLembe (a gathering that many of you probably recall as Shaka’s day). This is the first time that today’s ceremony takes place without King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuZulu and equally important as well is that King Misuzulu kaZwelithini will address the event for the first time since he was chosen as successor to the throne. G...

The practice of lobola is seen as an important part of African marriages and culture but some gender activists think the practice has steered towards the commodification of women's bodies and that lobola entrenches the system of patriarchy and gender inequalities. Traditionally lobola was negotiated by the heads of the two families, uncles or any other senior members of the two families. Tradition...

The EFF have once again called for the removal of Paul Kruger statue in Tshwane. The party want the statue replaced with late anti-Apartheid activist Solomon Mahlangu. The party believes the statue is a symbol of Apartheid. GUEST: Obakeng Ramabodu, Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF in Tshwane Region

Expanded public works programme (EPWP) workers are protesting half naked outside Tshwane's municipal offices. The workers are reportedly demanding permanent contracts from the municipality. Last week the City of Tshwane started with its Expanded Public Works Programme lottery recruitment drive. The capital is the first city to implement the system where candidates are selected by a computer system...

South Africa's multi-billion-rand Healthcare industry is facing a surge in healthcare fraud, waste and abuse. The private healthcare industry is increasingly compromised by irregular claims submitted by medical scheme members and healthcare service providers. The Government Employees Medical Scheme, GEMS today hosted a virtual Symposium to address the emerging challenges and to examine some of the...

Afriforum's youth wing has threatened legal action against any university that wants to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for students. This after reports that the University of Cape Town (UCT) is considering to deny access to students who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. GUEST: Paul Maritz, Manager of Solidarity Youth and Career Development

Gangsterism in Grabouw schools is slowly becoming a social problem. Recently, the Grabouw Youth Patrollers, who search schoolchildren for dangerous weapons, confiscated 95 weapons ranging from pairs of scissors, pangas, knives and screwdrivers – something that is very concerning indeed? But why all of a sudden there is this problem of gangs in Grabouw schools? To talk about this, we are join...

World News: Yesterday, protesters stormed Namibia's parliament as the National Assembly was about to vote on a $1 billion compensation offer from Germany to acknowledge the 1904-1908 genocide against the Herero and Nama people. Guest: Joseph Kauandenge, Secretary-General of the National Unity Democratic Organisation in Namibia

A man arrested and charged with incitement of violence in July following the violent unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal is on the ANC's candidate list. The ANC has registered criminally accused Keke Tabane as one of its ward candidates in the Johannesburg despite Tabane facing a charge of inciting violence. GUEST: Sasabona Manganye, ANC Gauteng provincial spokesperson

The Green Connection and small-scale fishing communities say NERSA is making decisions that will adversely affect coastline communities and the environment. This after the regulator approved three-generation licenses for Karpowership South Africa. The floating power ship provider has been granted generation licenses for Saldanha Bay, Coega, and Richards Bay. NERSA's decision comes after the Enviro...

The Constitutional Court has upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that the removal of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction at UNISA was unlawful and unconstitutional. UNISA had approached the Con Court to seek leave to appeal the ruling. Speaking to SAfm, Gauteng Education Mec says a race-based institution in a non-racial society won’t succeed and that we should thrive for non-r...

The Constitutional Court has upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that the removal of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction at UNISA was unlawful and unconstitutional. UNISA had approached the Con Court to seek leave to appeal the ruling. Guest: Kallie Kriel, AfriForum CEO

Doreen Hlangu and her hired hitman Mnqobi Miya were each sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Jabulani Hlongwa. Hlongwa was murdered for refusing to pay damages after impregnating Hlangu and his argument was that he had already paid lobola.   Guest: Sihawu Ngubane, Professor of African Languages, School of Arts @UKZN

KwaZulu-Natal police have confirmed the arrest of a 54-year-old Bulwer man for the alleged, ongoing rape of his daughter since 2012. The daughter is now 20. It is believed that social workers met with the daughter during which she detailed how her father had groomed her as his sexual slave. GUEST: Mhlabunzima Memela, Spokesperson for the Department of Social Development in KwaZulu-Natal