The National Pulse

Leaders of the Mangaung Shutdown protest are calling for the disbandment of the Mangaung Metro Council for its failure to steer the metro in the right direction following its placement under administration. They are also calling for the removal of the city manager, Tankiso Mea whom they accuse of financial mismanagement, unauthorised and wasteful expenditure. Guest: Themba Zweni, Spokesperson of t...

World News: On Saturday, Ethiopian authorities announced the postponement of the country’s parliamentary elections, due to take place next month. The head of the country’s election board said repeated extensions of voters' registration dates, delay in nominating and training of electoral staff as well as delay in printing and distribution of ballots forced the delay Guest: Dr David Matsanga, exper...

Gauteng is now in the midst of a Covid-19 third wave. Premier David Makhura confirmed this during an official opening of a refurbished mining hospital in Carletonville west of Johannesburg. The 181 bed hospital which cost 460-million rand will cater for Covid-19 patients. Makhura says despite the province being in a third wave, there'll be no need to shut down the economy. GUEST: Meisie Lerutla, C...

Parliament’s health portfolio committee has expressed concerns following chaotic scenes that were recently witnessed at Sisonke vaccination sites in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. But what can be done to avoid a repeat of this? Guest: Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health

SADTU reacts to a viral video of aggrieved parents at a Pretoria primary school who violently threw the principal out of a chair. Apparently, the parents are not happy with the principal’s performance and they are accusing her of driving the school into financial ruin Guest: Tseliso Ledimo, Provincial Secretary of SADTU in Gauteng

Police Minister Bheki Cele has described sexual violence against women in South Africa as the Nation's shame. Releasing the quarterly crime stats earlier today, Minister Cele says almost ten thousand people were raped between January and March this year. For more on this, we're joined on the line by Lirandzu Themba, Spokesperson for Police Minister Bheki Cele GUEST: Lirandzu Themba, Spokesperson f...

Alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack has officially been charged for the murder Anti-Gang Unit Detective Charl Kinnear. Former rugby player, Zane Kilian is also facing the same murder charge. For more on this we're joined on the line by Mrs. Nicolette Kinnear, the wife of slain Cape Town top cop Lieutenant colonel Mr. Charl Kinnear. GUEST: Mrs. Nicolette Kinnear, the wife of slain Cape Town t...

The EFF in Buffalo City are calling for the dismissal of a restaurant manager at Las Vegas Spur, in Hemmingways East London after an employee reportedly died on duty. The party says the manager forced 35-year-old Funiwe Nkebe to report for duty even though she called in sick. Funiwe collapsed during her shift and was rushed to hospital, where she died. GUEST: Siyanda Mbuwana, the cousin to Funiwe...

Suspended ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule will not apologize to party President Cyril Ramaphosa. Magashule was given 48 hours to apologise publicly for the unlawful suspension letter he sent to president Ramaphosa last week. Briefing the media yesterday, ANC acting secretary-general Jessie Duarte said she hoped Magashule "will rise to the occasion" and duly apologise to ANC structures. Guest:...

The Free State province is currently experiencing difficulty in tackling Covid-19 cases and the officials in the province are worried about the current trajectory, even going as far as saying that if it continues unabated, the province is likely to reach the threshold for a new wave in the coming weeks. Joining us to discuss this further is….. Guest: Dr David Motau, HOD, Free State Health Departme...

World News: A new deadline has been set for refugees and asylum seekers housed in temporary shelters in South Africa's City of Cape Town to either accept re-integration into their host communities or face eviction. South Africa's Home affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the refugees have until this coming Saturday- 15th of May, to make a decision. At least 1600 refugees are being housed in...

Graves carry a higher meaning of land ownership and heritage - Lawyer Bulelwa Mabasa on spat between farmer and Beresford family Many of you may recall our conversation with one of our listeners from Port Saint Johns, in the Eastern Cape, Noah Beresford, who called in to share his family's story of how his grandfather sold their family farm back in the 70s and how the new owner of the farms wants...

There is a new presenter who is joining the Safm family - Koketso Sachane will be on your airwaves every Wednesdays and Thursdays from 20:00 to 22:00pm on hashtag #SafmMeetingPoint. He joins me on the line to talk about his life and new journey on Safm… GUEST: Koketso Sachane, Host of SAFM's The Meeting Point

Violent clashes over the status of Jerusalem have escalated dramatically over the last 24 hours with Hamas-fired rockets from Gaza into Israel and retaliatory airstrikes leading to international calls for the violence to stop. Yesterday several pickets and demonstrations were held across South Africa in condemnation of Israel's attacks on Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Israel says they wil...

Al Jama-ah Party leader Ganief Hendricks speaks to us about his party’s position on SA’s Green Paper that has been released for public comment. The Green Paper proposes, among other things, the practice of polyandry, where women can have more than one husband. Guest: Ganief Hendricks, Al Jama-ah Party leader

Today marks ‘International Nurses Day’ a day that allows us to celebrate the outstanding contribution of the world’s oldest and largest profession – the nursing profession. Joining us to discuss challenges faced by the nursing profession is Lerato Mthunzi. She is the first nurse to establish a trade union in South Africa post 1994 and she has been a nurse for 20 years, working in both the public a...

Why are road spiking incidents on the rise, particularly in the Tshwane area? We find out from Karen Yssel who is the chairperson of the Cullinan Community Policing Forum. Guest: Cullinan Community Policing Forum chair Karen Yssel

82 workers who were reportedly unfairly dismissed in 2013 by Busmark will be reinstated. In August 2013 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) participated in a National Motor strike which Busmark says was unprotected. Busmark, a company which manufactures, maintains and services buses, then took disciplinary action against the striking workers by dismissing them. Th...

Members of the ANC Youth League across the country who claim to have organised themselves beyond factions within the ANC, are calling on all ANC NEC Members to step aside as they accuse them of having failed to unite the party. Guest: Prince Rulashe, ANC Youth League activist Guest: Convener of the ANC Youth League Task Team, Nonceba Mhlauli

Some African National Congress (ANC) branches in eThekwini have thrown their weight behind Ace Magashule, demanding that he be reinstated immediately. Ntando Khuzwayo who speaks on behalf of ANC branches in Durban believes the step-aside rule isn't being implemented correctly and he feels that some members are being targeted and says if they don't receive a positive response from the NEC, they'll...

Metrobus drivers are currently embarking on a strike after salary negotiations deadlocked last week. The union Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (Demawusa) members are continuing their labour protest. They have been staging a picket at Gandhi Square in Johannesburg. GUEST: Deon Makhura, Spokesperson for the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (...

The DA have laid charges of crimen injuria and racism against ANC MP, Faiez Jacobs. DA Ward Councillor, at the City of Cape Town, Angus McKenzie laid the charges at Bonteheuwel Police Station, accusing Faiez Jacobs of calling him a house-N-word on a public WhatsApp group. Speaking to us last week Friday on Beyond the Headline, Faiez Jacobs used the same N-word and stated that it was a historical t...

Health Minister Doctor Zweli Mkhize says President Cyril Ramaphosa has not yet indicated his intention to tighten the coronavirus lockdown regulations. This as concerns mount that the country could experience a substantial third wave of the virus earlier than was initially anticipated. The first four cases of a newcoronavirus variant that emerged in India have also been detected in South Africa. F...

The national executive committee - of the African National Congress (ANC) has been meeting, in order to among others, endorse a list of names suggested by the national working committee (NWC) to head up its independent body overseeing appeals from the contentious step aside resolution. Last week the party announced that it was temporarily suspending its secretary Ace Magashule, who responded by cl...

Top South African jazz maestro, Selaelo Selota, is taking legal action against Simba (potato chips making company) for infringing on his intellectual property. Selota claims Simba’s recent pay off phrase of ‘Crrrpah!’ is directly derived from a title of his popular track called ‘Thrrr Phaaa!’ Guest: Selaelo Selota, Jazz artist