The National Pulse

Dominic Nkwana explains why he thinks the ANC Youth League has been hijacked by older politicians. He is arguing that currently, the ANC has dropped the ball on the youth and that their voices have been silenced. Nkwana joins us now to elaborate more… Guest: Dominic Nkwana, is a member of the ANCYL in Vhembe

On World News today: As vote counting continues in the US, the latest is that results are still awaited from six swing states, but Joe Biden can afford to lose more of those than Donald Trump and still win the White House. On the other hand, Donald Trump has already won Ohio, Iowa and Florida, all of which are big battleground states. So with Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden neck and neck in k...

As we continue to monitor what’s happening in the US, we ask – what’s in for Africa, should our continent be even concerned about the outcome of the US election and what’s the current state of affairs between Africa and the US? Some believe that a Biden win could be better for Africa but at the same time African countries continue to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) enact...

As you heard in the news that chaos has erupted at Berea in Durban as a group of people led by MKMVA forced closure of shops owned by foreign nationals. The group started looting shops and stoned some of the shops. Police had to use rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd. Let’s find out now from them as to why they are so unhappy with foreign nationals, we are joined on the line by… Gues...

SABC television news anchor, Palesa Chubisi, has won her court case against her dismissal at the broadcaster. Chubisi will now be reinstated as a television news anchor at the broadcaster should she choose to do so. For more we're now joined on the line by... GUEST: Moeketsi Raselo, who is an Attorney

City Power has dismissed reports that the entity is facing a crisis due to a shortage of contractors to carry out maintenance in Johannesburg. This after several areas in Joburg have been without power for two to three days. GUEST: City of Johannesburg's MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), Councillor Mpho Moerane

The National Shelter Movement of South Africa and the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals want animal protection to be included in the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill. They say pets are overlooked as victims of domestic violence and are often used as an extension of abuse. The groups say that victims would rather stay in abusive relationships to ensure the safet...

On World News today: We stay with the U.S elections as we now speak to political analyst, Melanie Verwoerd about how the polls are looking and how the mail ballots will work… GUEST: Political analyst, Melanie Verwoerd

Latest News, Trends, and light features for an afternoon commute- Business, Traffic, Weather and Sport

As you heard in the news that Senior Advocate for Concerned Citizens, Anton Katz has today argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein that disaster management regulations should be declared irrational. Katz argued that the government did not follow proper procedure when it declared the state of disaster as it did not engage with the public to comment on the matter. Katz says there was p...

Covid-19 has dramatically altered the way in which South Africans bank, shop and transact. There has been an immovable shift toward e-commerce in the country and consumer appetite for online banking. We now speak to Absa bank about the number of customers adopting and embracing digital transactions... GUEST: Tshipi Alexander, Head of Card Issuing at Absa Retail and Business Bank

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has been fined R122 million by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority after being found guilty of charges relating to insider trading. Jooste shared information with those close to him that other shareholders did not have about the company's imminent share collapse in 2017. Although he did not benefit financially from this, he contravened the Financial Markets Ac...

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has expressed frustration over the increase in police killings and budget cuts. POPCRU say these unremitting attacks and killings of police officers could possibly see a higher escalation, partly as a result of the stance to cut down on the South African Police Service's budget by the Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Meanwhile Police Minister Bheki...

The Public Servants Association has criticized Finance Minister Tito Mboweni after he announced that public servants and public representatives will not be receiving a salary increase Mboweni was delivering his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement yesterday. He has pointed out that government workers have been receiving a much higher wage increase over the years and adds that the fiscal has now bec...

Today marks the commemoration of World Stroke Day. The pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, have partnered to improve public awareness around the seriousness of stroke and to educate the public on how to mitigate the detrimental consequences of this medical condition. GUEST: Professor Pamela Naidoo, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation So...

The Democratic Alliance will be hosting its virtual elective conference at the weekend. The conference will see interim leader John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli jostling for position to be leader of the party. The DA has been faced with numerous challenges and has seen an exodus of black senior members leaving the party, citing difficulties making the DA, a traditionally white party, appeal to blac...

There has been mixed a mixed reaction to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's 2020 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, which he delivered earlier on today. With thousands of jobs on the line at struggling State Owned Enterprise due to mismanagement and the Covid-19 pandemic, some trade unions have called on government to provide the funding to save jobs. Meanwhile some civil society organisation, were...

South Africans will have to factor in another tough budget...No! I'm not talking about another Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. I am talking about the budget in your pocket, this as Eskom continues its campaign to increase tariffs to 'cost-reflective tariffs'. So what are 'cost-reflective tariffs', you ask? We now speak to energy analyst Ted Blom about where...

Did you know that last year, child deaths constituted 8% of the total number of road traffic fatalities in the country? This was revealed recently during a webinar hosted by the Road Traffic Management Corporation, and according to them about 1 017 children died on South African roads last year alone and 45 000 were hospitalised due to injuries sustained in road accidents. To unpack this for us, w...

Post Finance Minister’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement – we hear from Duma Gqubule about whether the minister did live up to the nation’s expectations. It is an open secret that his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement comes at the time when our country is facing numerous challenges including high unemployment, low growth rate and ailing State-Owned-Entities. Guest: Duma Gqubule- Founding Dire...

The DA is back in charge in Tshwane following a court Judgement. This after the Gauteng executive council and Cooperative Governance MEC lost their appeal against the enforcement order issued to the DA regarding the dissolution of the Tshwane Municipality. The ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal gives the DA the reins in the City of Tshwane and the party can oust the current administrators. GUES...

Equal Education members will be picketing at Parliament and at National Treasury tomorrow. They say the picket is against drastic education budget cuts as Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tables the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tomorrow. GUEST: Jane Borman, a Researcher with Equal Education

Five people accused of murdering Senzo Meyiwa appeared in Boksburg court: Joining us to explain what transpired in court is our colleague Tshepo Phagane…… Guest: Tshepo Phagane, SABC reporter

Soweto Mandlanzi, the author of the book, Decoding 666-9: The inexplicable life of Senzo Meyiwa who has been receiving death threats since he started working on the book. Mandlanzi conducted interviews with people close to Senzo and his theory is that it is impossible for those who were at the crime scene not to know what went down on the day Meyiwa was shot and killed. The former Bafana Bafana go...

On World News today we ask - What is the historic Libya ceasefire agreement about? On Friday last week, Libyan rival parties announced a historic ceasefire agreement, giving way to the possibility that the long-drawn conflict might be coming to an end. For those of you who may not recall, Libya has been embroiled in a tussle for power between rival militias ever since Muammar Gaddafi was ousted fr...