The National Pulse

Today we feature Bradley van Sitters who recently made history when he became the first Khoi praise singer invited to usher the president into the National Assembly. As you may know that post his appearance in Parliament he received some backlash from a handful of critics. Guest: Bradley Van Sitters, Khoi praise singer

The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) says they are extremely concerned about the spate of retrenchments in various sectors of the economy which will affect the workers and their dependents adversely. Sanco is also calling on the private sector to contribute towards government’s programme of employment creation instead of escalating unemployment in the country. Guest: Packet Seaket...

Former Bosasa operations chief Angelo Agrizzi and the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) have agreed that he will pay an amount of R200 000 to a charitable organisation. In a public apology outside the Randburg Magistrate's Court today, Agrizzi said he understood that the wounds of apartheid were still "raw" and for him to have put "salt in those wounds was despicable". We are now joined by… Guest...

The Automobile Association (AA) is predicting that July brings with it good news for motorists. The AA expects that lower international oil prices have set up a substantial reduction in the fuel price. The price of petrol is expected to decrease by 86 cents a litre, diesel by 68 cents and illuminating paraffin by 58 cents. Guest: Layton Beard – Spokesperson for the Automobile Association

The First Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila has called on the current sixth administration to consider giving public sector workers a sustainable housing scheme. He was speaking at the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) policy conference currently taking place in Boksburg. We are now joined by… Guest: Alex Mashilo - SACP...

We assess the objectives of the Daily Maverick’s Business Against Corruption event, aimed at addressing corruption related issues and policy implementation for sustainable economic growth. Joining us to discuss the role of the private sector and the measures they need to take within their companies to fight the scourge of corruption is……. Guest: Dr Achieng Ojwang, Executive Director at Global Comp...

The past few weeks and months have seen arguably the biggest exodus and purge of leaders from the country’s top companies with more heads expected to roll in future. Advaita Naidoo COO of executive search firm, Jack Hammer, Africa’s largest executive search firm, says the crisis playing out in SA boardrooms underscores the need for senior leaders to do more due diligence of their own prior to join...

This week, Iran said it will further free itself from the 2015 nuclear deal in defiance of new American sanctions as US President Donald Trump warned the Islamic republic of “overwhelming” retaliation for any attacks. Tensions between the two countries have spiralled since last year when Trump withdrew the United States from the deal under which Tehran was to curb its nuclear programme in exchange...

The application by the General Council of the Bar to have former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi struck of the roll of advocates has been dismissed by the Constitutional Court. Justice Chris Jafta said that the board had not established that the application for leave to appeal fell within the court’s jurisdiction. We are now joined by… Guest: Adv Pa...

The Digital Economy Summit will take place on the 5th and 6th of July in Johannesburg. It will be a critical platform for shaping a vibrant national dialogue around the Fourth Industrial Revolution. For more on the summit we are joined on the line by… Guest: Professor Brian Armstrong- Secretary of the 4IRSA, an alliance between the Department of Communications & Digital Technologies (DCDT), Telkom...

Guest: Professor Andre Duvenage - Political Analyst from the North West University

The Democratic Alliance has proposed that policing in the country be decentralised and for provinces to be given much more control. In our Both Sides of the Story feature today we ask if this will assist in reducing the crime in the country… For this conversation we are joined By… Guest: Albert Fritz- MEC for Community Safety in the Western Cape Guest: Dr Johan Burger- Consultant, Justice and Viol...

The period from January to April 2019, showed exceptional growth on the domestic tourism front when compared to the same period last year – what can this growth be attributed to? According to SA Tourism, our country remains a destination with lots to offer across all nine provinces. For more on this, we are joined by….. Guest: Tshifhiwa Tshivengwa, acting CEO of the Tourism Business Council of Sou...

On Monday, 100 boys were rescued from illegal initiation schools in and around Bizana in the Eastern Cape. The rescue operation was a joint partnership between the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Eastern Cape and NGO the Ikamva Lesizwe Institute. Guest: Mamkeli Ngam - The department's spokesperson

Last week Wednesday, about 290 Numsa members started an underground sit-in at the Lanxess Chrome Mine in Rustenburg, demanding recognition of their union, the reinstatement of 56 dismissed workers and the suspension of an official accused of sexual harassment. The strike has entered its second and for an update on the latest we are joined on the line by… Guest: Phakamile Hlubi- Numsa Spokesperson

According to SABRIC, combined gross card fraud losses on South African issued cards saw an 18% increase from 2017 to 2018, totalling R873 394 351, with credit card fraud increasing by 18.4% and debit card fraud increasing by 17.5%. They revealed this today, when they were releasing their annual crime stats for 2018. They said they are also concerned about some of the increases, which clearly refle...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union is convening its National Policy Conference as from today till Saturday. The conference is convened to review the Strategic Policy Framework of the union adopted in June 1997, three years after the 1994 democratic breakthrough. Joining us to outline the objectives of this conference is….. Guest: Khaya Xaba, National spokesperson of Nehawu

Today marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The significance of this day is traced back to 26 June, 1987 when the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) came into force. To talk about the importance of this day, we are joined by….. Guest: Commissioner Chris Nissen from the SA Human Rights Commission

Earlier on today Auditor General Kimi Makwetu delivered the local government audit results for the 2017-2018 financial year and according to him, the audit environment is becoming more hostile towards auditors with increased contestation of audit findings and pushbacks whereby audit processes and the motives of audit teams were questioned. He also revealed that only 18 municipalities managed to pr...

Following the news that former president Jacob Zuma will appear before the state capture inquiry, we ask – how will his appearance change the scope of the Zondo Commission? The week of July 15 to 19 has been set aside to enable Zuma to give his side of the story in response to the statements or affidavits and evidence of certain identified witnesses. Guest: Adv Gary Pienaar, Research Manager with...

Our guest shares thoughts on maize crisis in Kenya and how it will affect other African countries. According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture – Kenya’s maize production could fall by 10% year-on-year to 3.6 million tonnes in 2019. Guest: Wandile Sihlobo is chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa

Guest: Richard Mamabolo - Popcru

How problematic is the issue of racism around the world? We begin the programme by engaging Advocate Pansy Tlakula on her election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Tlakula will serve on the Human Rights Treaty-monitoring body for four years for the period 2020 to 2023. Guest: Advocate Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Information Regulator of Sout...

Ethiopia’s government says it is back in control of the north-eastern state of Amhara, after a failed coup attempt. Four people, including the country's army chief of staff, were killed in the attempted power grab that was led by a high-ranking military official. Guest: Professor Mammo Muchie, Research Chair, Department of Science and Technology& National Research Foundation at Tshwane University...

How do we get rid of the culture of cooldrinks? Experts have welcomed the arrests of six law enforcement officers last week in Mpumalanga. Six law enforcement officers, four traffic officers and two South African Police Service (SAPS) officers were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation in collaboration with the National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit on Friday last week. The suspec...