The National Pulse

Earlier we were talking to the DA about their decision to take a legal route regarding the Nelson Mandela Bay metro. The Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, held a press conference today to comment on this and other issues. Guest: Floyd Sivhambu. EFF Deputy President

The DA says it will take on review the decision that led to former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip being ousted through a motion of no confidence. Trollip, in the same press conference, said he was still the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said a “coalition of corruption” made up of the ANC‚ UDM and EFF had undermined the will of the electorate by “unlawfully removing”...

Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and public health researchers. It says better air quality could lead to a significant extension of lifespans around the world. It is said this is the first time that data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied together in order to examine the global variations in...

An associate professor in the department of psychology, was dismissed this month. The educational psychologist was found to have failed to disclose his "special" relationship with a student, who he had helped enrol in a master's programme at the beginning of the year. The Sunday Times was unable to identify the other Wits academic who was dismissed. The university banned sexual and romantic relati...

The Right to Repair group in South Africa is pushing for legislation to allow car owners the right to choose where they wish to repair their vehicles. Gunther Schmitz, - Acting chairman of Right to Repair SA

Today, DR BRIGALIA BAM led The Panel of Women Leaders in dialogue on the State of Women Leadership today and Life Lessons from Mme Charlotte Mannya Maxeke. It took place at Freedom Square, Pretoria. This is a conversation that was convened by the The Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke Institute.

Higher Education and Training minister Naledi Pandor today appointed Dr Randall Carollissen as the administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). He appointement is effective one year and will see him take over the governance, management and administration of NSFAS. guest: Naledi Pandoor - Minister of Higher Education and Training

Julius Malema has introduced a Bill to nationalise the central bank, According to the parliament, The South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill would "make the state the sole holder of the shares in the bank" and "provide for the appointment of certain board directors by the (finance) minister" guest: Xhanti Payi - Senior economist at Nascence Advisory and Research.

It’s been reported that Emfuleni local municipality in Gauteng is in trouble again – this time almost all of its vehicle fleet has been repossessed by a service provider who was not paid its dues by the council. Apparently the municipality defaulted on payments on vehicles leased from Bidvest. The people who have been following the situation at Emfuleni guest: Dr Makhosi Khoza - Outa’s executive d...

Police today confirmed that one person had died and another four have been injured in incidents of “mob justice” in Daveyton over the last two days. Apparently, police received information that there were three men that were being assaulted by the community. Turning a tide on vigilantism or mob killing – is that something easy to do? Dr. Mary Nel - Lecturer in Public Law at University of Stellenbo...

A new global forecasting system says the world is likely to see more extreme temperatures in the coming four years as natural warming reinforces manmade climate change. Following a summer of heatwaves and forest fires in the northern hemisphere, the study in the journal Nature Communications suggests there will be little respite for the planet until at least 2022, and possibly not even then. Is th...

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip survived yet another attempt to remove him after opposition party councillors walked out of the chamber today. This was the fourth bid to unseat Trollip from office. Apparently, at a late-night meeting yesterday, opposition parties could not agree on a mayoral candidate. And of course there’s still that issue between the EFF and Patriotic Alliance with EFF re...

The protesting residents of KaNyamazane are demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa descent to their township to address them. Yesterday they refused Premier Refilwe Mtswheni and her entourage entry into the township. Police had to use rubber bullets to disperse the unrelenting protesters who demand that hail storm damaged houses be repair immediately. Guest: Freddie Ngobe – Spokesperson for the...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa(Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has said they weren’t prepared to sign an agreement with Eskom following threats that disciplinary action will be taken against workers who took part in an unprotected strike during wage talks. In a turnaround of events- NUM today accepted the three-year wage offer from Eskom, conditional to Eskom...

Six years after the Marikana massacre, it has emerged that striking mine workers did not attack police at “the small koppie”, despite police testimony of protesters having shot at police. This is according to new Institute for Security Studies (ISS) research, which was released today. To talk more on this report David Bruce - Independent researcher

Cape Town has been labeled the African city of opportunity in a recent research report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Cape Town ranked 24th out of all the 31 cities included in the global study and sixth out of the middle income cities category, behind Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, Shanghai and Mexico City. The report places Cape Town against some of the world’s leading cities that are home to...

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba is aiming to raise about R20bn from the largest banks to redevelop 71 dilapidated buildings into affordable housing units. These buildings, according to the mayor, were either hijacked or abandoned, needed to house people at monthly rates of between R800 and R1,000. He said private sector could find ways to accommodate lower rates. Guest: Professor Ivan Turok Exec...

The immediate past Nigeria Ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto has disclosed that the recurring incidences of murder involving Nigerians were being carried out by Nigerians themselves contrary to claims of xenophobic attacks.

Guest: Stephan Van Der Merve -From the Stellenbosch Law Clinic

The controversial homeschooling policy has been approved by the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) and is now being prepared to be promulgated into law. Guest: Adv. Megan Puchert-Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Homeschooling Association.

# Education #Education- 47% of SA high-schools are intellectual waste-zones in the sense that NOT A SINGLE CHILD in the class can do basic maths…this is according to the 2015 TIMSS International Study. TIMSS is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been conducted every four years since 1995. Guest: Dr. Nic Spaull- Education Expert

The Constitutional Court today ruled that labour brokers were not dual employers when their clients absorb contract workers as permanent staff. It is said that the landmark ruling will change the nature of labour broking in SA. Recent amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) dictate that clients of labour brokers have to hire contractors who earn below R205,433 annually after three months. The...

Guest:Mmusi Mainane –DA Leader

Guest: Sithembile Mnguni-Political Analyst & Lukhona Mnguni-Political Analyst

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