The National Pulse

SARS has announced the tax return filing dates for this year’s tax season. According to the organisation, the tax season for individual tax payers will open on the 21st next month and the entire process will run until the 20th of October this year. To furnish us with more details on this, we are joined by…… GUEST: Siphithi Sibeko, SARS Spokesperson  

  GUEST: Amanda Dlamini, SRC member @ the Walter Sisulu University

The United Kingdom has endorsed Morroco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, saying that they view it as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting settlement to the Sahara conflict. The plan was proposed by Morroco in 2007 and it offers the disputed territory of Western Sahara a form of self-governance under Moroccan sovereignty.   GUEST: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst...

Covid-19 is making headlines once again more than five years after the initial outbreak. Some reports are suggesting that this new strain now accounts for just over 10 percent of global infections, with cases now confirmed in Northern Ireland and Wales, and some experts have warned that this new variant is more transmissible the dominant strain worldwide. GUEST: Professor Tulio de Oliveira, foundi...

A few minutes ago, we played clips of MK Party President, Jacob Zuma, addressing the media in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal today. One of the main things Jacob Zuma spoke about is the redeployment of Floyd Shivambu. We’ve invited political analyst, Professor Dirk Kotze, to share his views on what was said today. Professor Dirk Kotze joins me on the line now…   GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotz...

Judges’ secretary, Andiswa Mengo, found a handwritten death threat at her desk last Friday warning her to withdraw the case against Judge Mbenenge or that she won’t see her child again. For more on this, we are joined on the line by… GUEST: Alison Tilley, Judges Matter coordinator

EFF’s urgent application against the fuel levy increase got under way today in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. The 15 and 16 cents per litre increase for diesel and petrol, respectively, is set to take effect tomorrow. Abongwe Kobokwane, SABC News Reporter in Cape Town, was in court and joins me on the line to share what happened today…   GUEST: Abongwe Kobokwane, SABC...

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.1% in the first quarter of this year. The agriculture, forestry and fishing industry performed well and increased by 15.8%, contributing 0.4 of a percentage point to the GDP growth. Joining us to highlight the importance of the agricultural sector and its contribution to the country’s economy is…… GUEST: Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist o...

The Bloemfontein High Court has ruled that former Ace Magashule’s personal assistant Moroadi Cholota’s extradition from the US was unlawful. Cholota was accused alongside 17 others, including former Free State Premier Ace Magashule in the asbestos corruption case. So legally speaking, how should we interpret the outcome of this case? GUEST: Nthabiseng Dubazana, an admitted attorney of...

According to the latest report that the Human Rights Watch organisation has just released. The M23 group’s brutal control over Goma has created a climate of fear among those perceived to be allied to the Congolese government. The report also suggests that the group has summarily executed at least 21 civilians and most likely many more in Goma. Joining us to unpack the findings of the report...

    Earlier today, the Western Cape High Court ruled that it was unconstitutional and invalid for the National Assembly in Parliament to designate Dr John Hlophe as a member of the Judicial Service Commission. Mbekezeli Benjamin, Judges Matter Research and Advocacy Officer, joins me on the line to break down this judgment…   GUEST: Mbekezeli Benjamin, Judges Matter Research a...

CoGTA has officially launched the 2025 Winter Customary Initiation Season. This year’s campaign follows the deeply distressing 2024 season, during which 94 young lives were lost and 11 individuals suffered amputations due to unsafe initiation practices. To share his department’s plans in terms of strategic measures that they have put in place for this year’s initiation season is&...

Earlier today, member of Al Jama-Ah’s National Working Committee and Western Cape Provincial Legislature, Moulana Galil Brinkhuis, visited the South African Police Service station on Buitengracht Street in Cape Town to lay criminal charges against nine members of Parliament who visited Israel. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Ganief Hendricks, Al Jama-Ah President

The South African National Editors’ Forum released a statement on Saturday noting alarming developments around impending job losses at the Mail & Guardian. For more on this, I am joined on the by… GUEST: Hoosain Karjekar, Mail & Guardian

The 9 day inquest looking into the deaths of the Cradock Four proceeded in the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape today. Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto, all anti-apartheid activists, were abducted and killed by the security police while leaving Gqeberha in 1985. SABC News Reporter in Gqeberha, Sisipho Ngcumbe, was in court and joins me on the line… &nbsp...

Muzi Mahlambi, Head of Communication: KZN Department of Education

Last week Friday I spoke to Lindani Matiwane, chairperson of the National School Nutrition Programme Service Providers Association in KZN. According to Lindani, many of their members have not been paid for April and earlier invoices despite submitting all necessary documentation, and the department has offered no formal communication or explanation for the delay. The service providers contracted t...

Starting from today till the 27th of this month. The Transnet-Phelophepha health train is coming to the province of Gauteng in Heidelberg and Vereeniging as part of its initiative to provide health care to community members who cannot afford decent healthcare. The services provided in the train include eye care, psychology sessions, dental health care, cancer and diabetes education and other gener...

As we prepare to host the G20 in South Africa. We are told that a second group of Afrikaners who took up Trump’s resettlement offer has safely entered the US, despite our President having met with his US counterpart most recently to reset relations between the two countries. So how should South Africa deal with this issue going forward? Joining us to highlight the significance of soft power...

Former Bafana Bafana coach, Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba, was recently awarded with an Africa Cup of Nations bronze medal by SAFA President, Dr Danny Jordaan. This comes after the football legend was inducted into the South African Hall of Fame last year. Shakes Mashaba joins me for this week’s Fireside chat… GUEST: Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba, former Bafana Bafana Co...

Pastor Mark Burns, a nationally recognized faith leader, conservative thought influencer, and one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted evangelical advisors joins me in studio for a thought leader conversation on America, global conflicts as well as what is happening in South Africa.   GUEST: Pastor Mark Burns, Faith Leader, Political Power Broker and trusted ally of President Donald...

The National School Nutrition Programme service providers association in KZN expressed deep concern and disappointment over the KZN Department of Education’s repeated failure to pay service providers on time. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Lindani Matiwane, National School Nutrition Programme KZN Chairperson

George Councillor Chantelle Kyd was the MMC for Planning in a coalition municipal government led by the DA, and the leading advocate in council for transparency around investigations into the collapsed George building, which claimed 34 lives last year But when the Council meets to table the first of two investigations into the disaster, confidentially, without media present, the DA caucus in the c...

The main suspect in the murder of Olorato Mongale was shot and killed by police in KwaZulu-Natal early this morning. It is believed he shot at police, who returned fire. For more details on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Athlenda Mathe, SAPS National Spokesperson  

Earlier today, Police in KwaZulu-Natal led a multi-disciplinary operation at a textile factory in Stanger, after they received information that several undocumented foreign nationals are working there illegally. For more on this, I am joined on the line by... GUEST: Fanele Mhlongo, SABC Reporter in KZN