The National Pulse

Earlier this month, the City of Johannesburg commenced a public consultation process to rename De Beer Street in Braamfontein to Mthokozisi Ntumba Street. The 10th of March 2025 marked four years since Mr Ntumba was shot and killed during the Wits student protests that had spilled into the Braamfontein area. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Thato Masiangoako, SERI resear...

Renaming of the Sandton Drive: President Ramaphosa advises the City of Joburg to put the process on hold until the diplomatic row is over Presidential Spokesman Vincent Magwenya says the government is engaging with the City of Johannesburg regarding the renaming of the Sandton Drive. This as they recognise the diplomatic sensitivities with the United States of America. GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze,...

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will host a dialogue on "Affirmative Action as a Means for Ensuring Racial Justice and the Protection of Human Rights." To get more information about this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Rethabile Ratsomo, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s programme manager for the promo...

RISE Mzansi National Assembly Caucus Whip, Makashule Gana released a statement yesterday addressing the issues of expropriation of land in the country since 2014. According to the statement, Public Works has not expropriated any land between 2014 and 2024, but has assisted and paid for land needed by Eskom. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Makashule Gana, Rise Mzansi Nat...

GUEST: Sifiso Skenjana, Economist and Managing Director of ESG Analytics

The 2nd International Financial Architecture Working Group concluded its meeting yesterday. What made this meeting even more important is the fact that South Africa has been very consistent in calling for reforms of the global financial architecture as our president is of the view that Africa’s development is so stagnated by unsustainable levels of debt. So in essence, South Africa is callin...

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is hearing a legal bid to invalidate and halt the analogue switch off set for the end of the month. SABC News Reporter, GUEST: Sibahle Motha, SABC News Reporter

Striking EMPD officers caused major traffic disruptions this morning on major highways in the City of Ekurhuleni. The City has, through a number of MMCs, condemned the 'unlawful' protest. The EFF in Gauteng, on the other hand, says the party stands in solidarity with the officers and calls for the removal of MMC, Sizakele Masuku. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Nkululek...

    The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and the Johannesburg Crisis Alliance have welcomed the news that the Johannesburg Library will be partly reopened on Friday. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…   GUEST: David Fleminger, Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Chair

Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen ‘Boeta’ Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn face charges of human trafficking and kidnapping. Earlier this week, Kelly’s sister, police constable Mickeyla Daniels took the stand. Sagree Chetty, SABC News Reporter, joins me on the line to share details of what happened in court today… GUEST: Sagree Chetty, SABC News Reporter

We are joined by the founder of Empathy Everywhere, Mimi Nicklin to discuss the ‘Power of Empathy’ and how it can be applied in personal and professional settings. GUEST (Colombo-Sri Lanka): Mimi Nicklin, founder of Empathy Everywhere - multi award-winning and internationally best-selling author of “Softening The Edge” and Empathy at Work.

Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers embarked on a protest this morning, causing traffic on the R21 towards the O.R Tambo International airport and R24 routes along the Albertina Sisulu Freeway. It is widely reported that the EMPD officials are upset about reductions in overtime allocations and about how promotions are carried out. However, the City of Ekurhuleni contended that today’s strike wa...

DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi met with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Qatar yesterday. It was their first direct talks since Rwanda backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in eastern DR Congo. But why meet in Qatar and not in Angola - what happened to the Angola-led peace process and why are the two leaders not sticking to the ancient phrase that says “African solutio...

As part of enhancing its language policy. The University of Cape Town has added isiXhosa as an official language for university communications. This is great news, considering the fact that we have 12 official languages in South Africa, but should other universities follow suit? For more on this, we are joined by…… GUEST: Lance Shultz, CEO of the Pan South African Language Board&nbsp...

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has confirmed that it has no intention of deregistering as a political party despite a notice from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to cancel its registration. In fact, the party is still intending on contesting the 2026 local government elections. For more on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Dr. Alex Mashilo, SACP Central Commi...

Adverse weather conditions are expected to continue hitting parts of the country after the South African Weather Service issued warnings of severe thunderstorms and isolated to scattered showers yesterday. With temperatures dipping on a daily, should we just prepare for winter? To share some light on the weather, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Lehlohonolo Thobela, South African Weather...

    The mysterious disappearance of a Pretoria journalist and his partner nearly a month ago has rocked the media industry, with fellow journalists now offering a R50 000 reward for any leads on the couple’s whereabouts. For more on this, I am joined on the line by...   GUEST: Antoinette Slabbert, Chairperson of the National Press Club

M23 rebels have pulled out of peace talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo after the European Union imposed sanctions on its leader and on Rwandan army commanders. On the other hand Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, accusing the European nation of systematically mobilising against it in different forums. For more analysis on this, we are joined by….. GUEST:...

The countdown to the return of Ebrahim Rasool is on and we continue to get more reaction from different voices in terms of what really informed his expulsion from the U.S and the circumstances surrounding it. Professor Patrick Bond says Rasool’s expulsion highlights diplomatic bullying. He joins us now to elaborate further on this…… GUEST: Professor Patrick Bond, Political econ...

Every year, World Social Work Day is celebrated on this day across the globe. This year’s event will be commemorated under the theme ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’ and it acknowledges that intergenerational care and connections are essential to everybody’s wellbeing. To discuss the importance of social care and challenges encountered by...

The administration of President Donald Trump declared South African Ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, a persona non grata in the United States after remarks he made on US President, Donald Trump. Water and sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, called for calm from South African citizens following the expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador. We thought it would be interesting to get a view from a com...

The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continued in the High Court sitting at Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. SABC News Reporter, Tanya Krause was in court and joins me on the line to share what came out of today’s sitting… GUEST: Tanya Krause, SABC News Reporter

The CEOs of SASSA and Postbank, Themba Matlou and Nikki Mbengashe held a joint media briefing today to share a progress update on replacements of the SASSA gold cards with Postbank black cards. Head of Communication at SASSA, Paseka Letsatsi joins me on the line to give us updates on card replacements as well as the latest on the arrests of SASSA employees last week… GUEST: Paseka Letsatsi,...

What should be South Africa’s next move post Rasool’s expulsion and can relations between the two nations be repaired? Our guest shares thoughts on diplomatic implications of US expelling South Africa’s envoy Ebrahim Rasool.   GUEST (US): Pearl Matibe, Washington DC based geopolitical analyst and correspondent with expertise in foreign policy and international security

Former SA Ambassador to Thailand Douglas Gibson weighs in on the Ebrahim Rasool matter. It’s all public knowledge now that Rasool has been declared an unwelcome person in the US after the country’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio called him a “race bating politician who hates America”. Tensions between South Africa and the US have been on a downward spiral since Donald Trump...