The National Pulse

The department of basic education has warned schools across the country not to prevent children of undocumented foreign nationals to enrol in schools ahead of the start of the school year. Apparently the department has been receiving complaints from civil society organisations regarding this issue. For more on this, we are joined by……. GUEST: Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Depa...

Stilfontein Community members are expected to start sending food and water to illegal miners who remain underground at the abandoned Stilfontein mine shaft today. It has been 2 weeks since anything was sent down to the miners and this resulted in reports that the miners resorted to cannibalism due to a lack of food. To get an understanding of what is happening today and what will happen going forw...

Stilfontein Community members are expected to start sending food and water to illegal miners who remain underground at the abandoned Stilfontein mine shaft today. It has been 2 weeks since anything was sent down to the miners and this resulted in reports that the miners resorted to cannibalism due to a lack of food. To get an understanding of what is happening today and what will happen going forw...

Most of us have a minimum of 3 loyalty cards because of much oyu get to save anytime you swipe your card. The guys at Zingo have decided to make it easy for you and I to carry our loyalty cards around. TP Pillay, Zingo App Co-founder and CEO joins me on the line to tell us how they have made our lives easier using this app…   GUEST: TP Pillay, Zingo App Co-founder and CEO

The ANC's Progressive Business Forum is hosting a Presidential Golf Day at the Rondebosch Golf Club in Cape Town to raise funds for the party as part of the build-up of activities to the party's 113th anniversary celebration on Saturday. SABC News Politics Reporter, Sibahle Motha was at the ANC's Presidential Golf Day in Cape Town and joins us on the line... GUEST: Sibahle Motha, SABC News Politic...

The National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa is calling on the South African Council for Educators to investigate an alleged rise in under and unqualified teachers working at schools. Naptosa’s executive director, Basil Manuel, joins me on the line to tell us why they think this investigation is necessary… GUEST: Basil Manuel, NAPTOSA Executive Director

The National Consumer Commission has initiated an investigation into the conduct of overbooking by FlySafair. The commission will assess whether FlySafair has complied with specific provisions in the legislation in relation to the consumers rights with respect to delivery of goods. Just how serious is this issue? For more on this, we are joined by…. GUEST: Phuthego Mojapele, Aviation analys...

The EFF has announced that Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has resigned from Parliament. Surely some of you weren’t surprised by this announcement as Ndlozi’s resignation has been anticipated since the EFF’s elective conference last month - as the relationship between him and the party soured soon after Floyd Shivambu’s departure. But what can we read into this latest development? For...

Mozambique’s main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has finally returned to the country, revealing that he is ready for talks with the government. Mondlane went into self-imposed exile after disputed elections in October last year as he feared being assassinated. GUEST (Mozambique): Milton Maluleque, Mozambican journo

Earlier on I spoke to Mzwanele Manyi, MK Party Chief Whip and Spokesperson of the J.G Zuma Foundation about the letter of demand issued earlier today by Jacob Zuma’s lawyers. The lawyers have given the ANC until the end of this month to address the matter around Zuma’s expulsion. Political Analyst, Sandile Swana joins me on the line to share his views on this…   GUEST: Sand...

Some residents in Hammanskraal will finally be able to open a tap and drink water. This comes after the City of Tshwane Mayor, Dr. Nasiphi Moya, drank the first glass of water in the area following the successful completion of phase one of the water project in the area. The Mayor now joins me on the line to tell us more about this moment and share what will happen next…   GUEST: Dr. Na...

We are 7 days away from schools re-opening and with the number of rape incidents reported around educational institutions, many organisations are concerned about the kind of people being allowed around children. Second-quarter crime statistics for the 2024/25 financial year, released in November last year, show that at least 106 rape incidents occurred at educational institutions countrywide. Boit...

Yesterday we spoke to an unemployed doctor who is part of a group of doctors who were protesting outside the Premier’s office in the Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape Department of Health responded to these protests on the show as well. The South African Medical Association is also deeply concerned about the alarming number of junior doctors who remain unemployed despite completing their commun...

Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono weighs in on SA’s immigration debate and what needs to be done to get to the bottom of this thorny issue. Chin’ono argues that Zimbabweans must understand that the immigration debate in South Africa is based on real concerns from ordinary South Africans and that this issue will not go away if the ANC continues to babysit ZANU PF. GUEST: Hop...

Umkhonto Wesizwe party leader Jacob Zuma has written to the ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, demanding the reinstatement of his ANC membership. In a letter of demand issued earlier today, Zuma’s lawyers have given the ANC until the end of this month to address this matter as they believe that his expulsion is illegal. For more on this, we are joined by……. GUEST: Mzwanele M...

Mozambique’s civil movement, Plataforma DECIDE has written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, pleading with him to play a more meaningful role in quelling the ongoing post-election violence in Mozambique. The movement’s executive director joins us now to elaborate further on this…… GUEST (Mozambique): Dr Wilker Dias, Executive Director of Plataforma DECIDE

Today we tell you more about iSchoolAfrica as it was recently honoured with the prestigious Zero Project Award 2025 for its transformative Disability and Inclusion Programme. The award recognises iSchoolAfrica’s Deaf Developers Programme that has trained Deaf youth to become iOS app developers. GUEST: Michelle Lissoos, Executive Director @iSchoolAfrica  

Action SA released a statement earlier today rebutting what DA Federal Council chairperson, Helen Zille, previously stated about DA Ministers in the GNU not having blue-light convoys. Action SA’s MP, Dereleen James joins me on the line to tell us more about this issue… GUEST: Dereleen James, Action SA MP

Earlier on I spoke to Dr Sinovuyo Ndlela, one of many unemployed doctors in the Eastern Cape calling on the provincial government to source alternative funding models to absorb unemployed doctors into the public healthcare system. To get a response from the department of health in the province, I am joined on the line by…   GUEST: Dr. Rolene Wagner, Eastern Cape Health Department ...

The National Gambling Board published the National Gambling Statistics for the 2023/24 financial year, which revealed South Africa’s gambling industry saw R1.1 trillion worth of wagers in the 2023/24 financial year. Does this spell trouble for our country or does it simply mean more and more people have a lot more disposable income? To help us understand this, I am joined on the line by&hell...

The City of Tshwane has been ordered to pay 5 senior officials about R1.3 million collectively 9 months after they were suspended for their role in the irregular award of the Rooiwal tender. The 5 officials must also be allowed to report back for work by the 20th of this month. DA Tshwane Caucus Leader, Cilliers Brink, has been involved in this case and he joins me on the line to talk to us about...

Dr Azar Jammine helps us understand the objectives of the Global Minimum Tax Act that was recently signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The new Act is aimed at enforcing a minimum 15% effective tax rate on the foreign income earned by multinationals.   GUEST: Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix

Cartoons for Change has called on cartoonists and illustrators from all over the world to stage a protest against the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum which is scheduled to take place in Switzerland in two weeks’ time. This as they argue that tens of millions of children go hungry and don’t go to school just because they work to increase the profits of the World Economic Foru...

Senior UN officials have warned that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has reached catastrophic levels, with millions facing famine and displacement amid ongoing conflict. Currently, the 2025 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan will require a record $4.2 billion to support close to 21 million people. But why is Sudan being ignored? I’m asking this question because it’s public kno...

A group of unemployed doctors in the Eastern Cape is calling on the provincial government to source alternative funding models to absorb unemployed doctors into the public healthcare system. These doctors have been picketing at the Premier’s offices since yesterday. This after they were told that they were not going to be placed in permanent positions after completing their community service...