The National Pulse

Yesterday we spoke to Stephen Mogoai about the ongoing power crisis in some parts of Dobsonville. Some of you may recall that during our interview with him - Mogoai revealed that about 100 households have been negatively affected by this situation which has been going on for seven months now. Guess what, apparently there is some positive feedback following our conversation with him yesterday&helli...

    The Mozambican National Resistance party (RENAMO) has rejected the Constitutional Council’s ruling which declared Daniel Chapo, the candidate supported by Frelimo as the winner of the presidential election with 65.17% of the votes. The party argues that Mozambique deserves a legitimate government chosen by the people, not by a small group of individuals. For more on this, we ar...

As we wait for the ruling on the matter. The country’s opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has threatened chaos if the constitutional council confirms the initial election results, which gave the ruling party candidate, Daniel Chapo, 70.7% of the vote and Mondlane 20.3%.   GUEST (Mozambique): Milton

    An angry mob is alleged to have set alight the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court this past Saturday. The anger from the group is alleged to have stemmed after a man was killed allegedly at the hands of members of the Anti-Gang Unit at his home in Kalksteenfontein. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has responded to the damage. … joins me on the line t...

    Last week, NGO, mining affected communities united in action filed an urgent application in the Pretoria high court in a bid to force the state to provide humanitarian aid, including medication, food and water to miners still underground in a Stilfontein mine. To share more details about this application as well as a way forward, I am joined on the line by…   GUEST: Chris...

    The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is calling for students who have applied for a bursary or a loan for the 2025 academic year to urgently submit outstanding documents. To give us more details on this, I am joined on the line by…   GUEST: Ishmael Mnisi – NSFAS spokesperson  

Earlier on today, Dobsonville community members picked outside Eskom offices to demand answers from the power utility as they are tired of living in darkness. They are saying it’s now over 7 months since a segment of Dobsonville community has been without electricity. We understand that a transformer in the area exploded last year and has since been replaced, however though, some community m...

We analyse the results of Debt Rescue’s latest Festive Season Survey. According to the latest results, 71% of people polled say they may have to give up on any gifting purchases due to their financial troubles, and 68% say they won’t be able to travel due to the high fuel costs.   GUEST: Annaline van der Poel, COO of Debt Rescue

    Former Statistician General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla joins us to share his thoughts on the country’s state of affairs economically wise and what needs to be done to arrest South Africa’s stubbornly high unemployment rate.   GUEST: Dr Pali Lehohla, former Statistician General of South Africa

    This being our last Fireside Chat edition of the year. Today, we are joined by a multiple global award winning educator who is very passionate about his work, and that is Dr Khangelani Sibiya. His unique and adorable style of teaching is largely infused with social trends such as sport and music, all in the name of simplifying mathematics and science. I hope his story will inspire yo...

    We hear from Dr Mamphela Ramphele who argues that Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe is not being celebrated enough even though we are now living in a democratic country. According to her, the reluctance to celebrate this late Pan Africanist icon is perhaps informed by the fact that Sobukwe’s ideas are as troublesome to today’s democratically elected leaders as they were to yesterd...

    The Constitutional court handed down a number of jugdments today and one of those was on the Ingwana John Mohlaba and Others v The Minister of Cooperative case. The highest court in the land confirmed the High Court’s order declaring section 25 of the Limpopo Traditional Leadership and Institutions Act unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it bestows the power to impo...

As many holidaymakers will be travelling to their respective holiday destinations, some people will be driving up the N4 Highway heading to Mozambique through the Lebombo Border. With everything that has been happening at that point of entry over the past few weeks, we asked SABC News reporter, Motsebi Monareng to join us on the show to give us an update on the traffic flow…   GUEST: M...

Earlier on I spoke to Action SA’s Free State chairperson, Patricia Kopane, about her party’s call to have Jabu Mbalula removed from the Free State legislature and also be compelled to repay the salaries he unlawfully received while holding public office. This comes after Jabu Mbalula was appointed as Acting Premier of the Free State. GUEST: Tshidi Setai, Free State Premier’s spok...

Johannesburg is in the grip of a full-blown water crisis! Yesterday, I spoke to Joburg Mayor, Dada Morero, about water issues that saw a number of residents go without water for over a week. WaterCAN think enough is enough and they are now calling for Joburg residents to sign a petition calling for an adjustment to Joburg’s budget to solve the water crisis. To tell us more, I am joined by&he...

Sonke Telecommunications has achieved a global milestone that enables rapid adoption of emerging technologies and customizable connectivity solutions. To tell us more about this milestone, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Kennedy Memani, Chairman of Sonke Telecommunications

TGCSA is the only officially recognized quality assurance body for Tourism products in South Africa. The Council has been operating for over a decade, working with a mandate to maintain and increase the standards and quality of Tourism services, facilities and products in South Africa. Quality assurance plays a critical role in the attractiveness of a product and destination for consumers abroad a...

The Department of Health urged parents and caregivers to ensure children are up to date with vaccination schedule against serious diseases that are prevented by vaccines as the country is experiencing an increase in rubella (otherwise known as German measles) cases in some provinces. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has alerted the Department of notable rising number of rube...

    The hub for decolonial feminist psychologies in Africa is a team of researchers doing different levels of research from honours to post-doctorate at the University of Cape Town. Students in the hub all have their individual projects which study violence and trauma against women, children and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Mikhael Adams is a UCT post-grad student who conducted a s...

The U.S Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to a new law that could lead to the popular social media app being banned in the U.S. This as the Biden administration argues that the Chinese government’s ability to collect data from TikTok poses a significant national security risk. To help us understand the optics and legalities around this issue is ……. GUEST...

Following some startling revelations surrounding the recent appointment of Jabu Mbalula as Acting Premier of the Free State. ActionSA’s chairperson in the province, Patricia Kopane wants Mbalula to be removed from the legislature and be compelled to repay the salaries he unlawfully received while holding public office. This after it was reported recently that Mbalula is insolvent and under d...

Good news for South African farmers as Botswana’s new government has decided to lift import bans on vegetables from South Africa. This will certainly be welcomed by our agricultural sector as vegetable prices declined by roughly 4% since the introduction of import bans from neighbouring countries such as Botswana and Namibia. To react to this is….. GUEST: Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Econom...

Today we chat to the winners of this year’s prestigious Global Alliance World Public Relations and Communication Award. In case you didn’t know, Re. Bag. Re. Use, a proudly South African initiative, recently took home the top honour in the Environmental, Social and Governance category. GUEST: Regine Le Roux, founder of Re. Bag. Re. Use

We have just concluded 16 Days of Activism however, the fight against Gender Based Violence is far from over. One of the big news stories today is about a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and then posted a picture of her dead body online as well as a video of himself justifying the murder. Bulelwa Adonis, spokesperson for Women For Change, a Non-Profit organisation advocating against Ge...

An application by Discovery Health for an order declaring the Road Accident Fund to be in breach of a previous high court order related to the RAF’s liability for the payment of the past medical expenses of road accident victims who are members of medical schemes has been dismissed with costs by the High Court in Pretoria. Road Accident Fund Spokesperson, McIntosh Polela joins me on the line...