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POWER Breakfast

POWER Breakfast is a fast-paced three-hour news and current affairs show, alternating between the latest breaking news, political coverage, analysis, sport, market reports, weather and all your calls. Whether you’re in business, the public service or just want to stay informed, tune in as Thabiso TT Tema connects you to your world.

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8:21

STATE OF PRINT MEDIA IN SA – REPORTS OF MEDIA24...

POWER Breakfast ·

2024/06/14

Media24 has confirmed it is reviewing its operations, which will likely see the closure of its mainstream newspapers, including City Press, Beeld, Rapport and 'the people's paper' Daily Sun. According to Moneyweb, the closure is expected to come into effect in October. However, print editions of Cape Town-based Die Burger is expected to remain in circulation. Financial losses, rising distribution costs, declining advertising revenue, and a shift to online readership are some of the reasons cited for

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9:41

IFP Agrees to form part of Government of National Unity

POWER Breakfast ·

2024/06/14

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says it has agreed to form part of a Government of National Unity (GNU) at a national level. Speaking at a media briefing at the party's headquarters in Durban on Wednesday, party leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said provincially, it is working towards forming a government in KwaZulu-Natal, having met with the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA) and the National Freedom Party (NFP) in the province. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says it has agreed to

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4:56

Bathu Shoes named most admired South African brand

POWER Breakfast ·

2024/06/14

Breakthrough shoe brand, Bathu, established only in 2015, has emerged as the No 1SA brand.Maxhosa, the culture-inspired global African luxury knitwear brand, is leading the pack among South African brands admired for their strong African identity. Thabiso Tema is in conversation with Bathu Founder and CEO, Theo Baloyi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:13

SOUTH AFRICA IS FORMING A GOVERNMENT OF UNITY AND...

POWER Breakfast ·

2024/06/14

The ANC, which lost its 30-year-old parliamentary majority in May’s vote, must now share power for the first time since the end of white minority rule if it wants to continue governing the country. Having opted for a government of national unity (GNU) over a traditional coalition formation, the party of the late Nelson Mandela is racing to cobble together a patchwork bloc made up of its erstwhile rivals. Thabiso Tema speaks to CASAC Executive Director, Lawson Naidoo. See omnystudio.com/listener for

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8:59

ANC SAYS NEGOTIATION TALKS BETWEEN PARTIES ARE STILL...

POWER Breakfast ·

2024/06/14

Yesterday at a late briefing ANC SG Fikile Mbalula announced that ANC President has met with EFF, IFP leader and John Steenhuisen. Mbalula says they engaged in exploratory discussions with MK party & the EFF who don’t agree on the GNU, then moved on to the PA & DA who agree on GNU, UDM, IFP & Al Jama-ah, Rise Mzansi, FF+ are some of the parties who sort of agree but have some reservations. Thabiso Tema speaks to ANC Veteran, Mavuso Msimang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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16:42

Young marine biologist’s quest to save the planet and...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/07/01

29-year-old renowned from Khayelitsha has dedicated his life to rescuing the ‘Great African Kelp Forest’, the only forest of giant bamboo seaweed on the planet, which stretches from the Cape north for more than 1,000 km into Namibia.Loyiso Dunga, affectionately known as the “Kelp Keeper” from Cape Town, has been studying marine algae for over 10 years and has dedicated his life to educating people about their importance in our ecosystem. He spoke to Thabiso Tema about his passion.See

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9:37

Section27 begins court action against practices of...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/07/01

The rights of immigrant and undocumented women and children to access free healthcare in South Africa will be put to the test in a court challenge launched by Section27 in the Gauteng high court in Johannesburg. In December 2019, two-year-old Sibusiso Ncube died of poisoning after he was refused treatment at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital because his Zimbabwean mother could not instantly produce his birth certificate or pay R5,000, says an affidavit in the court case. This was not an isolated incident

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7:57

Police express concerns over circulating reports on...

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2022/06/30

Eastern Cape Provincial Spokesperson, Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana joins Thabiso Tema.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:54

Impact of Eskom Loadshedding on businesses and owners

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/30

South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Adv Mtho Xulu joins Thabiso Tema on POWER Breakfast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:02

Lesotho gears up for 2022 National Assembly Elections

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/30

In early April Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced that the next general election will be held in September or October 2022. This follows the appointment of new commissioners to the IEC in December.Thabiso Tema spoke to Lesooana Moeti, current affairs editor at Ultimate Radio in Lesotho about the buildup to the election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:47

Joburg schools in for huge rates blow: Public...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/30

Education stakeholders and civil advocacy groups say the rates charges implemented by the City of Johannesburg for all public and private schools from 1 July are completely unaffordable and will force schools to close down. The hikes will see public schools paying about six times more than before and private schools 10 times more. It also applies to universities and colleges. Thabiso Tema spoke to the MMC of Finance, Julie Suddaby.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:16

Department Of Basic Education proposes changes which...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/30

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted proposed changes to the Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure. In the proposal, Motshekga wants the law that gives deadlines for eradicating pit toilets, providing electricity, and water, and building proper classrooms and fencing in schools to be changed. Thabiso Tema spoke to DBE Spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, Equal Education’s Head of Research, Hopolang Selebalo, and Grade 11 learner from Limpopo, Betty Mothapo.See

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7:29

Employment in Q1 expanded by 42, 000 jobs – StatsSA

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/29

Thabiso Tema speaks to Labour Analyst, Andrew Levy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:29

Second Monkey pox case confirmed in South Africa

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/29

Thabiso Tema speaks to Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo about the second Monkey pox case confirmed in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:41

Pan African Parliament presidential election today

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/29

Pan-African Parliament convened on Tuesday to elect new leadership in Midrand, Johannesburg. Parliamentarians from various African nations have descended to South Africa to choose a new administration. Thabiso Tema spoke to Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Director of the Centre for Africa-Chinas studies at UJ, Prof David Monyae about, amongst other things, whether the application of the rotation principle which applies to other AU elections should also apply

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7:54

Eskom announces stage six loadshedding – More...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/29

A culmination of factors, including violent intimidation, is responsible for South Africa seeing some of its worst load shedding on record, says public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan. Thabiso Tema spoke to energy analyst, Lungile Mashele about the announcement by Eskom that it would be implementing Stage 6 load shedding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:29

ConCourt rules that Analogue TV switch off date...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/29

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the 31 March deadline for digital migration set by the minister of communications and digital technologies is invalid and unconstitutional. Free-to-air broadcaster e.tv had brought the case to the apex court after the High Court in March dismissed its bid to scrap the government's end of March deadline for the country's migration from analogue to the digital television signal. Thabiso Tema spoke to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at South Africa's parastatal

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5:51

At Least 20 Children Died At Eastern Cape Tavern,...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/06/27

Spokesperson for the Department of Community Safety in the Eastern Cape, Unathi Binqose joins Thabiso Tema on POWER Breakfast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:01

NICD notes possible indicators of Covid-19 resurgence...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/04/25

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has cautioned that the fifth wave of Covid-19 infections could be on the horizon. The NICD's professor Adrian Purin has the details.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:10

US surgeons transplant a PIG heart into a human in...

POWER Breakfast ·

2022/01/14

Doctors in the US have transplanted a pig's heart into a human patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life. While it’s too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a heart from a genetically-modified animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection. South African heart transplant

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