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8:54

ANC announces ANC GP’s reconfigured provincial...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/26

Earlier today, the ANC SG, Fikile Mbalula announced the reconfigured Gauteng provincial leadership collective. We’ll share clips from the press briefing then get analysis from political analyst, Dr. Ntsikelelo Breakfast CLIP 1 _ ANC SG, Fikile Mbalula announces the reconfigured leadership CLIP 2 _ ANC SG, Fikile Mbalula talks about the immediate task for the new Gauteng leadership GUEST: Dr. Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political Analyst

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8:06

City of eThekwini water problems

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/26

The eThekwini Ratepayers’ Protest Movement is the latest entity to voice discontent at the escalating water supply crisis in the city of eThekwini. Asad Gaffar, eThekwini Ratepayers’ Protest Movement Chairperson joins me on the line to share some of the frustrations residents are facing and to share details about their upcoming march… GUEST: Asad Gaffar, eThekwini Ratepayers’ Protest Movement Chairperson

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8:26

Spaza shops & small business registration deadline

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/26

With the deadline for registration period of the spaza shops and other food-handling outlets drawing closer. The Free State MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Ketso Makume is calling on business owners and other relevant stakeholders to join hands with government to ensure that unregistered businesses that qualify get assistance with the registration in order to meet Friday’s deadline. MEC Makume joins us now to elaborate further on this…… GUEST: Ketso Makume,

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12:57

Is our education system well equipped to deal with...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/26

According to the department of basic education about 548 cases of bullying have been reported since the beginning of the academic year, with Limpopo leading with 305 cases. The department has also made it clear that it’s doing its best to address this issue and has urged parents to play their part to counter this problem. GUEST: Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education

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9:05

(RSF) recently signed a political charter to...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/26

Let’s focus on Sudan now where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) recently signed a political charter to establish a parallel government with allied political and armed groups. The RSF and the army have been fighting for control of the country since April 2023, and interestingly the RSF has conquered nearly all of Darfur but is struggling to cement its hold on the region and is on the verge of losing all of Khartoum to the army. GUEST: Ibrahim Deen, Independent Researcher & political

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8:28

New HIV treatment campaign

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, launched a new HIV treatment campaign in Soweto, aiming to expand access and get more people on treatment by December 2025. We spoke to the Minister earlier today and now get reaction to this new campaign from… GUEST: Anele Yawa, TAC General Secretary

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6:57

ANC announces reconfigured provincial leadership in KZN

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, is in KwaZulu-Natal today to announce the reconfigured provincial leadership. The newly reconfigured ANC KZN Provincial Task Team is constituted as follows: GUEST: Zakhele Ndlovu, Political Analyst

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10:23

State drops charges against former JHB Mayor, Kabelo...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

The state has dropped all charges against former Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. The charges related to the defrauding of several Soweto residents in 2011 in an alleged funeral policy scam. To get reaction on this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Ganief Hendricks, Al Jama-ah Party Leader

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8:59

The state of the crypto industry report

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

We unpack the State of the Crypto Industry 2025 report that was recently released by Samsub, a global full-cycle verification platform. According to the findings of the report, in Africa, Nigeria recorded the highest rate of fraud across the crypto sector at 8.3% last year. Also crypto platforms experienced a 20% rise in traffic during major market events. For more on this, we are joined by…. GUEST: Jared Jansen, Senior Business Development Manager for Africa at Samsub

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15:18

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi gives an update...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi gives an update on the progress that has been made so far regarding the implementation process of the recommendations of the Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector. Some of you may recall that in 2019, the inquiry recommended a number of interventions aimed at improving access to private healthcare. This after its findings among other things revealed that private healthcare was characterised by high and rising costs and over-utilisation. Also

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4:23

Border Management Authority plans to secure our...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/25

Following the arrest of two immigration specialists. We hear from the Border Management Authority about their plans to secure our borders as they have publicly pronounced on numerous occasions that they will not tolerate any misconduct that undermines the rule of law and the security of the country. GUEST: Mmemme Mogotsi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner & Spokesperson of the Border Management Authority (BMA)

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6:38

MK Party announces National High Command

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

Earlier today, MK party secretary-general, Floyd Shivambu, announced the leaders of the party's National High Command in Sandton. The disciplinary issues around Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla were also addressed at the press conference. SABC News Reporter, Sibahle Motha was in Sandton and joins me on the line to share some highlights from the presser… GUEST: Sibahle Motha, SABC News Reporter

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11:03

South African borders are porous because you, the...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

SANDF Lieutenant-General, Peter Ntshavheni-Maphaha made comments that did not sit well with the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans. Speaking at the funeral of Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi held in the Free State over the weekend, Ntshavheni-Maphaha said this… CLIP South African National Defense Union’s National Secretary, Pikkie Greeff joins me on the line to react to this statement by the Lieutenant-General… GUEST: Pikkie Greeff, SANDU National

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22:32

Joburg mayor, Dada Morero was quoted as saying, ‘My...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

In article published earlier this month, Joburg mayor, Dada Morero was quoted as saying, ‘My task is to fix a broken city’. If you are a resident of this city then you would agree with the mayor, Johannesburg is broken. The Mayor now joins me on the line to talk about some of the things that are broken in the city and how far are we from fixing them… GUEST: Dada Morero, City of Joburg Executive Mayor

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8:55

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

The Competition Commission has released a provisional report on the impact of digital platforms on traditional media. The Inquiry, called the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry, has found Google to enjoy a monopoly in South Africa. SABC News Economics Reporter, Katlego Legodi joins me on the line to share some of the key findings of the Inquiry… GUEST: Katlego Legodi, SABC News Economics Reporter

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6:57

should we be hopeful that this war will end soon,...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

As today marks three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, we examine the ongoing conflict and the damage it has caused in both countries, asking what have they won and lost in three years of war and should we be hopeful that this war will end soon, given the ongoing peace talks that the Trump administration has initiated? GUEST (Russia): Dr Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

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11:46

Government should do away with the department of...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

Ann Bernstein explains why her organisation (CDE) wants the department of small business and development to shut down. According to her, the flawed belief that government can create businesses must be abandoned and that small business development must be placed firmly in the hands of the private sector. She joins us now to elaborate further on this……. GUEST: Ann Bernstein, Executive Director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)

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11:11

South Africa currently on stage 4: Should we expect...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/24

Yesterday, many South Africans woke up to the awful news of stage 6 load shedding after about twenty days of no incident. According to Eskom, four units went down at Camden Power station, at about 01:30am on Sunday morning, necessitating the escalation of load shedding to stage 6. So does this mean that load shedding is back in full force? For more analysis on this, we are joined by….. GUEST: Tshepo Kgadima, Independent Economic & Energy analyst

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35:04

Friday’s Fireside Chat with Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/21

Today we speak to someone who rose to prominence in the 1990s as Commissioner and Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Investigative Unit. He is also widely known for championing and promoting the concept of alternative dispute resolution in South Africa, and I’m talking about Advocate / Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza. GUEST: Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza, Justice of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights & former Head of the TRC Investigative Unit

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8:18

Budget 2025 delay, an opportunity for a People’s...

The National Pulse ·

2025/02/21

The Budget Justice Coalition reaffirmed their position that a VAT hike, particularly a 2% increase, is a regressive and unjust approach. Instead, the coalition believes that this moment calls for progressive fiscal policy proposals that foreground the rights and livelihoods of the most vulnerable. To tell us more about this, I am joined on the line by… GUEST: Mahfouz Raffee is a member of the Budget Justice Coalition and a researcher at Equal Education

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