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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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11:38

Political Desk

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/02/03

Thabiso Tema is in conversation with Musa Mdunge, independent political analyst, about some of the stories making headlines in the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:41

The registry of individuals convicted of gender-based...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/31

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced a list of convicted sexual offenders and Gender-based violence (GBV) perpetrators will be made public by the end of February. The minister addressed the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s 365 Days Against GBV Awareness Campaign in Soweto on Tuesday. The campaign, which was adopted in 1998, is a year-round effort to end gender-based violence in the country. Thabiso Tema spoke with Mmamoloko Kubayi, Minister of Justice

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10:40

Nersa approves 12,7% eskom tariff hike for 2025

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2025/01/31

The national energy regulator (Nersa) announced on Thursday afternoon that it has approved a 12% tariff increase for Eskom in the 2025/26 financial year. This is one-third of what the utility had asked for. Thembani Bukula, chairman of Nersa, said they had also approved an 11% increase for the 2026/27 financial year and a 9.1% hike for 2027/28. For 2025/26 the increase will provide R384-billion in revenue for Eskom and will kick in from 1 April. Witnesses before the extensive hearings held by Nersa

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12:35

Update and analysis: sa-rwanda relations take a...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/31

The fall of Goma to March 23 Movement (M23) rebels has sent shock waves through the region and risks triggering a wider regional war. Memories remain fresh of the devastating Congo Wars of the late 1990s and early 2000s in which 7 African militaries intervened, and 5.4 million Congolese are estimated to have died. The development is particularly alarming because it is widely recognized that M23 is backed by the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in support of  Rwandan interests in the Democratic Republic of

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21:07

Minister of sports releases the request for...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/30

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has extended the submission deadline for the Request for Expression of Interest (RFEOI) for South Africa’s Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix bid to 18 March 2025 The decision was taken in collaboration with the Bid Steering Committee (BSC). McKenzie’s spokesperson, Stacey-Lee Khojane, said the extension is aimed at giving stakeholders additional time to submit “comprehensive, well-structured proposals in line with RFEOI requirements

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8:17

Gnu Ministers At Cabinet Lekgotla: A Crucial Meeting...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/30

The Cabinet Lekgotla is convening in Pretoria for the two days, bringing together ministers from the Government of National Unity (GNU) to discuss priorities and plans for the year ahead of the State Of the Nation Address (Sona).The two-day meeting comes amid rising tensions among GNU partners over several Bills enacted by President Cyril Ramaphosa recently.Thabiso Tema spoke with Prof Susan Booysen, professor emeritus Wits University, and research consultant.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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9:50

IPID Struggles with Overwhelming Case Backlog Amid...

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2025/01/30

Police watchdog – the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) – says each of its investigators is assigned about 300 cases a year, making its job of oversight tough.The directorate recently released its latest annual report. The report covers the period between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024IPID has 167 investigators on its books, spread across the country. While they were able to complete investigations into 4,667 cases in the financial year under review - they still have a

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15:02

PEPFAR freeze risks: USAid Freeze sees immediate...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/29

The lives of millions of people are at risk as the US halts foreign aid, including funding to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest fund dedicated to fighting a single disease. In a statement released on Sunday, the US state department says “foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)” will be paused for review. Thabiso Tema spoke with Prof Linda Gail Bekker - Chief Executive

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15:02

ANC LEKGOTLA OUTCOMES

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/29

ANC Secretary General, Cde Fikile Mbalula, alongside ANC NEC members, briefed the media on the outcomes of the #ANCNECLekgotla, outlining the movement’s key strategic priorities. Central themes included ANC Renewal, stabilising Eskom and investing in renewable energy to ensure Energy Security, driving Infrastructure Development to stimulate economic growth, and addressing unemployment through Economic Transformation and the creation of sustainable jobs. Thabiso Tema spoke with DumiseniNtuli,

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11:53

Trade, industry and competition's R100 billion...

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2025/01/29

The trade, industry & competition department will scrape together R100bn from the private sector to finance a fund set up to assist black-owned businesses. Funds will be derived from the implementation of the broad-based BEE (BBBEE) codes of good practice and the Competition Commission’s public interest requirements, according to trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau. Thabiso Tema spoke with Yamkela Fanisi, spokesperson for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition,

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8:50

Truce Takes Effect In DRC As Four More SANDF...

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2025/01/29

Four more SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members have died in escalating conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, bringing the total number of SA casualties to 13. Thabiso Tema spoke with Darren Davids, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) who covers political, security, and macroeconomic developments in the DRC, Uganda, Guinea, Benin, and Cameroon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:33

Bhf loses a court case Against the council for...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/28

The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has failed in its bid to get the Competition Commission to allow its members to collectively negotiate with healthcare service providers on pricing and prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), among others, in a bid to arrest the “decline” of the medical aid sector. The BHF’s more than 30 members include Bonitas, the Government Employees Medical Scheme and Medshield. The BHF wants to compel the Council of Medical Scheme to allow medical schemes to

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7:46

City of tshwane has received another qualified audit...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/28

For the third year in a row the City of Tshwane Municipality has failed to get a clean audit opinion. For the 2023 / 2024 financial year, the capital has received a qualified opinion with findings from the Auditor-General (AG). This is the same audit opinion it received the previous year. The AG says the action plan implemented by the Tshwane municipality management to improve the city’s audit opinion has not been effective. Thabiso Tema spoke withCilliers Brink, Former Tshwane Mayor.See

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14:29

Congo severs ties with rwanda as eastern conflict...

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2025/01/28

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead and displacing thousands of civilians. The M23 rebel group has made significant territorial gains along the border with Rwanda in recent weeks, closing in on Goma, the provincial capital of around 2 million people and a regional hub for security and humanitarian efforts. Thabiso Tema spoke with

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7:11

NPOS BATTLE FOR FUNDING AS GAUTENG GOVERNMENT ADMITS...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/28

The Gauteng Care Crisis Committee representing non-profit organisations in the province wants the Social Development Department to explain what happened to NPO funding. The organisation want to compel the department to reveal who they are funding and what criteria is used to determine who gets money assistance. The Gauteng Crisis Committee took Premier Panyaza Lesufi and the Social Development Department to Court after NPOs in the province did not receive money in the 2024/ 25 fiscal. Thabiso Tema

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7:28

Community health workers must be made permanent,...

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2025/01/28

The Johannesburg labour court has ruled that community health workers, who for years have been employed by the health department on recurring fixed-term contracts, must be deemed permanent government employees. The National Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), on behalf of its members, has successfully overturned a previous bargaining council ruling that the temporary contracts were legal. Thabiso Tema spoke withMike Shingange, NEHAWU President .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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9:50

Conflict in Eastern DRC escalates: 9 South African...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/27

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has released a statement saying nine South African soldiers were killed in fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while holding off an attack by M23 rebels who were trying to reach the city of Goma. Previous reports had said three soldiers died and 14 were wounded.The SANDF says in a statement that the M23 rebels were not able to reach Goma because of the heroic resistance of the SANDF soldiers. Thabiso Tema spoke with Siphiwe Dlamini,

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8:32

Conflict in Eastern DRC escalates: 9 South African...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/27

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has released a statement saying nine South African soldiers were killed in fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while holding off an attack by M23 rebels who were trying to reach the city of Goma. Previous reports had said three soldiers died and 14 were wounded.The SANDF says in a statement that the M23 rebels were not able to reach Goma because of the heroic resistance of the SANDF soldiers. Thabiso Tema spoke with Siphiwe Dlamini,

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6:22

Conflict in Eastern DRC escalates: 9 South African...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/27

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has released a statement saying nine South African soldiers were killed in fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while holding off an attack by M23 rebels who were trying to reach the city of Goma. Previous reports had said three soldiers died and 14 were wounded.The SANDF says in a statement that the M23 rebels were not able to reach Goma because of the heroic resistance of the SANDF soldiers. Thabiso Tema spoke with Siphiwe Dlamini,

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20:39

Confession of an assassin – Annika Larsen sits down...

The Best of POWER Breakfast ·

2025/01/27

Janusz Waluś remains one of the most polarizing figures in South Africa’s history, remembered for his role in the assassination of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani on April 10, 1993. The recent interview conducted by Annika Larsen on eNCA, titled Confession of an Assassin, brought to light Waluś’s perspective nearly three decades after the event that almost derailed South Africa’s transition to democracy. It was an unprecedented opportunity to hear directly from the man whose

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