Point of View with Phemelo Motene
Point of View with Phemelo Motene, delves into the day’s current affairs, touching on real issues and sharing expert advice on the audience questions between 8pm to 10pm Mondays to Thursdays.
Rishi Sunak faces a very different economy to the the one he left as Chancellor.
As the incoming UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak has the immediate advantage of perceived success in his two years as chancellor. His tenure ended last July when he resigned due to a difference of opinion with then-prime minister Boris Johnson over the economy. But during his time as chancellor, he…
Sandton terror alert.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised the US, saying it jumped the gun by issuing a terror alert for Sandton, Johannesburg, before speaking to local authorities. “It’s unfortunate that the US government issued that type of warning without having had deep dive-type discussions with us,” said Ramaphosa on Thursday. Speaking after…
LETS TALK RELATIONSHIPS: Has being Mr nice guy worked well for your marriage?
Maybe the saying nice guys finish last applies to dating when you’re young. It always seemed that girls always went for a certain type of guy. The same guy that hurts her and disappoints her but she always went back to him. She turned to her guy friend who was…
Exclusion of Ashley Sauls from Mpho Phalatse's reconstituted executive.
Mpho Phalatse's first day back: Locked out but working virtually ahead of 2nd no-confidence vote Alex Patrick • Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her MMCs are back in power after a court ruling, but they have been locked out of their council offices. • In the interim, the coalition is…
Ekuruleni's council sitting – Vote Of No Confidence in mayor Tanya Campbell.
Democratic Alliance (DA) member, Tania Campbell will have to clean her desk following her removal as Ekurhuleni mayor. The City of Ekurhuleni held its council sitting on Wednesday, where Campbell was ousted through a ANC-sponsored motion of no confidence. 100 councillors voted in favour of her removal, while 93 councillors…
Reaction to e-tolls.
After a decade of defiance, seven transport ministers and billions in uncollectable debt, government has finally acknowledged the end of e-tolls, with Minister Godongwana’s MTBPS including transfer of R23.7bn from Treasury to Sanral Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana ended e-tolls today, tabling bills that transfer R23.736 billion from national government to…
Scrapping of e-tolls.
National government will take on 70% of Sanral's debt, but Gauteng has to come up with a plan to collect the remainder, with e-tolls as one of the options. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has thrown the ball back into the Gauteng provincial government’s court, allowing them the privilege to…
The deep rot that exists at license departments.
State losing R3bn in fraudulent licence disc scams A whopping R3 billion has been lost due to the fraudulent issuing of licence discs, according to Road, Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) chief executive Makhosini Msibi. Speaking at a media briefing in Tshwane on Monday, Msibi said Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and the Free…
Phalatse lawfully reinstated as Executive Mayor of Johannesburg…for now.
The Gauteng High Court has ruled for former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse and declared unconstitutional and invalid the motion of no confidence by which she was ousted on 29 September. Judge Raylene Keightley agreed with Phalatse that the case was urgent, and reinstated her, according to the DA’s interpretation of…
24 hour hotline to fight against substance abuse in Gauteng.
Gauteng Premier along with the Provincial Department of Social Development have launched an anti-substance 24 hours hotline in response to the Province’s continuous fight against drug and substance abuse. The Gauteng provincial government on Tuesday launched a 24-hour anti-substance abuse call centre service to help those in need of counselling…
Solidarity vs Dis-Chem – Court battle begins.
Solidarity is going to take Dis-Chem to court after the pharmaceutical giant missed the October 21 deadline to indicate whether it had withdrawn its controversial ban on employing and promoting white people. Solidarity will serve the first legal papers on Dis-Chem this week still. Solidarity wrote to Dis-Chem on 18…
HEALING HOUR: Importance of SA to take a step back and heal as a nation.
What can be done to help heal the open, bleeding wounds of black South Africans? How can these wounds, both literal and figurative, be remedied to birth self-aware social groups and people who are collectively confident to positively engage with forces of globalisation and the fourth industrial revolution; forces defined…
R1.2 billion worth of corruption in the licensing department in Gauteng.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)said on Monday it was investigating R1.2 billion worth of corruption in the licensing department in Gauteng. The roads agency said this related to fraudulently issued licence discs, learner's and driver's licences. Gauteng, followed by Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape have been identified as the…
PSA files 7-day strike notice after salary negotiations with government collapse
Workers in the Public Servants Association are demanding a 7% increase. The Public Servants Association (PSA) has revealed that it has filed a seven-day strike notice on Monday which will give way to industrial action after salary negotiations with government collapsed. The PSA rejected government’s 3% wage offer arguing that…
Education MEC Chiloane disturbed by violence in Gauteng schools.
2022 Matric Exams Readiness | Student Placements | School Safety & Learner Wellbeing. Matome Chiloane, the new MEC for education in Gauteng, is concerned about “ill-discipline” displayed by the learners in province’s schools. In a statement issued by his department on Thursday, Chiloane said this week alone several violent incidents…
Three former Presidents have their say.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has to decide what must happen if a parliamentary process finds that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the Phala Phala saga. According to Mbeki, the ANC's top leaders should meet to discuss whether or not Ramaphosa should step aside…
Zarcia Zacheus, jazz musician.
Born in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Zarcia began music in church at age 9 by singing in the church choir. Age 13 she auditioned and landed a role in her first professional stage production at the Gold Reef City Theatre, called “My Girl”. She later went on to sing…
TEDxJohannesburg Salon Life Past. Present. Future.
Are the answers to life beneath our feet? Find out at TEDxJohannesburgSalon this October Are the answers to life lying beneath our feet? Can we discover where we come from, why we are here and how we can preserve our planet by digging deep into Earth’s 3.6-billion-year history? This is…
The 8th African Women Writers’.
The 8th African Women Writers’ Symposium will launch with the Nadine Gordimer in Memoriam Lecture. The 8th African Women Writers’ Symposium will launch with the Nadine Gordimer In Memoriam Lecture by hosting award-winning Zimbabwean writer, human rights activist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangaremgba on October 26, 2022. The event will take…
A look at the big global and continental stories.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday dramatically announced her resignation just six weeks after taking office. Speaking in Downing Street, Truss said she would stay on as prime minister until a successor is chosen to serve as Tory leader. “We’ve agreed that there will be a leadership election to…