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.
Reflecting on the mid-term budget of ‘unmet expectations’ for healthcare workers
On the back of the mid-term budget given by finance minister, Enoch Godongwana – it’s clear to see that SA’s health system is still on its knees. and the propsected budget unfortunately shows no sign of relief for the healthcare industry. We speak to Russel Rensburg, Director of the Rural…
International Diabetes Federation shows over 4 million South Africans have diabetes, and just under half the population
14 November marks the International Diabetes Day, and with that, the International Diabetes Federation has released new stats to show that just over four million South Africans are dealing with diabetes, but an even more staggering number shows that just under 50% of the population is undiagnosed. We speak to…
Disgruntled ANC staff picket over unpaid salaries, and unfair municipal representatives
Buhle Mbele, a Kaya News reporter was out at Luthuli House to attend a picket being held by a number of disgruntled ANC workers over unpaid salaries, as well as the unfair appointment of representatives who hold seats in parliament after the recent local government elections
Minisiter Of Water Provides Media Briefing To Address Concerns Over Water Shortages
Senzo Mchunu, the Minister of Water and Sanitiation, alongside an executive team from Rand Water gave a briefing to the press to address and outline the detaisl around the water restricitons happening throughout Gauteng, their reasons for why it is happening, and how it will affect us. We speak to…
Government withdraws from supporting Miss SA to compete in Miss Universe being held in Israel
The Department of Sports, Arts & Culture have announced their withdrawal of support in Miss SA’s travel to Miss Universes, which is being held in Israel. While this is a clear sign of solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people, the decision has sparked great debate about boycotting, who…
Sizwe Hosmed promises exciting new medical aid plans ahead of upcoming 'window period'
The months of November 2021 through to January 2022 are the period where members of medical aid schemes swopping memberships, or for existing members to adjust their memberships with their medical aid funds. This time is called the ‘window period’ in which members can review their medical aid benefits and…
Rebecca Malope is set to receive the Order of Ikhamanga alongside the late Joseph Shabalala
To call her a legend is an understatement. Rebecca Malope, South African gospel singer, has just been announced, alongside the late Joseph Shabalala, by the South African presidency with the Order of Ikhamanga. We catch up with her on the phone to find out more.
Reacting to the passing of FW De Klerk
Former Cabinet minister Mac Maharaj, who served with former president FW de Klerk in Nelson Mandela's Cabinet, said De Klerk's decision to leave the government of national unity in 1996 eroded reconciliation in South Africa. De Klerk died on Thursday aged 85 after a long battle against lung cancer. We…
South Africa’s 2021 medium-term budget in a nutshell
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his maiden medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) on Thursday (11 November), reporting better than expected finances for South Africa – but against the bleak reality that the country has little room to manoeuvre in the budget. We speak to Hugo Pienaar, Chief Economist at Bureau…
COP26 – What is in it for South Africa and the rest of the continent?
There are three days left of COP26 and the talks are entering their final stretch. Everyone is tired and a bit fed up, but the negotiators are still pushing each other – and up in space, satellites are helping track our greenhouse gas emissions. To help us make sense of…
Should the Department of Basic Education relook the rotating system and lessen lockdown restrictions at schools?
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has expressed concern that many primary schools around South Africa still plan to have rotational timetables next year. The arrangement means that children will be going to school every second day or every second week. To help us determine whether or not this…
The City of Johannesburg’s R280-million real estate deal ‘crime scene’
In 2008, the city had awarded three hectares of prime land above the Sandton Gautrain station to the well-connected Regiments Kgoro consortium. In its bid, Regiments had promised that a 5% stake would be given to an “Alexandra Local Community Trust” along with a share of the R1.8-billion in profit…
POV 101: A look at African affairs that have taken place over the past few days
While South Africans have been focused on the Local Government Elections, a lot has been happening in our neighbouring countries, matters that ultimately have an effect on South Africa, one way or another. Together with African Affairs Analyst, Izaq Khomo, we will touch on Ethipoia and developments coming out of…
Analysing calls for Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter to step down
South Africans have been experiencing blackouts for days if not weeks now, and as always, the only question on our minds is – why? Well, ESKOM CEO, Andre de Ruyter together with his panel of experts from ESKOM held a media briefing earlier on to explain the reason for this…
Gauteng taps to run dry for 52 hours next week
News came out late last night about a water shutdown that is scheduled to take place for 54 hours in parts of Gauteng from the 15th of November, next week Monday. We speak to Eddie Singo, Executive Manager at the Zuikerbosch Pump Station Rand Water, who will tell us exactly…
Did we set our vaccine target for December too high?
Sparked by a tweet looking at the targets for vaccinated people by December. Prof. Mosa Moshabela thinks that the target itself was too high to begin with. We speak to him to look at the country’s vaccination rollout, our shortcomings and more.
Post Local Government Elections: Looking at the numbers, and Coalition Talks
With a lot of hung municipalities, a lot of negotiation needs to happen between parties to decide who will govern those areas, and how. Where are we now with that? We speak to Thembelani Mazibuko, a researcher at the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy (IESA) & Prof. Tinyiko Maluleke, a…
Anti-Corruption Week: How Do We Protect Whistleblowers?
As Anti-Corruption commences, we look at who this awareness is for, how we can adequately protect whistleblowers, who are at the helm of fighting corruption, and more with Adv. Tseliso Thipanyane, Chief Executive Officer at the South African Human Rights Commission,
Pairing Food and Wine to Meet The Mood Of Elections
As the tensions and festivities around voting finally start to cool down, we speak to Dr. Anna Trapido, a food anthropologist and chef, about was we could think differently about pairing our local wines with more local foods, and how she’s been exploring that to meet the mood around election…
Election Updates: Analysing The Numbers
Continuing our analysis of the final voting results, we turn our focus to the numbers that each party achieved, and how each party will fare in coalition with each other with political analyst, Lulu White.