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.
Soshanguve residents in fear after five people are murdered
The killing of five people at an informal settlement in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, has left some residents so fearful for their lives that one has even fled to another province. One resident said he has been living in fear that he or his family could be the killers’ next…
Impact on POV: NGO, Sharlene’s Heart for People
Phemelo is in conversation with Sharlene Abels, founder of Sharlene’s Heart for People (SHFP), a nonprofit organisation that has fed hundreds in Eldorado Park and neighbouring communities including Slovo Park and Freedom Park. Her ngo was launched in 2021, the initiative began with a dream Abels had, in which she…
Rasool ‘stands by’ remarks on Trump administration upon arrival back in SA
Former South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool arrived at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday, 23 March, where he was welcomed home by fellow ANC members and trade union representatives. A crowd gathered in the rain outside the airport to hear Rasool speak about his abrupt expulsion from…
Gauteng Education dpt accused of registering pupils in non-existent school
Some parents in Soshanguve are up in arms, claiming the Gauteng Education Department has enrolled their children in an unregistered school. They've told Kaya News that the Department went as far as communicating the uniform requirements at Klipfontein Secondary School. The angry parents say when the academic year began, they…
Hundreds march in Durban to protest against undocumented foreign nationals
Various civic organisations, backed by a few political parties and labour unions, took to the streets of Durban on Monday to voice their concerns about high illegal immigration levels in the country. Scores of marchers, the majority of whom are youth, said they are standing up because South Africa’s future…
Former NLC Secretary responds to corruption and maladministration allegations
Former National Lotteries Commission Secretary Adv Nompumelelo Nene responds to allegations of corruption and maladministration levelled against her by the NLC following her precautionary suspension on the 18th of November 2022 and her subsequent resignation on the 24th of January 2025.
Music Feature: Famous songwriting duos
In this week’s music feature Musicologist, Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal discusses famous songwriting duos.
What to Watch
In this week’s feature of What to Watch, Leroy Marc reviews The Residence and Go! Which are both on Netflix, The Parenting on HBO Max and much more.
ActionSA in Joburg Rejects Anti-Poor Adjustment Budget
ActionSA says it rejects, with reservations, what it’s described as an anti-poor adjustment budget tabled in Johannesburg Council today. It says whilst the budget has many positives that would help develop our communities, their main concern is the R230 electricity surcharge that residents have been subjected to since 2024. Phemelo…
Minister responds to scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault
A group of scientists due to work together for months at a remote Antarctic research station has been rocked after a member of the team was accused of physical assault. A team of nine researchers were due to spend the Antarctic winter at the South African-run base, which sits about…
Organisations welcome partial reopening of Johannesburg Library
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and the Johannesburg Crisis Alliance have welcomed the news that the Johannesburg Library will be partly reopened on Friday. They said they were eagerly awaiting the full reopening of the library in central Johannesburg towards the middle of the year. Phemelo speaks to Chairperson of the…
City of Ekurhuleni condemns strike by EMPD officers
An Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department's (EMPD) strike on Wednesday morning caused major traffic disruptions. City spokesperson Zweli Dlamini said several routes, including the R24 westbound and N3 northbound, were affected. The city has strongly condemned the protest. It’s understood workers are calling for the city to increase their salaries and…
Legal Matters
In this week’s Legal Matters, we discuss Lawyers duties to not pursue cases they deem useless and the rights of stepparents in relation to children.
Congolese, Rwandan leaders meet in Qatar, call for ceasefire in eastern DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have held direct talks for the first time since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in eastern DRC. In a joint statement issued with Qatar, whose emir mediated the talks in Doha, the countries called…
Ministers brief Parliament on illegal mining in Stilfontein and ownerless mine
Police say they've already spent over R30 million in the Stilfontein operation. That's according to North West police commissioner, Patrick Asaneng. He briefed a joint sitting of Parliament's portfolio committees of police and minerals and Petroleum resources on illegal mining earlier. Since August 2024, more than 1,500 illegal miners surfaced…
Gauteng budget reax
Political parties have raised objections to Gauteng's annual budget. The 170-billion rand spending plan was presented to the provincial Legislature by Finance MEC Lebogang Maile. In a briefing earlier Finance MEC Lebogang Maile confirmed he had consulted with all parties on the budget except for the DA which has opposed…
Why has Israel bombed Gaza and what next for ceasefire deal?
The wave of Israeli strikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday was the culmination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to get out of the ceasefire with Hamas that he agreed to in January. Since the start of the war, Netanyahu has faced duelling, possibly…
City Power puts plan in place to turn around ailing entity after R5bn loss
The Auditor General (AG) says senior management of City Power failed to monitor internal financial controls resulting in irregular and wasteful expenditure amounting to about R5 billion. The power utility has received an unqualified audit opinion for the 2023/2024 financial year. The AG’s report paints a picture of financial mismanagement…
Book Feature: The Lions’ Den
The Lions’ Den was listed as one of the top 100 books to read in Time Magazine. A debut novel that soars with passion and humanity, the book is a moving story of prejudice, corruption, injustice, courage and solidarity. It shows us that no cause is ever a lost one…
Is homework a great concept but so middle class?
Homework is a middle-class concept. It does not work, I discovered, in working-class schools where I spent my mornings over the past year, says Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University, Jonathan Jansen. He says Like so many “common sense” ideas about schooling the world over, the routine issuing of…