News24 | The Story

This weekly news podcast by News24, takes listeners on a journey into the newsroom and to the heart of the week’s biggest story. Every week, journalists from our newsroom are interviewed, about a story that dominated headlines. During these intimate and candid conversations, the listener is given tasty titbits about the week’s biggest story. We also speak to the newsmakers as well as experts on the matter.

Weekly English South Africa News · News Commentary

99 Episodes

60 – 80

PODCAST | The Story: Is Ramaphosa reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic?

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night announced changes to his executive - in his very first Cabinet reshuffle. Ministers who got the chop include Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Tito Mboweni – who asked to be "excused". Ramaphosa also announced the resignation of suspended health minister Zweli Mkhize.

6 Aug 2021 13 min

PODCAST | The Story: Surviving Covid-19 and #UnrestSA - will our economy ever recover?

South Africa is one of the most beautiful countries globally - with its beaches, the iconic Table Mountain, wine regions and wildlife. Yet, its unlikely to be one of the top picks for international tourists any time soon due to the recent unrest and looting sprees and the impact on…

30 Jul 2021 16 min

PODCAST | The Story: Why did SA’s security agencies fail to avert the looting chaos?

South Africa's governmental security agencies have come under the spotlight since the chaos that ensued after the arrest and jailing of former president Jacob Zuma on 7 July. The public has been fed mixed messages about what triggered the unrest and who, exactly, was behind it.

23 Jul 2021 16 min

PODCAST | The Story: Scenes of anarchy grip KZN and Gauteng as shops are looted and burnt down

Protests began in Northern KZN after the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma, last week. What started as seemingly politically motivated unrest escalated into full-scale looting across parts of KZN and Gauteng.

16 Jul 2021 18 min

PODCAST | The Story: Covid-19 third wave gains momentum as Western Cape braces for worst

The Covid-19 third wave is gathering speed fuelled by the Delta variant. The health system in Gauteng, the epicentre, has been buckling under a spike of infections and hospital admissions. In the Western Cape, the province which has been recording the second highest rate of infections, authorities are in a…

9 Jul 2021 19 min

PODCAST | The Story: From president to prisoner - Zuma remains defiant in wake of ConCourt judgment

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of comtempt of court for failing to appear before the Zondo Commission. He has been sentenced to fifteen months behind bars. But, he's fighting back.

2 Jul 2021 17 min

PODCAST | The Story: Gauteng health system buckles as Covid-19 infections reach record highs

The Gauteng health system seems to be buckling under the pressure as a third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to rise.

25 Jun 2021 15 min

PODCAST | The Story: Racism rife in South African schools

A private international school in Cape Town is at the centre of the latest allegation of racism. Parents and pupils protested outside the Deutsche Schule Kapstadt, a German school on the slopes of Table Mountain, this week. The teacher at the focus of their anger was suspended, but reinstated after…

18 Jun 2021 15 min

PODCAST | The Story: Mkhwebane's fate hangs in the balance

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application to have the impeachment rules for a Chapter 9 head declared unconstitutional and invalid started in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.

11 Jun 2021 13 min

PODCAST | The Story: Pressure mounts on Zweli Mkhize amid Covid-19 corruption scandal

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is under pressure to quit after being linked to a Covid-19 corruption scandal involving R150 million rand. This week on The Story, we unpack the allegations and the implications for the health ministry and the Presidency itself.

5 Jun 2021 16 min

THE STORY | A series of botched surgeries - The heartbreaking claims against Dr Beale

This episode was first published on 25 October 2019, and has been amended since publication. He was suspended from practicing at Mediclinic hospitals in 2016 and, now, is barred from Netcare theatres too. Prominent Johannesburg paediatric surgeon Dr Peter Beale, 73, stands accused of negligence that led to the deaths…

30 Sep 2020 13 min

THE STORY: Dodgy PPE tender procurements land government officials in hot water

This week on The Story, we take an in-depth look at the cloud of controversy hanging over the Gauteng health department as allegations of tender corruption surfaced.

1 Aug 2020 13 min

THE STORY | Remembering the life of anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni

On this week’s episode of The Story, we reflect on the life and times of anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, who passed away in Pretoria on Tuesday.

25 Jul 2020 14 min

THE STORY | Schools under pressure as SA’s Covid-19 pandemic gains momentum

On this week’s episode of The Story, we try to make sense of what lies ahead for South Africa’s fraught education system, and the country’s schoolchildren, in the midst of an unpredictable pandemic.

18 Jul 2020 14 min

THE STORY | What lies ahead for Gauteng as it overtakes the Western Cape as SA's coronavirus hotspot

Gauteng has officially overtaken the Western Cape as the country's coronavirus hotspot with the highest number of cases cumulatively, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced late on Wednesday. Gauteng is South Africa's smallest but most densely populated province. The spike in Gauteng infections had been anticipated and expected.

10 Jul 2020 16 min

THE STORY | Will removing statues representing oppression remedy ills of the past?

Statues across the world are being torn down or vandalised in response to legitimate anger about racism and historical oppression. What is to become of the many remaining statues of historical figures from past eras in South Africa's fraught history? And will removing them remedy the ills of the past?

5 Jul 2020 17 min

THE STORY | Delays remain the name of the game for Zuma’s corruption case

As lockdown restrictions gradually ease, judicial matters that were put on hold, are now resuming. On Tuesday, former president Jacob Zuma returned to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg for his corruption trial.

26 Jun 2020 14 min

THE STORY | Is Ramaphosa's cabinet taking the abuse of women and children seriously?

In a 30-minute televised speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa read a list of names during his national address on Wednesday. "...Tshegofatso Pule, Naledi Phangindawo, Nompumelelo Tshaka, Nomfazi Gabada, Nwabisa Mgwandela, Altecia Kortjie and Lindelwa Peni. All of them are young women who were killed by men," he said. In recent weeks,…

20 Jun 2020 12 min

THE STORY | EFF back in public politics while new report gives insight into VBS loot

The EFF has entered the spotlight again after new revelations of VBS mutual bank money allegedly being paid into slush funds that found its way into the pockets of party leaders Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu.

12 Jun 2020 15 min

THE STORY | School bells ring late in several schools across South Africa

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has forced the world to embrace a "new normal". This week, a number of schools across the country welcomed some of their learners back. These pupils had to embrace a new schooling environment compared to the one they left.

6 Jun 2020 13 min