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.
Book Review with Sewela Langeni
This week we are joined in studio by author and owner of Book Circle Capital, Sewela Langeni. She reviews books including How Did We Get Here? by Mpoomy Ledwaba, The Traveller, by Thebe Ikalafeng, The Creation of Half Broken People by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Alexandra a Back Story, by…
IMPACT ON POV: Andy Du Plessis
Phemelo is in conversation with FoodForward SA Managing Director, Andy Du Plessis about the organisation. FoodForward SA which was established in 2009 to address widespread hunger in South Africa. FoodForward SA connects a world of excess to a world of need by recovering quality edible surplus food from the consumer…
Stilfontein mine tragedy highlights the need for a much clearer SAPS Code of Conduct
With 87 bodies having been removed from the Stilfontein mine (whether there are others remains unclear) and with the scale of the tragedy beginning to fully sink in, there will be many different and necessary reckonings. There have been calls for a commission of inquiry but the first and most…
Inauguration: Trump Takes Oath as 47th President
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, returning to the White House after overcoming four criminal indictments and two assassination attempts in one of the most remarkable political comebacks in U.S. history. The 78-year-old Trump raised his right hand and took the oath…
Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on day one of ceasefire
Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East. The truce allowed Palestinians to return to bombed-out neighborhoods to begin rebuilding their lives, while relief…
Unpacking the Mbenenge judicial sexual harassment tribunal
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal investigating allegations of sexual harassment against Eastern Cape Judge President, Selby Mbenenge has heard how he allegedly made sexual suggestions to a junior staffer in the division. High court secretary, Andiswa Mengo has testified that the senior judge made insinuations referring to his private parts during…
Government extends CWP contracts for people from age 55
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), has extended employment contracts for 67,000 Community Work Programme (CWP) beneficiaries who were set to lose their jobs. This follows the department's announcement that it intended to terminate the contracts of CWP beneficiaries aged 55 years and older, due to budget…
Music Feature
In this week’s music feature with musicologist, Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal we celebrate the class of 2024 for their hard work and resilience after achieving a record 87.3 % national pass rate, with songs that represent perseverance.
What to Watch
In this week's What to Watch Feature, Leroy Marc reviews Back in Action on Netflix, Alarum and Wolfman which are both in theatres.
ActionSA announces merger with F4SD
In a move that could redefine South Africa’s political future, ActionSA has announced its merger with the Forum 4 Service Delivery (F4SD), a party with a decade-long presence in local government. The decision, revealed by the party on 15 January during ActionSA's first press conference of 2025 in Rosebank, marked…
Stilfontein rescue mission called off , 87 bodies
The rescue operation for suspected illegal miners, both alive and deceased, at the Buffelsfontein gold mine's Shaft 11 in Stilfontein has officially been called off. This decision comes after retrieving 246 alive zama zamas and 87 bodies between Monday and Wednesday. North West acting police provincial commissioner Major-General Patrick Asaneng…
Music Feature
Musicologist, Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal
Government's handling of Stilfontein demonstrates disregard for human life, Vavi.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the Marikina massacre. The federation says hunger has been used as a weapon to achieve the same outcome in Stilfontein. Phemelo speaks to SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi regarding his reaction…
Death toll in Stilfontein mine climbs to 78
Police say they are facing a challenge in identifying bodies of alleged illegal miners extracted from an abandoned shaft in Stillfontein. So far only two have been rightfully identified by their family members. A mine rescue service operation continues to extract bodies illegal miners at shaft 11. Police have confirmed…
Gauteng Receives 14K late placement applications
Hundreds of parents flocked to schools in an attempt to secure last-minute enrolment for their children. Gauteng EducationMEC Matome Chiloane officially opened the Braamfischer Primary School in Soweto on day one of the new academic year. The department has so far placed over 325,000 new applications as schools reopened on…
Talking Legal Matters
In this weeks feature of Talking Lega Matters, Nthabiseng Dubazana discusses inequality in the legal profession and interim maintenance on a disputed customary marriage.
BOOK REVIEW
Phemelo is joined in studio by the owner of Bridge Books, Griffin Shea. Shea reviews good reads as we begin the year, the books include James by Percivel Everrett, The Book of More Delights by Ross Gay & The Life of Walatta-Petros: A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an African Woman.
Discussion: SA education, matriculants 2024
Equal Education says while it applauds the class of 2024 for achieving an outstanding 87% national pass rate this moment also calls for a more nuanced interpretation of the matric results, and a sober reflection of the systemic challenges that continue to haunt learners throughout their school careers. Phemelo is…
Joburg metro cuts ties with firm fixing Lilian Ngoyi Street
The Johannesburg Roads Agency and Step-Up Engineering have agreed to end their partnership, the metro has announced. MMC for Transport in the city of Johannesburg Kenny Kunene says a new contractor, Korone Engineering has been appointed to take over the project. He says the first phase, covering the section between…
Gaza ceasefire 'closer than ever' as sides work on final details
Negotiators met in Qatar on Tuesday hoping to hammer out final details of a ceasefire in Gaza, with mediators and the warring sides all describing a deal as closer than ever. More than six hours after talks began there was still no word on an outcome. Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson…