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1,663 Episodes
1580 – 1600

BLF vs FF+ a battle of political will

Black First Land First (BLF) has been deregistered as a political party. The Electoral Commission announced on Monday that it had found in favour of an appeal lodged against the registration of the organisation Black First Land First (BLF) by the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on the grounds that the…
17 Jul 2019 8AM 5 min

Day 2 - Zuma's great denial

"I don't know chair", "I can't remember chair" were Jacob Zuma's responses to most questions put to him by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Sunday Times politics reporter on the ground Amil Umraw sums up everything you need to know about…
17 Jul 2019 2AM 1 min

Day 1 - Zuma's conspiracy theory

Former president Jacob Zuma on Monday attempted to discredit a former minister who testified against him at the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture, by accusing him of being a spy. Ngoaka Ramatholdi, a former mineral resources minister, public service and administration minister and deputy correctional services minister, immediately…
15 Jul 2019 10AM 1 min

The June 2019 Sona in 5 minutes

On the 20 June president Cyril Ramaphosa gave his 3rd Sona address to Parliament. Sunday Times Political Reporter Qaanitah Hunter was at the event, and gives us a succinct run down of the addresses most note worthy moments.
21 Jun 2019 2AM 4 min

President Ramaphosa has a dream

On the evening of the 20 June, newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his third State of the Nation address to parliament. During the address he outlined his dream for the construction of South Africa's very first smart city.
20 Jun 2019 2PM 2 min

The State of the Nation address in full

On the evening of the 20 June, newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his third State of the Nation address to parliament. The president put special emphasis on issues of youth unemployment, economic growth, the security of Eskom, the progress of his investment drive and land redistribution. Issues he stated,…
20 Jun 2019 2PM 1 hr 16 min

Smaller parties suspect fraud

Tensions are running high at the IEC’s Results Operation Centre in Pretoria today, as the plethora of smaller parties broke out into song, and band together to make several of their concerns known.
10 May 2019 11AM 7 min

BLF states white monopoly capital will benefit from vote fixing

Live from the IEC's Results Operations Centre in Pretoria, the topic of the day is without a doubt the occurrence of double voting during this year’s national elections. With wide spread concern being shared among various parties, Black First Land First or the BLF national spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp states that,…
9 May 2019 11AM 3 min

VF+ rips the rug out from under the DA

As polling results begin to trickle in at the IEC’s Results Operation Centre, VF+ has already began to see significant growth in it national numbers. In 2014 the party held 0.9% of the national vote. Just 32% into the current national results counting, the party now holds 3.11% of the…
9 May 2019 6AM 2 min

Fee free education is an empty promise

South Africa’s young registered voters feel that promises to deliver a fee free reliable education system is little more then political grandstanding.
7 May 2019 9AM 3 min

What has changed?

As South Africa heads to the polls, we compare some of the promises made by notorious former president Jacob Zuma at the start of his tenure to those recently made by standing president Cyril Ramaphosa. ​
7 May 2019 9AM 5 min

Are young voters apathetic?

With the national general elections just around the corner, research done by data analysis firm EDGIS show that the largest amount of registered voters are under 20 years old. Unfortunately, this age cohort historically has not shown up to the polls. We hit the streets of Joburg to find out…
7 May 2019 9AM 2 min

LISTEN | Pieter-Louis Myburgh comments on book launch disruption

Author of Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of Capture, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, talks to Sunday Times reporter Iavan Pijoos about the disruption of a recent book launch. A group of disgruntled ANC secretary general Ace Magashule’s loyalists interrupted the book launch in Johannesburg on Thursday evening. The group from the…
10 Apr 2019 2AM 1 min

LISTEN | Women are more dedicated voters

Women are in the majority when it comes to voting in South Africa. That's according to research conducted by data expert Paul Berkowitz of EDGIS, which was presented on the 9th of April 2019 at a Business Day event titled "Election Directions".
9 Apr 2019 2AM 1 hr 48 min
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