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1,663 Episodes
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LISTEN: Tiger Brands says no direct correlation between their products and 180 deaths

Tiger Brands held a press briefing on Monday after the company’s processed meat products were identified as a source of the deadly listeriosis outbreak. Lawrence MacDougall‚ CEO of Tiger Brands‚ however‚ said there has been no direct correlation between their products and the 180 deaths caused by the listeriosis outbreak.
5 Mar 2018 9AM 12 min

LISTEN: President Ramaphosa announces cabinet changes

David Mabuza has been named the new deputy president of South Africa as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced changes to his national executive in a televised address on Monday night. Ramaphosa made a host of changes to his Cabinet, including the appointment of Nhlanhla Nene as the new finance minister. Both…
26 Feb 2018 3PM 9 min

LISTEN: Full speech - Budget 2018

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced an increase of 1 percentage point in the value-added tax (VAT) rate in the 2018 budget, raising it to 15% in the first adjustment to taxation on goods and services under the ANC government. Gigaba spoke of a new sense of “optimism‚ purpose and…
21 Feb 2018 9AM 1 hr 37 min

LISTEN: Parents comment on school violence in Durban

A parent from Phambili High School in Rossburgh, Durban, gives reasons why pupils attacked a property across the road on Tuesday demanding that they be accommodated in four rooms on the property as their school is overcrowded.
20 Feb 2018 1PM 4 min

LISTEN: Full Speech - State of the Nation 2018

Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first state of the nation address on Friday as the duly elected president of South Africa. Ramaphosa was sworn in as president on Thursday by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng after Jacob Zuma resigned late on Wednesday during a televised address to the nation.
16 Feb 2018 1PM 1 hr 20 min

LISTEN: Full Statement - President Jacob Zuma resigns

President Jacob Zuma resigned as leader of South Africa on Wednesday evening during a televised address to the nation. "I resign as president of the republic with immediate effect," he said, "even though I disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation ... I have always been a…
14 Feb 2018 4PM 25 min

Statement: ANC officially recalls President Jacob Zuma

The ANC has officially recalled President Jacob Zuma despite his pleas for an extended stay at the Union Buildings. In a press conference at Luthuli House on Tuesday, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule confirmed that the party's officials had communicated its national executive committee's (NEC) decision to the president. 
13 Feb 2018 8AM 5 min

Will Zuma deliver the State of the Nation address?

Just two days before the delivery of the 2018 State of the Nation the jury is still out as to whether President Zuma will deliver the speech or his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa. Will the ANC, despite their internal differences, allow Zuma to deliver what may be his farewell speech and…
6 Feb 2018 5AM 18 min

Ray Hartley talks Ramaphosa as ANC leader

It wasn't a landslide and it wasn't without contestation but the former deputy president of the ANC and South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa was narrowly voted into the leadership position on Monday at the 54th ANC conference at Nasrec. While many members of the public and the markets breathed a sigh…
20 Dec 2017 10AM 13 min

Gwede Mantashe's last presser as ANC secretary general

Outgoing ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe, in his last address to the media on Monday said "dirty tricks" plagued the run-up to the party's elective conference‚ currently under way near Soweto. Listen to the full press conference. Mantashe likened the ANC leadership race to the succession battle in the Nationalist…
18 Dec 2017 6AM 50 min

Shebeens are at the root of crime in Marikana, says community member

Vigilantes are believed to be behind the 11 killings that rocked a Cape Town community on Friday night, 29 September. Police said they were investigating whether the killings in Marikana‚ east of Cape Town International Airport‚ were linked to seven murders— also being treated as the work of vigilantes —…
30 Sep 2017 6AM 1 min

STOLEN #3: Moving the #GuptaEmails story from darkness to light

In the third episode of our Stolen podcast, we talk to senior investigative journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika along with deputy Sunday Times editor Sthembiso Msomi about what it takes to be an investigative journalist and why it’s better to bring a knife to a fight with a lion, rather than…
20 Aug 2017 8AM 21 min
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