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.
R1.4bn relief fund: 'I want transparency' says Hlabisa
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is pushing for stricter accountability and transparency to ensure disaster relief funds are used effectively by municipalities. Announcing the allocation of R1.4bn in disaster relief funds for flood-hit provinces, he emphasised that municipalities would be required to provide detailed monthly and quarterly…
Impact on POV: Lefika la Phodiso Community Art Counselling and Training Institute
Lefika La Phodiso is an NGO that offers community art counselling and training, as well as a variety of arts-based programmes for children. Lefika La Phodiso means the rock of holding and healing. Through therapeutic, creative counselling, in a safe environment, healing can begin. Phemelo speaks to Executive Director, Rozanne…
Rolling out of IDP Programs
The first IDP session was held on the 29th March 2025, and drew significant community engagement at the Roodepoort City Hall. The session marks the beginning of an important process aimed at aligning the City's development plans with the needs and priorities of residents. Phemelo speaks to MMC of finance…
US politics Analysis: Trump 'very angry' with Putin over ceasefire negotiations
Phemelo discusses the latest coming out of the U.S including Trump/Putin ceasefire negotiations, Trump’s plans to allegedly set up ‘refugee centres’ in Pretoria for white Afrikaners amongst other headlines with Global Fellow of the Wilson Centre, Dr Terence McNamee.
New path charted for water sector, says Ramaphosa
A new course will be charted for South Africa’s water sector following the landmark Water and Sanitation Indaba held last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday. In his weekly ‘From the desk of the President’ newsletter, he said that the recommendations emanating from the Indaba “give cause for great…
Music Feature: Celebrating some of the greatest artists of all time
In this week’s music feature, musicologist Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal shines the spotlight on some of the biggest recording artists in history who were born this week. Today also marks Grammy award winning singer Mariah Carey’s 57th birthday.
City of Ekurhuleni State of the City Address
Chaos erupted at a council meeting in the City of Ekurhuleni, with the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at the centre of the clashes. Just as Mayor Doctor Xhakaza, an ANC councillor, was about to deliver his State of the City Address the session was disrupted…
What to Watch
In this week’s feature of What to Watch, Leroy Marc reviews Snow White, Misericordia and Death of a Unicorn which are all in theatres and much more.
Govt hosts National Water and Sanitation Indaba on water security & provision
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an urgent national water plan during the water and sanitation indaba. He emphasised the importance of addressing South Africa's water crisis. Ramaphosa highlighted issues of infrastructure vandalism, leakages, and poor management as key factors causing water shortages. The two-day indaba began on Thursday, hosting…
Memorial service for murdered Soshanguve patrollers
Residents of the "Marry Me" informal settlement in Soshanguve gathered on Wednesday afternoon to remember the six patrollers who were killed in an attack over the weekend. Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya were in attendance. Residents of the informal settlement are still reeling after the weekend’s attacks…
Trump nominates rightwing media critic as ambassador to SA
US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Bozell III as Washington’s new ambassador to South Africa amid a historic diplomatic deep freeze between the two countries. The nomination is one of many for several diplomatic postings around the world, published on the website of the US Congress. It followed 10…
Legal Matters
In this week’s feature of Legal Matters, Nthabiseng Dubazana discuses rule 41 mediation, what it means and its implications, she also unpacks the laws surrounding primary care.
BOSA joins parties meeting with ANC to negotiate passing of budget
Build One South Africa has joined the list of parties meeting with the African National Congress (ANC) to negotiate the passing of the contentious budget. BOSA confirmed that it had been approached by the ANC requesting a meeting on the budget, which still must go through Parliament before it’s fully…
The Missing Pages & The House of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala
Phemelo is in conversation with writer and academic Professor Siphiwo Mahala about his 2 recently released books, The Missing Pages and The House of Truth. The Missing Pages is a collection of new and previously published stories by Mahala. While The House of Truth explores the complex life of playwright…
SA’s food insecurity crisis
Nine million three hundred and forty thousand, that’s how many South Africans went hungry in 2023. Behind this number are parents going to bed on empty stomachs so their children can eat. In Gauteng, the country’s economic engine, food insecurity germinates in the shadow of prosperity. According to Gauteng MEC…
suspect arrested, 2 questioned over murder of 6 Soshanguve community patrollers
One suspect has been arrested, and two others are being questioned over the murder of six community patrollers in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve, Gauteng, on Saturday 22 March 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu announced the arrest during a visit to Soshanguve on Tuesday when he met the…
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…