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.
E-toll to be scrapped officially from April
E-tolls will start officially being scrapped next month, after a decade of controversy that created little more than a huge pile of debt for authorities, and widespread animosity among Gauteng motorists. The segments of Gauteng road where e-tolls have been operating will be stripped of their status as continuous toll…
Ekurhuleni mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana voted out by council while the Speaker survives
The City of Ekurhuleni will have to elect a new mayor following African Independent Congress (AIC) councillor Sivuyile Ngodwana’s removal from office. Ngodwana was voted out of his position in a council meeting on Thursday 29 March after a motion of no confidence was filed by ActionSA. Phemelo, Kaya News…
Gauteng SAHRC receives 1 500 complaints in past year
Gauteng SAHRC receives 1 500 complaints in past year In the past year alone, 1 500 complaints have been received by the Gauteng Human Rights Commission. The commission gave feedback on several high-profile cases that dominated the public space in 2023. From the rampant cholera outbreak in Tshwane to the…
Legal Matters with Nthabiseng Dubazane
The rights of those who have committed an offence
Public sector strike warning for South Africa
South Africa could see disruptions to public services in the policing and correctional services sector as the representative union pushes back against the 4.7% wage hike approved for next month. Minister for Public Service and Administration Noxolo Kiviet recently announced that non-senior management service (SMS) workers in government will see…
Opposition parties slam government for opposing load-shedding ruling
Lawyers representing Eskom in the North Gauteng High Court have argued that exempting key institutions from load-shedding will disrupt the energy action plan. The utility is appealing a ruling made in the court last year - to not implement loadshedding in hospitals and clinics, schools and police stations or to…
ANC argues that MK trademark matter is not an Electoral Court issue
The ANC has argued, through its legal counsel, that the Electoral Court does not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter relating to the infringement of the Trademark Act. Advocate Tshidiso Ramogale relied on the Electoral Commission Act in assessing the jurisdiction that the Electoral Court and the IEC have…
Israel cancels Washington meeting after UN Gaza ceasefire vote
Israel has cancelled a meeting in Washington after the US declined to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, which also called for the release of all hostages, followed several failed attempts at similar measures since the 7 October attacks. Israeli Prime Minister…
Damelin, Lyceum College and CityVarsity deregistered
The higher education department has given four Educor-owned tertiary institutions — Damelin, CityVarsity, Lyceum and Pietermaritzburg-based Icesa — until October to appeal deregistration, while ordering the institutions to immediately phase out operations until the deadline. According to a statement posted in the Government Gazette on Friday, the department’s director general,…
Acting Speaker accepts DA’s Motion of No Confidence in Speaker
The Acting Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Lechesa Tsenoli, has today written to the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, advising her of his decision to accept her proposed motion as being substantively in order. What does this mean? DA's Siviwe Gwarube explains.
Court rejects bid to remove Zuma's MK elections
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress lost a bid to have the party endorsed by its former leader, Jacob Zuma, removed from the ballot before elections in May. The Electoral Court dismissed the application in a judgment handed down on Tuesday. The ANC had argued that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party…
ActionSA on Point of View
ActionSA Leader Herman Mashaba returns to the Kaya 959 studios to share the party's manifesto. ActionSA pays particular attention to the drug and substance abuse problem in South Africa.
ACDP on Point of View
Reverend Kenneth Meshoe the leader of the ACDP touches on topics like getting Eskom back on track and removing red tape that created challenges in getting things done. Is this possible or will removing the red tape create more opportunities for corruption? Reverend Meshoe explains.
Increased deployments at the country's borders this Easter weekend
More Border Management Authority (BMA) resources are going to be deployed and operating times will be increased at the country’s ports of entry in anticipation of an increase in movements during the Easter long weekend. The BMA says it’s compelled to properly plan and execute a deliberate plan in order…
POV ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS: ACTIONSA
Phemelo is joined in studio by ActionSA Leader Herman Mashaba to unpack his party’s election manifesto, focusing on job creation, hijacked buildings securing borders, and the economy amongst other issues.
Gang Violence in Westbury and surrounds
Residents in Westbury and surrounds stormed the Sophiatown police station following yet another fatal shooting in the area. The latest victim was a pharmacy owner Faizel McKenzie in nearby Newclare who was gunned down in the store last week. His death comes in the wake of three shootings in Eldorado…
Mapisa-Nqakula approaches court in urgent interdict against arrest
The Investigating Directorate decided to prosecute Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on ‘special leave’ as speaker of the National Assembly, but her interdict and discovery application was a ‘surprise’, according to court papers before the Pretoria High Court where the matter is set to be heard on Monday afternoon. By 10 March the…
Music Feature: Human Rights Songs
Musicologist, Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal looks at human rights songs and the history behind the popular tracks which include, Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, Brenda Fassie’s Black President and Tracy Chapman’s Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution and much more.
Sharpeville massacre, summary, significance & facts
It’s been 64 years since 69 protesters who were marching peacefully against discriminatory pass laws were shot and killed by apartheid police. Phemelo speak to Historian, Steve Lebelo who believes the Sharpeville massacre was not a violation of human rights as the ANC government would like us to believe. He…
Analysis: ANC KZN & traditional Prime Minister
African National Congress officials in KwaZulu-Natal have requested a meeting with King Misuzulu kaZwelithini to apologise for the drama involving its chairperson, Siboniso Duma. The dramatic scenes where Duma snatched the microphone away from traditional Prime Minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi happened in the presence of the king, during the commemoration of…