Podcast Party The Burning Platform - Level Up

The Burning Platform - Level Up

After a decade run as South Africa’s first and longest-running online current affairs show, The Burning Platform, launched alongside CliffCentral.com in 2014 with Gareth Cliff and Justice Malala, is levelling up – Level Up with Phumi Mashigo. Phumi a founder host of CliffCentral and current Burning Platform co-anchor, will continue to bring insightful perspectives and questioning with thought leaders, politicians and social commentators on the critical issues that affect our lives. Podcasts available on Podcast Party app, website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all major podcast platforms.
Weekly English South Africa Politics · News
642 Episodes
540 – 560

Is Zuma's end approaching?

Is Jacob Zuma's end finally approaching? It's a hot topic right now, and there is nobody better to turn up the heat on it than Justice Malala on The Burning Platform presented by Nando's. The topic naturally opens the door to who the replacements may be, and what their chances…
25 May 2017 52 min

The Eskom/Gupta relationship

Things are hotting up in the Eskom/Gupta relationship, which is where Justice Malala gets started in this week's edition of the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. The role of Brian Molefe, the criminal genius of the Guptas and the reality of state capture as this one family has…
18 May 2017 40 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Talk is cheap, unless it comes from Justice Malala on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Malusi Gigaba is under a lot of pressure right now, and not just in his love life. Failing economy, a potential 3rd downgrade, time for an undistracted finance minister is now. The…
11 May 2017 43 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The Burning Platform starts with an international spin this week as Justice Malala returns from a European trip. Angela Merkel in particular comes into focus, but then it's back to matters on the home front and the movements of Cyril Ramaphosa. The anti-Zuma sentiments are starting to spread, which brings…
4 May 2017 36 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

In a special edition of the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's, Justice Malala takes stock of what is happening in South Africa right now. The ANC and the future claims to its leadership, Nokazana Dlamini-Zuma and her VIP protection, and Malusi Gigaba's investment tour to the US. The…
20 Apr 2017 36 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

In the thick of the heat of this week, Justice Malala breaks down all we need to know about the South African political scene, courtesy of Nando's. From what's on Mbhazima Shilowa's mind, clarifying the National Executive Committee's numbers, to where Baleka Mbete currently finds herself... Justice leaves nothing unsaid…
6 Apr 2017 41 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The political heat is on like never before, and Justice Malala is on hand to lay it all out there on the Burning Platform - brought to you by Nando's. Justice examines the strategy behind the cabinet reshuffle, how we move closer to nuclear energy debt, and all the people…
31 Mar 2017 23 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The latest from Justice Malala on the Burning Platform - brought to you by Nando's - tackles the big issues of now. From the ANC's continued rot, and the matter of the SASSA debacle as we get closer to grant payment day, to the Helen Zille situation and what it…
23 Mar 2017 34 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

It seems more and more people are getting their day in (Constitutional) court. SASSA are in the hot seats here, and Justice brings you the latest on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Jacob Zuma is breaking more laws - this time in the name of the ancestors,…
16 Mar 2017 44 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The heat is still on the whole SASSA story, with Justice Malala bringing a new sizzling take on things in this week's Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. More courtroom embarrassment ahead for the ANC, SA's 'ill' economy, what is being done about growth and the disbanding of another…
9 Mar 2017 32 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The strange business of Bonginkosi Khanyile's six months in police custody, without a charge, kicks things off on The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Justice Malala cut to the chase as always, talking EFF and land expropriation without compensation. Collen 'Oros' Maine is shouting his mouth off again,…
2 Mar 2017 33 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

The Budget Speech suggests Pravin Gordhan is a weak Finance Minister, but the fact he is still in the job tells another story. Justice Malala fires things up around this and more on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Tax aside, political infighting also comes up with movements…
23 Feb 2017 34 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Nothing escapes the eye of Justice Malala on the Burning Platform, brought to you by Nando's. So naturally he is the guy to go to on this bank collusion scandal that has just broken. The Paul O'Sullivan matter also comes into the spotlight, and how the police acted on that…
16 Feb 2017 24 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Justice Malala comes in for an actual State of the Nation Address on the Burning Platform, brought to you by Nando's. The bringing in of the army just further confirms the failings of President Zuma and his administration. Will he be held to account during the speech though, or will…
9 Feb 2017 43 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Justice Malala is on fire this week on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's, slamming MEC Qedani Mahlangu and all the role players that saw 94 mentally ill patients die unnecessarily. More tender irregularities on the back of that with SASSA and the latest on Zimbabwe's ruined nation…
2 Feb 2017 43 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

You get paid, you get paid, everyone on #PaidTwitter gets paid! Justice Malala turns up the heat on what has been a fiery week here in South Africa on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. What next in the manipulation of news on social media, and how will…
26 Jan 2017 41 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

After a break over the holidays, Justice Malala returns for the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. He turns up the heat on what is happening in the ANC. Will Zuma's successor just end up being a proxy for the President though, and further underline that the ANC is…
19 Jan 2017 44 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Justice Malala turns up the heat for the last time in 2016 on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando’s. He goes out with a bang with some hard hitting political analysis not to be missed. The Burning Platform
15 Dec 2016 37 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

It's been a bad year for the SABC, and it seems to be getting worse. Justice Malala, on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's, kicks things off this week with this story. Does the ANC have an unlikely successor making his way up the ranks? Reviewing 100 days…
8 Dec 2016 37 min

The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's

Justice Malala is in for another week of scandal and gossip in South African politics. Kicking off with the biggest story this week, President Jacob Zuma suspected that he might not have the numbers that he thought he had in the MEC. The extension of the Zuma years of governance…
1 Dec 2016 24 min
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