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
650 Episodes
560 – 580

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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It's a joke to think that Jacob Zuma is working for South Africa in any way, shape or form, something that Justice Malala makes known in no uncertain terms on The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. The usual political circus aside, minimum wage and persuasive pastors also come…
24 Nov 2016 37 min

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More calls for Jacob Zuma to step down, but is such a thing creating divisions within Cosatu? Justice Malala wraps up the week in politics with the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Keeping track of Zuma's allies as they fall is becoming something to keep track of. But…
18 Nov 2016 38 min

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It's another fiery hot Burning Platform, courtesy of Justice Malala - brought to you by Nando's. How did Donald Trump win the American election? What has been the ANC's reaction to the State Capture report? And is the DA wasting their time pushing for another motion of no confidence against…
10 Nov 2016 29 min

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The question of #StateCapture has certainly captured the attention of South Africans. Could this be the final straw that breaks Jacob Zuma's scandalous back? Justice Malala comes in all guns blazing on this, leaving no stone unturned in revealing what is really going on right now with the Burning Platform…
2 Nov 2016 36 min

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The #FeesMustFall movement has revealed some real social shortcomings right now, something that Justice Malala touches on in this week's Burning Platform. The 'two ANCs' topic comes up again with Mabs and Ben wrapping up the other news and sports headlines from there. The Burning Platform
20 Oct 2016 38 min

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The SABC is burning right now, and Justice Malala has all the insights on the flames with the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Can the national broadcaster get any worse? #FeesMustFall, drug dealers as South African ambassadors and Thuli Madonsela's final week of office. The Burning Platform
6 Oct 2016 32 min

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Gwen Ngwenya steps in for Justice Malala this week on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. How politically motivated are the student uprisings? Hlaudi Motsoeneng and being the poster boy of cadre deployment and the instability around Pravin Gordhan... all this and more to sink your teeth into…
29 Sep 2016 24 min

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The #FeesMustFall movement is just not going away, and Justice Malala is not surprised on the Burning Platform, brought to you by Nando's. The fiery situations on campuses right now is something that is angering many, and Justice cuts to the problems at hand and why things need to get…
22 Sep 2016 30 min

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The Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's sees Justice Malala at his unrestricted best. Get his thoughts on how the coalitions are going in the major SA metros. Jacob Zuma's interesting 20 year home loan, him being 'abused' in Parliament and the latest from SARS. It's a hot bed…
15 Sep 2016 27 min

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Is Jacob Zuma really in charge of the country? Are the Guptas even focusing on him anymore? Things are really hotting up with Justice Malala on the Burning Platform brought to you by Nando's. Is Pravin Gordhan's future in cabinet any clearer? So many questions, and Justice has the answers…
8 Sep 2016 26 min

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Justice Malala starts this week's Burning Platform, brought to you by Nando's, with State-Owned Enterprises. What's going on, and what exactly is Jacob Zuma overseeing here? If Pravin Gordhan does get ousted from office, are there alternatives who could actually do a good job as Finance Minister? The Burning Platform
1 Sep 2016 20 min
560 – 580