South African politics: where when we say we’re looking for "megabucks," we literally mean actual impalas. This week, puppet-master (and literal puppet) Chester Missing dives into the chaos of the Madlanga Commission, where suspended Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya is currently playing a high-stakes game of "It Wasn't Me." From…
How do you fight crime when the people stealing are your co-workers? Chester Missing sits down with Dereleen James, ActionSA MP and the "firebrand" of the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee into police corruption, to expose the rot within the SAPS and Parliament. From Robert McBride’s scandalous WhatsApp leaks and "money…
Johannesburg has officially run out of water, and Chester Missing is not holding back. From Premier Panyaza Lesufi checking into hotels to bathe while the rest of the province stinks, to the systemic collapse of infrastructure, this episode of Real Problem dives deep into the "aroma" of South African politics…
Is it really a mystery, or are we just looking in the wrong places? In this episode of the Real Problem with Chester Missing Podcast, we dive deep into the strange and sudden disappearance of everyone’s favorite loud-mouthed puppet. Conrad Koch joins us (well, mostly) to discuss the rumors, the…
This week’s South African news was completely unhinged — so Chester Missing explains it all. From Witness F refusing to appear at the Madlanga Commission, to Judge Madlanga shutting down the nonsense, the Israeli diplomat being kicked out of South Africa, King Dalindyebo’s international embarrassment, Melania Trump’s documentary drama, Thabo…
The Madlanga Commission into police corruption didn’t just expose rot — it blew the doors off. This week, KZN Hawks boss General Senona appeared before the commission and delivered one of the most disastrous performances the commission has ever seen. From secret meetings with alleged crime boss Cat Matlala, to…
In this episode of REAL PROBLEM with Chester Missing, Chester breaks down the explosive testimony of Witness E at the Madlanga Commission into police corruption. Witness E appeared virtually and accused Senzo Mchunu of political interference, intimidation, and attempts to influence police investigations. The testimony has put the Minister of…
South Africa’s ad hoc parliamentary committee into police corruption was meant to bring accountability — instead it exposed just how broken the system really is. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester unpacks the chaos of the hearings: explosive testimony from Robert McBride, shocking admissions by senior…
The Democratic Alliance is fighting itself in public — and it’s getting ugly. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester breaks down the explosive fallout between John Steenhuisen and Dion George, after Steenhuisen asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire a DA cabinet minister without warning, explanation, or…
This week’s Ad Hoc Committee exposed just how broken South Africa’s policing and oversight systems really are — so Chester Missing did what SAPS couldn’t: make sense of it. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester takes a sharp, satirical look at what police generals told Parliament…
In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we break down why Gwede Mantashe should resign — and what the ANC’s half-empty January 8 birthday celebration really tells us about the state of South African politics. From ANC corruption, service delivery failures, and General Mkhwanazi’s explosive revelations, to Gwede…
This week’s Ad Hoc Committee exposed just how broken South Africa’s policing and oversight systems really are — so Chester Missing did what SAPS couldn’t: make sense of it. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester takes a sharp, satirical look at what police generals told Parliament…
Donald Trump attacked South Africa using a badly researched PowerPoint — after South African right-wing groups actively lobbied him with the fabricated “white genocide” narrative. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we unpack how race-grifting activists undermined their own country, hurt farmers, and embarrassed South Africa on…
Welcome to 2026, South Africa — and it’s already a mess. In this explosive opening episode of the year, Chester Missing breaks down global chaos and local nonsense: Donald Trump invading Venezuela for oil, South Africans cheering on international crime, the ANC lecturing America on international law, the DA’s Cape…
In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester is joined by award-winning journalist and Debrief Network founder Qaanitah Hunter to unpack why Donald Trump’s unapologetic racism may have accidentally forced the world to rethink how it treats Africa.
The ANC’s National General Council was meant to be about “renewal” — instead it exposed chaos, corruption, and an ugly leadership fight. Chester Missing breaks down the real NGC outcomes, from Fikile Mbalula and Paul Mashatile’s succession battle to cadre deployment, municipal corruption, and the Madlanga Commission report the President…
Chester Missing (a “ball of latex with trust issues”) interviews DA MP and former NPA prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach, fresh from Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating General Mkhwanazi’s police corruption allegations. Breytenbach doesn’t hold back: she argues that almost nobody has told the full truth in the hearings, challenges Senzo Mchunu’s…
AfriForum and co's racial nationalism debunked. In this episode we unpack what an Afrikaner actually is, why Afrikaner identity got tied to whiteness and victimhood, how religion and “chosen people” theology fed into apartheid, and why the “white genocide” and farm murder panic is nonsense. We also look at AfriForum…
Chester Missing tears into the ANC’s NGC in Boksburg — the ultimate gathering of South Africa’s most chaotic political characters. From Ramaphosa sweating through his “renewal” speech, to Mashatile positioning, to Witness D’s assassination, to Mahlengi Bengu’s wild spin about ANC finances, Chester unpacks the corruption circus, the Madlanga fallout,…
Senzo Mchunu hits the Madlanga Commission to explain why he shut down the Political Killings Task Team — while denying any links to Cat Matlala or Brown Mogotsi. Ekurhuleni’s city manager Dr Imogen Mashazi dodges the heat, and Julius Mkhwanazi arrives without a lawyer to deliver the murkiest testimony of…
10 Dec 2025
8 min
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