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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing
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Why cash flow is such an important indicator of a business's overall health?
4d ago00:05:47Tap to summarizeGuest: Neeanth Madanjit, Product Head: FNB Cash Investments
Transcribe →Built in Mzansi: How Mduduzi Matsane learned pottery at his father’s side and built a ceramics factory in Hammanskraal. Today, he uses clay to create jobs and pass on skills. Through Canosa Ceramics, he has trained young people and built a locally mad...
4d ago00:04:31Tap to summarizeBuilt in Mzansi: How Mduduzi Matsane learned pottery at his father’s side and built a ceramics factory in Hammanskraal. Today, he uses clay to create jobs and pass on skills. Through Canosa Ceramics, he has trained young people and built a locally made tableware business. Guest: Mduduzi Matsane - Founder of Canosa Ceramics
Transcribe →So far, forty-three initiates have lost their lives during the 2026 winter initiation season
4d ago00:18:54Tap to summarizeGuest: Velenkosini Hlabisa- Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Guest: Kgosi Larmeck Mokoena - president of CONTRALESA
Transcribe →Market Brief with Ntaoleng Lechela - Business Reporter
4d ago00:03:27Tap to summarize1. Mining production declines in May2. Coca-Cola HBC moves closer to JSE listing3. Market update
Transcribe →The Western Cape High Court has set aside today and tomorrow to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent bid to halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings.
4d ago00:07:37Tap to summarizeThe Western Cape High Court has set aside today and tomorrow to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent bid to halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings. The President wants the process suspended pending the review of the Section 89 Independent Panel report, that found that he has a prima facie case to answer over the Phala Phala matter. Guest: Advocate Lufuno Nevondwe - Constitutional law expert based at the University of Limpopo
Transcribe →ActionSA says the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie spent almost R31 million on its delegation and related activities at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, raising serious questions about accountability and value for taxpayers' money
4d ago00:04:07Tap to summarizeActionSA says the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie spent almost R31 million on its delegation and related activities at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, raising serious questions about accountability and value for taxpayers' money. Guest: Dereleen James, ActionSA Member of Parliament
Transcribe →Reality Check with Zimasa Vabaza: The Facade of Integration - Have we integrated South Africa's middle class, or simply relocated its distance?
4d ago00:08:12Tap to summarizeReality Check with Zimasa Vabaza: The Facade of Integration - Have we integrated South Africa's middle class, or simply relocated its distance? Guest: Zimasa Vabaza - socio-economic commentator, media strategist, and entrepreneur.
Transcribe →Last week Friday we received an anonymous call from Alexandra Township who accused one of the local councillors of colluding a City Power official in demanding a large amount to fix one of their main electricity boxes. He also talks about how they con...
4d ago00:05:08Tap to summarizeLast week Friday we received an anonymous call from Alexandra Township who accused one of the local councillors of colluding a City Power official in demanding a large amount to fix one of their main electricity boxes. He also talks about how they control the power supply. Guest: Isaac Mangena - Spokesperson for City Power
Transcribe →The MK Party has appointed former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede as its KwaZulu-Natal deputy convener, despite her ongoing corruption trial linked to the R320 million Durban solid waste tender.
4d ago00:06:56Tap to summarizeThe MK Party has appointed former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede as its KwaZulu-Natal deputy convener, despite her ongoing corruption trial linked to the R320 million Durban solid waste tender. Gumede, who has pleaded not guilty and says she is awaiting her day in court, is one of the most recognisable political figures in KwaZulu-Natal. Guest: Sifiso Mahlangu - MK Party Spokesperson
Transcribe →Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
4d ago00:05:39Tap to summarize1.Senegal – United NationsMacky Sall returns to Dakar seeking support for UN bidFormer Senegalese President Macky Sall will return to Senegal to meet his successor, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, for the first time since leaving power, as he seeks Dakar’s support for his candidacy to become United Nations secretary-general. The brief visit comes after years of political tensions between the two camps. 2.    Benin- Porto NovoBenin’s National Assembly has passed a law temporarily abolishing the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA), the body responsible for organising elections, as part of plans to reform its structure and operations.The law, adopted on July 10, repeals the Electoral Code provisions governing CENA just days before the current Electoral Council’s five-year, non-renewable mandate expires on July 14. 3.    Cameroon- GenevaCameroon Holds Its Breath as Biya's longest silence in a tense yearBiya left for Switzerland in early June, according to Cameroonian and pan-African media. He has not been seen at a public event at home since, and officially, nothing is wrong.Jeune Afrique reported on June 17 that Biya was receiving care at a private clinic in Geneva. The health incident, it said, happened during Cameroon’s National Day events on May 20. The government pushed back within a day. 4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 15 July 1953, when ANC cadres and activist Ntate Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe travelled overseas under false names and without passports.
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