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SAfm hosts The National Pulse, a government show with 1,000 episodes published.
World Multiple Sclerosis Day will be commemorated tomorrow, Saturday 30 May 2026. I’ll be joined on the line by a husband and wife duo, Zandile and Sello Maphosa, Sello being a Multiple Sclerosis patient and Zandile the
This is why the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) has awarded its New Frontiers Research Award for 2026 to mycologist Professor Cobus Visagie, an associate professor at the Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology Institute
Shops reportedly belonging to foreign nationals have been looted in Estcourt, KZN today. SABC News reporter, Dries Liebenberg, was on the ground and now joins me on the line to tell us what happened… GUEST: Dries Liebenb
The Supreme Court of Appeal heard former Zambian President, Edgar Lungu’s family’s appeal against the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria’s judgment, which found that Zambia is entitled to repatriate Lungu’s remains for the p
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has convened in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg for Conference of the Left. We catch up with SABC reporter to speak more on the conference, and issues that arose in the lead up to
KZN SAPS held a media briefing this afternoon following the looting of alleged foreign owned shops in Escourt this morning. We hear more from… GUEST: Colonel Robert Netshiunda - KZN SAPS Spokesperson
Today, Rand Water began a massive maintenance project affecting Johannesburg’s water systems. This will also affect water supplies to hospitals in Gauteng. Gauteng Department of Health spokesperson Steve Mabona joins me
From today until Sunday 31 May 2026, South African organisations of the left will be at the Birchwood Hotel, in Boksburg, for a national Conference of the Left, convened under the theme “Building a Left Movement for Work
The chief whip of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party in the National Assembly, Mmabatho Mokoena, has been arrested on fraud charges. Mokoena appeared before the Cape Town Magistrates Court today and was released on R30 000 bail.
As we observe World Blood Cancer we are reminded that more than one South African is diagnosed with blood cancer every hour, over 21,000 people are currently living with the disease, and nearly 5,000 die from it each yea
The US military has carried out strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city. In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted a US air base, without providi
The Border Management Authority says it has arrested three people after intercepting a drug consignment worth nearly R1 billion at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe earlier today. GUEST: Mmemme
As South Africa observes Child Protection Week 2026, there is growing recognition that child safety can no longer be understood only in physical terms. Increasingly, young people are experiencing emotional harm, intimida
South Africa’s Correctional Services system is under renewed scrutiny following a damning investigation by amaBhungane. We find out more on what this investigation revealed with… GUEST: Orrin Singh – amaBhungane Investig
Ekurhuleni officials are intensifying inspections of spaza shops in the East Rand following weeks of protests and community complaints over alleged unsafe food handling and undocumented business operations. Residents hav
Last week, the Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, was on the show after the Transport Department’s Budget Vote at the NCOP. We got a number of questions, particularly on public transport, RAF and ehailing services. G
Let’s get reaction on today’s repo rate decision from… GUEST: Elize Kruger, Independent Economist
The latest South African Police Service’s crime statistics has revealed an alarming concern around the rise of kidnapping in Gauteng. We speak to… Guest: Phakamile Hlubi-Majola – Spokesperson for the Motor Industry Staff
The extortion and money laundering case against Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni and his three co-accused has been re-enrolled. Guest: Mpumelelo Bond Nyoka - Attorney and Legal Expert
A group of foreign nationals took the Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, to court over allegations that the municipality forced them to close their businesses. The group filed an urgent a
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