Oct 28, 202613 minS0
It’s Thursday already, and you have no clue about what’s happened this week? Thankfully, Unread’s here to catch you up in a snappy video bulletin, exclusive to News24. Coming up in the show, the government intensifies...
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Who hosts Unread?
Unread is hosted by News24. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
What has Unread covered recently?
Recent episodes include "State clampdown on 'construction mafia', Carrim gets bail, and a secret Iran navy report" (28 October 2026, 13 minutes), "Pretoria's water problem persists, Carrim wants bail in 2 cases, and US fugitive extradited" (23 October 2026, 11 minutes), and "Fuel price relief, Sibiya stays in prison, more budget takeaways, Tshwane's water crisis" (21 October 2026, 13 minutes).
How often does Unread publish?
Unread publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 12 minutes across 41 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Unread?
Booking probability for Unread is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Unread requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Unread's contact route on record: verified email.
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News24 hosts Unread, a news podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Pretoria's water problem persists, Carrim wants bail in 2 cases, and US fugitive extradited
Oct 23, 202611 minS0Don’t know what happened in the news this week? Unread is here to catch you up. In our top story this Sunday, with about a week and a half to go before the municipal elections, the administration in charge of the...
- Oct 21, 202613 minS0
In your midweek edition of News24’s Unread, we bring you details on former deputy national police Shadrack Sibiya’s failed bid for bail on charges of rape, human trafficking and sexual grooming. We dig through the...
Oct 16, 202613 minS0In your Sunday edition of News24’s Unread, Fannie Masemola will return to office this Monday morning as the country’s reinstated national police commissioner. In our feature story, the Constitutional Court’s Thursday...
- Oct 14, 202611 minS0
Coming up in your midweek edition of News24’s Unread, Shadrack Sibiya dishonourably discharges himself from the SA Police Service, amid a drawn-out bid for bail on charges of alleged rape, human trafficking and sexual...
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Oct 9, 202613 minS0Coming up in our longer-than-usual edition of News24’s video bulletin, Unread, Home Affairs’ decision to consider all asylum seekers’ applications following a Constitutional Court ruling sees violence spill onto the...
- Sep 30, 202611 minS0
In Unread’s midweek top story, it’s a crisis consuming this country that refuses to go away. President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed South Africans on what his national coalition is now doing to try to stem the tide of...
- Sep 25, 202610 minS0
In Unread’s top story this Sunday, with nine women murdered in Ekurhuleni in the past two months alone, and suspended deputy national police commissioner, Shadrack Siboiya, in custody for alleged rape, it may be tough...
- Sep 23, 202612 minS0
Coming up in this midweek edition of News24’s Unread, as South Africa grapples with the recent surge in femicide, suspended deputy national police commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, has appeared in court for alleged rape...
Sep 18, 202610 minS0In Unread’s Sunday edition, we hone in on the deepening rift between Pretoria and Washington. Dialogue and negotiation. That’s what South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, is calling for with the US...
- Sep 16, 202630 minS0
In this special midweek edition of News24’s Unread, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer sifts through this dark puzzle of women murders in Ekurhuleni with deputy politics editor, Bongekile Macupe, and they ask...
Sep 11, 202610 minS0In our top story this Sunday, the ANC is heading for a legal showdown with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Electoral Court over supposed technical IT glitches that saw it failing to log the correct...
- Sep 9, 20269 minS0
The notorious tender don Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala and his co-accused are expected back in the dock of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg this Thursday for their attempted murder trial. Confusion, shouting and shoving...
Sep 4, 202610 minS0As they say: “Die poppe dans” as the Political Killings Task Team this week moved in on alleged fraudsters preying on the beleaguered Emfuleni Local Municipality in the Vaal. Alleged widespread corruption in council, as...
- Sep 2, 202610 minS0
The Madlanga Commission is no longer willing to entertain Feroz Khan’s excuse that he cannot appear before the inquiry due to his repeated hospitalisations, and orders that he be examined by an independent doctor. The...
- Aug 28, 202612 minS0
Another week, another arrest warrant for corruption-accused, suspended deputy Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi.And never mind Africa’s richest city, Johannesburg council meetings can’t run without diesel...
- Aug 26, 202611 minS0
In our top story in this midweek edition of News24’s Unread, self-proclaimed Crime Intelligence agent Brown Mogotsi, facing charges relating to an apparent staged attempt on his own life, now wants bail again, but the...
Aug 21, 202613 minS0Welcome to News24’s premier video bulletin for the week that was.In our top story this Sunday, suspended member of Parliament, Fadiel Adams’ conduct and evidence before the Madlanga Commission continues to draw ire from...
- Aug 19, 202610 minS0
From a senior DA man caught up in a Reserve Bank investigation, to tears in court as Peet Viljoen is sent back to his Pretoria cell — this is the week’s news thus far, told in 10 minutes or less. In other news, Vusimusi...
Aug 14, 202611 minS0This Sunday on News24’s premier video news bulletin Unread, we get to the heart of three major cases before the courts this week: the bail application brought by deputy Ekurhuleni metro police chief Julius Mkhwanazi who...
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