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The best of POWER Talk — 228 episodes
EDITORIAL: The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) EXPO
Hormuz talks postponed and oil prices jump, as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia continue - as it happened
Can Bongani Baloyi and MK Party Rescue Johannesburg?
B-BBEE and the unfinished transformation of South Africa’s property sector
Electricity VAT: Are South Africans Paying Too Much for Power?
COSATU AT A CROSSROADS: WHAT WILL THE 15TH CONGRESS DELIVER FOR WORKERS?
South Africa’s Second Republic
Petrol Prices and Taxes
National Minimum Wage
Gaza genocide: SA reinforces ICJ case as Israel coal trade draws accusations of hypocrisy
Ground Work Collective launches democratic programme
BRICS+ Series: BRICS Overtakes the G7
Ad hoc committee at loggerheads over Mchunu’s alleged links to cartels
GDP shrinking shows urgent reforms are now unavoidable
Public Procurement Amendment Bill: Can Tougher Debarment Rules Finally Stop Corrupt Suppliers from Doing Business with the State?
BEE, Jobs and Economic Power: What Needs to Change?
School safety raids in Gauteng uncover wider societal crisis
R467 Billion Municipal Debt: Can SALGA’s Plan Fix South Africa’s Revenue Crisis?
R395 Billion Construction Pipeline: Can South Africa Turn Plans Into Projects?
Didiza Survives the No-Confidence Challenge: What Does the Vote Mean for Parliament and the GNU?
Six Years of Promises, Fewer Jobs: Has Government-Business Partnership Failed?
NIH Lifts South Africa Research Funding Ban After 18-Month Freeze, Offering New Hope for HIV and TB Research.
SAHRC Warns of Disinformation Threats to Human Rights and Democracy Ahead of Local Elections
Who Can Fix Johannesburg? Herman Mashaba Makes His Case for Mayor
ANC Local Government Elections Manifesto Review
Five Years After Babita Deokaran’s Killing: Is South Africa Doing Enough to Protect Whistleblowers?
Ahead of municipal elections, South Africans vent frustration with local government
NGB Warns South Africans: Gambling Is Not a Financial Plan
Peter Bruce: Let Parliament Choose the NPA and IDAC Chiefs
The Future of BEE in a Changing South Africa
DRC and Rwanda seek stronger monitoring of Washington peace agreement as implementation enters critical phase
The weekend turns 100: Have flexible work and ‘skiveday Fridays’ changed how we value our time off?
Leadership turmoil is main driver of Joburg’s decline
ICC condemns US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence
Ending multi-ward candidacy could matter more than thresholds in fixing coalition chaos.
Looking into the legal challenge over Eskom restructuring
Ramaphosa challenges evidence leader over grudge claim as legal threats mount
US Senate Extends Agoa
NSFAS under fire after R5.1bn in improper funding to more than 40,000 students
Madlanga Commission: Surveillance technology allegations expose deepening links between police and organised crime
SACP charts independent political path with socialism and working-class power at centre of 2026 elections
Oil, elections and the ethics of power: Why South Africa's South Sudan relationship matters
Transformation Fund could mark the beginning of the end of BEE as South Africa knows it
Constitutional Court sets aside Shell offshore exploration.
Marikana massacre 14 years on — Victims’ families still await criminal accountability.
SADC Summit: Tackling Industrialisation, Food Security and Regional Stability
Black Economic Empowerment: The Policy, the Politics and the Promise That Remains Unfulfilled
Update on E-Hailing Permits
A Non-Surgical option for Osteoarthritis
A call to nationalise Food and fuel sector monopolies .
Legal Challenge Over Equinix Data Centre Approval
Free SA Seeks Extension for Gun Training Submissions
South Africa’s immigration challenges cannot be solved by government alone
IEC warns political parties: Breaching Electoral Code could lead to hefty fines
Can the Independent Directorate Against Corruption be judged by the conduct of a few individuals?
ATM heads to court
Ghana asks ICC to investigate South Africa over anti migrant Violence
Daniel Du Plesis
Colonel Keitumetse Dirkse, Senior Staff Officer Joint In-service Procurement and Disposal
Elijah Mhlanga
BEE Focus with Mover and Shaker: Malose Kekana
Remembering Mandela
Justice Delayed for Former Mineworkers
Protecting Learners
Ghana’s Changing Attitude Towards South Africa
Deputy Minister John Steenhuisen on the 2026 Manufacturing Indaba
City of Cape Town Responds to Public Protector Report
Frank Chikane Enters Johannesburg Mayoral Race
All Eyes on IDAC Head as Madlanga Commission
Up-close and Personal with Woutter Kellerman
Award-Winning Changemaker Cwenga Koyana Kotu-Rammopo Brings Social Impact to the Miss South Africa Stage
BBBEE Tuesdays: Broad-Based BEE At A Crossroad: Time For Reform, With A Focus On The Youth
Why South Africans can trust the Constitutional Court’s NHI ruling — whichever way it goes
The Commercialisation of Political Influence
Don’t Blame Migrants, Fix South Africa”: Vavi Challenges Anti-Immigration Narrative Ahead of 30 June Protests
American Lawyer on Black Farmers’ Discrimination
Has Society Normalised Statutory Rape? Confronting the Silent Crisis Facing South Africa’s Children
Ramaphosa Reshuffles Cabinet as DA Tightens Grip in GNU, Dina Pule Returns to Executive
Crime, Corruption and Politics: Is South Africa’s Criminal Justice System Facing Its Biggest Crisis Since Democracy?
Evan Abrahams
Salga Interdicts Aarto from implementing Phase 2
Unfinished TRC Business
Women in engineering
South Africa Climbs Competitiveness Rankings,
NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT OFFICE
Powering Africa’s Future: What Kenya and South Africa Can Teach Us About Renewable Energy Innovation.
POLICY DIALOGUE ON INDUSTRIALISATION THROUGH INNOVATION
Kenya’s Shirika Plan: A New Model for Refugee Inclusion or an Ambitious Policy Gamble?
Are youth Institutions created to serve the youth serving them
Iran and US reach an initial deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz but challenges remain
SARB 2026 Commemmorative Circulation Coin Series -A Legacy in Every Pocket: SARB Launches New R2 Coin Honouring the Youth of 1976
The importance of youth representation in parliament: In conversation with young parliamentarians
Ibrahim’s friend and former Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan pays tribute to the SA Icon. He tells Mondli Makhanya that Abdulah was many things to many people.
Koeberg Engineer to Nuclear Scientist and Business Leader
Tribute Abdullah Ibrahim, SA cultural giant and jazz maestro, dies at 91
DA Calls for NPA to Control Its Own Budget as Pressure Mounts to Strengthen Prosecutorial Independence
Gauteng’s Housing Crisis Persists as Government Battles Backlogs Through New Projects and Title Deed Deliveries
Lira warms up the room.
South Africa’s immigration crisis is now spilling into foreign relations
If Joburg fails, South Africa fails
A Major breakthrough in HIV prevention has arrived
Youth and academia unite to debate what they think June month should be about.
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane tables her budget.
Its all systems go for the 2026 Local Government election
Inheritance Fraud on the rise in South Africa
National Arts Council (NAC) Dissolved
Public Perception and attitude towards Foreign Nationals
President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking the 2022 Section 89 independent panel report on Phala Phala to judicial review
2017 Betrayal of the Promise - How South Africa is being stolen
BEE-Series -The dangers posed by unethical verification practices
In conversation with the Poet, playwright, academia and proud social and cultural linguist Dr Kgafela oa Magogodi
Police Minister Establishes a Crime busting panel.
Assessing the African Union’s relevance in light of Africa Day celebrations .
BEE SERIES: Proposed amendments to South Africa’s Preferential Procurement framework are under debate
What does the unfolding drama with Joe Ferrari’s matter say about the Judicial intergrity
IDAC has dismissed rumours of a J50 warrant arrest issued against Lieutenant Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
FOSA - City of Tshwane calls for action against suspended officials who are draining the fiscal, more than 30 million is spent on these suspended officials
WHO has declared the Ebola OUTBREAK in Congo an emergency
The High cost of recovery - How market politics broke South Africa’s municipalities
State of current SA Politics
Correctional Services Budget Vote: The department will continue pursuing self-sufficiency despite R683.4 million in budget cuts over the current Medium-Term Expenditure Framework. Mondli Makhanya is in conversation with Minister of Correctional services, Pieter Groenewald.
Transnet expands private rail access as 11 operators to add 24m tons of freight capacity
BCA -Black Conveyancers Association Inequalities in South Africa’s property Market continue to shut Black Conveyancers out of high value transactions,
Leadership vacuum in SAPS leadership and the ongoing revelations of police officials being implicated in serious crimes and corruption
SALGA Public urged to comment on Revised White Paper on Local Government.
GEMS CEO: Agreement for lower average contributions Mondli Makhanya is in conversation with GEMS Principal Officer, Dr Stan Moabi.
Government spends R800m a year on suspended officials
Data Sovereignty - The Battle for South Africa’s Digital Borders and the Safety of its Citizens
Pan-African Coalition Adopts Geneva Declaration on Reparative Justice launches PPF-D Justice Taskforce
Commission continua, a thought provoking one man act that is inspired by the many commissions of inquiry that we have had to endure as a nation.
The constitutional question at stake is Section 89- Is Parliament’s impeachment tool effective?
Municipalities returned R1bn in unspent water grants over five years
SA employers' handling of employee medical records is criminal
Kganki Matabane - CEO: Black Business Council
Finance Minister Halts "Illegally Signed" R10.3 Billion Johannesburg Wage Deal Amid Fiscal Collapse
BEE SERIES: The Enforcer’s Dilemma: Can Regulation Cure the Culture of Fronting?
New Report Signals Shift in South Africa’s E-commerce Market from Price Wars to Trust and Efficiency
Legal sector transformation at risk
Amnesty SA wants government to deliver on 1994 promise of dignity, and equality for all
Response to fictitious AI Policy frame work
New Nuclear Frontier: South Africa investigating advanced nuclear fission reactor technology
highlighting intensified intelligence-driven operations against international trafficking networks in South Africa
Positive outputs on B-BBEE: Ownership Share Schemes
The Gap in the Glass: Defining Freedom Across Generations
The Rhythm of Rights: Why Freedom is a Constant Composition
SAPS Leadership Crisis
A Leader at the Crossroads: In conversation with Deputy President Paul Mashathile
A Trust moves to strip thousands of sick and dying miners of their only route to compensation
New rules for people with rooftop solar in South Africa
Constitutional Court says Human Rights Commission cannot issue binding directives
IEC notes significant looming challenges ahead of local government polls
In conversation with MEC Vuyisile Ramokgopa
BBBEE Series: Ownership vs. Jobs
Building South Africa’s "Fortress Economy": Protecting Local Industry While Policing the Frontiers of Global Trade
NPA's backlog of unresolved TRC cases and the Human Rights Impact
New eviction bill aims to protect small landlord, and empower municipalities
Calls for employers of domestic workers to uphold safe, fair, lawful and respectful working conditions in their households
Call for regulated taxi industry
Suspension of Public Servants
What does Roelf Meyer bring to the party?
Music Tourism, Iconic Events and Why Gauteng Must Lead the Next Chapter of Delicious Festival
Home Affairs says ZEP holders can apply for permanent residence
Hammanskraal water crisis
Series Title: Public Trust Collapse: Why South Africans Are Losing Faith in BEE
New whistleblowing bill marks progress, but survival gap remains
Chains of Command - Why Rhoode and Ramaphosa Face Fresh Scrutiny
Lifestyle Audits Crises: 24 Presidency officials flagged
ActionSA calls for cabinet performance agreements to be made public
DA Federal Congress: DA’s Road to 2029 - Solly Msimanga
DA Federal Congress: DA’s Road to 2029 - Cilliers Brink
Hanging out with Thebe Lenyora
Understanding the case by Dignity SA on assisted dying
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is finalized a plan to significantly reduce the focus on Eurocentric curriculum and focus on African-centered curriculum
Cyril Ramaphosa accepting new US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell’s credentials, a month after the diplomat was issued with a formal reprimand for criticising the government and questioning a domestic court ruling
UN rules South Africa violated rights in boeremag trial
Cabinet approved the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration & Refuge Protection for implementation
Trump threatens to take out Iran in one night; if no deal before deadline
Athletics SA Under the spotlight: Parliament calls for dissolution of Athletics SA board
Examining how inclusive national conventions could redefine South Africa’s social, political and economic future
Dr. Ramathuba elected ‘unopposed’ as ANC’s Limpopo first female chairperson
Relief for African economies as UK, France lead 30-nation coalition to secure transit through Strait of Hormuz
Assessing the basics of BEE? (What was BEE meant to achieve)
SANDF Road to Rand Show
Department of Women concerned over challenges women face in accessing justice
In conversation with Mteto Nyati, Eskom chairperson: Is Eskom hostile to the President's Task Team on the unbundling?
South Africa's gig economy workers are set to get more protection under planned labour law reforms
Women in Leadership: Preparing the next generation of black women leaders
Understanding SA – Japan diplomatic relations
Human Rights Freedom Festival
In conversation with Yunus Carrim: Attacking the heat of apartheid
South Africa Sidelined - G7 Revokes Invite After US Diplomatic Push
Profile Interview: Keabetswe KB Motsilanyane
HSRC on report on democracy appetite amongst South Africans
Work Place Culture
Germany withdraws backing for Israel in ICJ Gaza genocide cas
Spotlight on safety of legal professionals
SA Human Rights Commission National Investigative Inquiry into the Food Systems of South Africa
Zimbabwe's cabinet approves plan to extend president's term in office through constitutional amendment
Music and AI: should we embrace AI or fight to preserve musicians and protect artists?
South Africa’s Buy Local Imperative: Illicit Trade and Cheap Imports Threaten R25bn Economy and Tens of Thousands of Jobs
Former executive convicted in multi-million rand Steinhoff saga- looking into NPA's progress into white collar crime
In conversation with Border Management Authority (corruption busts, border control and interventions to keep SA Borders safe)
The TRC Commission: Unfinished justice: TRC cases reignite political tensions and recusal disputes
The Dance life of Gregory Maqoma
Crime stats in Gauteng and the Western Cape
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
Assessing the cost of fixing Tshwane’s informal settlement crisis
Budget Preview: Is the budget still a redistribution tool or has it become a mechanism That manages poverty without ending it?
Meetings Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary
Inkabi Flow - Big Zulu Talks Beats, Bars and Breaking Boundaries
NATIONAL LOTTERY CEO INTERVIEW
MEC OF TRANSPORT INTERVIEW
Reflecting on the life of civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson
INTERVIEW WITH DR TUMI
In conversation with Paul O’Sullivan
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Gauteng Premier
AGOA Extension
Troublemaker
Rise in social media news
Understanding Neuralink
FoodForward report
Phakamile Hlubi-Majola Leaves NUMSA: A Decade of Labour, Media and Politics
SJAVA INTERVIEW
South Africa Considers Up to 50 Percent Tariffs on Vehicles from China and India to Protect Local Automotive
China’s top general under investigation for alleged violations amid corruption crackdown
Inside the NPA: Reflecting on Shamila Batohi’s Seven-Year Journey
The power divide: Oxfam warns that billionaires are 4,000 times more likely than ordinary citizens to hold public office, threatening democratic systems.
Top military commanders have failed to implement Ramaphosa’s November order to prevent Iran’s participation in naval exercises