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The Lead — 227 episodes

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Digesting the anti-immigrant marches, with Bongekile Macupe, Sakhiseni Nxumalo

2

What happens after 30 June’s anti-migrant marches? With Sakhiseni Nxumalo

3

Emfuleni’s by-election won’t fix its worsening service delivery crisis

4

Return to the Bellville South house of horrors

5

PowerBall? The lotto king’s curious business ties

6

Your ultimate Phala Phala couch catch-up

7

OR Tambo gold bust haunts SAPS major generals. Plus: Cape storm wrap

8

The City of Gold is bankrupt

9

A textbook case of a problematic state publishers' deal?

10

AI ‘hallucinations’ spark credibility crisis in SA policy

11

Is this Jozi’s monument to poor service delivery?

12

Media storm as SIU probes lottery funds linked to editor

13

Another multibillion-rand Chinese energy project red-flagged

14

Fannie Nkosi shares a prison with the ‘Cat’ in Pretoria

15

Dark clouds gather over SA’s largest solar project, with Azarrah Karrim

16

Herman Mashaba on refusing to work with Zille, declining a Cabinet post

17

What will it take for Roelf Meyer to bend Donald Trump’s ear?

18

Bribes for debt wipes? Slain Emfuleni whistleblower tipped officials

19

The DA is maturing and getting younger, with Carol Paton

20

Let's show SA who we really are, says DA leader hopeful Dyonase

21

Revising SA’s school history curriculum – what we know so far

22

From Nkosi to Malema – your Madlanga catch-up with Karyn Maughan

23

Show us your slips! Cracks revealed in state lifestyle audits

24

April Feels Day stories to beat those fuel price blues

25

This is no April fuels joke

26

You’ve met the “Cat”, but who is Mike van Wyk?

27

100 days to kickoff, here’s your Boks ‘26 test guide

28

The ‘Cat’ and a dozen cops in cuffs for alleged graft. Plus: EC ANC mess

29

Inside the Bellville South house of horrors

30

Graft-spotting? Texts reveal ex-Prasa head’s alleged corruption

31

Hear from new NPA boss, and the summit births two jobs

32

On The Record: Hear job insights from Paton, Ramaphosa, Manuel, Kieswetter

33

Key ‘hitmen’ in Murray, ‘Witness D’ murders and their tobacco industry links

34

Commission continued: Same name, different stories, one rampant police crisis

35

98 then 94, now 97% complete! Will Jozi’s forensic super lab finally open?

36

Mmusi Maimane on the DA’s ‘toxic’ politics and why the N2 wall won’t work

37

ANC-linked Carrim, the ‘Cat’ and Maumela do ‘business’, or is it money laundering?

38

Should SA shore up its fuel reserves? Plus: Jooste’s mansion sold

39

The Ximba connection exposed in R1.8bn Ekurhuleni toilets tender

40

Geordin Hill-Lewis on why he can be SA’s president and the ‘disgraceful’ Steenhuisen vs George spat

41

Your SA guide to understanding the US, Israel, Iran conflict

42

Arrests as HIV funds wasted on probing health ministry whistleblower

43

Jetting off to London and then a fuel tender? Jeff Wicks investigates

44

Two sides of a coin? Examining O’Sullivan and Mogotsi

45

Tax breaks galore, reforms and economic growth forecast in Budget 2026

46

The Joburg water crisis is not over

47

Alleged bribes, price gouging the locomotives for Prasa deal?

48

Inside the spectacle that was SONA 2026

49

Special Panel – Will you fix the water crisis, Mr President?

50

The reality of KZN’s FMD outbreak. Plus: Tony Leon on next DA leader

51

Johannesburg Water strike called off but supply crisis deepens

52

Red tender flags, yet PP clears Gauteng in Mashatile sons’ deal

53

Here we AGOA again, but no silver bullet for US-SA trade

54

Who succeeds Steenhuisen? With Pieter du Toit and Velani Ludidi

55

Witness F’s WhatsApps to Matlala, Sibiya and Mabuza. Plus: Steenhuisen’s done?

56

The Cat’s wife’s R3.7m training tender. Plus: Epstein’s SA links

57

Is SA getting ‘bad’ cars? With Wendy Knowler and Driving with J9

58

No more state deals for ‘Stuttgart’ company tied to Mashatile’s son

59

Senona spills on Mkhwanazi’s meeting with ‘Cat’ Matlala

60

New cellphone data rollover rules explained. Plus: Oscars 2026

61

The Lead hits 1 million listens! We cross to Davos for WEF and US-SA trade talks

62

From Iran’s navy with love: What’s next? With Carol Paton

63

‘Day Zero’ looms large for drought-stricken Knysna

64

More tough questions for Ekhuruleni mayor over DJ’s murder

65

‘Cat’ Matlala tried to open an ultra-lux OR Tambo airport terminal

66

Is the ‘prime lending rate’ just a load of BS?

67

Everything you need to know about the 2025 matric results

68

Is KZN’s paper-thin coalition on the rocks?

69

Should SA get involved in the US-Venezuela crisis?

70

From SIU head to NPA boss, Andy Mothibi’s surprise leap raises eyebrows

71

Why are SA shoppers still using savings stamps? With Maya Fisher-French

72

Analysing Bafana’s Afcon exit

73

The government of national unity (barely) survives 2025, with Jan Gerber

74

Are we turning into an assassination nation? With Sikonathi Mantshantsha

75

Jeff Wicks tells us how Vusimusi Matlala became the ‘Cat’

76

Woolies cash bags and info peddlers: Madlanga musings with Karyn Maughan

77

Revealing ‘Twatterbaas’, the X Boer who hasn’t posted since April

78

Protea fire blazes bright, the Boks’ amazing year and Afcon loading

79

The toll of Cape Town’s unending gang war

80

Who killed DJ Warras and why? PLUS, meat prices soar

81

Pierre de Vos judges the judiciary in 2025. PLUS, KZN legislature chaos 

82

Can the black middle class save the ANC from collapse? 

83

Inside the ANC’s soul-searching NGC – vote buying, step-asides and succession

84

ANC and DA succession races – Didiza rising, Hill-Lewis waiting?

85

‘Vlam’ extinguished - why was crimefighter Marius van der Merwe killed?

86

Dlomo in the dock cracks open SSA looting legacy of the Zuma years

87

Families desperate as 17 SA men remain stuck in Russian conflict

88

Gqeberha’s governance crisis: Who can fix the Windy City?

89

Mayoral misleadings in Mafole murder?

90

The Cat, the Hat and the Woolies shopping bags of money

91

Indian fake news farm fuels Sassa lies. PLUS, probing ‘cheap flights’

92

Power surge, Carol Paton on Mzansi’s new electricity revolution

93

Ubuntu diplomacy lands at Jozi G20 as US stays away

94

SA’s high stakes G20 and whiplash from Washington

95

Unravelling Brown Mogotsi’s conspiracies with Karyn Maughan

96

78-year-old District Six resident beats 2023 eviction order

97

How the DA axed its own minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment

98

Lawless lawmen? Inside the AmaPanyaza saga, with Khaya Koko

99

Adriaan Basson calls out SA’s Trump collaborators

100

The MKP’s puzzling Russia deployment. PLUS: How to spot AI slop

101

Cat clairvoyance? Matlala bagged clinic lease months before SAPS tender

102

Jozi leaders out of office ahead of G20. PLUS: DA, ANC, PA duel for WC

103

BEE makeover - Is Tau’s Transformation Fund glow-up enough?

104

All aboard? Not quite, as Gautrain stuck in search for new operator

105

SARS guns for company linked to Mashatile’s sons. PLUS: Murray murders case restarts

106

Rassie’s suprise year-end rookie. PLUS: Black Coffee’s R157m CT villa

107

Poor Economic Empowerment - DA’s answer to BEE. PLUS: Slain auditor update

108

Is this why Ekurhuleni auditor Mpho Mafole was assassinated?

109

Mchunu defends decision to disband PKTT, with Jan Gerber

110

The real costs of the police’s PKTT. PLUS: Bafana’s last chance

111

Mkhwanazi in Parly. Maumela, Sibiya raids. PLUS: Bafana FIFA preview

112

More Jozi coalition chaos on the cards? PLUS: Mkhwanazi latest

113

ANC considers changing tack against DA’s Zille in Jozi

114

Meet the monster John Harris (with Jacques Pauw)

115

Morgan Maumela’s North West hospital hustle, with Jeff Wicks

116

Mogotsi, Matlala and the ‘Big Five’ criminal cartel

117

Is SA the next Mexico or Brazil when it comes to contract killings? 

118

Police chief Masemola claims Mchunu, Sibiya shielded criminals

119

Masemola reveals deputy Sibiya probed for alleged criminal syndicate links

120

Mkhwanazi tells Madlanga about Mogotsi’s ‘unfettered’ SAPS access

121

Mkhwanazi guns for NCC MP Fadiel Adams over ‘reckless’ handling of classified info

122

Foundation laid on Day 1 of the Madlanga Commission

123

DA envy: Unpacking Ramaphosa’s startling admission with Bongekile Macupe

124

Unravelling the complex crypto fund that embroiled slain lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk

125

The Cat and the Hat - what did Cele do at Zimbali villa? PLUS: Charlie Kirk’s hit

126

Why is trans inmate taking state to court? PLUS: ‘Sweatshop’ sentencing

127

The brutal killing of ‘incorruptible’ lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk, with Kyle Cowan

128

Who is Andre Pienaar, the ‘low-level’ spook badmouthing SA in DC?

129

Council chaos in the wild, wild North West, with Siyamtanda Capa

130

No laughing matter: How Mchunu set the Hawks on a TikTok satirist

131

Looters’ paradise or critical body? Debate over role of state pensions agency

132

Witness the rise of our Springbok Women, with Lloyd Burnard

133

Will the delayed Madlanga inquiry restore SA’s trust in the SAPS?

134

Denel sends US firm 2 old jets allegedly without ejector seats

135

News24 probe spurs finance minister to intervene in state pensions admin agency

136

Clocking in from jail? Overtime abuse with Mangaung on the brink

137

Which ANC bigwigs could face US sanctions? Check with Zondo

138

Babita Deokaran Day? 4 years later, calls to honour whistleblower

139

Adriaan Basson names SA’s dirtiest politician

140

How a Polish website drives fake news in SA

141

What to do with a rogue general? With Pieter du Toit

142

Billions for blue lights, SA’s VIP protection splurge with Jan Gerber

143

Coalition crumbles and cloak and dagger dealings in Joburg metro

144

Exposing the pension agency’s near R1bn ghost headquarters deal

145

Inside Netshitenzhe’s speech on ‘white supremacy’ and a platinum bourse

146

Tony Leon on the state of the GNU, the DA, and brown envelopes

147

No deal (yet) - what does Trump’s 30% tariffs mean for you?

148

Shades of Babita - another auditor, another hit and more tender billions

149

Criminal comrades? Pieter du Toit on THAT party picture that says a thousand words

150

Oxygen thieves to blame in dodgy R800m tender? With Jan Gerber

151

Mashatile’s millionaire mansions – but who pays for them? With Kyle Cowan

152

Is northern KZN becoming SA’s new coal belt? With Sakhiseni Nxumalo

153

Five months later and we finally have a Budget! With Carol Paton

154

Are INTEC, Damelin failing their students and staff? With Prega Govender

155

SAPS ‘capture’ web of intrigue widens with ‘Death Squad’ mastermind’s arrest

156

Jozi’s construction cartel with alleged links to senior ANC councillor

157

Who’s coup is it anyway? With Amanda Khoza

158

Latest twist in unfolding police war, with Tankiso Makhetha

159

How one act of kindness helped a family find their homeless brother

160

What to expect from the inquiry into SAPS ‘capture’, with Karyn Maughan

161

Why is Gauteng’s R700m forensic super-lab still closed?

162

Consensual sexts or unwanted advances? Judge President Mbenenge under fire, with Karyn Maughan

163

The big, beautiful Trump tariff explainer with William Brederode

164

Is the SAPS captured? With Jeff Wicks

165

We chat about the Boks’ homeless superfan and a son’s cheeky Spur poster

166

Charting the DA and ANC’s GNU collision course with Jan Gerber

167

Are we seeing glimpses of Rassie’s grand plan for 2027?

168

Can Starlink stake its claim in South Africa? With Carol Paton

169

101 dead in EC flooding after cold front, with another on the way

170

The sinking SA Navy, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha

171

Meet the rogue soldiers who allegedly killed top cop, kidnapped ISIS bosses

172

Mashatile, his sister-in-law and the R180bn Lotto deal

173

Karyn Maughan demystifies the NPA’s extradition ruling headache

174

Iran, Israel conflict explained

175

Streets of sewage and a ray of light in Krugersdorp, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha

176

Wouter Basson vs HPCSA round two, with Tammy Petersen

177

The bloody diamond war in Namaqualand with Jacques Pauw (special edition)

178

Meet the Jozi broker who disappeared with millions from friends, family and clients

179

Has the NPA messed up again? Karyn Maughan on why Ace Magashule’s PA walked free

180

Bye-bye Floyd - why MK speared Shivambu as SG, with Andisiwe Makinana

181

Selling sweets to pay for matric ball and May’s best good news stories

182

Suspected ISIS SA leader appears in a Joburg court, with Tankiso Makhetha

183

News24 finds ‘hornet’s nest’ of fake news, with Andrew Thompson

184

From Lesotho to Emfuleni, securing SA’s precious water sources

185

Johannesburg’s R16.3bn blackhole, with Khaya Koko

186

Derailed - how Prasa fixes trains and then leave them to rot, with Sipho Masondo

187

Special edition: Trump vs Ramaphosa with News24’s top editors

188

Budget cuts, a fuel levy increase and SA’s debt crisis, with Carol Paton

189

Deal or no deal? Ramaphosa ready for Trump

190

Has Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala run out of lives? Jeff Wicks on his arrest and tender trouble

191

Is Ramaphosa wasting his time with Trump? With Pieter du Toit

192

NAMPO farmers tell Nick Wilson they’re staying

193

'I am an Afrikaner', with Adriaan Basson

194

The first ‘Amerikaners’ leave SA, with Alex Mitchley

195

There’s more than enough good news to go around, here are News24’s best stories

196

The ‘Sheriff of Cape Town’s’ case against the police and courts

197

Families, survivors commemorate the George building collapse one year on

198

Zero accountability in Joburg cleaning tender saga

199

Tabling Budget 3.0 with Carol Paton

200

Exposing X-Boer, the ex-farmer in Elon Musk’s ear

201

The Mashatile ‘hit’ that wasn’t, with Kyle Cowan

202

Debunking Malema and Trump with Andrew Thompson

203

The police chief, the Cat and corruption with Jeff Wicks

204

Why did Nada-Jane have to die? With Bernadette Wicks

205

An Ace in the hole, with Karyn Maughan

206

Meet SA’s new envoy to America who called Trump a racist

207

The journalist uncovering SA's water crisis, one river at a time

208

The case against Dali Mpofu SC, with Karyn Maughan

209

Navigating the GNU, VAT, ZAR and Trump's tariffs with Carol Paton

210

The Mashatile factor in the battle for the GNU with Adriaan Basson

211

Exposing the close-knit ANC t-shirt tender with Jeff Wicks

212

The DA and GNU - will they stay, or will they go?

213

Will the Budget break the GNU? Carol Paton explains

214

Celebrating SA's heroes on Good News Day

215

Minister Simelane, Vitrovian and the Kusile cash grab

216

SA steels itself against plant closures

217

Diplomatic dilemma: Trump nominates new SA ambassador

218

Will Rassie cull some older Springboks before RWC 2027?

219

Air Force None with Sikonathi Mantshantsha

220

The good news edition

221

Are South African women safe in Ubers?

222

City Power fraud exposed: 15 staffers to be disciplined

223

Persona non grata: The ousting of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool

224

'It's not a bad budget, considering the mess we're in,' says News24's Carol Paton

225

Budget breakdown: A compromise, an increase and extension

226

Corruption, incompetence and a dark city: How City Power, Prasa flout tender process

227

A conversation with Adriaan Basson about News24's new podcast