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The Lead — 222 episodes
Your ultimate Phala Phala couch catch-up
OR Tambo gold bust haunts SAPS major generals. Plus: Cape storm wrap
The City of Gold is bankrupt
A textbook case of a problematic state publishers' deal?
AI ‘hallucinations’ spark credibility crisis in SA policy
Is this Jozi’s monument to poor service delivery?
Media storm as SIU probes lottery funds linked to editor
Another multibillion-rand Chinese energy project red-flagged
Fannie Nkosi shares a prison with the ‘Cat’ in Pretoria
Dark clouds gather over SA’s largest solar project, with Azarrah Karrim
Herman Mashaba on refusing to work with Zille, declining a Cabinet post
What will it take for Roelf Meyer to bend Donald Trump’s ear?
Bribes for debt wipes? Slain Emfuleni whistleblower tipped officials
The DA is maturing and getting younger, with Carol Paton
Let's show SA who we really are, says DA leader hopeful Dyonase
Revising SA’s school history curriculum – what we know so far
From Nkosi to Malema – your Madlanga catch-up with Karyn Maughan
Show us your slips! Cracks revealed in state lifestyle audits
April Feels Day stories to beat those fuel price blues
This is no April fuels joke
You’ve met the “Cat”, but who is Mike van Wyk?
100 days to kickoff, here’s your Boks ‘26 test guide
The ‘Cat’ and a dozen cops in cuffs for alleged graft. Plus: EC ANC mess
Inside the Bellville South house of horrors
Graft-spotting? Texts reveal ex-Prasa head’s alleged corruption
Hear from new NPA boss, and the summit births two jobs
On The Record: Hear job insights from Paton, Ramaphosa, Manuel, Kieswetter
Key ‘hitmen’ in Murray, ‘Witness D’ murders and their tobacco industry links
Commission continued: Same name, different stories, one rampant police crisis
98 then 94, now 97% complete! Will Jozi’s forensic super lab finally open?
Mmusi Maimane on the DA’s ‘toxic’ politics and why the N2 wall won’t work
ANC-linked Carrim, the ‘Cat’ and Maumela do ‘business’, or is it money laundering?
Should SA shore up its fuel reserves? Plus: Jooste’s mansion sold
The Ximba connection exposed in R1.8bn Ekurhuleni toilets tender
Geordin Hill-Lewis on why he can be SA’s president and the ‘disgraceful’ Steenhuisen vs George spat
Your SA guide to understanding the US, Israel, Iran conflict
Arrests as HIV funds wasted on probing health ministry whistleblower
Jetting off to London and then a fuel tender? Jeff Wicks investigates
Two sides of a coin? Examining O’Sullivan and Mogotsi
Tax breaks galore, reforms and economic growth forecast in Budget 2026
The Joburg water crisis is not over
Alleged bribes, price gouging the locomotives for Prasa deal?
Inside the spectacle that was SONA 2026
Special Panel – Will you fix the water crisis, Mr President?
The reality of KZN’s FMD outbreak. Plus: Tony Leon on next DA leader
Johannesburg Water strike called off but supply crisis deepens
Red tender flags, yet PP clears Gauteng in Mashatile sons’ deal
Here we AGOA again, but no silver bullet for US-SA trade
Who succeeds Steenhuisen? With Pieter du Toit and Velani Ludidi
Witness F’s WhatsApps to Matlala, Sibiya and Mabuza. Plus: Steenhuisen’s done?
The Cat’s wife’s R3.7m training tender. Plus: Epstein’s SA links
Is SA getting ‘bad’ cars? With Wendy Knowler and Driving with J9
No more state deals for ‘Stuttgart’ company tied to Mashatile’s son
Senona spills on Mkhwanazi’s meeting with ‘Cat’ Matlala
New cellphone data rollover rules explained. Plus: Oscars 2026
The Lead hits 1 million listens! We cross to Davos for WEF and US-SA trade talks
From Iran’s navy with love: What’s next? With Carol Paton
‘Day Zero’ looms large for drought-stricken Knysna
More tough questions for Ekhuruleni mayor over DJ’s murder
‘Cat’ Matlala tried to open an ultra-lux OR Tambo airport terminal
Is the ‘prime lending rate’ just a load of BS?
Everything you need to know about the 2025 matric results
Is KZN’s paper-thin coalition on the rocks?
Should SA get involved in the US-Venezuela crisis?
From SIU head to NPA boss, Andy Mothibi’s surprise leap raises eyebrows
Why are SA shoppers still using savings stamps? With Maya Fisher-French
Analysing Bafana’s Afcon exit
The government of national unity (barely) survives 2025, with Jan Gerber
Are we turning into an assassination nation? With Sikonathi Mantshantsha
Jeff Wicks tells us how Vusimusi Matlala became the ‘Cat’
Woolies cash bags and info peddlers: Madlanga musings with Karyn Maughan
Revealing ‘Twatterbaas’, the X Boer who hasn’t posted since April
Protea fire blazes bright, the Boks’ amazing year and Afcon loading
The toll of Cape Town’s unending gang war
Who killed DJ Warras and why? PLUS, meat prices soar
Pierre de Vos judges the judiciary in 2025. PLUS, KZN legislature chaos
Can the black middle class save the ANC from collapse?
Inside the ANC’s soul-searching NGC – vote buying, step-asides and succession
ANC and DA succession races – Didiza rising, Hill-Lewis waiting?
‘Vlam’ extinguished - why was crimefighter Marius van der Merwe killed?
Dlomo in the dock cracks open SSA looting legacy of the Zuma years
Families desperate as 17 SA men remain stuck in Russian conflict
Gqeberha’s governance crisis: Who can fix the Windy City?
Mayoral misleadings in Mafole murder?
The Cat, the Hat and the Woolies shopping bags of money
Indian fake news farm fuels Sassa lies. PLUS, probing ‘cheap flights’
Power surge, Carol Paton on Mzansi’s new electricity revolution
Ubuntu diplomacy lands at Jozi G20 as US stays away
SA’s high stakes G20 and whiplash from Washington
Unravelling Brown Mogotsi’s conspiracies with Karyn Maughan
78-year-old District Six resident beats 2023 eviction order
How the DA axed its own minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment
Lawless lawmen? Inside the AmaPanyaza saga, with Khaya Koko
Adriaan Basson calls out SA’s Trump collaborators
The MKP’s puzzling Russia deployment. PLUS: How to spot AI slop
Cat clairvoyance? Matlala bagged clinic lease months before SAPS tender
Jozi leaders out of office ahead of G20. PLUS: DA, ANC, PA duel for WC
BEE makeover - Is Tau’s Transformation Fund glow-up enough?
All aboard? Not quite, as Gautrain stuck in search for new operator
SARS guns for company linked to Mashatile’s sons. PLUS: Murray murders case restarts
Rassie’s suprise year-end rookie. PLUS: Black Coffee’s R157m CT villa
Poor Economic Empowerment - DA’s answer to BEE. PLUS: Slain auditor update
Is this why Ekurhuleni auditor Mpho Mafole was assassinated?
Mchunu defends decision to disband PKTT, with Jan Gerber
The real costs of the police’s PKTT. PLUS: Bafana’s last chance
Mkhwanazi in Parly. Maumela, Sibiya raids. PLUS: Bafana FIFA preview
More Jozi coalition chaos on the cards? PLUS: Mkhwanazi latest
ANC considers changing tack against DA’s Zille in Jozi
Meet the monster John Harris (with Jacques Pauw)
Morgan Maumela’s North West hospital hustle, with Jeff Wicks
Mogotsi, Matlala and the ‘Big Five’ criminal cartel
Is SA the next Mexico or Brazil when it comes to contract killings?
Police chief Masemola claims Mchunu, Sibiya shielded criminals
Masemola reveals deputy Sibiya probed for alleged criminal syndicate links
Mkhwanazi tells Madlanga about Mogotsi’s ‘unfettered’ SAPS access
Mkhwanazi guns for NCC MP Fadiel Adams over ‘reckless’ handling of classified info
Foundation laid on Day 1 of the Madlanga Commission
DA envy: Unpacking Ramaphosa’s startling admission with Bongekile Macupe
Unravelling the complex crypto fund that embroiled slain lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk
The Cat and the Hat - what did Cele do at Zimbali villa? PLUS: Charlie Kirk’s hit
Why is trans inmate taking state to court? PLUS: ‘Sweatshop’ sentencing
The brutal killing of ‘incorruptible’ lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk, with Kyle Cowan
Who is Andre Pienaar, the ‘low-level’ spook badmouthing SA in DC?
Council chaos in the wild, wild North West, with Siyamtanda Capa
No laughing matter: How Mchunu set the Hawks on a TikTok satirist
Looters’ paradise or critical body? Debate over role of state pensions agency
Witness the rise of our Springbok Women, with Lloyd Burnard
Will the delayed Madlanga inquiry restore SA’s trust in the SAPS?
Denel sends US firm 2 old jets allegedly without ejector seats
News24 probe spurs finance minister to intervene in state pensions admin agency
Clocking in from jail? Overtime abuse with Mangaung on the brink
Which ANC bigwigs could face US sanctions? Check with Zondo
Babita Deokaran Day? 4 years later, calls to honour whistleblower
Adriaan Basson names SA’s dirtiest politician
How a Polish website drives fake news in SA
What to do with a rogue general? With Pieter du Toit
Billions for blue lights, SA’s VIP protection splurge with Jan Gerber
Coalition crumbles and cloak and dagger dealings in Joburg metro
Exposing the pension agency’s near R1bn ghost headquarters deal
Inside Netshitenzhe’s speech on ‘white supremacy’ and a platinum bourse
Tony Leon on the state of the GNU, the DA, and brown envelopes
No deal (yet) - what does Trump’s 30% tariffs mean for you?
Shades of Babita - another auditor, another hit and more tender billions
Criminal comrades? Pieter du Toit on THAT party picture that says a thousand words
Oxygen thieves to blame in dodgy R800m tender? With Jan Gerber
Mashatile’s millionaire mansions – but who pays for them? With Kyle Cowan
Is northern KZN becoming SA’s new coal belt? With Sakhiseni Nxumalo
Five months later and we finally have a Budget! With Carol Paton
Are INTEC, Damelin failing their students and staff? With Prega Govender
SAPS ‘capture’ web of intrigue widens with ‘Death Squad’ mastermind’s arrest
Jozi’s construction cartel with alleged links to senior ANC councillor
Who’s coup is it anyway? With Amanda Khoza
Latest twist in unfolding police war, with Tankiso Makhetha
How one act of kindness helped a family find their homeless brother
What to expect from the inquiry into SAPS ‘capture’, with Karyn Maughan
Why is Gauteng’s R700m forensic super-lab still closed?
Consensual sexts or unwanted advances? Judge President Mbenenge under fire, with Karyn Maughan
The big, beautiful Trump tariff explainer with William Brederode
Is the SAPS captured? With Jeff Wicks
We chat about the Boks’ homeless superfan and a son’s cheeky Spur poster
Charting the DA and ANC’s GNU collision course with Jan Gerber
Are we seeing glimpses of Rassie’s grand plan for 2027?
Can Starlink stake its claim in South Africa? With Carol Paton
101 dead in EC flooding after cold front, with another on the way
The sinking SA Navy, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
Meet the rogue soldiers who allegedly killed top cop, kidnapped ISIS bosses
Mashatile, his sister-in-law and the R180bn Lotto deal
Karyn Maughan demystifies the NPA’s extradition ruling headache
Iran, Israel conflict explained
Streets of sewage and a ray of light in Krugersdorp, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
Wouter Basson vs HPCSA round two, with Tammy Petersen
The bloody diamond war in Namaqualand with Jacques Pauw (special edition)
Meet the Jozi broker who disappeared with millions from friends, family and clients
Has the NPA messed up again? Karyn Maughan on why Ace Magashule’s PA walked free
Bye-bye Floyd - why MK speared Shivambu as SG, with Andisiwe Makinana
Selling sweets to pay for matric ball and May’s best good news stories
Suspected ISIS SA leader appears in a Joburg court, with Tankiso Makhetha
News24 finds ‘hornet’s nest’ of fake news, with Andrew Thompson
From Lesotho to Emfuleni, securing SA’s precious water sources
Johannesburg’s R16.3bn blackhole, with Khaya Koko
Derailed - how Prasa fixes trains and then leave them to rot, with Sipho Masondo
Special edition: Trump vs Ramaphosa with News24’s top editors
Budget cuts, a fuel levy increase and SA’s debt crisis, with Carol Paton
Deal or no deal? Ramaphosa ready for Trump
Has Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala run out of lives? Jeff Wicks on his arrest and tender trouble
Is Ramaphosa wasting his time with Trump? With Pieter du Toit
NAMPO farmers tell Nick Wilson they’re staying
'I am an Afrikaner', with Adriaan Basson
The first ‘Amerikaners’ leave SA, with Alex Mitchley
There’s more than enough good news to go around, here are News24’s best stories
The ‘Sheriff of Cape Town’s’ case against the police and courts
Families, survivors commemorate the George building collapse one year on
Zero accountability in Joburg cleaning tender saga
Tabling Budget 3.0 with Carol Paton
Exposing X-Boer, the ex-farmer in Elon Musk’s ear
The Mashatile ‘hit’ that wasn’t, with Kyle Cowan
Debunking Malema and Trump with Andrew Thompson
The police chief, the Cat and corruption with Jeff Wicks
Why did Nada-Jane have to die? With Bernadette Wicks
An Ace in the hole, with Karyn Maughan
Meet SA’s new envoy to America who called Trump a racist
The journalist uncovering SA's water crisis, one river at a time
The case against Dali Mpofu SC, with Karyn Maughan
Navigating the GNU, VAT, ZAR and Trump's tariffs with Carol Paton
The Mashatile factor in the battle for the GNU with Adriaan Basson
Exposing the close-knit ANC t-shirt tender with Jeff Wicks
The DA and GNU - will they stay, or will they go?
Will the Budget break the GNU? Carol Paton explains
Celebrating SA's heroes on Good News Day
Minister Simelane, Vitrovian and the Kusile cash grab
SA steels itself against plant closures
Diplomatic dilemma: Trump nominates new SA ambassador
Will Rassie cull some older Springboks before RWC 2027?
Air Force None with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
The good news edition
Are South African women safe in Ubers?
City Power fraud exposed: 15 staffers to be disciplined
Persona non grata: The ousting of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
'It's not a bad budget, considering the mess we're in,' says News24's Carol Paton
Budget breakdown: A compromise, an increase and extension
Corruption, incompetence and a dark city: How City Power, Prasa flout tender process
A conversation with Adriaan Basson about News24's new podcast