The Lead
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Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24's definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. Join us every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 19:00 SAST for candid conversations with our top journalists, and discover what they saw, heard, and uncovered in their relentless pursuit of the big story. Episodes drop on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube like clockwork. WhatsApp: 072 562 3179 or email: thelead@24.com. This is The Lead, and this is the South African story.
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Your ultimate Phala Phala couch catch-up
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May 13, 2026 |
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OR Tambo gold bust haunts SAPS major generals. Plus: Cape storm wrap
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May 11, 2026 |
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The City of Gold is bankrupt
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May 07, 2026 |
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A textbook case of a problematic state publishers' deal?
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May 06, 2026 |
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AI ‘hallucinations’ spark credibility crisis in SA policy
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May 04, 2026 |
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Is this Jozi’s monument to poor service delivery?
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Media storm as SIU probes lottery funds linked to editor
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Another multibillion-rand Chinese energy project red-flagged
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Fannie Nkosi shares a prison with the ‘Cat’ in Pretoria
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Dark clouds gather over SA’s largest solar project, with Azarrah Karrim
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Herman Mashaba on refusing to work with Zille, declining a Cabinet post
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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What will it take for Roelf Meyer to bend Donald Trump’s ear?
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Bribes for debt wipes? Slain Emfuleni whistleblower tipped officials
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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The DA is maturing and getting younger, with Carol Paton
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Let's show SA who we really are, says DA leader hopeful Dyonase
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Revising SA’s school history curriculum – what we know so far
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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From Nkosi to Malema – your Madlanga catch-up with Karyn Maughan
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Show us your slips! Cracks revealed in state lifestyle audits
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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April Feels Day stories to beat those fuel price blues
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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This is no April fuels joke
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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You’ve met the “Cat”, but who is Mike van Wyk?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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100 days to kickoff, here’s your Boks ‘26 test guide
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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The ‘Cat’ and a dozen cops in cuffs for alleged graft. Plus: EC ANC mess
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Inside the Bellville South house of horrors
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Graft-spotting? Texts reveal ex-Prasa head’s alleged corruption
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Hear from new NPA boss, and the summit births two jobs
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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On The Record: Hear job insights from Paton, Ramaphosa, Manuel, Kieswetter
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Key ‘hitmen’ in Murray, ‘Witness D’ murders and their tobacco industry links
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Commission continued: Same name, different stories, one rampant police crisis
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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98 then 94, now 97% complete! Will Jozi’s forensic super lab finally open?
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Mmusi Maimane on the DA’s ‘toxic’ politics and why the N2 wall won’t work
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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ANC-linked Carrim, the ‘Cat’ and Maumela do ‘business’, or is it money laundering?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Should SA shore up its fuel reserves? Plus: Jooste’s mansion sold
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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The Ximba connection exposed in R1.8bn Ekurhuleni toilets tender
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Geordin Hill-Lewis on why he can be SA’s president and the ‘disgraceful’ Steenhuisen vs George spat
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Your SA guide to understanding the US, Israel, Iran conflict
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Arrests as HIV funds wasted on probing health ministry whistleblower
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Jetting off to London and then a fuel tender? Jeff Wicks investigates
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Two sides of a coin? Examining O’Sullivan and Mogotsi
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Tax breaks galore, reforms and economic growth forecast in Budget 2026
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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The Joburg water crisis is not over
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Alleged bribes, price gouging the locomotives for Prasa deal?
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Inside the spectacle that was SONA 2026
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Special Panel – Will you fix the water crisis, Mr President?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The reality of KZN’s FMD outbreak. Plus: Tony Leon on next DA leader
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Red tender flags, yet PP clears Gauteng in Mashatile sons’ deal
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Here we AGOA again, but no silver bullet for US-SA trade
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Who succeeds Steenhuisen? With Pieter du Toit and Velani Ludidi
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Witness F’s WhatsApps to Matlala, Sibiya and Mabuza. Plus: Steenhuisen’s done?
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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The Cat’s wife’s R3.7m training tender. Plus: Epstein’s SA links
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Is SA getting ‘bad’ cars? With Wendy Knowler and Driving with J9
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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No more state deals for ‘Stuttgart’ company tied to Mashatile’s son
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Senona spills on Mkhwanazi’s meeting with ‘Cat’ Matlala
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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New cellphone data rollover rules explained. Plus: Oscars 2026
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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The Lead hits 1 million listens! We cross to Davos for WEF and US-SA trade talks
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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From Iran’s navy with love: What’s next? With Carol Paton
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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‘Day Zero’ looms large for drought-stricken Knysna
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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More tough questions for Ekhuruleni mayor over DJ’s murder
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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‘Cat’ Matlala tried to open an ultra-lux OR Tambo airport terminal
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Is the ‘prime lending rate’ just a load of BS?
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Everything you need to know about the 2025 matric results
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Is KZN’s paper-thin coalition on the rocks?
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Should SA get involved in the US-Venezuela crisis?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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From SIU head to NPA boss, Andy Mothibi’s surprise leap raises eyebrows
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Why are SA shoppers still using savings stamps? With Maya Fisher-French
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Analysing Bafana’s Afcon exit
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The government of national unity (barely) survives 2025, with Jan Gerber
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Are we turning into an assassination nation? With Sikonathi Mantshantsha
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Jeff Wicks tells us how Vusimusi Matlala became the ‘Cat’
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Woolies cash bags and info peddlers: Madlanga musings with Karyn Maughan
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Revealing ‘Twatterbaas’, the X Boer who hasn’t posted since April
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Protea fire blazes bright, the Boks’ amazing year and Afcon loading
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The toll of Cape Town’s unending gang war
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Who killed DJ Warras and why? PLUS, meat prices soar
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Pierre de Vos judges the judiciary in 2025. PLUS, KZN legislature chaos
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Can the black middle class save the ANC from collapse?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Inside the ANC’s soul-searching NGC – vote buying, step-asides and succession
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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ANC and DA succession races – Didiza rising, Hill-Lewis waiting?
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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‘Vlam’ extinguished - why was crimefighter Marius van der Merwe killed?
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Dlomo in the dock cracks open SSA looting legacy of the Zuma years
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Families desperate as 17 SA men remain stuck in Russian conflict
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Gqeberha’s governance crisis: Who can fix the Windy City?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Mayoral misleadings in Mafole murder?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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The Cat, the Hat and the Woolies shopping bags of money
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Indian fake news farm fuels Sassa lies. PLUS, probing ‘cheap flights’
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Power surge, Carol Paton on Mzansi’s new electricity revolution
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Ubuntu diplomacy lands at Jozi G20 as US stays away
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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SA’s high stakes G20 and whiplash from Washington
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Unravelling Brown Mogotsi’s conspiracies with Karyn Maughan
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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78-year-old District Six resident beats 2023 eviction order
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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How the DA axed its own minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Lawless lawmen? Inside the AmaPanyaza saga, with Khaya Koko
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Adriaan Basson calls out SA’s Trump collaborators
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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The MKP’s puzzling Russia deployment. PLUS: How to spot AI slop
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Cat clairvoyance? Matlala bagged clinic lease months before SAPS tender
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Jozi leaders out of office ahead of G20. PLUS: DA, ANC, PA duel for WC
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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BEE makeover - Is Tau’s Transformation Fund glow-up enough?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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All aboard? Not quite, as Gautrain stuck in search for new operator
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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SARS guns for company linked to Mashatile’s sons. PLUS: Murray murders case restarts
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Rassie’s suprise year-end rookie. PLUS: Black Coffee’s R157m CT villa
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Poor Economic Empowerment - DA’s answer to BEE. PLUS: Slain auditor update
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Is this why Ekurhuleni auditor Mpho Mafole was assassinated?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Mchunu defends decision to disband PKTT, with Jan Gerber
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The real costs of the police’s PKTT. PLUS: Bafana’s last chance
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Mkhwanazi in Parly. Maumela, Sibiya raids. PLUS: Bafana FIFA preview
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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More Jozi coalition chaos on the cards? PLUS: Mkhwanazi latest
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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ANC considers changing tack against DA’s Zille in Jozi
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Meet the monster John Harris (with Jacques Pauw)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Morgan Maumela’s North West hospital hustle, with Jeff Wicks
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Mogotsi, Matlala and the ‘Big Five’ criminal cartel
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Is SA the next Mexico or Brazil when it comes to contract killings?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Police chief Masemola claims Mchunu, Sibiya shielded criminals
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Masemola reveals deputy Sibiya probed for alleged criminal syndicate links
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Mkhwanazi tells Madlanga about Mogotsi’s ‘unfettered’ SAPS access
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Mkhwanazi guns for NCC MP Fadiel Adams over ‘reckless’ handling of classified info
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Foundation laid on Day 1 of the Madlanga Commission
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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DA envy: Unpacking Ramaphosa’s startling admission with Bongekile Macupe
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Unravelling the complex crypto fund that embroiled slain lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Cat and the Hat - what did Cele do at Zimbali villa? PLUS: Charlie Kirk’s hit
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Why is trans inmate taking state to court? PLUS: ‘Sweatshop’ sentencing
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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The brutal killing of ‘incorruptible’ lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk, with Kyle Cowan
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Who is Andre Pienaar, the ‘low-level’ spook badmouthing SA in DC?
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Council chaos in the wild, wild North West, with Siyamtanda Capa
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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No laughing matter: How Mchunu set the Hawks on a TikTok satirist
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Looters’ paradise or critical body? Debate over role of state pensions agency
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Witness the rise of our Springbok Women, with Lloyd Burnard
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Will the delayed Madlanga inquiry restore SA’s trust in the SAPS?
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Denel sends US firm 2 old jets allegedly without ejector seats
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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News24 probe spurs finance minister to intervene in state pensions admin agency
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Clocking in from jail? Overtime abuse with Mangaung on the brink
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Which ANC bigwigs could face US sanctions? Check with Zondo
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Babita Deokaran Day? 4 years later, calls to honour whistleblower
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Adriaan Basson names SA’s dirtiest politician
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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How a Polish website drives fake news in SA
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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What to do with a rogue general? With Pieter du Toit
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Billions for blue lights, SA’s VIP protection splurge with Jan Gerber
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Coalition crumbles and cloak and dagger dealings in Joburg metro
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Exposing the pension agency’s near R1bn ghost headquarters deal
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Inside Netshitenzhe’s speech on ‘white supremacy’ and a platinum bourse
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Tony Leon on the state of the GNU, the DA, and brown envelopes
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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No deal (yet) - what does Trump’s 30% tariffs mean for you?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Shades of Babita - another auditor, another hit and more tender billions
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Criminal comrades? Pieter du Toit on THAT party picture that says a thousand words
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Oxygen thieves to blame in dodgy R800m tender? With Jan Gerber
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Mashatile’s millionaire mansions – but who pays for them? With Kyle Cowan
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Is northern KZN becoming SA’s new coal belt? With Sakhiseni Nxumalo
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Five months later and we finally have a Budget! With Carol Paton
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Are INTEC, Damelin failing their students and staff? With Prega Govender
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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SAPS ‘capture’ web of intrigue widens with ‘Death Squad’ mastermind’s arrest
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Jozi’s construction cartel with alleged links to senior ANC councillor
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Who’s coup is it anyway? With Amanda Khoza
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Latest twist in unfolding police war, with Tankiso Makhetha
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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How one act of kindness helped a family find their homeless brother
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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What to expect from the inquiry into SAPS ‘capture’, with Karyn Maughan
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Why is Gauteng’s R700m forensic super-lab still closed?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Consensual sexts or unwanted advances? Judge President Mbenenge under fire, with Karyn Maughan
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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The big, beautiful Trump tariff explainer with William Brederode
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Is the SAPS captured? With Jeff Wicks
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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We chat about the Boks’ homeless superfan and a son’s cheeky Spur poster
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Charting the DA and ANC’s GNU collision course with Jan Gerber
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Are we seeing glimpses of Rassie’s grand plan for 2027?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Can Starlink stake its claim in South Africa? With Carol Paton
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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101 dead in EC flooding after cold front, with another on the way
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The sinking SA Navy, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Meet the rogue soldiers who allegedly killed top cop, kidnapped ISIS bosses
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Mashatile, his sister-in-law and the R180bn Lotto deal
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Karyn Maughan demystifies the NPA’s extradition ruling headache
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Iran, Israel conflict explained
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Streets of sewage and a ray of light in Krugersdorp, with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Wouter Basson vs HPCSA round two, with Tammy Petersen
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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The bloody diamond war in Namaqualand with Jacques Pauw (special edition)
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Meet the Jozi broker who disappeared with millions from friends, family and clients
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Has the NPA messed up again? Karyn Maughan on why Ace Magashule’s PA walked free
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Bye-bye Floyd - why MK speared Shivambu as SG, with Andisiwe Makinana
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Selling sweets to pay for matric ball and May’s best good news stories
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Suspected ISIS SA leader appears in a Joburg court, with Tankiso Makhetha
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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News24 finds ‘hornet’s nest’ of fake news, with Andrew Thompson
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May 29, 2025 |
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From Lesotho to Emfuleni, securing SA’s precious water sources
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May 28, 2025 |
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Johannesburg’s R16.3bn blackhole, with Khaya Koko
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May 27, 2025 |
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Derailed - how Prasa fixes trains and then leave them to rot, with Sipho Masondo
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May 26, 2025 |
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Special edition: Trump vs Ramaphosa with News24’s top editors
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May 22, 2025 |
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Budget cuts, a fuel levy increase and SA’s debt crisis, with Carol Paton
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May 21, 2025 |
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Deal or no deal? Ramaphosa ready for Trump
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May 20, 2025 |
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Has Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala run out of lives? Jeff Wicks on his arrest and tender trouble
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May 19, 2025 |
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Is Ramaphosa wasting his time with Trump? With Pieter du Toit
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May 15, 2025 |
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NAMPO farmers tell Nick Wilson they’re staying
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May 14, 2025 |
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'I am an Afrikaner', with Adriaan Basson
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May 13, 2025 |
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The first ‘Amerikaners’ leave SA, with Alex Mitchley
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May 12, 2025 |
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There’s more than enough good news to go around, here are News24’s best stories
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May 08, 2025 |
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The ‘Sheriff of Cape Town’s’ case against the police and courts
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May 07, 2025 |
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Families, survivors commemorate the George building collapse one year on
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May 06, 2025 |
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Zero accountability in Joburg cleaning tender saga
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May 05, 2025 |
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Tabling Budget 3.0 with Carol Paton
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Exposing X-Boer, the ex-farmer in Elon Musk’s ear
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Mashatile ‘hit’ that wasn’t, with Kyle Cowan
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Debunking Malema and Trump with Andrew Thompson
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The police chief, the Cat and corruption with Jeff Wicks
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Why did Nada-Jane have to die? With Bernadette Wicks
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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An Ace in the hole, with Karyn Maughan
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Meet SA’s new envoy to America who called Trump a racist
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The journalist uncovering SA's water crisis, one river at a time
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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The case against Dali Mpofu SC, with Karyn Maughan
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Navigating the GNU, VAT, ZAR and Trump's tariffs with Carol Paton
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The Mashatile factor in the battle for the GNU with Adriaan Basson
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Exposing the close-knit ANC t-shirt tender with Jeff Wicks
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The DA and GNU - will they stay, or will they go?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Will the Budget break the GNU? Carol Paton explains
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Celebrating SA's heroes on Good News Day
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Minister Simelane, Vitrovian and the Kusile cash grab
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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SA steels itself against plant closures
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Diplomatic dilemma: Trump nominates new SA ambassador
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Will Rassie cull some older Springboks before RWC 2027?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Air Force None with Sikonathi Mantshantsha
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The good news edition
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Are South African women safe in Ubers?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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City Power fraud exposed: 15 staffers to be disciplined
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Persona non grata: The ousting of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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'It's not a bad budget, considering the mess we're in,' says News24's Carol Paton
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Budget breakdown: A compromise, an increase and extension
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Corruption, incompetence and a dark city: How City Power, Prasa flout tender process
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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A conversation with Adriaan Basson about News24's new podcast
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Mar 06, 2025 |