Lerato Mbele speaks to the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela about TVET colleges.

Lerato Mbele speaks to the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela about TVET colleges.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

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Every weekday morning, POWER Talk host Iman Rappetti treats her listeners to an in-depth take on an issue close to her heart. At turns solemn, playful and impassioned, Iman's evocative "poems" are her listeners' favourite way of starting the day. You can find them updated daily in this podcast.

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In conversation with Buti Manamela

Lerato Mbele speaks to Professor Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director at Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa and Lulu White, a Political Analyst & Founder of the
Elections Management Consulting Agency of Africa about women representation in the 2024 elections.

Lerato Mbele speaks to Professor Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director at Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, South Africa and Lulu White, a Political Analyst &amp; Founder of the Elections Management Consulting Agency of Africa about women representation in the 2024 elections.

Women representation ahead of the 29 May 2024 elections in SA

Lerato Mbele speaks to Nay San Lwin, Co-Founder of the Rohingya Coalition and Dr Fanie Du Toit, Associate at the In Transformation Initiative about Rhohyinga Muslims. Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property.

Lerato Mbele speaks to Nay San Lwin, Co-Founder of the Rohingya Coalition and Dr Fanie Du Toit, Associate at the In Transformation Initiative about Rhohyinga Muslims. Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property.

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

Lerato Mbele speaks to Professor Kedibone Phago, Director of the School of Government at the North West University and Director of Reputation First, Tshepo Matseba about party logos and colours and their meanings.

Lerato Mbele speaks to Professor Kedibone Phago, Director of the School of Government at the North West University and Director of Reputation First, Tshepo Matseba about party logos and colours and their meanings.

In conversation with Buti Manamela

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