Hundreds of illegal miners still hold up underground at a mine near Stilfontein in the North West

Hundreds of illegal miners in the North West have resurfaced in recent days and have been apprehended by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and members of the South African National Defence Force. Athlenda Mathe, SAPS National Spokesperson speak to POWER Breakfast on operation Vala Umgodi whic…

Documents tied to 45 housing projects worth R6.6 billion lost due to fire

Mervyn Cirota, The Democratic Alliance’s provincial shadow MEC for human settlements speaks to POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema on the Department of Human Settlements being unable to trace the details of ghost housing projects dating back to 2008.The housing projects are listed as having been bloc…

Former Joburg mayor Gwamanda demands his job

Al Jama-ah councillor and former Johannesburg mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda is demanding to be re-appointed as MMC of Community Development. Gwamanda was fired over the weekend by Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero after he was arrested for fraud. Spokesperson for Gwamanda Anisa Mazimpaka speaks to POWER Brea…

NUMSA Strikes to ArcelorMittal decision to retrench 107 employees ahead of the festive season

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has given notice with effect from 14 November that it is going on strike after ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) announced that it will be retrenching 107 workers from Coke Making Battery. Phakamile, Hlubi-Majola, NUMSA Spokesperson speaks …

Global nail-biting over US election outcomes: American voters’ response | uncertainties persist

POWER Breakfast host Thabiso Tema speaks to Tunicia Jeggels- Freelance Journalist who was in the US for Bush Radio, as a guest of the US State Department on US election outcomes. After a tumultuous election season, Americans went to the polls and elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the Un…

Safair’s flights under threat after regulator rules it violated foreign-ownership rules

FlySafair's international operations are under threat after the International Air Services Council (IASC) ruled that the airline's shareholding structure violates foreign-ownership limitations in licensing regulations."The IASC has concluded that FlySafair's shareholding structure, particularly reg…

Minister Solly Malatsi pulls plug on SABC

Communications & digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi has canned the SABC Bill, saying it does not address the cash-strapped broadcaster’s funding model while giving one politician too much control overboard appointments.Malatsi this week wrote to National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza to sa…

A response from defence on SA navy struggling to stay afloat | and the dept of defense having irregularity spent R14.3bn over past 5 years

What the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is badly underfunded and is in a state that could reasonably be described as verging on crisis, is almost universally accepted among all those who are interested in the country’s defence capabilities and by the local aerospace and defence indust…

POLITICAL DESK - Musa Mdunga, Political Analyst

From  Zuma appointment of  Shivambu as MK Party secretary-general,  Ndlozi staying in EFF, but rejects nomination for deputy position ANC's Fikile Mbalula's stance on the GNU,  to the Lembobo building being open and America's reaction to it's election results. This week, Thabiso Tema speaks with po…

Joburg mayor Dada Morero fires fraud-accused predecessor Kabelo Gwamanda

The former mayor of Johannesburg, Kabelo Gwamanda, who is accused of running a funeral policy scam, was sacked from the executive.On Saturday evening, the current mayor of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, announced that Gwamanda had been "released" from his position as MMC for Community Development.Befor…