MXS Kulture Festival 2026 

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Laduma Ngxokolo, founder and creative director of MAXHOSA, about the fourth annual MXS Kulture Festival 2026 on 21 March at Toadbury Hall, Krugersdorp. The festival celebrates Xhosa heritage, African culture, and fashion, featuring the Autumn/Winter 2025 collection IZIPHO Z…

World View with Adam Gilchrist: The Iran War Latest

Bongani Bingwa speaks the Iran war latest, an amazing baseball result and let’s have a green day off.     702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station.   Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those i…

How happy are South Africans, really? 

Bongani Bingwa talks to Prof. Talita Greyling from the University of Johannesburg’s C.WAIS about the International Day of Happiness. Despite South Africans’ love for celebration and community, the World Happiness Report 2026 shows a decline in overall life satisfaction, with the country ranking 101…

What’s gone viral with Khabazela: Lion king

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Khabazala about the Lion King.    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station.   Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bri…

Shifting gear: South Africa's transport revamp 

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Transport Minister Barbara Creecy about key transport issues from taxi violence to scholar transport safety, passenger rail upgrades, and freight bottlenecks.    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station.   Bongani mak…

Treasury launches performance grant to transform metro municipalities 

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Treasury Director-General Dr Duncan Pieterse about the National Treasury’s new R54-billion performance-based grant for metros how it will work and what it could mean for investment.    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio …

The Political Desk: Ad Hoc Committee Reveals PKTT Disbandment, Allegedly Captured Ministers, and Prison Letters 

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Kgomotso Modise, Journalist & News creator about the explosive testimonies from the Ad Hoc Committee and more. From the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, to claims that ministers were “captured” by criminal networks, and even letters from prison exposing hidd…

World View with Vicky Turner: The UK’s meningitis outbreak jumps the Channel to France

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Vicky Turner about the very familiar names that have made a French mayoral election go viral, could the rugby World Cup be going to South America for the first time? and the UK’s meningitis outbreak jumps the Channel to France.    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broa…

Maharishi NextUp Institute of Technology 

Bongani Bingwa speaks to David Frankel, South African tech pioneer and philanthropist, about the transformative donation he and Tracey Frankel have made to the Maharishi NextUp Institute of Technology.    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio stati…

What's gone viral with Khabazela: What's in a name?

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Khabazala about how did you decide on your childs name, and who picked their name?    702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station.   Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds th…