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The Talking Point
Playlist by The Talking PointNewsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural dive…6,345 clip(s) in playlist
Personal Finance with Bryan Hirsch
This morning, Bryan will be unpacking your questions that you have submitted throughout the month. Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited
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Freedom, Elections and the Right to Work (part 2)
Two weeks ago, we started a conversation surrounding the right to work, job creation and the dignity of a living wage. We further expanded this discussion by unpacking if political parties have provided reasonable economic interventions in their manifestos that will address the unemployment crisis.…
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Freedom and the status on the Quality of Life for citizens
In one of our final discussions for Freedom Month, we unpack the Quality of Life surveys that have been conducted in South Africa in the last three decades. While South African cities have higher quality of life scores than their African counterparts, there are still major stumbling blocks faci…
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Difficulty of the the Sudan war, what's behind it?
The United Nations (UN) is increasingly concerned about a possible imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan’s North Dafur region and is seeking to reduce tensions in the area, a UN spokesperson said on Friday. War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid …
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Friday chat with ActionSA
Today, we focus on the manifesto ActionSA with the party’s Premier candidate for Gauteng Funzi Ngobeni. Gauteng is one of the provinces that are highly contested with the biggest challenges. What is he and his party bringing to the residents of this province and what would he say will give them as …
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Friday Wind Down with Kyle Shepard
We usher in the weekend with the smooth jazz sounds of Kyle Shepard. There’s just so many descriptions of him in the media, from jazz maestro, film and theatre composer while being internationally recognised for his distinctive style. One of his achievements is winning the Standard Bank Young Artis…
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Municipal Watch: Professionalising local government
We continue our series with Miyelani Holeni talking about the different spheres of local government and how they can be improved in order to run municipalities more efficiently. This morning we turn the focus on professionalising local government. This is something many of the campaigning political…
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2024 Africa Children's Summit and the state of children in SA
Johannesburg will be playing host to this year’s Africa Children’s Summit. It brings together children from across the African continent to share their experiences on matters of children's rights, interventions by their governments and share recommendations or solutions. This week while making the …
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Citizen Corner: Economic
As we continue to coverage of political parties ahead of the 2024 National and Provincial elections, we speak to the Economic Freedom Fighters on their election manifesto that was launched back in February 2024 in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The theme of their election campaign: “Our Land and Jobs Now! Stop Lo…
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Giyani Water Crisis
Yesterday (Tuesday) during the Open Line, we played you a snippet of an interview we did last years on the 6th of December with the national Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu where he made a commitment that the people of Giyani will have their water problems sorted out by the end of 202…
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