POWER Breakfast

Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Cllr Eugene Modise, Deputy Executive Mayor and MMC for Finance, about how the City of Tshwane has launched a “Black Friday sale” aimed at reducing its long-standing debt by encouraging residents and businesses with outstanding municipal accounts to settle them between 1–30 November 2025.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane about how, on 5 November 2025 around 14:20, the South African Police Service (SAPS) received a call reporting a serious incident at Elim Farm, located near Breyten along the N11 road in Mpumalanga. When patrol officers arrived on site, they were directed by the husband of the deceased to the body of his wife, who was lying on the ground in a pool of blood. The police have classified the matter as a suspected case of culpable homicide.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel about how he denies that his organisation is responsible for the deterioration of diplomatic relations between South Africa and the United States. Kriel says AfriForum is being used as a scapegoat amid escalating public exchanges, citing media reports that Donald Trump announced a total U.S. boycott of the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Steve Mabona, Spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Education, about how the GDE has issued a warning about a scam involving an individual known as “Godfrey,” who is allegedly soliciting bribes from parents in exchange for securing school placements in Gauteng public schools for the 2026 academic year.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Legal Expert Mpumelelo Zikalala about how, for decades, post-TRC South Africa has been held up internationally as a model of a nation emerging from gross human-rights violations and building a foundation of reconciliation, unity, and hope.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Tapiwa Diamond Chadya, Afro-expert in Democracy, Governance and Human Rights, about how Zimbabwean opposition leader Job Sikhala remains in South African police custody after explosives were found in his vehicle.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Gauteng Provincial Government, about how authorities have condemned the vandalism of signage, streetlights, and traffic infrastructure near Nasrec ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, raising concerns of deliberate sabotage.

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Thabiso Tema in conversation with Kwatsima Mavundla. 

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Thato Gafane, Attorney at SECTION27 (They/Them), about how many Limpopo schools still lack safe sanitation. Learners continue to face unsafe and unsanitary conditions, with temporary mobile toilets and broken facilities replacing proper infrastructure.

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to SCOPA Chairperson, Songezo Zibi.
PwC told SCOPA it played no role in advising the RAF to change its accounting standard — a move that reduced reported liabilities by excluding thousands of claims.

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