Real Problem with Chester Missing

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we break down why Gwede Mantashe should resign — and what the ANC’s half-empty January 8 birthday celebration really tells us about the state of South African politics.

From ANC corruption, service delivery failures, and General Mkhwanazi’s explosive revelations, to Gwede Mantashe’s shocking comments on unemployment and the deliberate confusion around BEE, this episode explains why the ANC leadership has completely lost touch with reality.

We unpack how corruption hollowed out Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, why inequality in South Africa remains racialised, and how political elites protect each other while ordinary South Africans pay the price.

This is not about being anti-transformation — it’s about calling out incompetence, arrogance, and leadership that actively makes things worse.

This week’s Ad Hoc Committee exposed just how broken South Africa’s policing and oversight systems really are — so Chester Missing did what SAPS couldn’t: make sense of it.

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester takes a sharp, satirical look at what police generals told Parliament about political interference, missing dockets, and the shutdown of the Political Killings Task Team — all while asking how a system this dysfunctional was ever meant to fight organised crime.

It’s the serious stuff, explained with jokes, frustration, and the kind of clarity only a puppet can bring.

Donald Trump attacked South Africa using a badly researched PowerPoint — after South African right-wing groups actively lobbied him with the fabricated “white genocide” narrative. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we unpack how race-grifting activists undermined their own country, hurt farmers, and embarrassed South Africa on the global stage.

From Trump threatening to steal Greenland and kidnapping Venezuela’s president, to Elon Musk pushing fear-mongering nonsense about minorities, this episode explains why Trump doesn’t care about South Africa, why America isn’t a saviour, and why foreign strongmen don’t protect anyone except themselves.

We also look at South Africa’s messy non-alignment policy, dodgy military posturing with Russia, China and Iran, and why choosing sides like it’s a football derby is dangerously stupid. It's another episode of REAL PROBLEM with Chester Missing.

Mock racists. Defend democracy. Think for yourself.

Welcome to 2026, South Africa — and it’s already a mess.

In this explosive opening episode of the year, Chester Missing breaks down global chaos and local nonsense:

Donald Trump invading Venezuela for oil, South Africans cheering on international crime, the ANC lecturing America on international law, the DA’s Cape Town housing hypocrisy, Gwede Mantashe giving job advice with 64% youth unemployment, and why KZN is about to become absolute mayhem.

We also look ahead to Julius Malema’s court date, Cat Matlala’s prison shuffle, the Madlanga Commission fallout, and why this election year is going to drown us all in political nonsense.

Sharp satire. Real issues. No mercy.

Welcome to 2026 — let’s get into it.

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester is joined by award-winning journalist and Debrief Network founder Qaanitah Hunter to unpack why Donald Trump’s unapologetic racism may have accidentally forced the world to rethink how it treats Africa.

The ANC’s National General Council was meant to be about “renewal” — instead it exposed chaos, corruption, and an ugly leadership fight. Chester Missing breaks down the real NGC outcomes, from Fikile Mbalula and Paul Mashatile’s succession battle to cadre deployment, municipal corruption, and the Madlanga Commission report the President won’t release. Political satire with real consequences for South Africa.

Chester Missing (a “ball of latex with trust issues”) interviews DA MP and former NPA prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach, fresh from Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating General Mkhwanazi’s police corruption allegations.

Breytenbach doesn’t hold back: she argues that almost nobody has told the full truth in the hearings, challenges Senzo Mchunu’s “recording” claim as an exaggeration, and unpacks the Cedric Nkabinde affidavit fiasco where sworn evidence was effectively withdrawn and replaced.

The conversation also covers the chaos around Cat Matlala, the extraordinary Hawks helicopter protection, why South Africa’s justice system can feel “hijacked by criminals,” why President Ramaphosa still hasn’t been called, and how Parliament tries to turn commission-style drama into recommendations that actually land.

AfriForum and co's racial nationalism debunked. In this episode we unpack what an Afrikaner actually is, why Afrikaner identity got tied to whiteness and victimhood, how religion and “chosen people” theology fed into apartheid, and why the “white genocide” and farm murder panic is nonsense. We also look at AfriForum and Solidarity’s role in rewriting history, their Trump romance, and how white fragility keeps recycling the same old fears in 2025.

Chester Missing tears into the ANC’s NGC in Boksburg — the ultimate gathering of South Africa’s most chaotic political characters. From Ramaphosa sweating through his “renewal” speech, to Mashatile positioning, to Witness D’s assassination, to Mahlengi Bengu’s wild spin about ANC finances, Chester unpacks the corruption circus, the Madlanga fallout, and why the ANC is basically a sinking ship steering itself into the ground.

If you want sharp, fast South African political satire — welcome to the Real Problem.

Senzo Mchunu hits the Madlanga Commission to explain why he shut down the Political Killings Task Team — while denying any links to Cat Matlala or Brown Mogotsi. Ekurhuleni’s city manager Dr Imogen Mashazi dodges the heat, and Julius Mkhwanazi arrives without a lawyer to deliver the murkiest testimony of the week.

Chester Missing unpacks the blue-light scandals, the Ekurhuleni chaos, the ANC–SACP fallout, Duduzile Zuma’s Russia mess, and Trump’s G20 tantrum — all with sharp South African political satire.