The Best of Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa

Bongani Bingwa speaks with We See Your Story competition winner, Mmabatho Maleka. Everyone has an untold story that shapes their journey and Absa, in partnership with 702, is celebrating those stories. Through the We See Your Story campaign, listeners are invited to share their personal journeys for a chance to win R5 000 in cash. And if you're an Absa customer, you’ll receive an additional R5 000 to help write your next chapter.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Founder of Graduate Finder SA by DrB, Bongi Matiwaza as part of the Standard Bank MyMoBiz Takeover campaign, which shines a spotlight on Gauteng’s boldest entrepreneurs. In partnership with 702, MyMoBiz is helping small businesses reach new heights with the chance to win a R50 000 cash boost exclusively for those with a Standard Bank Business Account. Listeners are invited to share their growth aspirations on PrimediaPlus.com, and throughout the week, we’re profiling some of the most inspiring entries. Today, we meet one of the remarkable businesses in the running.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

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Bongani Bingwa checks in with UK Correspondent Adam Gilchrist for a look at global developments making headlines. First,mounting tension in Northern Europe as Russia rapidly builds up military forces near Finland’s border, raising NATO alarm just a year after Finland’s accession; in France, famed actor Gérard Depardieu is convicted of sexual assault, receiving an 18-month suspended sentence in a case seen as pivotal for the country’s #MeToo movement; and in Turkey, scientists solve the ancient mystery of the “Gate to Hell” at Hierapolis, revealing that lethal carbon dioxide emissions not supernatural forces were behind the ritual animal deaths, shedding light on a place once feared as divine and now understood as a natural wonder.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Wendy Viljoen, Knowledge Specialist in Education at Wesgro’s Edu Invest unit for this edition of Corporates that Care,  about a transformative public-private initiative making waves in South African education. Edu Invest, powered by Wesgro in collaboration with the Western Cape Education Department, focuses on expanding access to affordable independent schooling and improving educational resources and services.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane about the chaotic and uncertain start to the academic year for students in Diepsloot. After months of delays, broken promises, and bureaucratic inertia, learners were finally placed at the newly established Tanganani School touted as a solution to their long wait. But hopes were dashed upon arrival: the school lacked basic infrastructure, including permanent toilets and piped water, and had only six subject teachers for hundreds of students. With no recovery plan in place for the five months of lost learning, parents and pupils are left questioning the department’s commitment to education and dignity.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T 
 
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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa Report Correspondent, Crystal Orderson  discussing two major stories: First, African policymakers are meeting in Lomé, Togo, from May 12–14, 2025, at a High-Level Conference co-hosted by the African Union, African Development Bank, and the Togolese government to address Africa’s growing debt crisis. The summit aims to adopt the AU Lomé Declaration, which will lay out shared principles for managing public debt and coordinating creditor engagement across the continent. Second, a Kenyan court has sentenced four men including two Belgians, a Vietnamese, and a Kenyan to one year in prison or a $7,700 fine for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen ants out of the country, a case shedding light on the niche but illegal global trade in exotic insects.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Kone Gugushe, Head of Social Investing at FirstRand Group, about the return of the Trialogue Business in Society Conference, happening today and tomorrow at The Galleria in Sandton, with a virtual option for remote attendees. Under the theme “Driving Impact, Inspiring Change,”the 2025 conference focuses on the vital role of business in addressing South Africa’s social challenges through innovative and resilient investment strategies. Featuring a high-profile lineup of speakersincluding Busi Mavuso, Minister of Education Siviwe Gwarube, and Dr. Naledi Pandor of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa checks in with UK Correspondent Adam Gilchrist for a look at global developments making headlines. The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day truce in their tariff war, calming markets but leaving key trade tensions unresolved. In Europe, Poland has accused Russian intelligence of orchestrating a major arson attack on the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw, calling it part of a broader campaign of “hybrid warfare” amid rising regional tensions. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned chess, claiming it promotes gambling and contravenes Islamic law drawing backlash in a country where peaceful pastimes are increasingly scarce.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

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Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with Serenitii luxury body founder, Sarinah Matema as part of the Standard Bank MyMoBiz Takeover campaign, which shines a spotlight on Gauteng’s boldest entrepreneurs. In partnership with 702, MyMoBiz is helping small businesses reach new heights with the chance to win a R50 000 cash boost exclusively for those with a Standard Bank Business Account. Listeners are invited to share their growth aspirations on PrimediaPlus.com, and throughout the week, we’re profiling some of the most inspiring entries. Today, we meet one of the remarkable businesses in the running.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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Bongani Bingwa speaks with We See Your Story competition winner, Karabo Mphahlele. Everyone has an untold story that shapes their journey and Absa, in partnership with 702, is celebrating those stories. Through the We See Your Story campaign, listeners are invited to share their personal journeys for a chance to win R5 000 in cash. And if you're an Absa customer, you’ll receive an additional R5 000 to help write your next chapter.

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 bring you all you need to know to start your day 

Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa 

Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj 

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