The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has announced the precautionary suspension of its Deputy President and Parliamentary Leader, Dr. John Hlophe. His suspension is effective immediately pending an investigation. The party stated that Hlophe’s decision to replace Colleen Makhubele with Des Van Rooyen is nullified. 

Guest: Magasela Mzobe - Head of Presidency: uMKHONTO weSIZWE Party

At least 85 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced after Typhoon Kalmaegi — one of the strongest storms to hit the Philippines this year — tore through the central regions, submerging towns, sweeping away homes, and triggering catastrophic floods.

Guest: Prof Guy Midgley: Climate Change Researcher and Acting Director of the School for Climate Studies, Stellenbosch University 

In recent years, international trends have swept through South African markets faster than ever before. From the surge of Korean skincare and convenience stores to the dominance of Asian car brands and global fashion aesthetics, South Africans are embracing global trends with open arms. But while these international influences reshape the consumer landscape, they also raise an important question: where does this leave local brands? 

Guest: Lerato Kampi-Sesoko: Commercial Head  for Beauty at Woolworths

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating police corruption and the controversial disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). 

Guest: Bulelani Phillip: SABC Reporter 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has until Friday to release either the full or a redacted version of the long-awaited Police Ombudsman’s report into alleged links between police officers and gangs. Civil society group, the Cape Crime Crisis Coalition (C4), has accused Winde of “suppressing” the report and warned it may pursue legal action if he fails to make it public. 

Guest: Dr Llewellyn MacMaster: Crime Expert,The Cape Crime Crisis Coalition (CCCC) 

The FW de Klerk Foundation has urged the government to declare gangsterism a national crisis, following a spate of gang-related killings that left six people dead and three injured in Reiger Park, Boksburg.

Guest: Christo van der Rheede: Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation 

06 November 2025

1.    Tanzania – Dar es Salaam

Tanzania elections violated democratic values in the observation by the AU observers mission leader former president of Botswana H.E. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi

 

1. Cameroon- Yaounde

Cameroonian security forces killed 48 people in a crackdown on protests against the re-election of President Paul Biya, according to the reliable source citing UN sources.

 

1. Mauritania- Nouakchott

Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has lost his final appeal of a 15-year prison sentence for corruption while in office.

Abdel Aziz was initially sentenced to five years in prison in 2023 after being found guilty of amassing assets and capital worth 70 million dollars through illicit means.

 

4.  In our historical archives, it was on this day 6 November 1964 when Vuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was hanged and also on the 6 November 1982 when Paul President became the President of Cameroon until this day. (2032

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has until Friday to release either the full or a redacted version of the long-awaited Police Ombudsman’s report into alleged links between police officers and gangs. Civil society group, the Cape Crime Crisis Coalition (C4), has accused Winde of “suppressing” the report and warned it may pursue legal action if he fails to make it public. 

Guest: Alan Winde - Western Cape Premier

Latest business news with Jimmy Moyaha - Host of the SAFM Market Update

 

• New AI restrictions boost Chinese chip makers

• 2. Google Marches on with AI plans
• 3. Markets

Latest business news with Jimmy Moyaha - Host of the SAFM Market Update

 

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