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FAQs about The National Pulse:How many episodes does The National Pulse have?The podcast currently has 12,617 episodes available.
December 06, 2019The Unemployed Workers Union of South Africa is calling on the leadership of the ANC to recall its deployee Xola PakatiThe Unemployed Workers Union of South Africa is calling on the leadership of the ANC to recall its deployee Xola Pakati as the Executive Mayor of the troubled Buffalo City Metro. According to them, Pakati has among other things failed to deal with the issue of corruption that is currently plaquing the metro. Guest: Jabu Ntusi, President of the Unemployed Workers Union of South Africa...more7minPlay
December 06, 2019Lawyers accusing Myanmar of alleged genocide against Muslim Rohingya minorityLawyers accusing Myanmar of alleged genocide against Muslim Rohingya minority will next week ask judges in the Haque to order immediate action to protect Rohingas from further violence. Guest: Adv Shabnam Mayet Co-founder of Protect the Rohingya...more6minPlay
December 06, 2019The UDM Women's Organisation calls on Pres Ramaphosa to take its call seriously by calling referendum on death penaltyAs we continue with our GBV theme, the UDM Women's Organisation is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take its call seriously by calling referendum on death penalty. They say this will show that South Africa is serious about fighting gender based violence. Guest: Thandi Nontenja, Secretary General of the UDM's Women Orgnisation...more10minPlay
December 05, 2019Deaths at initiation schoolsYesterday we spoke about the issue of deaths at initiation schools. The death toll was around 8 at the time. We didn’t finish the conversation as the line dropped. Well let’s pick up from where we left off….Guest: Mamkeli Ngam – Spokesperson for COGTA in the Eastern Cape...more8minPlay
December 05, 2019Translation ColloquiumWe speak now to the KZN Department of Arts and Culture about their recent Translation Colloquium. Why the need for such colloquium and what were they hoping to achieve by it?Guest: Hlengiwe Mavimbela – KZN MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation...more6minPlay
December 05, 2019Police in KwaZulu-Natal are appealing to stokvel members to be vigilant after a 62-year-old man was shot deadPolice in KwaZulu-Natal are appealing to stokvel members to be vigilant after a 62-year-old man was shot dead while three others were seriously wounded during a stokvel meeting at a house in uMbumbulu south of Durban. It is believed that they were about to divide the stokvel money that they had paid over the year, when a group of armed men stormed the house. For more on the story, we are joined on the line by…Guest: Brigadier Jay Naicker, KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson...more6minPlay
December 05, 2019Department of Public Enterprises and other stakeholders have been in consultations to find solutions for SAAGuest: Martin Kingston...more6minPlay
December 05, 2019Catzavelos pleads guiltyBusinessman Adam Catzavelos has pleaded guilty to a charge of crimen injuria in the Randburg Magistrate's Court. This follows two unsuccessful bids to have the charge withdrawn. Earlier this year Catzavelos submitted representations to the National Director of Public Prosecutions to have the charges against him dropped after the Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions denied his representations in which he requested that the charges against him be withdrawn. This case follows a self-recorded video of Catzavelos in which he utters the K-word while on holiday in Greece in August last year. How should we interpret such incidents where the person uses derogatory language against us as black people and says sorry afterwards?Guest: Ngila Muendane – Social Activist...more6minPlay
December 05, 2019Latest on the ousting of BobaniNelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, UDM's Mongameli Bobani has been ousted in a motion of no confidence during a council meeting in Port Elizabeth. The DA tabled the motion in which the majority of councillors removed Bobani. This was the fourth attempt to remove him from office during his term. Our reporter in the Eastern Cape has been watching the developments.Guest: Mcebisi Ngqina – SABC journalist in the Eastern Cape...more8minPlay
December 05, 2019We continue to observe 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children campaignAs we continue to observe 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children campaign. We are joined by Professor Rachel Jewkes to discuss what needs to be done to strengthen the cooperation between governmental, non-governmental and private sector actors to prevent violence against women and children. Guest: Professor Rachel Jewkes, Executive scientist for research strategy at the South African Medical Research Council...more6minPlay
FAQs about The National Pulse:How many episodes does The National Pulse have?The podcast currently has 12,617 episodes available.