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TimesLIVE - In The News

Podcasts and similar audio content from the Arena Holdings group, publishers of the Sunday Times, Business Day, The Times, Sowetan, etc.
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1,663 Episodes
1224 – 1244

FULL ADDRESS | I’m being politically persecuted, Jacob Zuma tells prayer meeting

Former president Jacob Zuma says he remains a prisoner under very strict parole conditions and it feels like what house arrest and banning orders must have felt like during colonial and apartheid times. The 79-year-old, who is on medical parole from a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, addressed supporters…
15 Oct 2021 1AM 55 min

All you need to know about 'killer cop' Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu's trial

The state has highlighted how murder accused Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu’s modus operandi was similar in several of the cases where she lost loved ones under brutal circumstances. Delivering closing arguments in the Gauteng High Court, prosecutor Riana Williams said the pattern observed was that the Thembisa-based former policewoman was seemingly…
14 Oct 2021 9AM 3 min

Police turn away GBV survivors

One beaten into a coma; another doused in acid; a third slipping from a second storey flat window as she tried to escape her attacker. These Gauteng women are tallied among the increase in violent attacks against women – and police are seemingly not always prepared to help.
8 Oct 2021 11AM 9 min

SA's first marine sciences matric class faces their final exam

Ashleigh Mingo has taken to heart the lines of a famous poem by English poet, John Masefield, who wrote, “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky”. The 17-year-old pupil from Wynberg Girls’ High in the Western Cape and 11 of her peers…
8 Oct 2021 11AM 5 min

A house of horror becomes a house of hope

It was dubbed the House of Horrors – 227 Malherbe Street in Pretoria where paedophile and serial killer Gert van Rooyen and his accomplice Joey Haarhoff lived. Van Rooyen and his accomplice, Joey Haarhof, were linked to the disappearance of six girls between 1988 and 1989. Capital Park Residents and…
8 Oct 2021 11AM 4 min

Dark day looms for Joburg cyclists

Heartbreak is uniting the Johannesburg cycling community, with cyclists preparing to gather on Thursday morning to mark two tragic events. From 5am there will be a memorial ride for popular cyclist Alex Otto, who died on Sunday when he and his training partner were hit by a speeding taxi. Otto…
6 Oct 2021 10AM 3 min

Steenhuisen defends controversial campaign posters

The DA's election campaign posters in Phoenix, Durban, have been criticised by many. The posters read: “The ANC calls you racists, the DA calls you heroes.” According to the opposition party, the posters were to honour those who stood up to protect their property during the July unrest that resulted…
6 Oct 2021 7AM 2 min

Suspended acting Lepelle Northern Water CEO Ahuiwi Netshidaulu speaks to businessman Matome Sefalafala

Suspended acting Lepelle Northern Water CEO Ahuiwi Netshidaulu speaks to businessman Matome Sefalafala on a call recorded without his knowledge. In the recordings, Netshidaulu discusses his "kidnapping" which was allegedly orchestrated by Sefalafala and Netshidaulu's predecessor, former Lepelle boss Phineas Legodi. Sefalafala and Legodi have appeared in court on kidnapping…
1 Oct 2021 6AM 4 min

Woman left for dead recalls brutal attack and fight to survive

Tiisetso describes her 8km journey to seek help after her attacker assaulted, raped, robbed and slashed her throat. She describes stumbling across numerous fields until she was helped by nearby farmers and how she was able to detail her ordeal by writing it on her arm using a small stick.
1 Oct 2021 12AM 4 min

FULL ADDRESS | South Africa is moved to level 1

SA will officially move to lockdown level 1 at midnight, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his address to the nation on Thursday. As SA moves to lockdown level 1 for the first time since the end of May 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that government will now allow public gatherings…
1 Oct 2021 12AM 23 min

Sam Mkokeli in conversation with Mac Maharaj and Pallo Jordan

Two ANC stalwarts and former anti-apartheid activists Mac Maharaj and Pallo Jordan were on 22 September discussing their book Breakthrough with journalist and columnist Sam Mkokeli during a virtual dialogue which he jointly organised with SowetanLive.
25 Sep 2021 9AM 1 hr 53 min

Former nanny says Lauren Dickason would never hurt her family

Lauren Dickason, who stands accused of murdering her three young children in New Zealand, is anything but a killer. Instead, says the children's former nanny Mendy Sibanyoni she is a loving and devoted mother who would have given her life to protect her family
24 Sep 2021 8AM 5 min

It's true, Ramaphosa's shirt was inspired by Madiba

Maker of the iconic Madiba shirt Sonwabile Ndamase has not taken umbrage to South Africans throwing jibes at a patterned piece he crafted for President Cyril Ramaphosa which he donned at a recent 'family meeting'. Ramaphosa's flamboyant black and white shirt rather than his announcement about SA's move to level…
24 Sep 2021 5AM 9 min

FULL STATEMENT | Zuma says SA is becoming a 'constitutional dictatorship'

Former President Jacob Zuma says SA is moving from a democracy to a constitutional dictatorship. This after the Constitutional Court on Friday gave its verdict on the former president's rescission application. Zuma had asked the apex court to set aside his 15-month contempt of court jail sentence, which was handed…
21 Sep 2021 5AM 8 min

Gauteng's government buildings remain a ticking time bomb

Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni’s buildings are ticking fire bombs, with thousands of the cities’ residents and office workers at risk of being burnt alive. The majority of buildings, which are at risk because fire safety laws are flouted, are owned by provincial and local governments, claim fire safety inspectors and…
17 Sep 2021 11AM 8 min
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