Kaya 959 Point of View with Phemelo Motene

Point of View with Phemelo Motene

Point of View with Phemelo Motene, delves into the day’s current affairs, touching on real issues and sharing expert advice on the audience questions between 8pm to 10pm Mondays to Thursdays.
Daily English South Africa Education · Careers Narrated by Point of View
2,348 Episodes
1 – 20

City of Ekurhuleni State of the City Address

Chaos erupted at a council meeting in the City of Ekurhuleni, with the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at the centre of the clashes. Just as Mayor Doctor Xhakaza, an ANC councillor, was about to deliver his State of the City Address the session was disrupted…
27 Mar 4PM 30 min

What to Watch

In this week’s feature of What to Watch, Leroy Marc reviews Snow White, Misericordia and Death of a Unicorn which are all in theatres and much more.
27 Mar 4PM 18 min

Govt hosts National Water and Sanitation Indaba on water security & provision

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an urgent national water plan during the water and sanitation indaba. He emphasised the importance of addressing South Africa's water crisis. Ramaphosa highlighted issues of infrastructure vandalism, leakages, and poor management as key factors causing water shortages. The two-day indaba began on Thursday, hosting…
27 Mar 4PM 16 min

Memorial service for murdered Soshanguve patrollers

Residents of the "Marry Me" informal settlement in Soshanguve gathered on Wednesday afternoon to remember the six patrollers who were killed in an attack over the weekend. Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya were in attendance. Residents of the informal settlement are still reeling after the weekend’s attacks…
26 Mar 4PM 7 min

Trump nominates rightwing media critic as ambassador to SA

US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Bozell III as Washington’s new ambassador to South Africa amid a historic diplomatic deep freeze between the two countries. The nomination is one of many for several diplomatic postings around the world, published on the website of the US Congress. It followed 10…
26 Mar 4PM 18 min

Legal Matters

In this week’s feature of Legal Matters, Nthabiseng Dubazana discuses rule 41 mediation, what it means and its implications, she also unpacks the laws surrounding primary care.
26 Mar 4PM 57 min

BOSA joins parties meeting with ANC to negotiate passing of budget

Build One South Africa has joined the list of parties meeting with the African National Congress (ANC) to negotiate the passing of the contentious budget. BOSA confirmed that it had been approached by the ANC requesting a meeting on the budget, which still must go through Parliament before it’s fully…
26 Mar 4PM 28 min

The Missing Pages & The House of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala

Phemelo is in conversation with writer and academic Professor Siphiwo Mahala about his 2 recently released books, The Missing Pages and The House of Truth. The Missing Pages is a collection of new and previously published stories by Mahala. While The House of Truth explores the complex life of playwright…
25 Mar 5PM 32 min

SA’s food insecurity crisis

Nine million three hundred and forty thousand, that’s how many South Africans went hungry in 2023. Behind this number are parents going to bed on empty stomachs so their children can eat. In Gauteng, the country’s economic engine, food insecurity germinates in the shadow of prosperity. According to Gauteng MEC…
25 Mar 5PM 17 min

suspect arrested, 2 questioned over murder of 6 Soshanguve community patrollers

One suspect has been arrested, and two others are being questioned over the murder of six community patrollers in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve, Gauteng, on Saturday 22 March 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu announced the arrest during a visit to Soshanguve on Tuesday when he met the…
25 Mar 5PM 25 min

Soshanguve residents in fear after five people are murdered

The killing of five people at an informal settlement in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, has left some residents so fearful for their lives that one has even fled to another province. One resident said he has been living in fear that he or his family could be the killers’ next…
24 Mar 4PM 35 min

Impact on POV: NGO, Sharlene’s Heart for People

Phemelo is in conversation with Sharlene Abels, founder of Sharlene’s Heart for People (SHFP), a nonprofit organisation that has fed hundreds in Eldorado Park and neighbouring communities including Slovo Park and Freedom Park. Her ngo was launched in 2021, the initiative began with a dream Abels had, in which she…
24 Mar 4PM 14 min

Rasool ‘stands by’ remarks on Trump administration upon arrival back in SA

Former South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool arrived at Cape Town International Airport on Sunday, 23 March, where he was welcomed home by fellow ANC members and trade union representatives. A crowd gathered in the rain outside the airport to hear Rasool speak about his abrupt expulsion from…
24 Mar 4PM 12 min

Gauteng Education dpt accused of registering pupils in non-existent school

Some parents in Soshanguve are up in arms, claiming the Gauteng Education Department has enrolled their children in an unregistered school. They've told Kaya News that the Department went as far as communicating the uniform requirements at Klipfontein Secondary School. The angry parents say when the academic year began, they…
24 Mar 4PM 12 min

Hundreds march in Durban to protest against undocumented foreign nationals

Various civic organisations, backed by a few political parties and labour unions, took to the streets of Durban on Monday to voice their concerns about high illegal immigration levels in the country. Scores of marchers, the majority of whom are youth, said they are standing up because South Africa’s future…
24 Mar 4PM 8 min

What to Watch

In this week’s feature of What to Watch, Leroy Marc reviews The Residence and Go! Which are both on Netflix, The Parenting on HBO Max and much more.
20 Mar 4PM 10 min

ActionSA in Joburg Rejects Anti-Poor Adjustment Budget

ActionSA says it rejects, with reservations, what it’s described as an anti-poor adjustment budget tabled in Johannesburg Council today. It says whilst the budget has many positives that would help develop our communities, their main concern is the R230 electricity surcharge that residents have been subjected to since 2024. Phemelo…
20 Mar 4PM 14 min
1 – 20