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1,663 Episodes
1200 – 1220

How the IEC ensures fairness in the counting process

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The deputy chief electoral officer at the Electoral Commission (IEC), Mawethu Mosery, outlines how the commission ensures fairness in its processes.
28 Oct 2021 5AM 2 min

'Take time to know your candidates': IEC urges voters to inform themselves

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The deputy chief electoral officer at the Electoral Commission (IEC), Mawethu Mosery, is urging voters to educate themselves on how to identify their candidates. He mentions some of the identifiers to look out for on ballot papers.
28 Oct 2021 4AM 2 min

Gauteng government to take legal action against the Independent Media group

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The Gauteng Provincial Government notes a report released by the Independent Media group in which very serious allegations are made against medical practitioners, nursing staff and hospital management. Vuyo Mhaga, spokesperson to Premier David Makhura says that the province plans to take legal action against the media house.
27 Oct 2021 11AM 1 min

Study finds vaccine sentiment is trending downwards

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It is now widely understood that receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is the most successful measure to combat the disease and set world economies back on a growth path.  However, an ongoing study by a team of well-being researchers, called the Gross National Happiness Today Project, indicates that vaccine attitudes globally…
27 Oct 2021 9AM 6 min

Does taking a knee mean anything if it is compulsory?

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Eusebius McKaiser, host of Eusebius on TimesLIVE, challenged Cricket South Africa's Lawson Naidoo to explain what value forcing Protea's players to take the knee has if it is not voluntary. Naidoo conceded that the moral and political value of symbolism is diminished when it is mandatory.
27 Oct 2021 3AM 1 min

“We didn't consult with the team”- CSA's Lawson Naidoo

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Cricket South Africa's (CSA) Lawson Naidoo admits to Eusebius on TimesLIVE host, Eusebius McKaiser, that the CSA board did not consult with the team before instituting its new policy directive, which requires that the Proteas take a knee before their matches in a show of solidarity against racism.
27 Oct 2021 3AM 1 min

Zuma loses special plea bid to have prosecutor Downer removed

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Former president Jacob Zuma has lost his bid to have lead prosecutor Advocate Billy Downer removed from his corruption trial. Pietermaritzburg high court judge Piet Koen said Zuma’s application — that Downer had no title to prosecute in the matter because he was biased — was incorrect in both law…
26 Oct 2021 5AM 2 min

Government insurance bungling ‘is why SA food prices are soaring’

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SA Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria)’s delays in paying multimillion-rand claims for the rebuilding of food cold storage infrastructure damaged in the July violence are spiking food prices. Bearing the brunt of rising costs, say food price experts, are the poor.
25 Oct 2021 4AM 6 min

Cape fur seals are mysteriously dying en masse

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Wildlife experts are baffled by the deaths of thousands of Cape fur seals along SA’s west coast, one of the biggest mass die-offs that may be linked to a shortage of fish for seals to eat. Grim video footage this week showed seals convulsing and dying in shallow water, with…
22 Oct 2021 10AM 7 min

‘Not in a million years': Lindiwe Mazibuko says she will never vote for John Steenhuisen as her councillor

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Former DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko says she would never vote for current party leader John Steenhuisen if he ran for a councillor position in her ward. Mazibuko said Steenhuisen, the leader of SA’s official opposition, lives “in an echo chamber” and surrounds himself with “yes men”.  The columnist was…
22 Oct 2021 4AM 1 min

Mixed reactions as youngsters give SA’s vaccine rollout a shot in the arm

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Still dressed in her school uniform, Amaani Limalia arrived at the Swartkop Covid-19 vaccination site in Pretoria — and left feeling excited. “I feel great,” she said, moments after getting the jab. But she was not the only person to get the injection at the site on Wednesday, the day…
21 Oct 2021 8AM 2 min

How will the ANC’s public internal battles impact it's election results? 

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The ANC’s internal party battles have long been reported by SA media, but the country has recently seen the internal battles play out very publicly.  With only 12 days to go before the local government elections on November 1, the question of what this internal fracturing will mean for the…
20 Oct 2021 8AM 7 min

Ace Magashule asks NPA for list of witnesses implicating him in corruption case

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Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s legal counsel has asked the state to provide a list of witnesses implicating his client in his corruption case. Magashule and his co-accused appeared in the Bloemfontein high court on Tuesday. Their case was postponed to November 3 for pretrial and for them to respond…
19 Oct 2021 10AM 1 min

Ramaphosa takes election campaign to Magashule's home base

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Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s Free State stronghold welcomed ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa warmly with thousands packed to the rafters at the Intabazwe Stadium in Harrismith. Ramaphosa has taken his ANC local government election campaign to the Free State starting on Sunday where thousands were waiting for him before he…
19 Oct 2021 8AM 2 min
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