The Lead hits 1 million listens! We cross to Davos for WEF and US-SA trade talks

Loading player...
The Lead on News24 has finally reached more than one million listens, and one million page views, in under a year. Thanks go to all of the excellent News24 editors, journalists and columnists who’ve lent a great deal of their time and energy to share their intricate knowledge of news. But most of all, thank you, Lead listeners, for tuning in. Host Graeme Raubenheimer crosses to chilly Davos, Switzerland, to speak to business journo Garth Theunissen, on special assignment at the World Economic Forum. From US President Donald Trump’s push for Washington to control Greenland… to Minister Tau’s delicate US-SA trade talks, what do the snowy Swiss ski slopes have in store for Brand South Africa? Later, in our trending topic, one Jozi man demanded a refund after being caught with an alleged sex worker in a Ferndale problem building. Finally, we celebrate legendary journo Percy Qoboza, with On This Day in SA History, heard later. BONUS: Try and crack Graeme’s Pointless Braai Quiz in the process! To advertise: thelead@24.com. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, and quality-checked by Simon Sonnekus.
Chapters
  • 00:01 Thanks Lead listeners!
  • 02:05 Crossing to Garth in Davos, Switzerland
  • 08:00 Update on US-SA trade talks...
  • 13:16 Trending topic: Ferndale problem properties raid
  • 14:36 AD: N24's The Weekender
  • 15:04 On This Day in SA History / Rauby's Pointless Braai Quiz
22 Jan English South Africa News · Society & Culture

Other recent episodes

Herman Mashaba on refusing to work with Zille, declining a Cabinet post

He led Mzansi's newest green party to fifth place in the 2021 municipal polls, so the question is: what will it take for Herman Mashaba's ActionSA to do it again in 2026? The founder of Black Like Me is our guest this Newsmaker Thursday on News24's The Lead. Mashaba insists…
16 Apr 50 min

What will it take for Roelf Meyer to bend Donald Trump’s ear?

They met behind closed doors on the sidelines of the News24 On the Record Summit in Cape Town in March, and now we finally know the outcome. President Cyril Ramaphosa is deploying former constitutional affairs minister Roelf Meyer to Washington, D.C., to try and salvage what's left of US/SA ties. We've…
15 Apr 26 min

Bribes for debt wipes? Slain Emfuleni whistleblower tipped officials

Fraudulent payments? Missing municipal funds? Bribes to wipe service providers' debt? Forty-year-old mother of one, Martha Mani Rantsofu, was no ordinary junior finance clerk in Gauteng's Emfuleni Local Municipality, because by our accounts, she was a whistleblower knocking on some dangerous doors. While the Gauteng Political Killings Task Team takes a closer look…
14 Apr 29 min

The DA is maturing and getting younger, with Carol Paton

The DA led a landmark elective congress this past weekend, leaving it with an introspective question. In this new Geordin Hill-Lewis era, can the party shed its perceived stigma of being a 20% party, mostly for whites? We'll take stock with our acting political editor, Carol Paton, who's been following…
13 Apr 27 min

Let's show SA who we really are, says DA leader hopeful Dyonase

He thought: What have I got to lose? Let me take on the man widely tipped to lead the DA next. In this edition, The Lead host Graeme Raubenheimer picks Sibusiso Dyonase's brain on his 15-year journey in the DA, who he looks up to, and why challenging Cape Town…
9 Apr 37 min