Your SA guide to understanding the US, Israel, Iran conflict

The conflict situation in the Middle East is fluid.South Africans in Dubai and Bahrain tell of the terror of Iran’s retaliatory strikes after Israel and the US took out Iran’s supreme leader. The traveller’s airspace is chaotic. And Pretoria’s allegiance to Tehran will be tested further. We cross to global news correspondent and columnist, Phillip de Wet, to navigate this massive moment, marked both abroad and locally. In our trending topic, a Somerset West sting operation nabbed a brazen contractor attempting to bribe a City of Cape Town manager with a bag full of cash. Finally, the Cape has a long history of water scarcity and provision problems, with On This Day in SA History, our regular show segment.Comment below and send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note: 072 562 3179. To advertise: thelead@24.com. Full editions drop on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube Monday through Thursday at 19:00. The show is fully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer and quality-checked by News24's editors.