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Can the DA fix Johannesburg? Helen Zille on crime, corruption and coalitions
Mar 14, 2026
53m 34s
Herman Mashaba: How I’ll rescue Johannesburg from collapse
Feb 26, 2026
1h 08m 24s
Did John Steenhuisen jump or was he pushed?
Feb 11, 2026
46m 47s
Ramaphosa safe… for now: Experts say he’s a skilful politician and contenders want him to stay
Dec 14, 2025
59m 18s
‘G20 is bigger than Trump’: Bonang Mohale on SA’s global moment, US snubs, and why redress still matters
Nov 21, 2025
52m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 3/14/26 | ![]() Can the DA fix Johannesburg? Helen Zille on crime, corruption and coalitions✨ | Johannesburgcrime+5 | Helen Zille | Democratic AllianceANC | JohannesburgSouth Africa+1 | JohannesburgHelen Zille+6 | — | 53m 34s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Herman Mashaba: How I’ll rescue Johannesburg from collapse✨ | Johannesburgpolitics+5 | Herman Mashaba | ActionSASunday Times Politics Weekly+2 | Johannesburg | JohannesburgHerman Mashaba+5 | — | 1h 08m 24s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() Did John Steenhuisen jump or was he pushed?✨ | Democratic AllianceJohn Steenhuisen+3 | Khanyi MagubanePeter Bruce | Democratic Alliance | South Africa | John SteenhuisenDemocratic Alliance+3 | — | 46m 47s | |
| 12/14/25 | ![]() Ramaphosa safe… for now: Experts say he’s a skilful politician and contenders want him to stay✨ | Cyril RamaphosaANC politics+3 | Susan BooysenBongani Ngqulunga | ANCGovernment of National Unity | — | Cyril RamaphosaANC+4 | — | 59m 18s | |
| 11/21/25 | ![]() ‘G20 is bigger than Trump’: Bonang Mohale on SA’s global moment, US snubs, and why redress still matters✨ | G20 Leaders' SummitSouth Africa+4 | Bonang Mohale | G20South Africa+2 | — | G20Bonang Mohale+6 | — | 52m 54s | |
| 10/5/25 | ![]() Floyd Shivambu on Malema split, MK ‘betrayal’, VBS money and future of SA politics✨ | political journeyMalema split+3 | Floyd Shivambu | Afrika Mayibuye MovementANCYL+3 | — | Floyd ShivambuMalema+4 | — | 1h 10m 25s | |
| 9/13/25 | ![]() Nomvula Mokonyane on political awakening, GNU, Zuma’s ‘betrayal’ and presidential ambitions✨ | political awakeningGNU+4 | Nomvula Mokonyane | ANCDA+2 | — | Nomvula Mokonyanepolitical awakening+6 | — | 1h 00m 40s | |
| 8/20/25 | ![]() National dialogue: How much time does SA have before frustration boils over?✨ | national dialoguepolitical analysis+3 | Dr Sithembile MbeteS’thembiso Msomi | Public Affairs Research InstituteArena Holdings | South Africa | national dialogueSouth Africa+3 | — | 47m 26s | |
| 8/16/25 | ![]() An eroded NEC – Malusi Gigaba speaks out✨ | political renewalNEC+3 | Dr Malusi Gigaba | NECTimesLIVE Podcasts | — | NECMalusi Gigaba+3 | — | 1h 34m 14s | |
| 8/7/25 | ![]() ‘All my office furniture was made by prisoners’: Groenewald pushes for hard labour, deportations✨ | prison reformhard labour+4 | Pieter Groenewald | Correctional services | Cape TownPretoria | inmatesfurniture+3 | — | 54m 45s | |
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| 7/16/25 | ![]() 'Sometimes rules are an obstacle': Firoz Cachalia talks Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and new job | Soon-to-be acting police minister Firoz Cachalia has questioned KwaZulu-Natal police chief Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s decision to bypass reporting lines, but says rules can sometimes be an obstacle. In an exclusive Sunday Times Politics Weekly podcast interview, Cachalia said he was “surprised and shocked” by Mkhwanazi’s bombshell remarks, which implicated police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy national commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya — both of whom have now been placed on leave. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | — | ||||||
| 3/20/25 | ![]() The cost of protest in South Africa | Protesting in South Africa comes at a price, sometimes a deadly one. From Sharpeville to today’s crackdowns, the state’s response to dissent has often been force, not dialogue. As the country marks Human Rights Day, the question remains: Why does standing up for basic rights still come with heavy consequences? In this episode of the Sunday Times Politics Weekly, we unpack with experts issues behind police brutality and state repression. Their insights paint a troubling picture of a system where law enforcement is often used to silence dissent rather than protect citizens. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 3/8/25 | ![]() How the ANC in Gauteng will be fixed | The Sunday Times’ Lizeka Tandwa spoke to Gauteng PTT coordinator Hope Papo about how they intend to turn around the party’s fortunes. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 11/30/24 | ![]() Dlamini-Zuma shoots down GNU, turns on MK Party | ANC heavyweight Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has expressed her disapproval of the government of national unity (GNU), saying that if it had been up to her, the ANC would not have formed a government with the DA. | — | ||||||
| 11/23/24 | ![]() 'I will take back my ANC to honour our ancestors' — Jacob Zuma | ormer president Jacob Zuma has laid out details of an audacious plan to “take back my ANC', by uniting “black” parties under his MK party banner and recapturing the leadership of the party, which he said had “deviated from our ancestors”. He spoke to Sunday Times politics editor Sibongakonke Shoba about various topics, including the formation of the MK Party and his decision not to relinquish his ANC membership. | — | ||||||
| 11/9/24 | ![]() Khama wants probe into public finances after Masisi’s ousting | Former Botswana leader Ian Khama has called on the country’s new president, Duma Boko, to launch an investigation into the ousted Mokgweetsi Masisi’s use of government finances during his period in power. Khama says he feels responsible for the 'dictatorship' that ensued after Masisi took power. The former president was in conversation with Sunday Times politics reporter, Kgothatso Madisa. | — | ||||||
| 11/9/24 | ![]() 'It's a coalition – the ANC knew it would go with the DA' | Prof Susan Booysen says the government of national unity (GNU) is a coalition with the DA but the ANC invited other parties to avoid political trouble. The Wits emeritus professor and independent research consultant explored the survival prospects of the GNU and the changed terrain in which all political parties are having to find their way. She joined Sunday Times deputy editor Mike Siluma on the Sunday Times Politics Weekly podcast. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 10/25/24 | ![]() ‘White racists need trauma healing’: Thuli Madonsela | Former public protector Thuli Madonsela believes white racists should be helped to heal so they don’t wound others. She joined Sunday Times deputy editor Mike Siluma in conversation after she set the cat among the pigeons with a post on her X account suggesting race supremacists need to be helped to heal from their post-transformation trauma. Madonsela said supremacists need to accept they are not superior to others. “It's not always just about race though, it's [also] about gender. Anybody who was raised in that just because they look a particular way they deserve more than others in a society based on human rights, social justice and acceptance of equality of all human beings, to them it feels like a loss of a right as opposed to loss of an unmerited privilege.” White people should not teach black people to deal with their trauma as they would make wrong assumptions. “White people should help other white people to understand that the ‘loss’ is not really a loss as such but changed expectations.” The topic harms white and black people, said Madonsela. “For everyone’s sake, in the same way that when it comes to gender we say we need to do ‘man work’, we have to do white work and white people have to do white work." Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 9/21/24 | ![]() Limpopo ANC secretary wants Cyril Ramaphosa to serve full term | Just a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa reassured the country he intended to serve a full term in office, ANC Limpopo provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe has come out in support of his continued presidency. | — | ||||||
| 9/19/24 | ![]() ANCYL's Ngudle warns a revolution is coming against white South Africans if industrialisation is not achieved | The ANC Youth League secretary-general has warned South Africa is on the brink of a revolution that will see young people rise up against white South Africans if the economy continues to be in the red.Mntuwoxolo Ngudle spoke to TimesLIVE Premium on the state of the economy, accusing the private sector of “treason” for failing to transform the economy. | — | ||||||
| 9/7/24 | ![]() Zuko Godlimpi says his generation can revive dying ANC | At the age of just 32 and with a possibly illustrious political career ahead of him, acting ANC national spokesperson Zuko Godlimpi admits that the prospect of inheriting a dying party keeps him up at night. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 9/4/24 | ![]() How we saved Eskom from collapse: utility chair Mteto Nyati | A few months ago Eskom was the black sheep of public opinion, but last month we reported that the utility recorded its highest energy generation levels in six years. It’s not out of the woods yet — chairperson Mteto Nyati says they will execute remaining aspects of Eskom’s recovery plan. Nyati shares the formula they used to rescue Eskom from the brink of collapse. Two years ago the president roped him in to help save the power utility. Nyati speaks about the plans they implemented to get to where there is no load-shedding for at least 160 consecutive days, the longest period in a while. He, however, is reluctant to say load-shedding has ended. Load-shedding reached its peak in 2022 and last year to beginning of this year. The utility regularly receives financial bailouts from government. Nyati says that will soon end because Eskom will stand on its own feet. “We are saving from last year. Already in this financial year which start[ed] on 1st of April we have saved R10bn on last year.” He talks to our digital politics editor, Lizeka Tandwa, in this episode of the Sunday Times Politics Weekly about the criticality of the leadership change in the company, which included appointing Dan Marokane as CEO and the importance of the executives’ relationship with him. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 8/17/24 | ![]() 'This ship [ANC] is sinking': Panyaza Lesufi | Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi outlines promising economic plans that will “break the backbone of unemployment” like expanding the Gautrain for residents and plans the government of provincial unity has to make Gauteng a world-class province. Lesufi warns that the ANC is a “sinking ship” and speaks on the government of national unity. He exclusively speaks to Sunday Times political journalist Kgothatso Madisa a day after he delivered his state of the province address. Lesufi says “we can’t have everyone coming here [Gauteng]”. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 8/10/24 | ![]() ANC bigwigs face the music over state capture | ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has launched a disciplinary process against three senior party leaders implicated in the Zondo state capture report: Malusi Gigaba, David Mahlobo and Cedric Frolick. Produced by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/24 | ![]() GNU, DA, race, life and family: Interview with Helen Zille | After the formation of the government of national unity, the DA has emerged as an important player in the alliance. The party's federal chairperson Helen Zille opens up on the Sunday Times Politics Weekly podcast about the considerations of the architecture of the GNU and her relationship with some of the ANC's top executives. She also speaks about issues such as racism, service delivery, the economy and crime. Zille, 73, a former journalist at the Rand Daily Mail who exposed the apartheid police cover-up of Chris Hani’s assassination, also opens up about how she transitioned from journalism to politics. Besides being a wife, she is a mother and a grandmother. She talks about how politics has affected her life. Production by: Bulelani Nonyukela. | — | ||||||
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