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US, China, South Africa: Quo Vadis?
Mar 23, 2026
18m 38s
A Story of African Innovation
Feb 6, 2026
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NHI: Where Are We Now?
Nov 19, 2025
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Oct 17, 2025
33m 37s
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Jul 22, 2025
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/23/26 |  US, China, South Africa: Quo Vadis?✨ | trade relationsUS-China relations+3 | — | — | South AfricaChina+1 | trade relationsSouth Africa+4 | — | 18m 38s | |
| 2/6/26 |  A Story of African Innovation✨ | African innovationentrepreneurship+3 | — | Africa | Pretoria | African innovationentrepreneur+3 | — | 15m 59s | |
| 11/19/25 |  NHI: Where Are We Now?✨ | NHIhealth policy+3 | — | Department of HealthNHI | — | NHIDepartment of Health+3 | — | 30m 41s | |
| 10/17/25 |  Project Vulindlela✨ | developmental statepartnership state+4 | — | Project VulindlelaPresidency | South Africa | South Africadevelopmental state+4 | — | 33m 37s | |
| 7/22/25 |  Getting a Grip on the Informal Sector✨ | informal sectorunemployment rate+3 | — | CapitecStatsSA | — | informal sectorunemployment+3 | — | 15m 42s | |
| 6/5/25 |  Budgets and Tariffs: So Where Are We Now?✨ | budgetstariffs+3 | — | White House | South Africa | South Africabudget+3 | — | 20m 15s | |
| 5/14/25 |  Budget 3.0 A Moment of Decision✨ | budgetgovernment decision-making+3 | — | South Africa’s parliamentTreasury | — | budgetSouth Africa+5 | — | 18m 52s | |
| 4/9/25 |  Of Budgets and Tariffs✨ | budgetstariffs+3 | — | — | — | budgetstariffs+3 | — | 22m 16s | |
| 4/7/25 |  South Africa's Water Crisis and the Reform Agenda✨ | water crisisgovernment reform+3 | — | water boardsMunicipalities | South Africa | water crisisSouth Africa+3 | — | 26m 26s | |
| 3/7/25 |  40 Days That Changed the World✨ | politicsinternational relations+3 | — | — | South Africa | Donald Trumpworld order+3 | — | 20m 49s | |
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| 1/29/25 |  AMSA: The Sound and Fury of a Partial Closing | AMSA’s closure of its long steel operations has caused a furore. It fits into a global picture a decade or more in the making, and it illuminates a hard policy choice for our government, like all governments: protect an industry and make the product more expensive, or let the industry find its way and define a different focus for your industrial policy. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 25m 24s | ||||||
| 11/21/24 |  Investment: Pulling It All Together | Turning South Africa into one big construction site is the expressed ideal of ministers from both the ANC and the DA. What is the state of play and what are the prospects? For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 34m 08s | ||||||
| 10/21/24 |  Some You Win, Some You Lose | After an exceptionally busy two weeks in politics and policy, we discuss continued progress with structural reform, supported by government-business co-operation; and also the local and national implications of instability in Gauteng metro governments. Some you win, some you lose. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 17m 26s | ||||||
| 9/18/24 |  So Far, So Good | Two-and-a-half months after the election, the Government of National Unity is holding. In this episode, we look at what is keeping it together, the benefits of that unity, and what may threaten it in future. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 21m 17s | ||||||
| 6/21/24 |  Elections: A Historic Shift to the Middle | This episode looks at the very important things that did NOT happen in this election season, as well as exploring the possibilities of the brand new coalition territory we’re entering into. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 34m 57s | ||||||
| 4/8/24 |  Elections Update | 52 days before the election we look at the impact of the formation of Jacob Zuma’s MK Party, and reflect on possible developments after the elections, which may prove more important than what happens before 29 May 2024.For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 15m 40s | ||||||
| 2/29/24 |  Elections 2024 | On the eve of the national elections, this episode outlines the broad patterns that can be discerned from poll numbers, and considers possible coalitions if the ANC were to lose their ruling majority. In light of speculation about policy uncertainty and populism, we also look at trends in the 2024 budget.So what? Expectations that we will have “a new national government” are unrealistic. Nationally, the ANC will still be the biggest party by a margin and will invite other parties to join a coalition if necessary. The major question is whether coalition governments may need to be formed on provincial level. Economic policies, meanwhile, are holding steady. The issue is not uncertainty but the pace of implementation. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 21m 08s | ||||||
| 1/18/24 |  2024 - Electricity, Once Again! | This episode unpacks the Integrated Resource Plan 2023, recently published for public comment in order to replace the previous version from 2019. It is a deeply disappointing document, visionless and without urgency.So what? Eskom will not get us out of the our energy crisis. The utility’s energy availability factor keeps falling, sketching a relentless downward trend. Fortunately, regulatory reform since 2021 has opened the way for the private sector to step into the breach. This is happening. An opportunity for re-industrialisation in the sphere of renewable energy still exists. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 27m 45s | ||||||
| 11/10/23 |  Thoughts After a Visit to China | In this episode, JP reflects on his impressions after a short study visit to China. In just 45 years, they have lifted themselves out of poverty. It is an astonishing achievement. So what? The hallmark of the Chinese growth story is pragmatism and pursuing what works. They will determine their own destiny, regardless of the actions of outsiders. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 22m 02s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Neither a One-Day, Nor a One-Person Job | This episode provides a bit of a twist on our annual overview of the fight against corruption. Research on countering corruption in America around the turn of the 20th century finds that a) it can be done, but b) it is not easy or linear, and depends to a large extent on building institutional capacity. Against that background, we look at (relatively) new institutions in South Africa, like the SIU Tribunal, the investigative Directorate and the Anti-Corruption Task Team. We also assess the on-going work of established arms of the NPA. So what? There is much to applaud in both new and existing institutions, but there are weak spots (like the SAPS) that urgently need more focus. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 31m 42s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Coalitions – Important Shifts | Three months after our first episodes discussing coalitions, we look at three important developments: the IFP-DA agreement in KZN, the intervention of the ANC Veterans’ League, and a meeting on coalitions convened by Deputy President Paul Mashatile. We also discuss the multi-party pact and the possibility of minimum thresholds for participating in government. So what? To deal with chaos at local government level, a political agreement between major parties is crucial. It can happen now, irrespective of legislation. It would strengthen the democratic centre and bring together those who belong together. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 27m 04s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Integrating Economics and Foreign Policy | In this episode we look at the pressing need to integrate economics and foreign policy in a way that will advance the interests of the country. So what? South Africa’s stance on the war in Ukraine and our interactions with Russia and China have hurt us economically. On the other hand, we have legitimate foreign policy concerns which can and must be accommodated. Brazil and India have managed the situation much better. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 28m 19s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Electricity Distribution: a Glimpse of What the Future Could Be | This episode brings the listener something very different: a real-life story from the ground up, providing a practical example of how electricity distribution in SA will change over the near future. It is the story of a family and of a business, starting out in Hammanskraal in the 1990s with a baby in the bakkie as Dad climbed a ladder while Mum held a flashlight, to a distribution company in Mafube in the Free State working with local government and local communities, both black and white. There were demands for “a cut” along the way. They walked away and found a new place to build a new network of electricity and people. So what? Electricity distribution can be done profitably. Citizens will pay for a reliable service. If private companies are allowed in, they will carry the cost of infrastructure. Distribution will change, by choice or default. Better to do it by choice and design. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, pleasevisit his website. | 14m 55s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Coalitions | A year before the term of the current parliament comes to an end, we look at what the numbers tell us about possible election results in 2024. Against the background of the chaos in municipalities governed by coalitions, what can happen if the ANC loses their national majority? We look at what different parties have said and done to indicate where they stand on governing as part of coalitions. So what? In many ways, the country is where we were in the late 1980s. Once again, we require a political initiative to get out of the quagmire. The parties of the middle need to come together to forge a new beginning. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 21m 08s | ||||||
| 10/26/23 |  Electricity and Load Shedding | This episode makes the point that Eskom is dying and cannot be saved in its current condition. Electricity provision, however, is not dying. We unpack the generation deficit causing load shedding and outline the likely path out of the conumdrum. So what? Load shedding will be with us for the next two years. There are no quick fixes, but it is not impossible either. For more about JP, and to read his newsletter, please visit his website. | 30m 04s | ||||||
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