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1:25:031.5K views · 1w ago · 1:25:03
Sekhukhune’s Mineral Wealth Must Benefit Locals, The Bolsheviks Party of South Africa (BPSA) secretary-general, Seun Mogotji, is promising to confront mining companies operating in Limpopo’s mineral-rich Sekhukhune region, insisting that communities whose land produces chrome and platinum must finally benefit from the wealth beneath their feet.
33:59679 views · 1w ago · 33:59
Guest: Siyabonga Malandule
In this episode of The People’s Eye, we sit down with Siyabonga Malandule, Deputy Secretary of the ANC in one of Mpumalanga’s largest and most influential regions, who is heading the party’s efforts ahead of the local government elections.
31:552K views · 2w ago · 31:55
Can the ANC increase its support in Mpumalanga from 62% to more than 70% in the upcoming local government elections? ANC Ehlanzeni Region secretary, Folus Sibuyi, is confident the party can achieve that target.
1:26:342.5K views · 2w ago · 1:26:34
Rebecca Nhleko of Ga-Mamphahlane village, near Burgersfort in Limpopo’s platinum and chrome belt, describes a dispute that has dragged on since 2022. Nhleko alleges that Modikwa Mine, partly owned by mining magnate Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Valterra Platinum, built a ventilation shaft on sacred ground in the Leolo Mountains without consulting the families living nearby.
1:16:136.8K views · 3w ago · 1:16:13
South Africa’s migration crisis has become one of the most contentious issues on the continent. But is the problem really xenophobia — or is something deeper at play? On this episode, we bring together analysts Susanna Deetlefs Regional Team Lead, Africa ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), , and Kenyan analyst Barack, to unpack the growing tensions around migration in South Africa and Kenya.
2:01:37947 views · 4w ago · 2:01:37
Guest: Dr Msakha Mona
Black students aren't failing. The university is. In this episode, Dr Msakha Mona, decolonial scholar and lecturer at the University of Cape Town, takes us from a Mpumalanga township to University of Cape Town (UCT), where he was told his English was the problem and his culture didn't count. He was studying there when Rhodes Must Fall erupted, and he explains what the movement was really about: not just a statue, but a curriculum that was never built for African students.
1:19:334K views · 1mo ago · 1:19:33
Claimant to the chieftaincy throne of the Royal Bafokeng, Gladwin Koketso Lebone, has not given up on his mission. Gladwin came out in 2020 to allege that he was the son of the late Royal Bafokeng chief, Kgosi Lebone II, and therefore the rightful chief of the wealthiest tribal community in Africa. Royal Bafokeng land holds an abundance of platinum and chrome deposits.
31:558.7K views · 1mo ago · 31:55
SÜRE: One App for Safer Buying, Selling and Hiring in South Africa Ever bought something from a stranger online and held your breath until it arrived? Or hired a handyman with no way to check if they're legit?
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Senior ANC member, Peter Nyoni, has revealed how positions in the ANC and municipalities are for sale. Nyoni, who is a Deputy Director-General in the provincial government, says that some ANC members have been selling promises to support certain members to be elected into the Mpumalanga provincial executive committee (PEC) in a conference sitting on 26 March 2026 for R20 000. The commercialisation of the organisation is, however, happening at a bigger scale.
5:37439 views · 2mo ago · 5:37
Umkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK) Member of Parliament, David Skosana, talks to us on a wide range of issues The need for black parties to work together Safety of Members of Parliament President Zuma's leadership style and unexpected reshuffling of leaders in the MK Bias of the judiciary His relationship with President Jacob Zuma and Zuma's political troubles and vision The Guptas and Andile Mngxitama's book - The Gupta Family vs The Stellenbosch Mafia The Madlanga Commission and…
6:54365 views · 2mo ago · 6:54
Former Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was finally sworn in as Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature representing the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party.
8:421.7K views · 2mo ago · 8:42
Elias Mokwana was a police officer attached to the K9 Unit in Lydenburg, Mpumalanga province. In this episode he narrates how senior police officers victimised him to stop investigating illegal cigarette and drug smugglers from the Lebombo border post in SA/Mozambique.When he stubbornly refused, he was poisoned. He survived. Hitmen were hired to assassinate him, and they instead warned him about the plot.
23:172.2K views · 3mo ago · 23:17
Prominent Eswatini journalist, Zweli Martin Dlamini, unpacks Eswatini’s foreign policy, specifically its steadfast diplomatic recognition of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). This stance places the kingdom in direct defiance of United Nations Resolution 2758 and the overwhelming global consensus that recognizes the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China.
5:28108 views · 3mo ago · 5:28
Hanley Nyathi tells us about his incredible odyssey into becoming a leading ICT entrepreneur and having his own eponymous laptop brand, Hanley Laptops. A true story of resilience in the face of many setbacks, and focusing on a dream.
7:259K views · 3mo ago · 7:25
Hanley Nyathi tells us about his incredible odyssey into becoming a leading ICT entrepreneur and having his own eponymous laptop brand, Hanley Laptops. A true story of resilience in the face of many setbacks, and focusing on a dream.
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