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14/11/2025

🎙Race law fiasco EMBARRASSES SA as unemployment crisis persists

Join Martin van Staden, Nicholas Woode-Smith and Ayanda Zulu as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.

In this episode, we unpack the uproar after Panyaza Lesufi ordered Solidarity’s banner on South Africa’s race laws to be removed, raising questions about what government does not want the public to see. We also break down the latest QLFS showing unemployment above 30 percent and look at a bold idea that could open real job opportunities for millions.

LINK: https://youtube.com/live/UCkZ1hVd8sA

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South Africa’s government must recognise that its war on to***co is not a public health policy but a self-inflicted woun...
14/11/2025

South Africa’s government must recognise that its war on to***co is not a public health policy but a self-inflicted wound.

South Africa’s government must recognise that its war on to***co is not a public health policy but a self-inflicted wound.

Given the potential for disastrous outcomes, it is crucial for US policymakers to reconsider the approach to Venezuela.
13/11/2025

Given the potential for disastrous outcomes, it is crucial for US policymakers to reconsider the approach to Venezuela.

Given the potential for disastrous outcomes, it is crucial for US policymakers to reconsider the approach to Venezuela.

The Middle East now teeters between opportunity and escalation. Israel is under pressure to continue withdrawals; Hama...
12/11/2025

The Middle East now teeters between opportunity and escalation. Israel is under pressure to continue withdrawals; Hamas manipulates ceasefires for optics; and Iran edges toward nuclear breakout.

The Middle East now teeters between opportunity and escalation. Israel is under pressure to continue withdrawals; Hamas manipulates ceasefires for optics; and Iran edges toward nuclear breakout.

Albanase clearly doesn’t want peace. She wants Israel to curl up and let Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran run roughshod over ...
11/11/2025

Albanase clearly doesn’t want peace. She wants Israel to curl up and let Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran run roughshod over the Jewish state with impunity.

Albanase clearly doesn’t want peace. She wants Israel to curl up and let Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran run roughshod over the Jewish state with impunity.

We are not fighting the communists anymore. We are fighting the banking committees.
10/11/2025

We are not fighting the communists anymore. We are fighting the banking committees.

We are not fighting the communists anymore. We are fighting the banking committees.

🎙️Mamdani wins NYC; and does South Africa belong in the G20?Join David Ansara, Martin van Staden and Nicholas Woode-Smit...
07/11/2025

🎙️Mamdani wins NYC; and does South Africa belong in the G20?

Join David Ansara, Martin van Staden and Nicholas Woode-Smith as they dive into some of the most pressing issues of the week.

In this episode, we discuss Zohran Mamdani’s New York win and what it says about the growing appeal of socialist politics abroad. We also ask whether South Africa’s place in the G20 is based on real economic strength or political convenience.

LINK: https://youtube.com/live/kI0Lfl9sjXg

BEE has failed. It has enriched the few, impoverished the many, and corrupted the very fabric of the state. The DA’s n...
07/11/2025

BEE has failed. It has enriched the few, impoverished the many, and corrupted the very fabric of the state. The DA’s new bill is the first real challenge to this entrenched system of cronyism.

BEE has failed. It has enriched the few, impoverished the many, and corrupted the very fabric of the state. The DA’s new bill is the first real challenge to this entrenched system of cronyism.

The problem is the ANC’s grand ideology of incremental socialism that has birthed a system that reinforces the status qu...
06/11/2025

The problem is the ANC’s grand ideology of incremental socialism that has birthed a system that reinforces the status quo, enables corruption, and hampers genuine economic progress.

The problem is the ANC’s grand ideology of incremental socialism that has birthed a system that reinforces the status quo, enables corruption, and hampers genuine economic progress.

The genocide in Sudan is a stain on our collective conscience, and it is imperative that the world responds with urgen...
05/11/2025

The genocide in Sudan is a stain on our collective conscience, and it is imperative that the world responds with urgency and compassion.

The genocide in Sudan is a stain on our collective conscience, and it is imperative that the world responds with urgency and compassion.

We cannot regulate and subsidise our way to prosperity. Poverty will only end when South Africans are empowered to cre...
04/11/2025

We cannot regulate and subsidise our way to prosperity. Poverty will only end when South Africans are empowered to create wealth, not wait for it to be delivered from the steps of Parliament.

We cannot regulate and subsidise our way to prosperity. Poverty will only end when South Africans are empowered to create wealth, not wait for it to be delivered from the steps of Parliament.

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