In this week’s gripping episode of the SL Cabinet Podcast, hosts Koena Mashale, Nandi Ntini and Herman Moloi break down SA’s biggest headlines — from the Oval Office to Soweto’s courtrooms.
They kick off with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s tense meeting with US President Donald Trump, where Ramaphosa dismissed claims of a “white genocide” in SA and clarified government policy on controversial chants. Was he prepared for Trump’s hard stance, or caught by surprise?
Then the team unpack finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 budget speech. With a proposed R37.5bn in potential savings and controversial cuts to social services and education, the team questions whether these reforms are sustainable or just more political posturing.
In the quick takes, there’s a spotlight on Devon residents who’ve been living without electricity for more than five years, and the DA’s outrage over a R134m renovation to the vandalised Sebokeng testing centre.
The team also covers the devastating story of four toddlers who died in an unregistered Mayfair crèche fire, and the City of Johannesburg’s 17-year legal battle over Diepkloof Hostel.
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