Politically Aweh

How does 541kg of seized cocaine just vanish? This week we dive into the Madlanga Commission's wildest mysteries, Airlink's stadium stunt, and the ANC forgetting to register 150 candidates. Welcome to the new Weekly Aweh!And honestly? That flyover isn't even top three most unhinged things this week. Stephen, KG and Zoe are back to make you aware.Inside the Commission: a former Hawks boss suddenly...

A pride flag went up at Bishops boys' high school for two whole days during Pride Month, and some of the school's old boys had a full meltdown about it.But here's the thing, they don't all speak for the school. Anton Taylor, another Bishops old boy, took one look at the ooms trying to yank it down and said "absolutely not."Actor, comedian and friend of the show, Anton joins KG for a frank,...

Online gambling in South Africa did not grow. It exploded. And the man shouting loudest about it in Parliament also happens to be chairing the committee looking into the President.Host KG Mokgadi sits down with RISE Mzansi MP Makashule Gana, 26 years in politics, chairperson of the parliamentary committee investigating President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the most persistent voice in Parliament on...

KG sits down with political analyst and author Tara Roos, and honestly, buckle up.She reckons the DA is going to lose its majority in Cape Town, a take that got her cyberattacked, prompting her to open a case with SAPS. No regrets though.They cover why Cyril's probably safe from impeachment, why MK still can't act like the real opposition, why the anger around xenophobia is pointed in the wrong...

In 1976, students marched peacefully for their right to learn. Yet, they were met with bullets.Seth Mazibuko was one of the youngest leaders that day.He calls it the battle of the bullet versus the book. A generation that risked everything for an education.But Seth isn't only looking back. He draws a line from Soweto to #FeesMustFall, to the young South Africans facing record unemployment right...

Brett Herron is not your typical politician. As a former city of Cape Town Mayco member and a DA insider for years, he was in the room where decisions were made, and he watched closely how the party operated, who really had influence, and what happened when you pushed back.He pushed back and suddenly the exit signs became very visible. Now as Secretary General of the Good Party, Brett joins KG...

Mark Heywood once smuggled drugs into South Africa to break pharmaceutical patents and force the government's hand on HIV treatment. It worked. Six million people are now on ARVs.Now he's picked a new fight, and this time, the enemy is an empty plate.KG sits down with Mark to unpack why a country with a food surplus has 20 million hungry people, why hunger shows up at the scene of every domestic...

She's interviewed assassins, gangsters, and corrupt politicians, and somehow made all of them trust her. Now she's sitting down with KG, and nothing is off limits.We get into the Oval Office, a freezing Polish farmhouse, a very tense braai, and a phone contact that might just be the most infamous person on the planet right now.This one goes places. You'll want to hear it.This goes hand-in-hand...

We sat down with Irfaan Mangera, Y20 spokesperson and seasoned youth wrangler, to unpack why the G20 felt like a group project where the grownups didn’t read the brief.We get into youth rage, protest culture, anime flags taking over parliaments, and why South African leaders still act shocked when young people hit the streets.It seems African leaders keep missing the point for the continent's...

Comedian and activist Justine Wanda joins PA to unpack African youth anger, satire’s role in politics and why we’re laughing through the chaos.We get into everything: protests over bread and pads, politicians swapping corruption tips, and why Africans cope by laughing so we don’t lose our minds. Justine speaks on Kenya’s youth-led resistance, Tanzania’s fear-fuelled silence, Uganda’s forever...