South African writer and scholar Jonny Steinberg joins the show to talk about his new book on the relationship between Nelson and Winnie Mandela. Gareth, Phumi, and Kanthan comment on Jonny’s findings… and also bring up the latest scandals of the week, including Fikile Mbalula, Julius Malema, and Herman Mashaba.
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22.03.23 Pt 1 - Gareth, Mash and Ryan discuss the National Flop after Monday’s big letdown for the EFF. Mash is in the ‘honeymoon stage’ of his relationship… and Ryan talks about his frustrations over only acquiring his grandmother’s estate two years later.
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Veteran journalist, filmmaker, and author Jacques Pauw joins Gareth, Phumi and Kanthan Pillay to unpack his latest book - Our Poisoned Land. They have a candid conversation about the deceit, corruption and incompetence that we have witnessed over the years from our government.
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01.12.22 Pt 2 - Veteran journalist, filmmaker and author Jacques Pauw joins the team to unpack his most recent book, Our Poisoned Land, which picks up where he left off in his previous book, The Presidentʼs Keepers. They also discuss the current situation with Cyril Ramaphosa’s potential impeachment over the Phala Phala farm saga.
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07.04.22 Pt 1 - The team talks about a number of topics - from the petrol price increase, to basic income grants, land redistribution, and what that truly entails. JJ Cornish joins to give us the latest African news.
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Our favourite 'go to' person for all things financial - Anthea Gardner joins The Burning Platform to help us dissect the budget speech, and Leeto Nthoba brings up the issue of the commodification of white fear and black historic pain.
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24.02.22 Pt 2 - Leeto Nthoba and Anthea Gardner join the team to dissect the budget speech by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, and how it will impact the ordinary Joe in South Africa. Leeto then looks at the commodification of white fear and black historic pain.
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17.02.22 Pt 1 - Phumi’s pre-morning morning involved being tormented by a lone mosquito, and a vase of Valentine’s Day roses shattered. It's okay to hate your job... even Michelangelo did, as the Pope was a nightmare of a client!
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Do you know what the average take-home pay is? JJ Cornish, our expert on all things African, joins the team to have a candid conversation about the South African economy, increase of taxes, the Mozambique situation and more.
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27.01.22 Pt 2 - JJ Cornish - our expert on all things African - joins the team this week to discuss the situation in Mozambique, the AU summit in Ethiopia, the South African economy and more.
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