27.09.23 Pt 1 - Two victories to celebrate - according to the ANC - a street name change, and Bheki Cele’s recognition of service by the Chinese. Ryan talks about some old school pubs on the West Rand… and Lebang needs a sangoma.
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Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach joins Gareth, Phumi and Kanthan for The Burning Platform, after being flavour of the week last week, unleashing her scathing attack on the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele and the board of G4S. The team discuss the future of justice in South Africa and pick Adv. Breytenbach’s brain on her view of prison breaks and the corruption surrounding them.
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20.04.23 Pt 2 - The Burning Platform kicks off with Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach joining the show after her viral scathing attack on the G4S board and Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, during the unravelling of the Thabo Bester case. Gareth, Phumi and Kanthan discuss the conditions of prisons in South Africa, and solutions going forward when it comes to bribery and corruption within the institutions.
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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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06.10.22 Pt 1 - Did you have a worst or best teacher at school? Or maybe a most memorable teacher? Should government cover burnout leave? And a Gauteng police station gets robbed of 10 guns!
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19.07.22 Pt 1 - Lebang’s son asked her who was the first human on Earth, Jesus or Nelson Mandela? Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have tied the knot, and the team only seems to be concerned about whether or not they will have hot kids. JJ Cornish joins to gives us the latest African news.
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Ian Cameron wasn’t told to “shut up” or “get out”! He and Kanthan Pillay join the team to talk about the work that Action Society does, the ground level realities of violent crime in South Africa and more.
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14.07.22 Pt 2 - This week the team is joined by Kanthan Pillay, as well as Ian Cameron - who is director of community safety at a recently established non-profit organisation, Action Society, which helps victims of violent crime who do not have the financial means to get legal counsel. They have a conversation about the work that Action Society does, Boris Johnson’s resignation, and more.
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07.07.22 Pt 2 - Leeto Nthoba joins the show to talk about governance in South Africa, and whether this is the beginning of the end? The team also talks about the Enyobeni saga and who is to blame, and they discuss how Boris Johnson doesn’t have a good relationship with words.
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28.02.22 Pt 1 - Leigh-Ann spent her first night in her new home, and she shares how her moving experience was. And Weza tells us about a dog that attacked a leopard!
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