PH is back from yet another trip and spills all the tea about his latest discoveries from Botswana. Warras couldn’t hold back from showing support for his favourite, Donald Trump, and what qualifies as an appropriate first date?
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17.07.24 Pt 1 - Gareth and Jack get into some Trump talk. Plus… advice from 80-year-olds, a bananas cocaine bust, Elon Musk moving to Texas, and more.
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15.07.24 Pt 2 - Leigh-Ann shares the new trend of beer tans, and some tips on how to send secret messages on your iPhone… or use it to eavesdrop. Prof Szabo joins the team for a discussion on the state of mental health in SA.
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15.07.24 Pt 1 - Gareth gets straight into the assassination attempt on Trump. Plus… some celebrity deaths, office pranks, ‘rawdogging’ it on flights, and things that might make you look old.
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Dr Jonathan Witt joins Gareth Cliff and Kanthan Pillay to discuss the latest bill passed by the ANC government, regarding National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa, putting private health and medical aids at risk of collapsing to State level. Councillor Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku from the DA then joins to discuss the R81b budget for the City of Joburg.
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15.06.23 Pt 1 - Would you prefer a 34-degree summer, or a 6-degree winter all year round? Gareth and Bakh’abantu discuss the current weather in South Africa. What can you do to celebrate Youth Day as a South African? Bakh’abantu suggests some options. And Gareth brings up the recent Trump arrest.
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18.05.23 Pt 2 - Gareth Cliff, Phumi Mashigo, and Kanthan Pillay are joined on the Burning Platform by Phumlani Majozi this morning as the list of topics to cover is long. The team gets into the South African power crisis, the latest BEE Scandal that has made headlines around the country, South Africa’s involvement in the Russian Arms deal, and more.
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Grave concern in Mozambique, where the impotence of the African Union is compounded by crushing poverty and the actions of Muslim fundamentalists, who are converting vulnerable civilians at the end of a barrel. The team discusses the potential for corruption around the Covid vaccine process in South Africa, and how citizens might end up overpaying, while many may not even get vaccinated. And finally, what will the Biden regime mean for Africa?
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14.01.21 Pt 2 - With Donald Trump having effectively been kicked off social media, there are a lot of people asking a lot of questions about free speech on digital platforms, and who decides which voices get heard. The team discusses how citizens need to become more involved in their communities in order to effect change in South Africa. And finally, it turns out that Africa is the youngest continent geologically, but we continue to have the oldest leaders… Go figure.
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How to be a Smarter Criminal
19.01.21 Pt 1 - With loadshedding running rampant in this country, should one invest in an inverter or should our government simply become smarter criminals? With the inauguration of Joe Biden taking place tomorrow, who will the Trump haters hate now? Oh by the way, Desmond Tutu had something to say about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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