Real Problem with Chester Missing

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we break down why Gwede Mantashe should resign — and what the ANC’s half-empty January 8 birthday celebration really tells us about the state of South African politics.

From ANC corruption, service delivery failures, and General Mkhwanazi’s explosive revelations, to Gwede Mantashe’s shocking comments on unemployment and the deliberate confusion around BEE, this episode explains why the ANC leadership has completely lost touch with reality.

We unpack how corruption hollowed out Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, why inequality in South Africa remains racialised, and how political elites protect each other while ordinary South Africans pay the price.

This is not about being anti-transformation — it’s about calling out incompetence, arrogance, and leadership that actively makes things worse.

This week’s Ad Hoc Committee exposed just how broken South Africa’s policing and oversight systems really are — so Chester Missing did what SAPS couldn’t: make sense of it.

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester takes a sharp, satirical look at what police generals told Parliament about political interference, missing dockets, and the shutdown of the Political Killings Task Team — all while asking how a system this dysfunctional was ever meant to fight organised crime.

It’s the serious stuff, explained with jokes, frustration, and the kind of clarity only a puppet can bring.

Donald Trump attacked South Africa using a badly researched PowerPoint — after South African right-wing groups actively lobbied him with the fabricated “white genocide” narrative. In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, we unpack how race-grifting activists undermined their own country, hurt farmers, and embarrassed South Africa on the global stage.

From Trump threatening to steal Greenland and kidnapping Venezuela’s president, to Elon Musk pushing fear-mongering nonsense about minorities, this episode explains why Trump doesn’t care about South Africa, why America isn’t a saviour, and why foreign strongmen don’t protect anyone except themselves.

We also look at South Africa’s messy non-alignment policy, dodgy military posturing with Russia, China and Iran, and why choosing sides like it’s a football derby is dangerously stupid. It's another episode of REAL PROBLEM with Chester Missing.

Mock racists. Defend democracy. Think for yourself.

Welcome to 2026, South Africa — and it’s already a mess.

In this explosive opening episode of the year, Chester Missing breaks down global chaos and local nonsense:

Donald Trump invading Venezuela for oil, South Africans cheering on international crime, the ANC lecturing America on international law, the DA’s Cape Town housing hypocrisy, Gwede Mantashe giving job advice with 64% youth unemployment, and why KZN is about to become absolute mayhem.

We also look ahead to Julius Malema’s court date, Cat Matlala’s prison shuffle, the Madlanga Commission fallout, and why this election year is going to drown us all in political nonsense.

Sharp satire. Real issues. No mercy.

Welcome to 2026 — let’s get into it.

In this episode of Real Problem with Chester Missing, Chester is joined by award-winning journalist and Debrief Network founder Qaanitah Hunter to unpack why Donald Trump’s unapologetic racism may have accidentally forced the world to rethink how it treats Africa.