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• Power surge, Carol Paton on Mzansi’s new electricity revolution

  If, like me, you’ve seen these headlines of new independent power producers emerging to feed into the national grid ... and you’re wondering, when will we finally wean ourselves off a century-old Eskom monopoly and realise cheaper power prices? Then stick around for my conversation with specialist journalist Carol Paton in this edition of The Lead. Because the long and short of it is this: we’re at the start of an unprecedented electricity revolution in Mzansi. Later, in our trending topic, a Cape Town institution, the trendy Oranjezicht market moves … across the road. Finally, the apartheid regime once supported a failed operation to overthrow the Seychelles government … On This Day in SA History, heard at the end of the show. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.

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• Ubuntu diplomacy lands at Jozi G20 as US stays away

  The first G20 summit on African soil has flown by and, barring the United States’ view, it appears that President Cyril Ramaphosa has come in for near-universal applause for pulling off a global event of this magnitude. In what some are calling a diplomatic masterstroke, Pretoria pushed for the participating powers to adopt the summit’s declaration early on Saturday, possibly to avoid any overtures from Washington. For more on the politically charged weekend that was, we’ve got our deputy politics editor, Bongekile Macupe, in The Lead hotseat. Later, in our trending topic, Helen Zille breaks up a public spat between John Steenhuisen and Dion George. Finally, the capital, Pretoria, elected its first black mayor in 1995 On This Day in SA History. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.

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• SA’s high stakes G20 and whiplash from Washington

  We start this edition of The Lead tonight with the breaking news from President Cyril Ramaphosa that Washington has done a u-turn and is now showing a willingness to participate in the G20 Summit in some form or another. Please note the rest of the show tonight was recorded earlier in the day. For the first time in Africa’s history, the G20 Summit is happening this weekend in Johannesburg, a city beset by a poisonous urban decay. We’ll catch up with political journalist, Amanda Khoza on the G20 first, and then cross to editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson on the B-20, all next. Later, with On This Day in SA History, a reckless, daredevil biker made headlines on this day in 2005. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.

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• Unravelling Brown Mogotsi’s conspiracies with Karyn Maughan

  We begin this special edition of The Lead with the very latest charge from Madlanga Commission evidence leader, Matthew Chaskalson, that notorious North West businessman Brown Mogotsi lied under oath. Mogotsi’s claims read like a Cold War-era spy novel, but they appear to lack the evidence the commission so sorely needs to make concrete findings. The self-proclaimed Crime Intelligence contact agent, the alleged go-to guy between Gauteng’s criminal underworld and the now-suspended police minister, Senzo Mchunu, has claimed KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is a CIA agent, which the commission has since poured cold water over. Specialist legal journalist Karyn Maughan updates us from Pretoria. Later, in our trending topic, US President Donald Trump claims – as his reason for not attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit – that Pretoria is exterminating people. Finally, the mid-1990s saw the Springboks dominate the rugby world, with On This Day in SA History. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.

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• 78-year-old District Six resident beats 2023 eviction order

  Every now and then, a modern-day David and Goliath story comes along that warms our hearts. Today, this story is about 78-year-old Noor-Banu Allie, a long-time District Six resident who was forcibly removed from the area in the late 1960s. She very nearly suffered the same fate recently when her landlord dug their heels in, but a Western Cape High Court ruling has now allowed her to keep renting her humble District Six home. More with this incredible story is journalist Marvin Charles, our guest on The Lead. Later, in our trending topic, he’s held three top Cabinet posts; now, Malusi Gigaba finds himself in a court dock charged with corruption. And finally, epic aviator Amy Johnson broke her solo flying record from England to Cape Town with On This Day in SA History. You can send our host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer, a voice note with your questions or thoughts on the show: 072 562 3179. To advertise in the show: [email protected]. Full editions drop Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube. The Lead is currently sponsored by 10X Investments.

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