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Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building
Episode 76
In late February 2026, the City of Cape Town auctioned off 53 City-owned properties, including the famous Good Hope Centre. The man who claims his bi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe
Episode 75
Between 2013 and 2018, R11.3-million in cash flowed into Palcocap — a company linked to former Transnet and Eskom boss Brian Molefe — through 706 ATM…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the US–Israel War on Iran - and What It Means for Africa
Episode 74
This episode was made possible thanks to The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom:
https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa
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2 months, 2 weeks ago
How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
Episode 73
Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary in…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy
Episode 72
South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen revelled in the limelight. Melany featured on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Pretoria. And V…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mayor or DA Leader? Geordin Hill-Lewis on Cape Town, the GNU & Why He’s Staying Put
Episode 71
Daily Maverick’s Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee puts the hard questions to Cape Town's Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, on inequality, the DA le…
3 months ago
Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart
Episode 70
Two competing narratives have emerged since KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged in July 2025 that a cartel had penetrated South Afr…
3 months ago
The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories
Episode 69
South Africa is in the grip of an infrastructure supercycle, but it isn’t roads or rails. It is the rise of the AI Factory, windowless fortresses con…
3 months ago
Redi Tlhabi Has Advice for America’s New Ambassador to South Africa
Episode 68
In this solo episode of The Readiness Report, Redi Tlhabi discusses newly appointed US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, and the rece…
3 months, 1 week ago
The alleged illicit millions that bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
Episode 67
In this video, Scorpio investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh unpacks documents pointing to an alleged slush fund linked to Brian Molefe durin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago