Politically Aweh

Ahead of the 2026 local elections, we asked political parties how they would ease the cost of living in South Africa, from electricity tariffs and municipal rates to water bills and getting to work.

In episode two of our Elections Showdown mini series, we ask six party representatives the same questions about rising utility costs, free basic services and public transport. What would the parties do differently, and what can municipalities actually do to put money back in people’s pockets? You get to compare their answers.

Featuring Eddie Andrews (DA), Cameron Dugmore (ANC), Dereleen James (ActionSA), Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (EFF), Corné Mulder (FF+) and Songezo Zibi (RISE Mzansi, working with GOOD this election). MK did not respond to our interview request.

This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh.

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Who will make the most jobs in your city? We put political leaders to the test ahead of the 2026 local government elections.

We sat down with representatives from the EFF, ActionSA, Freedom Front Plus, the ANC, Rise Mzansi (working with GOOD) and the DA to get past the campaign slogans. This episode of the Elections Showdown series breaks down exactly how each party plans to tackle job creation and support the informal economy in your area.

Featuring Eddie Andrews (DA), Cameron Dugmore (ANC), Dereleen James (ActionSA), Tlaleng Mofokeng (EFF Joburg mayoral candidate), Corné Mulder (FF+) and Songezo Zibi (Rise Mzansi).

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KG Mokgadi wants to be your mayor. That’s how bad things have gotten. Laugh first, then go vote on 4 November.

Politically Aweh’s live 2026 elections comedy special, filmed in front of a sold-out crowd at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town. KG Mokgadi is joined by comedians Dillan Oliphant and Lindy Johnson, journalists Dan Corder and Naledi Mashishi (Daily Maverick), and Politically Aweh’s Zoë Human and Stephen Horn to unpack South Africa’s local government elections: who’s running, what’s at stake, and how your vote actually works.

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Rent in Cape Town just keeps going up and so do Airbnbs and luxury developments. So who's to blame, and what can actually be done?

In this episode we dig into Cape Town's housing crisis: why prices are climbing faster than in any other metro, what Airbnb, semigration, foreign buyers and digital nomads have to do with it, and whether rent control would help or backfire.

We hear from the City's side with deputy mayor Eddie Andrews, test it against urbanist Edgar Pieterse, go to church with the Rent Control Group (yes, Zackie Achmat is there, and yes, he's someone's landlord), and ask why Cape Town still has no inclusionary housing policy when Joburg and the DA-run Stellenbosch both have one.

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We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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Ahead of the 2026 local elections, we asked political parties how they would solve SA's housing issues, from Airbnb in Cape Town, to foreign ownership and rent control.

In episode one of our Elections Showdown mini series, we ask six party representatives the same questions about affordable housing, spatial apartheid and short-term rentals. What would the parties do differently, and what should municipalities actually be building? You get to compare their answers.

Featuring Eddie Andrews (DA), Cameron Dugmore (ANC), Dereleen James (ActionSA), Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (EFF), Corné Mulder (FF+) and Songezo Zibi (RISE Mzansi, working with GOOD this election). MK did not respond to our interview request.

Before you make your mark on 4 November, hear them out. Whose housing answers stand up to scrutiny, and who owes you a better explanation?

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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As South Africa’s petrol prices climb, African Energy Week brings the oil and gas crowd to Cape Town with big promises about ending energy poverty. Lovely. Who’s checking the terms and conditions?

KG, Zoë and Stephen look at whose interests are on the agenda, where renewable energy fits in, and who gets a say in Africa’s energy future. Meanwhile, Cape Town’s Citizens’ Assembly puts climate and transport questions to ordinary people. We went along to see democracy trying something different.

Catch Politically Aweh LIVE at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town on 21 October. Join KG, Zoë Human and Stephen Horn, with Dan Corder, Dylan Oliphant and Lindy Johnson, for one night of comedy, news and analysis ahead of the elections.

Get your tickets:
https://www.quicket.co.za/events/395468-politically-aweh-poll-dancing/#/

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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Flags? Flying. Speeches? Delivered. Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest plan to tackle gender-based violence? Due in 60 to 90 days. Comrades, set a reminder. This family meeting needs a follow-up.

KG, Zoë and Stephen look at what Cupcake has promised, from reviewing unresolved cases and tackling forensic backlogs to women’s safety audits and action on illegal alcohol trading. The president says these are more than good intentions. Seven years after his address on the same crisis, South African women have every reason to ask what will actually change.

We also discuss the sexual offence charges against suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Zoë shares her own experience of inappropriate contact from a police officer, and why calls to trust the police can ring hollow for women who have turned to them for help.

Then the Department of Employment and Labour has advice for unemployed young people: volunteer. Has anyone checked whether groceries can be bought with a glowing reference?

Meanwhile, Steven Bartlett’s Bishopscourt mansion is going for R189 million, skebengas posing as runners are stealing phones, and Sandy Bay’s naturists are challenging new signs banning nudity. Cape Town has plenty of problems. Apparently, HANGING OUT in a safe space is now one of them.

Which part of Cyril’s GBV plan should we follow up on first? Tell us in the comments. We feature your takes on the show.

Catch us LIVE at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town on 21 October. KG is joined by Dan Corder, Dylan Oliphant and Lindy Johnson for comedy, news and analysis ahead of the elections. Get your tickets here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/395468-politically-aweh-poll-dancing/#/

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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The ANC is in chaos right before elections, there's a a serial killer loose in Johannesburg, and celebs are running for mayor.

This week KG & Stephen expose South Africa's most chaotic election moment yet. From the ANC's last-second candidate meltdown to a horrifying series of murders in Kempton Park, exploding tensions around Cape Town's Pride crossing vandalism, and why this entire election has become a TikTok popularity contest.

We sit down with Justice Edwin Cameron, South Africa's first openly gay judge, to discuss rising threats against LGBTQ+ communities and religious extremism. We're also breaking down our explosive interviews from The Gathering (Daily Maverick's flagship political event) where we caught all the VIPs and exposed the shocking "tiktokification" of South African politics.

This episode: ANC chaos • Serial killer in Kempton Park • Celebrity candidates for mayor (Ntsiki Mazwai, SkeemGP, DJ Ready D) • Helen Zille's viral pothole campaign • Justice Edwin Cameron on homophobia • The Daily Maverick Gathering highlights • Why politicians are now influencers

Catch us LIVE at the Homecoming Centre, Cape Town: 21 October. Comedy, news and analysis right before the elections, hosted by KG with Dan Corder, Dylan Oliphant and Lindy Johnson. Get your tickets here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/395468-politically-aweh-poll-dancing/#/

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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An Afrikaner refugee family comes back to South Africa for medical treatment (and a Kauai smoothie?) and gets stuck here. Women are being found murdered in and around Kempton Park, and the price of onions goes up 219%. South Africa, are we okay?

KG, Zoë and Stephen unpack the Kempton Park murders and the questions these killings raise about gender-based violence and somehow action seems to fall on running clubs rather than the police. They also discuss the sexual offence charges against suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and the Freedom Front Plus’s choice of Bill Harington as its Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidate.

And then there are the onions. KG has questions. Many, many questions.

We end with a win worth talking about: Comrades Marathon’s 2026 sponsor list has NO fossil fuel companies on it. After Politically Aweh and you, our comrades, called for change, and the question is: will Comrades make the break official? And while they’re reviewing the sponsor list, should betting companies be next?

Catch us LIVE at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town on 21 October. KG is joined by Dan Corder, Dillan Oliphant and Lindy Johnson for comedy, news and analysis ahead of the elections. Get your tickets here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/395468-politically-aweh-poll-dancing/#/

This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh.

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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South Africans gambled over R1 trillion last year. A 30% jump in twelve months. And you can feel it everywhere.

Every billboard. Every rugby jersey. Every airport. Every second ad break. The casino used to be somewhere you drove to. Now it lives in your pocket, right next to your banking app.

This week the team goes deep on the gambling boom that's quietly become a national crisis. We spoke to a psychologist working with affected youth. A young person who got hooked and made it out. An economist. An MP pushing for tighter rules.

One question kept coming back. If South Africans are losing this much, who exactly is winning? Turns out the answer runs through provincial licensing, political donations, and a few names you might not expect.

We followed the money. It led somewhere interesting. Oh, and we made our own betting ad. A more honest one.

You'll see.

If this one made you think twice and you need to talk to someone, the toll-free gambling helpline is 0800 006 008. Confidential support, any time.

This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh.

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How does 541kg of seized cocaine just vanish? This week we dive into the Madlanga Commission's wildest mysteries, Airlink's stadium stunt, and the ANC forgetting to register 150 candidates. Welcome to the new Weekly Aweh!

And honestly? That flyover isn't even top three most unhinged things this week. Stephen, KG and Zoe are back to make you aware.

Inside the Commission: a former Hawks boss suddenly "can't recall" a thing, and a witness deposited 300k in 37 transactions in one hour. Meanwhile someone's genuinely proud of 7km of road in 5 years, and the deputy president caught a convenient case of the sniffles.

There's a true-or-false quote game, a Big Five cliffhanger, and KG ends it on the pole because why not.

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Views expressed by speakers are their own and do not reflect those of Politically Aweh NPC, its directors, funders or partners, who accept no liability.

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A pride flag went up at Bishops boys' high school for two whole days during Pride Month, and some of the school's old boys had a full meltdown about it.

But here's the thing, they don't all speak for the school. Anton Taylor, another Bishops old boy, took one look at the ooms trying to yank it down and said "absolutely not."

Actor, comedian and friend of the show, Anton joins KG for a frank, unfiltered conversation about comedy, masculinity, the culture of boys' schools, and why standing up for the person with the least power in the room is the whole point.

Real strength isn't kicking down at the people below you, it's the opposite. You can love rugby and the gym and still not be a bully about it. We get into where toxic masculinity actually comes from, what these schools get right and badly wrong, how comedy fits into all of it, and what it means to be an old boy who wants better for the next lot.

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Politically Aweh is a current affairs news show with a uniquely South African flavour. We're independent, bold, and funded by people who care what happens in and around our country.

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Online gambling in South Africa did not grow. It exploded. And the man shouting loudest about it in Parliament also happens to be chairing the committee looking into the President.

Host KG Mokgadi sits down with RISE Mzansi MP Makashule Gana, 26 years in politics, chairperson of the parliamentary committee investigating President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the most persistent voice in Parliament on gambling reform. On the committee he gives KG almost nothing, just that there are rules and they will be followed. On gambling he holds nothing back.

He explains how online betting turned a weekend outing into a 24 hour casino that lives in your pocket, why provinces undercut each other on gambling tax while the social damage lands somewhere else entirely, and the uncomfortable timing between the explosion of online gambling and the payment of the Covid SRD grant. He also makes the case that sport survived losing tobacco money and will survive losing betting money too.

Along the way: 20 years in the DA, why he left with no regrets, a software testing career he swears he could go back to, and six Comrades marathons that double as thinking time.

Then KG makes him rank breakfast cereals. The chairperson holds the line.

This podcast is a companion series to our YouTube comedy explainer videos about South African and international current affairs. Watch the show and subscribe at youtube.com/politicallyaweh.

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KG sits down with political analyst and author Tara Roos, and honestly, buckle up.

She reckons the DA is going to lose its majority in Cape Town, a take that got her cyberattacked, prompting her to open a case with SAPS. No regrets though.

They cover why Cyril's probably safe from impeachment, why MK still can't act like the real opposition, why the anger around xenophobia is pointed in the wrong direction, and why she has zero patience for South Africans who skip voting. She also opens up about what it costs to be a young woman working in politics..

Her book, Where To From Here, is out now: https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Where_to_From_Here.html?id=FpHZEQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

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We're also a registered nonprofit media company , and we rely on donations to keep making our fresh, fun, and fearlessly truthful content. You can support us here, once off, or monthly, using Snapscan: https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/8H-YVcrN or contact us if you need another payment method.

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