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News24 | The Story

This weekly news podcast by News24, takes listeners on a journey into the newsroom and to the heart of the week’s biggest story. Every week, journalists from our newsroom are interviewed, about a story that dominated headlines. During these intimate and candid conversations, the listener is given tasty titbits about the week’s biggest story. We also speak to the newsmakers as well as experts on the matter.
Weekly English South Africa News · News Commentary
99 Episodes
40 – 60

PODCAST | The Story: A look back at 2021

2021 has been a tough year for South Africans. Loadshedding, Covid-19, a changing political landscape, and a battered economy has all taken its toll on the health and emotional wellbeing of most South Africans.
10 Dec 2021 23 min

PODCAST | The Story: The Omicron variant and what we know so far

The discovery of a new Covid-19 variant has sent the world into panic mode. South African scientists announced the discovery of the variant last week, sparking travel bans against the country. Health officials believe the new variant, named Omicron, is driving up infections, with Gauteng at the epicentre of cases.
3 Dec 2021 18 min

PODCAST | The Story: New era in South African politics

South Africa's official opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has reaped the benefits of smaller parties uniting against their common enemy, the ANC. The DA won mayorships in Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and the City of Johannesburg. The ANC has now lost control of the biggest and most important metros in Gauteng, the economic…
25 Nov 2021 17 min

THE STORY | Miss SA - When politics and pageants collide

The government's withdrawal of its support for the Miss SA pageant has sparked controversy ahead of the Miss Universe contest in Israel next month. Organisers of Miss South Africa refused to boycott the event, despite the government's advice to withdraw from the competition.
22 Nov 2021 16 min

PODCAST | The Story: 2021 elections - voters strike back

A record low voter turnout characterised the 2021 municipal elections, with a resultant significant impact on the fortunes of some political parties. More than 13 million voters, eligible to vote, did not even take the time to register. It was the lowest voter turnout in the history of the country's…
5 Nov 2021 20 min

PODCAST | The Story: Vaccinations of teens underway - what you need to know

Vaccinations of children between the ages of 12 and 17 started on Wednesday this week. The South African government wants to increase the number of Covid-19 vaccinations ahead of the final matric exams. A single dose of the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children by South Africa's health regulator.
22 Oct 2021 17 min

PODCAST | The Story: Is dognapping on the rise?

Animal welfare organisations are alarmed by a case of dognapping that happened in Cape Town last weekend. A woman's dog disappeared from sight while she was walking on Table Mountain, and several hours later she received a phone call demanding a ransom of R500 for the safe return of her…
15 Oct 2021 9 min

PODCAST | The Story: The increasing politicisation of judicial appointments

On Monday, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended the exact same candidates they originally put forward for appointment as judges to the Constitutional Court. CASAC challenged the legality of the JSC's April process, and as a result the high court ordered a rerun of the April interviews. But, the result…
8 Oct 2021 17 min

The Story: Report into Digital Vibes scandal finally released by the President

This week on The Story, we take a look at the Special Investigating Unit (SIU)’s damning report into the R150 million Digital Vibes saga. The department of health initially contracted Digital Vibes for the National Health Insurance (NHI) campaign in 2019, which was when former health minister Zweli Mkhize reportedly…
1 Oct 2021 15 min

PODCAST | The Story: Zuma, the untouchable?

Former president Jacob Zuma dominated the headlines this week after the Correctional Services department announced his release on medical parole. It's since emerged that the medical parole advisory board did not recommend his release, but that decision was overruled by Correctional Services boss Arthur Fraser.
10 Sep 2021 12 min

PODCAST | The Story: Babita Deokaran's death and the risks of being a whistleblower

On Monday, six men appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court in connection with the murder of Gauteng health department finance official Babita Deokaran. A further two suspects were arrested on Thursday and subsequently released. Deokaran was a key witness in multimillion rand tender fraud investigations. Her death has turned the…
3 Sep 2021 13 min
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