The Lead
Podcast Description
Welcome to "The Lead", a brand new, regular podcast from News24 showcasing the best of our in-depth reporting.
Through candid and honest conversations with our host Graeme Raubenheimer and News24's leading journalists, you'll gain insight into what they saw, heard and uncovered in the pursuit of the big story.
Join us at 19:00 every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for an informative behind-the-scenes look at the stories that dominated the day's headlines.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores a range of content themes including political corruption, incompetence in governance, and critical social issues, with episodes discussing recent scandals such as dodgy deals at City Power and Prasa, alongside current events like budget speech negotiations. Each discussion centers on the revelations and insights of journalists who cover these important topics.
The Lead is News24’s definitive daily audio podcast for in-depth reporting. Join broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer every week as he engages in candid conversations with our top journalists, and discover what they saw, heard, and uncovered in their relentless pursuit of the big story. A new edition drops every night, Monday to Thursday at 19:00 SAST on News24, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Share your views, news tips, and voice notes: WhatsApp: 072 562 3179 or email: [email protected]. Let’s chat all this and more, right here on The Lead on News24.
It seems like anyone can become South Africa’s foreign policy spokesperson these days. Just ask the chief of our defence force. South African National Defence Force chief General Rudzani Maphwanya jetted off to Tehran this week to meet with his Iranian counterpart and, quite astonishingly, spoke like the country’s foreign minister. And now our actual international relations minister, Ronald Lamola, back home, is scrambling to clean up after the general’s mess. Maphwanya’s timing couldn’t have been worse as Pretoria tries to salvage ties with Washington whose missiles just recently struck Tehran’s nuclear sites. The Lead host Graeme Raubenheimer and investigations editor Pieter du Toit are left wondering how or why this trip happened at all. Later in the show, we end off with ‘On This Day in History’. You can send show host Graeme Raubenheimer a short voice note with your questions or thoughts on this episode to our official The Lead WhatsApp line, that’s: +27 72 562 3179. Mail your comments to [email protected]. Editions drop on Monday through Thursday at 19:00 on Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
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