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Start your day the smart way. Your daily dose of South African news in 8 minutes or less. Keeping you informed and entertained with the most important news out there 🇿🇦

  1. 12/18/2025

    Why I’m Building A News Media Company In South Africa - Episode #136

    In Today's Show:   This is the last Daily Bagel episode of the year. Instead of running through the news, we wanted to take a step back and explain why Daily Bagel exists - what we set out to build, what this year has actually looked like behind the scenes, and why we’ve been so deliberate about staying facts-first and apolitical in a space that often rewards the opposite. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on our first year - what it’s really been like building Daily Bagel day by day, how the show has evolved over the year, and a glimpse at where we’re hoping to take it next. Whether you’ve been watching quietly, commenting regularly, or sharing this with others, thank you. This episode is for you. More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    10 min

  2. 12/17/2025

    The South African Law Set To Control Your Healthcare - Episode #135

    In Today's Show:   South Africa has quietly locked in a sweeping health reform that could centralise how healthcare is managed, while the Reserve Bank moves to rethink how cash actually works in a country that still relies on it far more than most people realise. In KZN, a razor-thin coalition survives a dramatic no-confidence vote as tempers flare inside the provincial legislature. And in our wildcard, we break down how petrol prices are really set - and why they never seem to fall the way you expect More From Us: ⁠Whatsapp Channel⁠  ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple Podcast

    8 min

  3. 12/15/2025

    How South Africa Plans To Reset Citizenship - Episode #134

    In Today's Show:   South Africa has proposed its biggest citizenship reset in a generation, with government proposing a shift away from time served toward merit-based citizenship - and that’s only the start. The same draft plan also tightens immigration and asylum rules, rewrites how visas work, and lays the groundwork for a far more digital state. In other news, three major private colleges are running out of road after regulators moved to cancel their registrations, while borrowers could finally see relief as analysts pencil in interest rate cuts for 2026. More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    8 min

  4. 12/14/2025

    Inside The Race To Replace Cyril Ramaphosa - Episode #133

    In Today's Show:   The ANC’s succession race has quietly begun, with Ramaphosa still in office but the countdown to 2027 now unmistakably ticking. At the same time, a political fight over Starlink is exposing deeper tensions about who really sets policy, while the party draws firm red lines on NHI and BEE inside an uneasy coalition government. In other news: inflation expectations are cooling and citizenship rules may. be tightening. and in the wildcard, we explain why South Africans are still struggle to plug in overseas. More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    8 min

  5. 12/11/2025

    South Africa’s Borders Are Exposing a Bigger Problem - Episode #132

    In Today's Show:   South Africa’s border security takes centre stage as the Home Affairs Minister warns that outdated systems and missing surveillance tech are turning our ports into a national security risk. In business, Mr Price’s R10 billion leap into Europe rattles investors, while Washington hints South Africa could be sidelined from the next AGOA extension. In other news: a matric exam breach, another legal setback for the MK Party, and the rand’s strongest level in nearly three years. With a wildcard that takes a closer look at how South Africa would communicate in a network blackout. More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    8 min

  6. 12/10/2025

    What Australia's Social Media Ban Means For South Africa - Episode #131

    In Today's Show:   Australian teens are waking up to a world without social media after the first blanket under-16 ban goes live - and South Africa is already debating whether it should follow. The ANC’s National General Council is wrestling with its own follow-through problem, while the IMF offers praise with one hand and a debt warning with the other. In other news: WBHO lands a multibillion-rand airport project, the FSCA drops a record penalty on Banxso, and Starlink tests Namibia’s resolve on ownership rules. And in the wildcard, a closer look at the surprising engineering built into your banknotes. More From Us: ⁠Whatsapp Channel⁠  ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple Podcast

    8 min

  7. 12/09/2025

    Why South Africa’s Defence Force Is In Serious Trouble - Episode #130

    In Today's Show:   South Africa’s defence force is straining at the seams, with only a small band of soldiers fit to deploy and Parliament still in the dark about what’s really going on. In business, SPAR joins a growing list of South African retailers pulling back from costly foreign ventures, while Eskom scrambles to keep the ferrochrome industry from shutting down entirely. In other news: China’s record trade surplus, a G20 accreditation snub, and the ANC’s internal election shake-up. And in the wildcard: the real reason Durban and Cape Town feel like two different countries when you step into the water.  More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    8 min

  8. 12/08/2025

    How Netflix’s R1.4 Trillion Deal Affects South African TV - Episode #129

    In Today's Show:   South Africa wakes up to Netflix’s trillion-rand swing at Warner Bros and a TV landscape tilting under its feet, even as DStv fends off pressure from every direction. Ramaphosa’s GBV disaster declaration lands with a call for men to change their behaviour, while Traxtion’s multibillion-rand rail gamble tests whether private operators can fix what Transnet can’t.  In other news: Qantas opens a new route, big JSE listings loom, Makate wins his payout battle - and Gauteng claims its place among the world’s lightning capitals.  More From Us: Whatsapp Channel  ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠Spotify Apple Podcast

    7 min
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