Episodes
The Dan Corder Show, South African late night news, analysis and humour. On eNCA Mondays and Tuesdays at 9pm! We can't believe it.
Published 05/02/24
In partnership with TikTok, we spoke to South African news and culture commentator and superstar creator Zethu Gqola about the state of the nation and the power of internet media as we head in this pivotal election season.
Published 04/29/24
Published 04/29/24
Enormous media platforms have a responsibility to counteract misinformation, disinformation and bigotry, particularly during elections, when bad actors are trying to sway voters and influence democracies. In partnership with TikTok, we find out how the platform plans to keep South Africa safe from those who may try to misuse TikTok. This is our exclusive interview with Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda, sub-Saharan Africa Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at TikTok.
Published 04/25/24
Zackie Achmat is a legendary activist, and also most people's bet for most likely to become South Africa's first independent member of parliament. In this exclusive interview, we ask him what he intends to do to make our government function better, and why independent candidates are worth supporting come the election.
Published 04/08/24
The Independent Electoral Commission rejected the ANC’s attempt to have Jacob Zuma’s MK party removed from the May 29 election. National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is trying every play in the book to avoid facing charges for accepting bribes when she was Defence Minister. Tens of thousands of students are victims of one of the country’s biggest private higher education institutions, Educor, being forced to close.
Published 03/28/24
The world was rocked by Markus Jooste’s passing last week, as he was about to be arrested for a massive case of fraud with international consequences. Here’s what he was alleged to have done wrong.
Published 03/25/24
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's home was raided a few days ago, after she was accused of soliciting a multi-million rand bribe for tenders while she was Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. Prominent whistleblower Brigadier Dennis Chili claims that he was removed from his post in Crime Intelligence over a stitch-up involving an airfryer that was on sale at his local supermarket. All you need to know!
Published 03/21/24
South Africa is a world leader in having women in politics, but no positions of true power in the government are held by women. Nearly all of South Africa's political parties are led by men, and men fill most parties' executive positions. In a country where most registered voters are women, and women suffer the awful gender based violence, why are women being kept out of positions of power?
Published 03/18/24
Silly season is getting scary for South Africa's elections. An MK Party leader threatened our democracy and the DA begged America to get involved in our elections.
Published 03/14/24
The EFF is embroiled in an uncharacteristic mess. One of their most prominent leaders, Naledi Chirwa, was made to apologise for her behaviour, and her apology has dragged the party into a public fight to save their reputation that has even drawn in Julius Malema. And the Cape Independence Party was brutally exposed in front of the country as they scrambled to get on the ballot for the election. All you need to know on News Worth Knowing.
Published 03/07/24
Naledi Chirwa is a member of parliament for the EFF and is heading up party communications for their 2024 campaign to win Gauteng province. In our exclusive interview, we asked her about the EFF’s plans to expropriate the land without compensation, how the party intends to create jobs, why they partner with the ANC, and where their funding is coming from.
Published 03/04/24
The courts ordered the ANC to release their cadre deployment records to the DA, and then the mudslinging began. Also, South Africa has been rocked by the craziest fake qualifications scandal yet, involving Telkom and municipal pension funds. All you need to know!
Published 02/29/24
Political parties rely on funding from donors to cover their costs and expand their operations. We South Africans usually know very little about who is paying our politicians' bills. Let's find out what the law says about disclosing private funding of political parties, what we do know about who is giving which party money, and which parties are trying to keep their donors' identities a secret.
Published 02/26/24
The Presidency finally announced the election date, South Africa falls in love with the Special Investigating Unit's new social media style, and another round of crises at South African universities. All you need to know.
Published 02/22/24
Nobody knew how much power Jacob Zuma still holds over voters. Just a few months after slamming the ANC and beginning his campaign for the Umkhonto weSizwe Party, he has inspired two successful results in by-elections and taken swathes of voters from the ANC, EFF, and IFP. With one polling company projecting that MK half the ANC's support in KZN, let's look at how Jacob Zuma's unprecedented shakeup of South Africa's political establishment.
Published 02/19/24
Former Northern Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas managed to infuriate a whole country, doctors are exasperated by the health ministry’s money decisions, and Palestine’s men’s football team has become a political battle in South Africa. Let’s look at News Worth Knowing for this week.
Published 02/15/24
The average young South African doesn't vote. Many people with many hot takes have accused the country's youth of being apathetic, lazy, or just lacking understanding of our democracy. But those aren't the reasons why young South Africans aren't voting. Let's look at what is actually going on, to see what it might take to get young South Africans to vote in the 2024 election.
Published 02/12/24
A bombshell poll projects that the ANC will only get 45% of the vote in the upcoming election. The Please Call Me inventor looks set to make billions of rands from Vodacom. The EFF may be banned from tonight's State of the Nation Address. Let's understand all of this big news on News Worth Knowing
Published 02/08/24
Online disinformation networks are duping South Africans and changing the agendas of our politics. They look set to influence the upcoming election. In this week’s deep dive we unmask two massive disinformation networks and explain how we can all spot the liars.
Published 02/05/24
A raid at Stellenbosch University's historic Wilgenhof residence has uncovered evidence of awful, cult-like traditions of abuse that has taken place for decades. The evidence is disturbing, and confirms that generation after generation of students have been both victims and perpetrators of abuse. Here's what we know, and what it says about toxic cultures of initiation and abuse in the residences of learning institutions in South Africa.
Published 02/01/24
People have been claiming that South Africa has a crisis of farm murders for longer than a decade, and recently some have claimed that a genocide of white South Africans is either taking place or about to. What does the evidence say in reality, and how are people trying to keep the believe of a crisis alive?
Published 01/29/24
The International Court of Justice rules with South Africa against Israel, and finds plausible evidence that Israel has committed genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza. The court orders temporary measures, but no ceasefire. All you need to know.
Published 01/26/24
Government has announced that seventy fuelling stations have been selling watered down diesel to South Africans. Nelson Mandela's daughter is selling some of his most personal items, including his hearing aids. Jacob Zuma must now pay back R28m of taxpayers money. This is the News Worth Knowing this week on The Issue!
Published 01/25/24
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has faced some of the biggest stories and scandals in South Africa in the last few years. In this exclusive interview, we ask him about all of them, and he answers, from accusing Israel of genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza, to why Jacob Zuma and the Guptas walk free today. He also defends his party, the ANC, in the run-up to the 2024 general election. Let's see what he has to say.
Published 01/22/24