This is Politics

Hosted by Justice Malala and veteran political commentator Mondli Makhanya, the show cuts through the noise with insight, honesty, and the kind of chemistry you only get when hosts actually love the conversation. No scripts. No spin. Just two voices breaking down South Africa’s political reality in a way that’s sharp, accessible, and unexpectedly entertaining.

South Africa is in a period of profound political, social and economic uncertainty. Rising unemployment, growing anti-immigration sentiment, crumbling municipalities…
A prosecutor vanishes. A magistrate throws out the case. One of the most feared men in Mpumalanga walks free. This…
A prosecutor vanishes. A magistrate throws out the case. One of the most feared men in Mpumalanga walks free. This…
n this episode of This Is Politics South Africa, Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya examine the growing fracture between the…
Why are South Africans angry at immigrants and are they blaming the wrong people? In this episode of This Is…
n this episode of This Is Politics South Africa, Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya examine the growing fracture between the…
In this episode of This Is Politics South Africa, Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya unpack the explosive sentencing of Julius…
Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya unpack the growing crisis at the heart of South Africa’s criminal justice system. From explosive…
South Africa is facing a moment of reckoning. President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered his State of the Nation Address, but…
South Africa’s water crisis is no longer just about leaking pipes — it has become a story about governance, accountability…
South Africa is facing a moment of reckoning. President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered his State of the Nation Address, but…
South Africa heads into the State of the Nation Address at a precarious moment. In this episode of This Is…