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Born Free #Transformation #StarlinkSA #BEEDebate #BELABill #EquityVsEquality #KuhleMaseko #DA

Title: Born Free #Transformation #StarlinkSA #BEEDebate #BELABill #EquityVsEquality #KuhleMaseko #DA
Runtime: 0:43
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-07-01-born-free-does-south-africa-need-starlink-with-kuhle-maseko-podcast-episode-eleven/

Title: Born Free #Transformation #StarlinkSA #BEEDebate #BELABill #EquityVsEquality #KuhleMaseko #DA
Runtime: 0:25
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-07-01-born-free-does-south-africa-need-starlink-with-kuhle-maseko-podcast-episode-eleven/

Does South Africa need Starlink - with Kuhle Maseko

Title: Does South Africa need Starlink - with Kuhle Maseko
Runtime: 1:01:14
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: 🎙️ This week on Born Free — Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with Kuhle Maseko, DA member and co-host of State of the Nation, for an unfiltered, no-holds-barred conversation.

🚀 From Starlink landing in SA to the cracks in BEE and transformation policy, and the storm brewing over the BELA Bill, we ask the question no one wants to touch:

👉 When do we actually declare Apartheid over?

Is “freedom” just a date in 1994, or is it still a work in progress?
Are we chasing equality or equity?
And what does “real change” look like to a generation that’s only ever known democracy?

No spin. No fluff. Just the raw conversations South Africa needs.

🎧 Tune in now — it’s personal, political, and powerful.

Politics | Policy | Transformation | Tech | Education

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Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 1:02
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Joburg officials implicated in RDP house hijackings in Freedom Park #southafrica #Mailandguardian

Title: Joburg officials implicated in RDP house hijackings in Freedom Park #southafrica #Mailandguardian
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Joburg officials implicated in RDP house hijackings in Freedom Park: Residents are living in shacks and rented rooms despite having legal title deeds to houses they were allocated under the Reconstruction and Development Programme.

M&G reporter Aarti Bhana, provides more insight on this story.

Read the full story here: https://ow.ly/6kj350Wfigp

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 1:12
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 2:16
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 1:27
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 0:54
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Born Free #BornFree #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics

Title: Born Free #BornFree #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 0:54
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Title: Born Free #SAPolitics #PowerAndPolitics #LiamJacobs #PatriceMotsepe #HelenZille #YouthInPolitics
Runtime: 2:57
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-19-born-free-jacobs-defects-motsepe-for-prez-zille-returns-is-youth-politics-fading-podcast-episode-ten/

Jacobs defects, Motsepe for Prez, Zille returns – Is youth politics fading?

Title: Jacobs defects, Motsepe for Prez, Zille returns – Is youth politics fading?
Runtime: 1:07:26
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: This week on Born Free, Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng break down the political bombshells making waves across South Africa.
🔹 Liam Jacobs, once the DA’s poster child for youth leadership, has defected to the Patriotic Alliance — what’s behind the switch, and what does it say about the future of the DA?
🔹 Patrice Motsepe is being quietly floated as a presidential contender — is South Africa searching for another billionaire to “save” it?
🔹 Helen Zille is back in the spotlight, with rumours swirling around a return as Mayor of Johannesburg.
With big personalities grabbing headlines, Born Free asks:
Is South African politics becoming a personality contest?
Can youth leaders still break through the noise?
And is Parliament becoming more about power than policy?
No spin. No PR fluff. Just sharp, fearless analysis on the political stories shaping the nation.
🎧 New episode out now. Don’t miss it.

Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 2:31
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

M&G 200 Young South Africans Alumni: Where are they now?

Title: M&G 200 Young South Africans Alumni: Where are they now?
Runtime: 0:52
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: M&G 200 Young South Africans Alumni: Where are they now? Meet Sandile Tshabalala, Co-founder of Huruma Bantfu, as he provides insight on how his life has changed since making the list back in 2023.

This year we're celebrating 20 years of excellence at this year's event taking place on 26 June 2025.

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dmERsFjt

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 1:38
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 2:09
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 2:05
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Born Free #BornFree #YouthMonth #SouthAfrica #Politics #Unemployment #GenerationNow #MGPodcasts
Runtime: 0:33
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Watch the full episode of Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-born-free-hunger-is-political-podcast-episode-nine/

Title: Hunger is Political
Runtime: 1:05:33
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: 🎙️ What Does It Mean to Be Born Free in 2025?

In this week’s powerful episode, Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with Gauteng MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa to unpack the shifting landscape of South African politics. From President Ramaphosa’s recent meeting with U.S. President Donal Trump to the realities young people face on the ground, this is a timely and unfiltered conversation.

As Youth Month begins, we confront the hard questions:
🔹 Why are so many young South Africans still unemployed?
🔹 Why do barriers to voting persist in a democracy built on freedom?
🔹 How can youth reclaim their agency in a political system that often sidelines them?

This episode is more than a political chat—it’s a call to action. If you’re young, concerned, and ready to shape your future, this one’s for you.
📢 Join the conversation. Be heard. Be counted.

https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-06-05-bo...

Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 2:52
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 0:51
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 1:04
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Born Free #justiceforgaza #youthvoices #humanrights #southafricaspeaks #nowisthetime
Runtime: 0:43
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-28-born-free-genocide-in-gaza-podcast-episode-eight/

Title: Genocide in Gaza with Ammarah
Runtime: 52:38
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: This week on Born Free, host Khumo Kumalo sits down with Ammarah from the Palestine Solidarity Alliance for a powerful, unflinching conversation about what’s unfolding in Gaza right now.
As famine looms and the occupation deepens under Netanyahu’s administration, we confront the brutal reality: The world cannot look away.
This isn’t about race or religion.
It’s about human lives.
It’s about children.
It’s about dignity.
It’s about the urgent need for justice.
🎧 Tune in for a raw and necessary dialogue on what it means to stand in solidarity, speak truth to power, and fight for justice.

Disclaimer:
"Born Free" is an opinion-based podcast and does not represent the views of M&G Media (PTY) LTD, its owners, affiliates, employees, or partners. The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests are their own and do not reflect the editorial stance of the Mail & Guardian.

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Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 0:50
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 0:38
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 2:45
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 0:31
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Title: Born Free #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #Afriforum
Runtime: 1:22
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

49 ‘Refugees’, Expropriation Act, Bela Act, Trump Talks, Farm Murders

Title: 49 ‘Refugees’, Expropriation Act, Bela Act, Trump Talks, Farm Murders
Runtime: 55:45
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: This week on Born Free, Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with Ernst van Zyl, Head of Public Relations at AfriForum, for a frank and challenging conversation during one of South Africa’s most politically charged moments.

From the departure of Afrikaaner refugees to the U.S., to the controversy around “Kill the Boer”, the Expropriation Act, farm murders, and the Employment Equity Amendment Act—nothing is off the table.

At a time of deep division and polarised narratives, this episode is a call for real dialogue and difficult reflection.

Find out more at the M&G: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-21-born-free-ernst-van-zyl-49-afrikaans-refugees-the-expropriation-act-bela-bill-act-talks-with-the-trump-adminstration-farm-murders-podcast-episode-seven/

Disclaimer:
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Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 2:30
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 1:53
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 1:18
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics
Runtime: 2:21
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-01-born-free-why-is-south-africa-involved-in-the-drc-podcast-episode-five/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 0:48
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics #budget3
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-06-born-free-south-africas-political-future-gnu-budget-3-0-2026-2027-party-elections-podcast-episode-six/

South Africa’s Political Future: GNU, Budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 Party Elections

Title: South Africa’s Political Future: GNU, Budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 Party Elections
Runtime: 1:06:49
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: This Week on the Born Free Podcast: South African politics is at a crossroads—and Budget 3.0 may be the tipping point.
Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with political journalist Lunga Mzangwe to unpack the turbulent road to a functioning Government of National Unity. Why did the original budget fail? Can the ANC and DA truly find common ground—or is a formal coalition agreement now inevitable?
The conversation also looks ahead: both parties are facing critical internal leadership transitions, with the DA's elective conference in 2026 and the ANC's in 2027. What do these power shifts mean for the country's future? Who will shape the next chapter of South African governance?
This episode dives deep into the political fault lines, ambitions, and uncertainties defining the moment.
🎙️ Don’t miss this essential listen—where South Africa’s political future is unpacked, challenged, and pushed forward.
#BornFreePodcast #SouthAfrica #GNU #Bu...

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics
Runtime: 2:54
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-01-born-free-why-is-south-africa-involved-in-the-drc-podcast-episode-five/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics
Runtime: 2:21
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-01-born-free-why-is-south-africa-involved-in-the-drc-podcast-episode-five/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-01-born-free-why-is-south-africa-involved-in-the-drc-podcast-episode-five/

Title: Born Free #africa #southafrica #news #leadership #politics #currentaffairs #africapolitics
Runtime: 1:03
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Find out more about Born Free: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-05-01-born-free-why-is-south-africa-involved-in-the-drc-podcast-episode-five/

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