- 8,096
- Episodes
- 180
- Transcribed
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About First Take SA
News and Current Affairs
- Publisher
- SAfm
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2014
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
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180 of 8,096 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Al Jama-ah announces Ashley Mama as its Johannesburg mayoral candidate
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
New political parties gear up for this year's local government elections
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
All Eyes On Kempton Park As COSATU Leadership Results Expected Today
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Al Jama-ah announces Ashley Mama as its Johannesburg mayoral candidate
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Why is it the turnaround? So we need to do a diagnostic within the city to understand what has gone wrong, meaning we need to check from the public servants, the artisans, why don't they have the tools to hire us to the CEO and all public servants within the city. That would be the first thing. The second thing is to actually start engaging with the public sector to be able to say, look, we have this problem. We don't necessarily have the money, but how do we best make it work for both the city and its residents? So we need a solution-orientated issue. And then, thirdly, we would need to address also the costs that are – because the city has a lot of cost employees. […]
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- Ashley Mama
- Ntsiki Mazwai
- Rali Mampuele
- Sello Mashula
- Mpumelelo Zikalala
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- 96
- Social presence
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 60
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