South Africa's wittiest news show. Join comedian KG Mokgadi, Zoë Human, and the Politically Aweh team every week as we make sense of South African and international news and politics. Let's get aweh!
Petrol Price Explodes & African (Dirty) Energy Week | Weekly Aweh
As South Africa’s petrol prices climb, African Energy Week brings the oil and gas crowd to Cape Town with big promises about ending energy poverty. Lovely. Who’s checking the terms and conditions? KG, Zoë and Stephen look at whose interests are on the agenda, where renewable energy fits in, and who gets a say in Africa’s energy future. Meanwhile, Cape Town’s Citizens’ Assembly puts climate and transport questions to ordinary people. We went along to see democracy trying something different. ...
7 Oct 2026
Ramaphosa’s GBV Promises | Will The Youth Vote For The EFF? | MK's IEC Elections Drama | Weekly Aweh
Flags? Flying. Speeches? Delivered. Cyril Ramaphosa’s latest plan to tackle gender-based violence? Due in 60 to 90 days. Comrades, set a reminder. This family meeting needs a follow-up. KG, Zoë and Stephen look at what Cupcake has promised, from reviewing unresolved cases and tackling forensic backlogs to women’s safety audits and action on illegal alcohol trading. The president says these are more than good intentions. Seven years after his address on the same crisis, South African women ha...
An Afrikaner refugee family comes back to South Africa for medical treatment (and a Kauai smoothie?) and gets stuck here. Women are being found murdered in and around Kempton Park, and the price of onions goes up 219%. South Africa, are we okay? KG, Zoë and Stephen unpack the Kempton Park murders and the questions these killings raise about gender-based violence and somehow action seems to fall on running clubs rather than the police. They also discuss the sexual offence charges against susp...
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