Every week they engage in candid conversations with SA's party leaders. (Bertram Maglas/News24)
News24's Q&A is a new podcast created to facilitate candid conversations with South Africa's party leaders as we head into what has been dubbed the most important elections since 1994.
The weekly podcast, hosted by News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson and News24 assistant editor for politics and opinions Qaanitah Hunter, interviewed the top political leaders in the country to help you decide who is worth your vote.
Find everything you need to know about the 2024 general elections on News24's Elections Hub.
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27 May 09:05
ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe says the ANC will continue its downward trajectory as more South Africans interrogate what the governing party has done to improve their lives. Meshoe believes the ANC will join the ranks of other liberation movements that have been unable to maintain political power after the 30-year-mark.
27 May 09:03
Before laying the foundations of Build One South Africa (BOSA), Mmusi Maimane says he needed time to recover from the emotional turmoil of his DA exit in 2019. "I felt I needed to heal from that because [of] the level of toxicity that was within the former party," Maimane told News24.
27 May 09:02
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says he "doesn't imagine" that the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party will be the fifth-largest party in the country, as some polls may suggest. Mantashe says the MK Party has grown its presence in a few regions of KwaZulu-Natal, like Empangeni and Newcastle, because of its "tribal politics".
27 May 09:01
Politics is not a popularity contest for Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi. The former newspaper editor says earning the trust of constituents has been his core focus while building his new party over the past 12 months. "When you have grassroots support, the question of who the leader is [becomes] less important than knowing what the party is about," Zibi tells News24's Qaanitah Hunter.
27 May 08:59
GOOD Party leader Patricia de Lille believes that sexual misconduct allegations confronting her political party in recent years are reflective of the broader gender-based violence crisis plaguing society. Last month, the GOOD Party booted one of its members, a former rugby coach, who is facing two counts of attempted sexual assault and crimen injuria in the Vredendal Magistrate's Court.
27 May 08:57
Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) leader Pieter Groenewald believes his party holds appeal for black South Africans who share conservative values and prioritise community upliftment. Speaking on News24's Q&A elections podcast, Groenewald emphasised that the FF Plus is a party for all South Africans.
27 May 08:56
Jacob Zuma is still the man to watch, according to UDM leader Bantu Holomisa."People must not underestimate him; you underestimate him at your peril," he said during an interview on News24's elections podcast Q&A. In December, Zuma said he was endorsing the uMkhonto weSizwe Party - a move that many believe will reduce the ANC's prospects in KZN and nationally.
27 May 08:53
Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie says he is happy to keep funding the party out of his own pocket, with help from his deputy, Kenny Kunene, to avoid undue influence from donors. McKenzie, who is the party's biggest donor, forked out nearly R3 million to keep it afloat between September and December last year.
27 May 08:52
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says there's no way the DA will expand its foothold in the May general elections, despite what polling data may suggest. In the latest episode of News24's Q&A elections podcast, Mashaba says he is confident that his party will surpass the DA in national support, adding that ActionSA had, in the 2021 municipal vote, proved pollsters wrong.
27 May 08:50
DA leader John Steenhuisen says he sometimes misses former party leader Mmusi Maimane on a personal level, but believes he was too inexperienced to lead the party. Speaking on News24's Q&A elections podcast, Steenhuisen looked back at the DA's disastrous 2019 election performance, and reflected on how Maimane's leadership affected the party.
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