10 Best South Africa Political Podcasts

1. Sunday Times Politics Weekly

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The weekly political show by top journalists of the Sunday Times discussing the week's biggest stories, toughest topics in a tight and guided conversation.An Arena Holdings Production.
Host Mike Siluma
Producer/Network TimesLIVE Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4/5Facebook 281KTwitter 856.2KInstagram 5.3K Avg Length 52 min Since Aug 2018 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Podcasts from the Edge

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Peter Bruce, veteran South African newspaper editor and commentator, interviews the country's social and political leaders and experts in a weekly effort to explain what is actually going on in this complicated country. Bruce's interviews are about making events easy to understand for people with little time to listen.MORE Host Peter Bruce
Email ****@bdfm.co.za
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 42 min Get Email Contact

3. The Daily Friend Show

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The Daily Friend Show is a 30-minute current affairs podcast featuring our analysts and writers. It presents a liberal perspective on the political, social, and economic issues of the day. No topic is taboo, nothing is off-limits. Our team of analysts and writers from South Africa's fastest-growing liberal news site.MORE Host Nicholas Lorimer
Producer/Network SA Institute of Race Relations
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 66.5KTwitter 4.2KInstagram 1K Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact

4. Politics, although, I call it politricks

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Podcast about the politics in movies
Producer/Network PAICIP Podcast
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5. The Political Show

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We are all about revealing the truth behind the headlines. Don't you hate being lied to? Well, do not fear, our political presenters will expose all sides of the story and will never lie to you. They focus on reading between the lines, and telling us what other media platforms are not.MORE Producer/Network Active FM
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Facebook 15.8KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact

6. Scrollacast

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It's a political jungle out there. Jeremy Maggs and Zukile Majova are your guides. Jeremy is an induna of South African political reporting and Zukile, a founder and political editor of Scrolla.Africa, has been investigating South African politics since 2005. He commutes between Mount Frere and Joburg.MORE Hosts Jeremy Maggs, Zukile Majova, Nickolaus Bauer
Producer/Network Scrolla
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Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact

7. The Highwaymen

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In December 2022, the 55th and possibly last elective conference of South Africa's ruling African National Congress will take place against a backdrop of socio-political chaos. In this new limited audio documentary series by Daily Maverick, investigative journalists Richard Poplak and Diana Neille take a road trip across South Africa in search of answers to how the country got to this breaking point, and how the lives and careers of three senior ANC figures.MORE Hosts Richard Poplak, Diana Neille
Producer/Network Daily Maverick
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 215.6KTwitter 580.5KInstagram 68.2K Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact

8. African Reformed Theology Podcast

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African Reformed Theology Podcast offers an upbeat analysis of the doctrinal, cultural, and political issues facing the South African Indigenous Churches from a reformed theology perspective.MORE Host Sifiso Mdletshe
Producer/Network Sifiso Mdletshe
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact

9. Clearing The Lens

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A podcast for women where we discuss religion, culture and politics through a biblical lens.
Host Melisa Sithole
Producer/Network Clearing The Lens
Instagram 86 Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact

10. DispatchLIVE

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The biggest stories from the Eastern Cape with news, investigations, lifestyle, sports, politics, and the latest issues and investigations highlighted by the team from South Africa's renowned Daily Dispatch, with 150 years of publishing excellence.MORE Producer/Network TimesLIVE Podcasts
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Avg Length 14 min Get Email Contact