15 Best South Africa Political Podcasts

1. Sunday Times Politics Weekly

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.
Podcast iono.fm
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 220.1KTwitter Followers 856.2KInstagram Followers 5.2K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 47 min Since Aug 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play 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

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.
Podcast iono.fm/c/5913
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. The Daily Friend Show

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.
Podcast iono.fm/c/4377
Facebook Followers 67.6KTwitter Followers 4.2KInstagram Followers 1K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 23 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Politics, although, I call it politricks

Podcast about the politics in movies
Podcast rss.com
Twitter Followers 2Instagram Followers 45 Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 58 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. The Political Show

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.
Podcast iono.fm/c/4970
Facebook Followers 13.8KTwitter Followers 1.5KInstagram Followers 2.1K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 32 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. African Reformed Theology Podcast

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.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. DispatchLIVE

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.
Podcast iono.fm/c/6728
Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 15 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. Scrollacast

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.
Podcast scrolla.africa
Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 11 min Play Get Email Contact

9. The Highwaymen

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.
Podcast dailymaverick.co.za
Facebook Followers 174.4KTwitter Followers 577KInstagram Followers 27K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Ubuntunomics Podcast

Ubuntunomics Podcast is a regular roundup and discussion of the most important economic and political developments from Africa.
Podcast ubuntunomics.co.za
Facebook Followers 842Twitter Followers 30Instagram Followers 102 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 62 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Clearing The Lens

A podcast for women where we discuss religion, culture and politics through a biblical lens.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Instagram Followers 85 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 27 min Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact