Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau is quietly confident about resuming US-SA trade talks soon.
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We start the show with some celebratory news: The Lead on News24 has reached more than one million listens, and one million page views, in under a year.
Thank you, Lead listeners, for tuning in. We cannot tell the South African story without you.
In this edition, host Graeme Raubenheimer crosses to chilly Davos, Switzerland, to speak to business journalist Garth Theunissen, on special assignment at the World Economic Forum.
From US President Donald Trump’s push for Washington to control Greenland, to Minister Parks Tau’s delicate US-SA trade talks, what do the snowy Swiss ski slopes have in store for Brand South Africa?
Later, in our trending topic, one Jozi man demanded a refund after being caught with an alleged sex worker in a Ferndale problem building.
Finally, we celebrate legendary journo Percy Qoboza, with On This Day in SA History, heard later.
BONUS: Try and crack Graeme’s Pointless Braai Quiz in the process!
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