WATCH | On the Record: a News24's summit about SA's future

Rewatch the full-day summit, which was attended by a host of top leaders and change-makers at the Sandton Convention Centre in Gauteng.

If we don't look after whistleblowers, they won't be around for the next state capture - Zondo

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has called for greater protection of whistleblowers and said he feared they "won't be around next time" should there be a repeat of state capture.

'It was a good week for' SA - Investigating Directorate head reflects on Molefe, Singh arrests

Speaking at News24's On the Record summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, Johnson said the arrests of Molefe, Singh and two others on Tuesday were part of restoring South Africa's trust in the justice system.

'We're in trouble.' Business says it's time to put social compact aside and disrupt economy

Business leaders participating in the News24 On The Record conference are fed up. South Africa's unemployment rate has increased from under 25% a decade ago to 33.9% in the second quarter of 2022, and that's if you ignore the discouraged job seekers.

Should state capture reoccur, the ANC would be unlikely to prevent it - Zondo

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo believes the ANC may not have learnt its lesson and should state capture happen again, the party would still use its majority to protect those implicated. 

Corruption 'normalised' at Eskom, but sending people to prison will help - De Ruyter

Corrupt practices are still deeply entrenched at Eskom, particularly in procurement processes, says CEO André de Ruyter.

De Ruyter was speaking at News24's inaugural On the Record leadership summit in Sandton on Thursday. He relayed the challenges he faced when he joined the power utility in January 2020, including the neglect of power stations and the cumbersome procurement processes that needed to be made more efficient.

Young South Africans need to build the future they want - Thuli Madonsela

Young South Africans must defend democracy to build the future they want.

This is according to Professor Thuli Madonsela, the Law Trust Research chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University, who was speaking at News24's On the Record summit.

We messed up on air quality, admits Eskom as it defends coal shutdown

Eskom in the past did not take the "correct decisions" to install abatement technologies needed to improve air quality around its power stations, said the head of its Just Energy Transition Office, Mandy Rambharos.

ANC's Kubayi warns against coalitions, saying service delivery is used as ransom

One of the pitfalls of coalition governments is the holding at ransom of service delivery to the detriment of communities when partners fail to find each other. 

As such, having a national government of unity after the 2024 national elections could spell serious trouble for South Africans. 

This was the argument put forward by ANC deputy president hopeful Mmamoloko Kubayi during a panel discussion at the News24’s On the Record Summit

Power of the future: People want jobs, not bullet points on paper - Eskom's Rambharos

Rambharos shared that socioeconomic studies Eskom commissioned as part of its just energy transition plans found that people want meaningful work and not handouts.

On The Record | More state capture arrests, protect whistleblowers - where to from here?

Here are the key takeaways from each of the On The Record Summit’s keynote and six panel discussions.

In this Friday Briefing, we contemplate what came out of the summit and what needs to change if we are going to ensure this country has a future. 

News24's assistant editor, Pieter du Toit, writes the ANC has a lot to answer for, but it is unlikely the party has learnt any lessons from what took place when Zuma was in charge. 

Qaanitah Hunter, who is News24's assistant editor of politics and opinions, believes despite the hard discussions taking place at the summit, there was a sense that getting the country back on track was achievable and something that most participants were willing to do.