Both Sides with Randall Abrahams debuts Episode 1: DA Federal Chair Helen Zille

Randall Abrahams launches Both Sides, a provocative new podcast that swaps bright lights for low-lit candour. Set in a moody ’70s jazz-lounge, the series is built for nuance, not noise.

The debut episode meets the week’s headlines head-on. Helen Zille, Federal Chair of the Democratic Alliance, confronts South Africa’s policing crisis and argues for a credible commission of inquiry, before unpacking the constitutional limits of ministerial authority. She then turns to Johannesburg—South Africa’s financial capital—now in full-blown municipal crisis. Zille outlines what she calls a coherent plan to rescue the city: stabilise essential services, rebuild the rates base, and restore execution capacity. She also signals her intention to run for Mayor of Johannesburg, pending party approval. She revisits her path from school-governance activism to provincial leadership, frames sustained economic growth as the only durable way to address historic injustice and weighs the promise and peril of AI. She warns that unless South Africa closes the digital divide, inequality will deepen as the nation moves toward an altered 2029 political landscape. “Johannesburg’s very tired. I am not.” — Helen Zille (Episode 1)

About Both Sides

More than a talk show, Both Sides is a slow-burn salon with heavyweight political figures, cultural disruptors, entertainment icons, and the fascinating in-betweeners. Each episode invites audiences to sit with complexity, challenge conventional takes, and discover the unexpected other side. No filter. No pretence. Just both sides. 

Watch episode 1 today at www.enca.com

 New episodes drop weekly on eNCA.com.