Podcast: Herman Mashaba tells Sharp Sharp: Helen Zille is the red line

Scrolla | 08.10.2026 16:00

Rob Rose from the Financial Mail and Zukile Majova from Scrolla.Africa are joined in studio by ActionSA president Herman Mashaba for episode 28 of Sharp Sharp.

Mashaba explains why he refuses to work with Helen Zille and sets out his conditions for coalitions. He discusses his fallout with the DA and ActionSA’s ambitions in Johannesburg and Soweto.

Rob and Zuks challenge his claims about undocumented migrants and crime, question his record as mayor and ask what he would do in his first 100 days back in office.

The conversation also covers building Black Like Me under apartheid, his proposed changes to the Constitution and the next generation of ActionSA leaders.