The National Briefing

    Guest: Kaizer Kganyago – SIU Spokesperson 

AFRIFORUM’S annual, independent blue and green drop report indicates that 87% of municipal drinking water is safe for human consumption but warns that South Africans should not be relieved about this, as this year’s green drop results indicate that only 13% of processed sewage meets the minimum standards for discharge into a water resource.    Guest: Lambert de Klerk manager: environmental affairs...

  Guest: Saber Ahmed Jazbhay - human rights lawyer and analyst. Name pronounced as Sah bear.  

  Guest: Kgosi Larmeck Mokoena: President of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa(Contralesa) 

  Guest: Dr Harlan Cloete is a research fellow at the University of the Free State in the department Public Administration and Management 

Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons With Disabilities joins hands with His Majesty King Misuzulu KaZwelithini led the  ‘Men Unite Against Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) March’ on Friday, 06 December 2024, in Durban. A debate has been stirred by how King Misuzulu was dressed at the event  Guest: Makhosini Mgitywa - media & political consultant,...

Public Interest SA welcomes the announcement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of a landmark agreement with McKinsey South Africa, which will see the consulting firm pay R1.1 billion into South Africa's Criminal Assets Recovery Account as part of its role in enabling state capture  Guest: Tebogo Khaas - chairman of Public Interest SA 

The Department of Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, commends the actions taken by the Directorate: Inspection Services within the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development to remove products that were labelled & sold as honey-based syrup from various stores.  Guest: Gilbert Mediroe, Deputy Director Inspection Services Dept Of Agriculture 

  The Morning Brief   Afrika Update Report   06 December 2024  1. Ghana – Accra  Ghana decides 2024   Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan leads West African Elders Forum to observe Ghana’s 2024 elections and John Dramani Mahama says he will only accept election results If they’re transparent and fair.  2. Namibia – Windhoek   Radical shift' promised by Namibia's first woman president amid...

While most eyes were on Thabazimbi on Wednesday, there were six other by-elections. The IFP had a very good hold in Mtubatuba, while the ANC and the DA swapped seats in two other by-elections. The Patriotic Alliance retained a seat in Oudtshoorn while the ANC was dominant in the Eastern Cape.  Guest: Wayne Sussman – Political Analyst 

The Public Servants Association is raising concerns about the dire state of THEMBISA Hospital which is said to be at the brink of a collapse. They also raise concerns for their members ( hospital staff) that is not safe and strained    Guest: Madimetja Mautla, Pretoria Provincial Organizer, Public Servants Association 

  Guest: Father Russel Pollit - parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Braamfontein 

According to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, South Africa's Grade 5 pupils ranked last out of 59 countries in maths and science. The results of Grade 9 pupils in maths in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study have shown "a remarkable upward trend".    Guest: Dr Stephen Taylor - an advisor and researcher in the Director General's office of the national...

  Guest: Sibusiso Mazomba - Cancel Coal Campaigner: African Climate Alliance 

Strengthening the quality and accessibility of public mental health services is key to breaking the cycle of South Africa’s crisis of gender-based violence (GBV) that begins with exposure to intimate partner violence and abuse in childhood.  Guest: Dr Sizi Myeni - Member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists 

  Guest: Rosemary Anderson National Chairperson Federated Hospitality Association of SA (Fedhasa) 

Several organisations calling for Minister Thembi Simelane to be relieved of her duties as newly appointed Minister of Human Settlements.  Yesterday morning, they gathered outside the Department of Human Settlements to ask for Minister Simelane to step down amidst the fresh and ongoing allegations against her.    Guest: Zaakirah Vadi,  Executive Director Defend Our Democracy 

A BITTER showdown is looming between the Kwazulu-natal government and defiant Durban Long Distance Taxi Association bosses following a crackdown that was announced by Transport and Human Settlement MEC Siboniso Duma and provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.  Guest: Siboniso Duma - Transport and Human Settlement MEC  

  Guest: Bennie van Zyl - Transvaal Agricultural Union SA general manager  

  Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis – Mayor of the City of Cape Town 

  Guest: Mr Rashid Seedat: Board member, Ahmed Kathrada foundation 

  The Morning Brief   Afrika Update Report   05 December 2024  Sobukwe day- Mandela day- any reflections or memory ?  1. Ghana – Accra   Discontent runs high as Ghana readies to vote on Saturday  Public frustration over Ghana's economic travails, including high prices and a dearth of jobs, has dominated the run-up to Saturday's general election, which will likely test the nation's longstanding dem...

  Guest: Ignatius Briel - Gauteng Director of the Legal Practice Council 

  Guest: David Monyae - director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg