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THE November 2024 Household Affordability Index, released last week, showed a steady increase in the price of essential groceries, putting further strain on already stretched household budgets. 02.12.2024 8:01
Guest: Mervyn Abrahams, the Programme Coordinator of the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group
On December 1, the global community came together, as has been done annually since 1988, to commemorate World Aids Day. Led by UNAids, this year’s theme is “Take the Rights Path: My health, My right”. 02.12.2024 6:54
Guest: Prof Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Before school, during break, in class, in the bathroom. Even in chapel, high school pupils are secretly vaping. “They can vape anywhere, any time. 02.12.2024 5:40
Before school, during break, in class, in the bathroom. Even in chapel, high school pupils are secretly vaping. “They can vape anywhere, any time. The vapour evaporates and it smells like mint or cherry chewing gum,” says UCT pulmonologist Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit, lead author of the first big national study, released this weekend, which exposes the high use of e-cigarettes across South African s...
Social unrest warning for South Africa as the water crisis hits some parts of Gauteng 02.12.2024 6:07
Guest: Benoit Le Roy - CEO of the SA Water Chamber
An unfortunate spin-off of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by soldiers on continental peacekeeping deployments is paternity claims, with South Africa topping a United Nations (UN) list for the number of fatherhood claims. 02.12.2024 5:39
Guest: Helmoed Heitman - Military And Defense Analyst
As the world marks International Day for Persons with Disabilities (3 December), Dr Armand Bam, Head of Social Impact at Stellenbosch Business School, calls for a renewed focus on invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses in the workplace. 02.12.2024 9:52
As the world marks International Day for Persons with Disabilities (3 December), Dr Armand Bam, Head of Social Impact at Stellenbosch Business School, calls for a renewed focus on invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses in the workplace. Guest: Dr Armand Bam - Head of Social Impact at Stellenbosch Business School
As thousands of boys on the brink of manhood make their way to initiation camps across SA, thugs in Nelson Mandela Bay are taking advantage of the age-old tradition, demanding protection fees. 29.11.2024 7:36
Guest: Nkosi Mwelo Nonkonyana – Chairperson of CONTRALESA in the Eastern Cape
AFRICA UPDATE WITH SIPHO MANTULA 29.11.2024 6:18
The Morning Brief Afrika Update Report 29 November 2024 1. Namibia- Windhoek Update on Namibia’s Elections VOTING CONTINUES: The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in Kunene has announced that around 15 polling stations in the region are still in the process of voting. These stations experienced delays on Wednesday due to a shortage of ballot papers, which affected the voting sched...
Following the successful global Anti-Apartheid Conference held from May 10-12 2024 in Johannesburg, the South African Chapter of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) was launched yesterday. 29.11.2024 7:32
Following the successful global Anti-Apartheid Conference held from May 10-12 2024 in Johannesburg, the South African Chapter of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) was launched yesterday. This movement is a timely and necessary response to a growing global crisis that is threatening to take humanity back into the primitive and Dark Ages. Guest: Reverend Frank Chikane is the chairperson of the stee...
The Eastern Cape department of Public works has advised that they will have a delay of payments on buildings being leased and services rendered due to financial constraints 29.11.2024 5:48
Guest: Dr Malcolm Figg: Shadow MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure in the Eastern Cape
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders say it will be impossible for them to meet today’s deadline to apply for a further one-year exemption because of backlogs at the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). 29.11.2024 5:41
Guest: Advocate Simba Chitando, who is representing ZEP Permits Holders Association
AfriForum will be back in the Pretoria High Court today in an effort to get more than 100 municipalities that implemented unlawful electricity tariffs on 1 July to pay the money back to affected consumers. 29.11.2024 6:35
Guest: Morne Mostert, manager of local government affairs at AfriForum
What is the proposed law on assisted dying in England and Wales? 29.11.2024 8:56
Guest: Sean O'Connor, host and producer of How to Die. He is a mid-life and death coach, end-of-life companion, and soul carer
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is angered but unsurprised by the damning findings of the Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke, on the government’s rampant financial mismanagement and overspending. 29.11.2024 6:03
Guest: Veronica Mente – EFF National Chairperson
AS SOUTH Africa marks the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, a new study revealed that alcohol plays a significant role in gender-based violence (GBV), especially in areas such as Ga-Rankuwa outside Pretoria 29.11.2024 5:06
Guest: Prof Susan Goldstein is a public health medicine specialist and Deputy Director and COO at the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science-PRICELESS SA
The National Credit Regulator advises consumers to be responsible with their spending habits and finances by first thoroughly assessing and evaluating their levels of affordability, the necessity to be part of the Black Friday frenzy, the cost of their Bl 28.11.2024 6:15
The National Credit Regulator advises consumers to be responsible with their spending habits and finances by first thoroughly assessing and evaluating their levels of affordability, the necessity to be part of the Black Friday frenzy, the cost of their Black Friday purchases and ultimately, how your financial situation is likely to look like going into the festive season and the very testing Janua...
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after more than a year of fighting. It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Ir 28.11.2024 10:05
Guest: Mikatekiso Kubayi is a senior researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, associated with UNISA, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation.
Voters waited in long queues outside polling stations in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Wednesday morning to cast their ballots for a new president and parliament in what could be a tough election to win for the ruling SWAPO party. SWAPO has governed the s 28.11.2024 5:48
Voters waited in long queues outside polling stations in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Wednesday morning to cast their ballots for a new president and parliament in what could be a tough election to win for the ruling SWAPO party. SWAPO has governed the southern African nation since leading it to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Its presidential candidate, Vice President Netumbo N...
Today, the Constitutional Court will urgently hear Blind SA’s case, requesting that exceptions to copyright that were previously read into the Copyright Act, be resuscitated. These exceptions would allow persons who are blind and visually impaired to conv 28.11.2024 6:23
Guest: Christo De Klerk – President of Blind SA
Experts have called for more action from departments of education, social development and parents against rape at education institutions, as the latest crime statistics show that the number of cases in the sector is growing. 28.11.2024 6:36
Guest: Hendrick Makaneta, founder of the Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa
Frustrated by continuous water outages and lack of tankers, Westbury residents took to the streets, blocking roads with large rocks and burning tyres. 28.11.2024 5:21
Guest: Jefferson Alistair – Westbury Community Activist Back up guest: Melissa Davids - Westbury Community Activist
Lawyers for Human Rights vowed to take SAPS to court if it continues denying food, water and medication to hundreds of zama zamas underground at a disused Stilfontein mine. 28.11.2024 8:49
Guest: Mametlwe Sebei - Attorney at Lawyers for Human Rights
The Information Regulator has found that the Department of Basic Education failed to obtain the consent of matric candidates or their parents to publish the 2023 matric exam results. 28.11.2024 5:23
Guest: Elijah Mhlanga – Department of Basic Education Spokesperson
AFRICA UPDATE WITH SIPHO MANTULA 28.11.2024 5:53
The Morning Brief Afrika Update Report 28 November 2024 1. Namibia – Windhoek Namibia waits for results of fiercely contested election Vote counting is underway in Namibia after what was widely seen as the most fiercely contested elections in decades. There were long queues outside polling stations throughout the day on Wednesday as the country’s youthful population cast their ballot fo...
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