The National Briefing

  Guest: Tshepo Mahlangu – President LotusAtteridgeville Saulsville Civic Association 

Science: Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) is proud to commemorate its 45th anniversary with the installation of Professor Nokuthula Sibiya as Vice-Chancellor and Principal. The official installation took place on November 1, 2024, at the Dr Pixley kaSeme Hall on the University’s main campus in Umlazi, marking a monumental milestone in the institution’s history.  Guest: Professor Nokuthula...

  Guest: Emma More – MPL ActionSA Member of the Gauteng Legislature

    Guest: Felicity Ann Guest, well-known gender activist and founder of Child Maintenance Difficulty in South Africa.

  1.       USA Elections – Afrikan Agenda As the Americans decides today the fact remains none of the US presidential candidates have no clear Africa policies or maybe Afrika better off partnering with China or the US? Voters in the United States on Tuesday go to the polls to choose the 47th president of what is the world’s largest economic and military power. It is an election that is being close...

  Guest: Sherwin Bryce-Pease - SABC News Correspondent in New York

  Guest: Asanda Ngoasheng is a political analyst, diversity trainer and media and communications consultant

  Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate; The African Centre for the Study of the US at Wits University

  Guest: Prof. Seths Cooper - President Pan-African Psychology Union (PAPU)

The SACP in the Eastern Cape has denounced the Anc-led government of national unity due to the inclusion of the DA. Following its three-day meeting last weekend, the party said that as long as the DA was involved, the SACP in the province had no intention of working with the GNU.  Guest: Xolile Nqatha – SACP EC Provincial Secretary  

Science: the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and GroundTruth Consulting on Saturday met community engagement during the hosting of a consultative workshop to unite stakeholders who have an interest in a vital wetland that forms part of the water supply system to more than five million people and chart a way forward in its conservation.  Guest: Steven Ellery - Wetland Ecologist at GroundTruth 

  Guest: Ish Prahladh – Chair: Ethekwini Ratepayers And Residents Association 

    Guest: Musa Mdunge - Political Analyst PHD University Of Dundee Uk 

    Guest: Matakanya Matakanye – National Chair: National Association of School Governing Bodies (Nasgb) 

    1. Botswana – Gaborone   Duma Gideon  Boko has been sworn in as President  At exactly 5.35pm, November 1st 2024, Duma Boko took an Oath of Office of the President to became the sixth leader of Botswana.  The small swearing in ceremony, conducted by the Chief Justice Terence Rannowane at the Gaborone High Court chambers was witnessed by few government officials, pastors, close family members an...

  Guest: Jacqui Uys - DA Tshwane Caucus Chairperson and Former DA Finance MMC  

  Guest: Dawie Roodt – Economist 

  The Morning Brief   Afrika Update Report   01 November 2024  Botswana - Gaborone Winds of political change blowing in Botswana  THE opposition has taken a significant, if not unassailable, lead in the Botswana elections, with indications the only party that has governed since independence 56 years ago would surrender its position.  It is the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) of Duma Boko that...

Over the years, various organisations have petitioned for Diwali to be converted into a public holiday, but previous efforts failed to receive favourable attention from the government. Dr Sheetal Bhoola has now said that making Diwali a public holiday would boost social cohesion   Guest: Dr Sheetal Bhoola - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: based at the University Of Zululand  

The illicit alcohol industry is booming in South Africa, and consumers need to be especially careful when buying liquor since they could end up with an illegal product without even realising it. This is according to Angela Russell, CEO of the Drinks Federation of South Africa [DF-SA]     Guest: Angela Russell, CEO of the Drinks Federation of South Africa [DF-SA]  

  Guest: Sophie Mokoena: SABC International news editor   

    Guest: Makoro John Mpe - Polokwane municipality Mayor   

In response to escalating challenges within the township economy, a powerful new coalition, Together in Defence of the Township Economy (TITE), has been established. This independent, multi-party organisation unites key groups, including the Operation Dudula, Patriotic Alliance (PA), uMkhonto WeSizwe Liberation War Veterans (MKLWV), Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA), and the Ekasi Business F...

South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has warned of lower-than-expected tax revenue collections, which were anticipated earlier this year during the February budget speech. Kieswetter was responding to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in a special sitting in Parliament on Wednesday.   Guest: Professor Keith Engel - SA Ins...

  This follows a recent confrontation in Mpumalanga where taxi association patrollers allegedly drove off with a motorist’s car, demanding R2 500 to release it, after he offered to give his neighbour a lift.     Guest: Rebecca Phala – Santaco National Spokesperson