The National Briefing

  Guest: Paul Hoffman: Accountability Now  

  - the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has recorded 81 appeal matters (55 dismissals, 25 suspensions and 1 warning). These appeal matters were lodged by officials who were found guilty of various cases of misconduct.  Guest: Ms Kgalalelo Masibi: Chief Director: Communication Management 

  Guest: Timothy Walker: Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies  

  Afrika Update Report  28 August 2024   USA- Libya  U.S. Africa Command General Michael Langley and Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar shake hands as they meet at an unidentified location, in Libya, in this handout image released on August 27, 2024.     Tunisia – Tunis A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an appeal by prominent opposition politician Abdellatif Mekki, allowing him to resu...

  Guest: Chris De Kock: Crime Expert   

  Guest: Colin Deiner: Chief Director Western Cape Disaster Management  

  Guest: William Gumede: Founder and Executive Chair of Democracy Works Foundation and Professor at the Wits School of Governance  

  Guest: Pauli Van Wyk: Daily Maverick  

  A Grade 2 teacher was irregularly appointed and later dismissed without pay, exposing issues in school hiring practices in Gauteng.   Guest: Matakanye Matakanye: Secretary General, School Governing Body 

  Afrika Update Report   27 August 2024  Sudan – Port Sudan  Sudan's top military leader, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, met with locals and first responders at the site of a dam collapse in the northeast of the country. The Arbaat Dam north of Port Sudan burst following torrential rain in the area, washing away farms and villages downstream.    Denmark- Mali- Burkina Faso Denmark said it will close...

  Guest: Andiswa Makanda: PRASA Spokesperson, Prasa  

  Guest: Abel Esterhuyse - Professor Of Strategy: Faculty Of Military Science  

  Guest: Adri Messerschmidt: senior policy advisor at the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA)  

  Guest: Martin Meyer: Public Works and Infrastructure MEC, KZN  

  Guest: Nomshado Lubisi-Nkosinkulu: communications Manager, Media Monitoring Africa  

  Guest: Rosheda Muellar: The National Informal Traders Alliance of South Africa (NITASA)  

  Guest: Dr Mtandeki Xamlashe: Clinical Services DDG, Eastern Cape Health Department  

  Guest: Khaya Sithole: Independent Analyst  

  We talk to OUTA about what these plans would have to entail to make them effective and realistic and is it possible to provide the relief?  Guest: Wayne Duvenage: CEO of the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) 

Amalgamated Lawyers Association (ALA) in their recent legal action against President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Judicial Services Commission (JSC). The ALA has filed an application with the Johannesburg High Court on 7 August, seeking to compel President Ramaphosa to remove Judge George Phatudi from his position as Judge President of the Limpopo High Court.    The application alleges that President R...

We talk to City Power about their revenue collection drives: The power entity is on a mission to recover millions from customers with unpaid bills across the city.  Guest: Nqobani Mzizi: senior manager of revenue enforcement, City Power 

recent news report has highlighted that South Africans are increasingly turning to loan sharks as banks tighten their lending criteria in response to a surge in bad debts compounded by high interest rates, and the impact of the increasingly high cost of living.  Guest: Danny Mofsowitz: Marketing Director for Atlas Finance 

Science & Innovation Segment: Science: Dangers of oversharing children on social media - it this new Agee, it is found the parents are oversharing “Sharenting” - “The challenge with sharenting is that parents need to fully understand the long-term implications of their child’s digital footprint.”  Guest: Dean McCoubrey: Social Media Expert & Member of the Digital Parenting Club, an online...

DA flexes its control over Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC with renewed fight over NHI - The Democratic Alliance (DA) is confident a talk with President Cyril Ramaphosa will resolve their objections to the National Health Insurance (NHI) in its current form.   Guest: Michele Clarke: DA health spokesperson