The National Briefing

The Department of Mineral Resources & Energy has now said that it will try and find ways to legalize Zama Zamas / artisanal small-scale mining 18.04.2024 5:08 ↓

    Guest: Makhosonke Buthelezi: Head of communication at Department of Mineral Resources & Energy

Mediated Conversation:  what is happening in the Soweto property market? 17.04.2024 24:07 ↓

    Guest: Tim Akinnusi: CEO and Co-founder of MortgageMarket.co.za   Guest: Hayley Ivins-Downes: Head of Digital at Lightstone Property SA   Guest: Carlo Mariani: Founder of The Property Coach

While the Deputy President Paul Mashatile has said he believes the eThekwini municipality has now ensured that 90% of the city was getting proper water - residents in some areas of that city say their problems are still not resolved 17.04.2024 5:28 ↓

    Guest: Alice Govender: Phoenix Civic and Ratepayers Association deputy chairperson

A township youth injured in a fire that almost destroyed his home has bounced back to invent a portable power solution to help others avoid a similar fate. 17.04.2024 3:31 ↓

    Guests: Vincent Mosebe: Creator of the “Tsepo” solar-powered device

There are now reports that prison warders in the Eastern Cape are guarding inmates with mental disorders and are not trained to deal with these patients, 17.04.2024 5:12 ↓

    Guest: Logan Maistry: Deputy Commissioner for Communications at Head Office, Department of Correctional Services

The IEC has confirmed that Former President Jacob Zuma will appear on the ballot paper this year for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party and will be the leader of the Party 17.04.2024 8:22 ↓

    Guest: Ebrahim Fakir: Consultant Election Analyst at Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 17.04.2024 3:56 ↓

    17 April 2024   South Sudan- South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba for a three-day official visit, and he was received by his counterpart President Salva Kiir at the Juba Airport.   Ethiopia- UK- UN, The Government of Ethiopia and international partners meet today in Geneva to raise international support as the country's UN-backed $3.24 billion human...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has criticised the Regional Department of Health for its hiring of Cuban doctors amid high unemployment among local doctors. 17.04.2024 6:57 ↓

    Guest: Dr Kgosi Letlape: ActionSA Team Fix SA member for healthcare

Residents in Hanover Park in the Western Cape say they’re frustrated that the Police Minister Bheki Cele did not appear to understand how crime is ruining their lives 17.04.2024 5:38 ↓

    Guest: Kashiefa Mohammed: Hanover Park Community Policing Forum (CPF) spokesperson 

In Margate, KZN South Coast - people are still inspecting the damage and trying to clean up - after the incredibly intense rain on Sunday night that claimed the lives of five people 17.04.2024 7:36 ↓

    Guest: Scott Kvalsvig: Member, Drivers Community Initiative at Shelley Beach to Margate tidy Towns

In the Philippines, the President there Ferdinand Marcos Junior has said that he does not plan to allow the US to build any more bases or camps on his territory 17.04.2024 5:17 ↓

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

The High Court in Joburg has ruled that vegetarian products can use names like “nuggets” or “sausages”. 16.04.2024 5:13 ↓

    Guest: Donovan Will: Director of ProVeg South Africa

In Ekurhuleni the new mayor - the ANC’s Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has now appointed ten members of his mayoral committee - including five members of the EFF - and four members of his own party. 16.04.2024 8:10 ↓

    Guest: Sandile Swana – Political and Governance Analyst

What impact does the war in the middle-east have on the economy of SA? 16.04.2024 4:49 ↓

    Guest: Iraj Abedian: Economist

Abantu Botho Congress in KZN is about to leave the ANC led coalition in EThekwini - while the ANC will try to remove the ABC from power in the Umvoti Municipality around Grey Town. 16.04.2024 9:40 ↓

    Guest: Philani Mavundla: Abantu Batho Congress Leader

Mediated Conversation:  On Saturday night Iran launched several hundred cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones, against Israel. 16.04.2024 24:48 ↓

    Guest: Chris Landsberg: Professor in International Relations and SARCHi Chair   Guest: Thembisa Fakude: Director of Africa, Asia Dialogues)   Guest: Dr Kingsley Makhubela: RiskRecon Director

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 16.04.2024 4:15 ↓

   

Pretoria hope merchants use Gatvol, a locally developed gravel and tar mix, to repair ‘unholy streets’ in the hope it will rub off on the nation to ‘Be One’ 16.04.2024 8:01 ↓

    Guest: Pastor Johan Erasmus: Director and Founding member of Betereinder

The ANC treasurer in Mpumalanga Mandla Msibi has decided to appeal a decision of the ANC in that province that he must be suspended from the party for three years 16.04.2024 5:59 ↓

    Guest: Uhuru Mofokeng – Mandla Msibi’s Spokesperson

In the US a court is due to continue with a second day of jury selection today - in the first criminal case brought against a former American President - Donald Trump. 16.04.2024 7:08 ↓

  Guest: Brooks Spector – Associate Editor: Daily Maverick

The Department of Water and Sanitation said the country must have a national registry of polluters in order to deal with pollution of the environment and water sources across the country. 15.04.2024 3:42 ↓

  Guest: Ferrial Adam: Water & Climate Justice Activist and Executive Manager: WaterCAN, OUTA  

Mediated Conversation:  Experts are worried that the new general education certificate may lower academic standards. 15.04.2024 24:27 ↓

    Guest: Dr Moses Simelane - Chief Director: Curriculum Policy Implementation at Department of Basic Education     Guest: Merle Mansfield: Programme Director, Zero School Dropout     Guest: Hendrick Makaneta - Education activist and deputy chairperson Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa  

Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members interests says it’s recommending that parliaments political leadership should undergo lifestyle audits after the elections 15.04.2024 5:31 ↓

    Guest: Bekizwe Nkosi: co-chairperson, The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests in Parliament   

Union representatives said retrenchments at the South African Post Office (SAPO) would have dire consequences. 15.04.2024 4:43 ↓

    Guest: Solly Malema: General Secretary, The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW)  

The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it intercepted nearly 4 000 people, including a man with 13 passports, who attempted to enter South Africa illegally during the Easter period. 15.04.2024 4:18 ↓

    Guest: Dr Michael Masiapato: The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA)