The National Briefing

Mediated Conversation: Why are gang related crimes in Westbury rife? 14.03.2024 24:54 ↓

Guest: Dereleen James - Eldos Activist Guest: Jefferson Alistair - Westbury Activist Guest: TJ Masilela - Chairperson of Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board

how do local and foreign observers, observe elections? 14.03.2024 5:22 ↓

    Guest: Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

@GWC_ZA asks registered South Africans to sign as independent election observers ahead of the May 29 national and provincial election. 14.03.2024 4:29 ↓

  @mbalimcdust : CEO & Founder @GWC_ZA  

vandalism, including damage to power infrastructure, are wreaking havoc among the City of Cape Town’s energy teams 14.03.2024 5:08 ↓

    Guest: Beverley van Reenen: City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Energy

The Covid-19 social relief of distress grant will be raised by R20, or 5.7%, to R370 from April 1, finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced in the National Assembly on Wednesday evening. 14.03.2024 4:43 ↓

 Daddy Mabe – Secretary: @PayTheGrants  

@OfficialBCMM communities are now feeling the pain of the city’s spending cuts. 14.03.2024 7:13 ↓

 Leonard Ncumbese.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has now warned that Russia is ready for Nuclear war following various drone attacks at about seven Russian territories. 14.03.2024 4:30 ↓

 Roland Henwood - Political Scientist: @UPTuks  

@SALGA_Gov gears up for the gathering of legal minds in local government aimed to address pertinent legal challenges while identifying opportunities to enhance local government administration and fortify legal services. 14.03.2024 4:54 ↓

 Lance Joel

The audit outcome @CityTshwane has improved from adverse in 2022 to qualified in 2023. 14.03.2024 4:41 ↓

The audit outcome @CityTshwane has improved from adverse in 2022 to qualified in 2023. Although a qualified audit outcome is still negative, it represents a significant improvement in governance. @CilliersB : @CityTshwane Mayor 

Mediated Conversation: How can a household protect themselves from a water crisis? 13.03.2024 23:22 ↓

    Guest: Derek Whitfield - head of the contractors division of the Borehole Water Association of SA   Guest: Ayesha Lather: water scientist & Director, AHL Water   Guest: Zanele Sifundza: Water research commission Enterprise Development Manager  

Africarare ushers in Africa’s Web3 Innovation with the launch of $UBUNTU Token 13.03.2024 7:06 ↓

    Guest: Mic Mann: CEO of Africarare  

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is calling for the Road Accident Fund CEO Collins Letsoalo to be fired 13.03.2024 4:17 ↓

    Guest: Phakamile Majola: Spokesperson The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa)

The Public Service Commission (PSC) says it is witnessing an increase in complaints regarding personnel practices in government departments, including irregular staff appointments, transfers, and qualifications of those appointed to various positions. 13.03.2024 6:45 ↓

Guest: Anele Gxoyiya: Public Service Commission (PSC) Commissioner  

City of Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says a mistake by Rand Water is the reason some parts of Joburg are out of water for 10 days 13.03.2024 8:53 ↓

Kabelo Gwamanda - Executive Mayor in the City of Johannesburg

In eThekwini, the city manager Musa Mbhele says the vast majority of SAMWU members are now back at work after their illegal strike over the last two weeks 13.03.2024 6:17 ↓

Guest: Prof Bonke Dumisa: Independent Economic Analyst

In India, protests are now mounting against a new bill that for the first time will make distinctions between someone’s religion - when it comes to determining their citizenship. 13.03.2024 5:43 ↓

    Guest: Thembisa Fakude, Africa Asia Dialogue Senior research fellow

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 13.03.2024 4:54 ↓

    12 March 2024:   Angola- Rwanda, The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame visited Angola yesterday for few hours to meet President Lourenco and no details about his visit;   Ethiopia- Addis Ababa, The Ethiopian government and Tigray Peoples Liberation Front meet yesterday to discuss Tshwane ceasefire agreement of 2022;   Nigeria- Niger State, Nigeria's central Niger state has decided to rename Abub...

A credit bureau company says that of the school staff that it screened last year - over three percent had criminal convictions - or were awaiting trial for serious crimes - in some cases including murder and rape. 13.03.2024 5:16 ↓

    Guest: Ashleigh Laurent, Legal Counsel at TPN Credit Bureau from MRI Software  

Electricity gets smart: prepaid meters: benefit to municipalities and consumers 12.03.2024 4:10 ↓

    Guest: Arthur Goldstuck is founder of World Wide Worx and editor-in-chief of Gadget.co.za

As parts of Gauteng and other provinces suffer from intense heat - with warnings of a heatwave that will peak tomorrow - farmers around the country are likely to produce less grain this year - because of the el-nino effect. 12.03.2024 7:35 ↓

    Guest: Wandile Sihlobo:Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University & the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC).

the Inkatha Freedom Party launched its election manifesto over the weekend saying it will create jobs, deal with crime and corruption, end load shedding and that spaza shops must be owned by South Africans 12.03.2024 8:02 ↓

    Guest: Mkhuleko Hlengwa: IFP National Spokesperson

New research suggests that government would save a huge amount of money in the longer run if it began paying the child support grant to women when they became pregnant - rather than waiting until their child was born. 12.03.2024 4:00 ↓

    Guest: Susan Goldstein: Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 12.03.2024 4:53 ↓

    12 March 2024:   Angola- Rwanda, The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame visited Angola yesterday for few hours to meet President Lourenco and no details about his visit;   Ethiopia- Addis Ababa, The Ethiopian government and Tigray Peoples Liberation Front meet yesterday to discuss Tshwane ceasefire agreement of 2022;   Nigeria- Niger State, Nigeria's central Niger state has decided to rename Abub...