The National Briefing

Last week Friday, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality was ordered to reconnect all 3 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality Ratepayers who they illegal disconnected and blocked from accessing electricity. 20.11.2023 5:23 ↓

  Guest: Leonard A Ncumbese - National Community Dialogues Founder

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has launched a job-searching tool for web users. 20.11.2023 6:26 ↓

x Guest: Zeenat Adam - Deputy Executive Director: Afro Middle East Centre

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has launched a job-searching tool for web users. 20.11.2023 5:38 ↓

  Guest: Jan Vermeulen – Editor at MyBroadband

Between 10 and 11 women are now being killed every single day in South Africa. This figure is horrifying on its own, but it's worse when we consider that this has increased from around seven femicides a day from just a few years ago, writes Nechama Brodie 20.11.2023 3:06 ↓

  Guest: Dr Nechama Brodie-    Author, researcher, journalist

The Durban Heights Water Treatment Works will undergo an 18 hour maintenance shutdown commencing at 01:00am on Tuesday, 21 November until 20:00pm on the same day. 20.11.2023 4:57 ↓

  Guest: Sibusiso Mdunge - Umngeni-uThukela Water Area Manager for Coastal Operations (Durban)

Joburg civil society water crisis forum established after tense meeting between officials and residents 20.11.2023 4:42 ↓

  Guest: Dr Ferrial Adam – Manager: WaterCAN

Mediated Conversation: Manipulation of rand by international British based bank Standard Chartered 20.11.2023 24:42 ↓

  Sifiso Skenjana - managing director of ESG Analytics  Chris Gilmore - Bank Analyst Iraj Abedien - CEO of Pan African Investment and Research Services

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 20.11.2023 4:25 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 20 November 2023;  1. Liberia- Monrovia, Former Liberian President George Weah conceded election defeat  to opposition leader after a tight race and who is President-elect Joseph Boakai?; 2.Madagascar-Antananarivo, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina takes huge lead in early results of low turnout vote; 3. DR Congo-Kinshasha, Tens of thousands of candidates, including the...

The Energy Council of SA says it is warning that our supply of natural gas =could plunge in the next three years - and that could create another huge economic crisis 20.11.2023 7:08 ↓

  Guest: James Mackay, the chief executive officer of the Energy Council of South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that he was working on giving Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa more ministerial powers. 20.11.2023 8:07 ↓

  Guest: Mohamed Madhi - CEO of Sinan Energy

PlanAct and Google Earth has introduced “Plus Codes”, which are digital addresses that offer a near-instant solution for households in informal settlements, to make easy access for emergency services and transportation route mapping. 17.11.2023 5:28 ↓

  Guest: Mike Makwela, senior programme co-ordinator: PlanAct

The IEC says it’s ready for voters registration weekend on November 18 and 19, and it encourages people to register 17.11.2023 8:50 ↓

  Guest: Guest: Terry Tselane - Executive Chairman of the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa

You will be jailed or fine for hate speech on social media, this after the National Council of Provinces passed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill 17.11.2023 9:00 ↓

  Guest: Lerato Ntwampe - Social Media Legal Consultant and Attorney

Msunduzi Municipality said it is working on fixing the problem. The Municipality has seen a surge in vandalism and theft targeting critical traffic light infrastructure. 17.11.2023 4:11 ↓

  Guest: Lulamile Mapholoba - Msunduzi Municipality City manager

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes that war crimes are being committed by Israel in the war between that country and Hamas which warrant an investigation by the International Criminal Court. 17.11.2023 4:22 ↓

  Guest: Dr. Mia Swart, Visiting Prof Wits Law School

In parliament yesterday, the ANC appeared to support the EFF motion that South Africa should cut all diplomatic ties with Israel - over its invasion or attack on Gaza - in response to the attacks on Israel by Hamas 17.11.2023 5:05 ↓

  Guest: Sophie Mokoena SABC International Editor

Should South Africa cut diplomatic relations with Israel over the war, would it be temporary or permanently? 17.11.2023 4:49 ↓

  Guest: Christopher Isike - Professor of African Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria

The Chinese president Xi Jinping and the US president Joe Biden have now reached several agreements that will see china cracking down on the production of the drug fentanyl but its companies 17.11.2023 4:41 ↓

  Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States

African Independent Congress councillor Margaret Arnolds may emerge as possible candidates for the Joburg Speaker position. 17.11.2023 2:44 ↓

  Guest: Margaret Arnolds – Caucus Leader: African Independent Congress

Chief Justice Zondo says both parliament and the ANC are to blame for the possibility that state capture could happen again - because the majority party does not allow its members to support a vote of no confidence against its leaders in parliament 17.11.2023 5:44 ↓

  Guest: Dr. Ongama Mtimka Political Analyst: Nelson Mandela University

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 17.11.2023 4:04 ↓

  17 November 2023 1. Madagascar- Antananarivo, Counting is underway in Madagascar after the first round of highly contested presidential election; 2.Kenya-Haiti, Kenyan lawmakers have voted and approved to support a request to deploy hundreds of Police officers to Haiti in a U.N approved mission aimed at helping the Caribbean nation tackle gang violence ;  3. Mozambique-Cabo Delgado, President Fi...

The Chair of Action SA in KZN - and the provinces premier candidate there for next year’s elections Zwakele Mcgwango has now suggested that the city of eThekwini should be renamed after the former IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Bhutulezi 17.11.2023 7:08 ↓

  Guest: Zwakele Mncwango, ActionSA KZN provincial chairperson

Mediated Conversation: AI-generated video scam 16.11.2023 20:48 ↓

Lavina Ramkissoon - Advisor to AU, Development of emerging tech policies across the continent. Things like AI, blockchain, AR/VR, data, digital identity, metaverse Andy Mashaile - Member International Cyber Security & Investigation Committee Stephen Osler - Founder: NClose

The Department of Home Affairs has released a white paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa 16.11.2023 9:13 ↓

    Guest: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi - Home Affairs Minister

Researchers from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have discovered a new bacteria species living inside an African medicinal plant, which may be found to have healthcare applications in future. 16.11.2023 4:19 ↓

Guest: Prof Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini - Head of Department: Biotechnology and Food Technology | Associate Professor: Bacterial Genomics and Biotechnology at University of Johannesburg