The National Briefing

The National Assembly’s decision to adopt the bill has finally stubbed out a five-year-long lull which followed the groundbreaking 2018 Prince judgment of the Constitutional Court decriminalising the private use of cannabis. 16.11.2023 6:30 ↓

  Guest: Ras Gareth Prince, Chairperson of the Cannabis Development Council of South Africa and member of the Presidential Cannabis Steering committee.

What is the current state of Durban Beachfront Pools? 16.11.2023 6:44 ↓

  Guest: Dr Musa Gumede - Deputy City Manager for Community and Emergency Services in EThekwini Municipality.  

The Proteas have a vital game today in the world cup semi-final against Australia at Eden gardens - after losing to India in their pool match - Australia have a long history of winning key world cup matches 16.11.2023 7:27 ↓

  Guest: Eddie Leie - Former Cricket SA Player Guest: Aslam Khota – Cricket Commentator and Analyst

The termination of former City of Joburg Speaker, Colleen Makhubele’s membership as Cope member and leader has not brought any sense of relief for the City of Joburg, says Political Analyst Dr Ralph Mathekga 16.11.2023 7:08 ↓

  Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 16.11.2023 4:32 ↓

  16 November 2023: 1. Madagascar- Antananarivo, Madagascar police authorities have imposed a curfew last night until the early of hours of Thursday to allow presidential elections;  2.  Liberia- Monrovia , Liberia's opposition unity party leader Joseph Boakai takes slight lead in run-off elections; 3.South Sudan-Juba, South Sudan President Salva Kirr has dismissed the country's inspector general...

In Gaza, the Al Shifa hospital now appeared to be occupied or controlled by Israeli soldiers - who are going through the hospital asking patients and doctors about what they believe is a Hamas headquarters underneath the institution 16.11.2023 5:14 ↓

  Guest: Andrew Mews - General Director, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa

Dr Bill Harding, Professional Aquatic Ecologist, Limnologist, Algologist and Wetland Specialist Environmental Law Specialist says that SA rivers, dams are now used as waste disposal systems 16.11.2023 6:38 ↓

  Guest: Dr Bill Harding, Professional Aquatic Ecologist, Limnologist, Algologist and Wetland Specialist Environmental Law Specialist

Mediated Conversation: Karpowership says that we will have to use gas to generate power 15.11.2023 23:13 ↓

Liz McDaid - Green Connection's Strategic Lead Chris Yelland - Managing Director - EE Business Intelligence Clip: Zeynep Harezi Yilmaz - Karpowership's Global Chief Commercial Officer

@unisa's research excellence confirmed by global ranking 15.11.2023 3:22 ↓

 Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa (Vice-Principal: Research Postgrad Studies Innovation & Commercialisation) @unisa  

@SAEditorsForum has noted with concern the new rounds of retrenchments at various media houses, leading to fewer journalists in newsrooms, and less diversity and plurality of voices in South Africa. 15.11.2023 2:56 ↓

  @rmoalusi – @SAEditorsForum Executive Director 

@CASACZA Concerned By Chief Justice’s Recent Public Remarks: @CASACZA regards the Chief Justice's remarks made On Monday 13 November 2023 as unfortunate and ill-advised 15.11.2023 8:01 ↓

 Dan Mafora - senior researcher @CASACZA  

@HomeAffairsSA Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is proposing for the review and temporary withdrawal from two international agreements on refugee protection. 15.11.2023 6:13 ↓

  @jovearey – Associated Professor: @ACMSWits  

Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia has now said that community raids of foreign-owned spaza shops 'could fuel xenophobia' as residents await toxicology reports 15.11.2023 4:19 ↓

Dr Dale McKinley, activist @KopanangAfrica  

ANC claims that nearly 1 million new jobs have been created in one year under the ANC-Led Government 15.11.2023 9:45 ↓

. @BhenguMahlengi – @MYANC National Spokesperson

Youth Capital calls the Government and National Treasury to address the magnitude of the youth unemployment crisis 15.11.2023 2:40 ↓

Lethiwe Nkosi . @SinoUmbono - Network Mobiliser @YouthCapitalSA

The Chinese president Xi Jinping is due to meet the US president Joe Biden in San Francisco today - as the US hosts Xi for a summit meeting 15.11.2023 5:02 ↓

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

The DA says the Gauteng Health Department has admitted in a question in the parliamentary legislature that water problems at hospitals in the province have led to nearly four hundred operations being cancelled 15.11.2023 9:44 ↓

  Guest: Jack Bloom – DA Gauteng Health Shadow MEC Guest: Motalatale Modiba - Gauteng Health Spokesperson 

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 15.11.2023 4:38 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 15 November 2023:  1. Liberia- Monrovia, Ballot counting underway in Liberia and electoral commission will begin releasing provisional results today;  2. Madagascar- Antananarivo, As Madagascar decides tomorrow, six influential opposition and two former presidents have declared their refusal to participate; 3.Kenya-North Sudan, Kenyan President William Ruto held bilateral t...

Google Maps will no longer suggest a route through crime hotspot Nyanga from the airport. This after an American tourist was directed to Simon's Town via Nyanga, where he was attacked and shot. 15.11.2023 8:13 ↓

  Guest: Dumisani Qwebe - Nyanga CPF secretary Guest: Dr Alistair Mokoena - Google South Africa Country Director

Mediated Conversation: Transformation in the Agri-sector 14.11.2023 24:11 ↓

Malapane Thamaga – Agricultural Economist: African Farmers Association Of SA Dr Sifiso Ntombela - Special Advisor to the Minister · Department of Agriculture Land Reform & Rural Development Wandile Sihlobo - Agricultural Economist

Eskom unveils a first of its kind largest battery storage project on the African continent. 14.11.2023 4:36 ↓

Velaphi Ntuli - General Manager of operations enablement @Eskom_SA  

Two Mozambicans taken into custody when they were found in possession of stolen state property en route to Mozambique. 14.11.2023 4:46 ↓

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stephen van Neel - Acting Component Head for Operations and Law Enforcement

@karpowership says it expects to soon produce power from a ship in Richards Bay - and to be able to sell around four hundred and fifty megawatts of electricity to the grid. 14.11.2023 21:52 ↓

Zeynep Harezi Yilmaz - @karpowership 's Global Chief Commercial Officer

There was a horrific incident over the weekend in which a man stabbed a woman in a private residence associated with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. 14.11.2023 13:18 ↓

 Dr Blade Nzimande – Department of Higher Education and Training Minister