The National Briefing

In the Western Cape and particularly around Cape Town and Stellenbosch and other municipalities in that area - several roads are still closed - and there are massive floodwaters 26.09.2023 16:20 ↓

  Guest: Charlotte Powell - Head: Public Awareness & Preparendness - Disaster Risk Management Centre · City of Cape Town Guest: Rob Byrne – SABC Traffic Reporter Guest: Anton Bredell - Western Cape Local Government and Environmental Affairs MEC Guest: Ali Sablay, Gift of the Givers Project Manager

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 26.09.2023 5:05 ↓

  Afrika Update Report:  26 September 2023 1. Egypt-Cairo, Egypt's national election authority has announced the presidential election date despite economic crisis;  2. Mali-Bamako, the ruling military government has postponed presidential election date for 2024;  3. Niger -France, French President Emmanuel Macron has finally conceded that Paris will end its military presence in Niger and pull its...

Rand Water has noted the Gauteng Democratic Alliance’s (DA) call for its Chief Executive to resign. The petition is noted with dismay and astonishment. 26.09.2023 10:24 ↓

  Guest: Mahlomola Mehlo – Rand Water COO

Who was William Nicol? 26.09.2023 4:39 ↓

  Guest: Matthew Blackman – Journalist and Historian

To honour one of our national icons, the City of Johannesburg, working together with national and provincial government, has approved the renaming of William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive. 26.09.2023 2:48 ↓

  Guest: Masilo Serekele - ANC JHB Region Spokesperson

Tensions are still growing between India and Canada after the US ambassador to Canada told a television station that intelligence gathered by the five eyes group of countries led to the claim by the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau - that India had 26.09.2023 4:51 ↓

  Guest: Alf Nilsen - director of the Centre for Asian Studies in Africa and Professor of Sociology: University of Pretoria

How ready is the Eastern Cape for the floods and level 9 orange warning by the SA Weather Services? 26.09.2023 3:09 ↓

  Guest: Zolile Williams - Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC 

Agri SA says at least R1 billion worth of crops and livestock were destroyed due to fires that raged in parts of the Northern Cape, Free State, North West and Limpopo since mid-August. 26.09.2023 4:53 ↓

  Guest: Christo van der Rheede, Agri SA CEO

President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the Special Investigating Unit to probe the almost R300 million tender that was given to businessman Edwin Sodi and other contractors for the Rooiwaal water treatment plant in Tshwane. 26.09.2023 5:39 ↓

  Guest: Kaizer Kganyago - SIU Spokesperson

The EFF in the City of Joburg invites the public in celebrating the legacy of Winnie Mandela in her honor, William Nicol will be renamed Winnie Mandela Drive 26.09.2023 3:49 ↓

  Guest: Koketso Poho - Head of EFF of Political Education in Johannesburg

Homes and roads flooded across Western Cape as storm damage surges 26.09.2023 4:08 ↓

  Guest: Dylan van der Heever – Storm Chaser and CEO of Cape Town Crime

Mediated Conversation: How did names come about? 25.09.2023 22:06 ↓

  Professor Musa Xulu - Cultural Expert Dr Tlou Setumu - Heritage practitioner, Historian, Author and Cultural activist.

A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses were damaged. 25.09.2023 3:05 ↓

  Guest: Jasper Knight - Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand

The much-anticipated legendary music festival Spring Fiesta is back this October and ready to set the stage ablaze once again. 25.09.2023 4:39 ↓

  Guest: Zane Gulston – MC Spring Fiesta 

President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed "a small group of extreme Republicans" for a budget impasse that has placed the US government a week away from a shutdown, urging the lawmakers to resolve the issue. 25.09.2023 6:26 ↓

  Guest: Brooks Spector - Associated Editor Daily Maverick

Parliament is still a failed institution, finds OUTA report 25.09.2023 8:44 ↓

  Guest: Rachel Fischer - OUTA's Parliamentary Engagement and Research Manager

A tollgate cashier, a receptionist and a person with a grade 11 have been appointed to the board of the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC), an entity that oversees the city’s 30,700-odd properties, worth about R8.7bn. 25.09.2023 5:36 ↓

  Guest: Leah Knott, DA councillor

SALGA says the Human Rights Commission Report on KwaZulu-Natal’s Water Provision indicates that urgent water sector reforms are needed to avert a water crisis. 25.09.2023 5:50 ↓

  Guest: Cllr Thami Ntuli - SALGA KZN Chair

In support of the clothing, textile, footwear, & leather sector, Proudly SA alongside Palesa Mokubung, JJ Schoeman, Otsile Sefolo, and Gert-Johan Coetzee are looking for South Africans who not only love local fashion, but also embody local is lekker in th 25.09.2023 5:09 ↓

  Guest: Happy Ngidi - Chief Marketing Officer: Proudly South African

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 25.09.2023 10:34 ↓

  Extended Afrika Update Report: 25 September 2023;  1. Libya- Derna, The eastern authorities have announced an international reconstruction conference in Wadi Derna to be held in October;  2. Burkina Faso -UNGA78, The Minister of State Bassolma Bazie send warning on Libya and Niger scenarios;  3.Ghana -Accra, A three day protest over cost of living crisis and bad governance ended this weekend;  4...

The window is slowly closing to see through the findings of the Zondo Commission as the country edges closer to general elections and the sixth Parliament is dissolved in 2024, says Corruption Watch director Karam Singh. 25.09.2023 5:38 ↓

  Guest: Karam Singh - Corruption Watch director

It is gross cowardice for Mangosuthu Buthelezi's detractors to launch a tirade of lies now, after his death, dizzy with delight that he can no longer sue for defamation, writes Velenkosini Hlabisa. 22.09.2023 9:54 ↓

  Guest: Velenkosini Hlabisa - President of the Inkatha Freedom Party

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 22.09.2023 5:07 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 22 September 2023; 1. DR Congo-UNGA78, The President of the DRC Felix Tshisekedi has called for a speedy withdrawal of UN peacekeeping mission that has been in the nation for nearly 25 years; 2. Niger- Niamey, The deposed president of Niger , Mohamed Bazoum has decided to take his case to the Western African justice (ECOWAS); 3.Kenya- Nairobi , Kenyans gathered yesterday to...

Unite Behind is holding a three-day anti-corruption demonstration and fast outside Parliament to draw attention to the suffering that corruption causes ordinary people and to call for the expulsion of MPs implicated in the Zondo Commission report. 22.09.2023 7:48 ↓

  Guest: Zackie Achmat - Unite Behind leader

the United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the South African Transport Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) were invited by the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, to discuss the pertinent matters relating to the poor performance of Transnet on W 22.09.2023 6:02 ↓

  Guest: Jack Mazibuko - SATAWU General Secretary