The National Briefing

Another tragedy has hit the South African Defence Force (SANDF) after four of its members died during an accident in the semi-arid Northern Cape on Thursday afternoon. 22.09.2023 3:32 ↓

  Guest: Pikkie Greeff - The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) National Secretary

Around 90 pupils from Pulamadibogo Primary School in Soshanguve (Tshwane) were hospitalised after allegedly eating muffins with dagga 22.09.2023 5:55 ↓

  Guest: Khume Ramulifho – DA Shadow MEC for Education in Gauteng 

there have been assurances from the post bank and then yesterday from the communications minister Mondli Gungubele that the problems with social grant payments won’t happen again 22.09.2023 3:32 ↓

  Guest: Elizabeth Raiters - Deputy Chairperson #Paythegrant

Elon Musk has indicated that X, formerly known as Twitter, is considering charging all users for accessing the platform 22.09.2023 4:29 ↓

  Guest: Lerato Ntwampe - Social Media Legal Consultant and Attorney

In the Harare area of Khayelitsha in Cape Town community members say sewage from a broken drain has been gathering in that area on a main road and no one is doing anything about it. 22.09.2023 3:44 ↓

  Guest: Ndibulele Wababa - Community leader/Activist and Deputy Chairperson of Khayelitsha Youth Development Council

The Springboks team to face Ireland in Paris on Saturday in the France Rugby World Cup 2023 22.09.2023 12:38 ↓

  Guest: Naas Botha – Former Rugby Player

There was an announcement yesterday that the media mogul Rupert Murdoch who controls hundreds of newspapers - television channels and online outlets is stepping down as the chair of the company Fox. 22.09.2023 5:12 ↓

  Guest: William Bird - Director at Media Monitoring Africa

Last week, four of the Postbank’s seven board members resigned - they said in a letter that they had been treated in a hostile way by the Minister of Communications - Mondli Gungubele. 21.09.2023 16:41 ↓

  Guest: Martin Mahosi – Former Board Member of Postbank Board

In Iran, the country’s parliament has now passed a bill that would see women being sent to jail for up to ten years - if they do not cover them hear and wear a hijab correctly when in public. 21.09.2023 8:05 ↓

  Guest: Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman – Post-Doctoral research fellow for the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and programme director at the Centre for Mediation in Africa.

A Councillor has been shot and killed in KwaZulu-Natal. The shooting took place in the Umlazi B section. It's believed the councillor was travelling with two others when they were ambushed. 21.09.2023 9:08 ↓

  Guest: Bheki Mtolo – ANC KZN Secretary

The Western Cape Government yesterday called on law enforcement services to respond decisively to the torching of the Swellendam Thusong Centre and a firefighting vehicle and to apprehend those behind these actions. 21.09.2023 4:15 ↓

  Guest: Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 21.09.2023 4:54 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 21 September 2023; 1. Nigeria- UNGA78, in his inaugural speech at the UN General Assembly 78, Nigeria's President Bola has emphasised the need for Afrika to overcome the constraints of foreign exploitation and unlock its vast potential;  2. Gabon-Libreville, Ali Bongo Ondimba 's son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and several members of the deposed Gabonese President's cabinet wer...

There are now predictions that South Africa’s power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out 21.09.2023 5:55 ↓

  Guest: Hartmut Winkler - Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg

In Tsakane, Ekurhuleni (Gauteng) local residents say they have not had water for nearly two months - as a result they are literally taking water from a brick factory - and trying to live on that 21.09.2023 10:32 ↓

  Guest: Isaac Ncengwa - Community Activist: Tsakane Guest: Alderman Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, MMC for Corporate and Shared Services and Service Delivery Coordination, City of Ekurhuleni

The Reserve Bank is due to announce today whether it will raise or hold interest rates - after figures yesterday show that the price you are paying for food is still going up by around ten percent year on year. 21.09.2023 4:15 ↓

  Guest: Dr Azar Jammine - Director and Chief Economist, Econometrix (Pty) Limited

Mediated Conversation: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has published the National State Enterprises Bill. 20.09.2023 24:05 ↓

Prof. Peter Goss - Professor of Practice in Corporate Governance, Forensic Auditing and Fraud Prevention at the University of Johannesburg Professor Iraj Abedian - CEO of Pan-African Capital Holdings Carol Paton – Writer-at-Large at News24 Business

Postbank wishes to provide SASSA beneficiaries and the public the assurance that, according to our records, all outstanding SASSA grant payments to recipients that were impacted by the system incident of the 5th and 6th of September have been made. 20.09.2023 3:46 ↓

  Guest: Dr Bongani Diako - Postbank spokesperson

South African Police Service Colonel Frans Mathipa was shot in the head and killed by unknown assassins on Sunday, 6 August 2023. Who assassinated Frans Mathipa and how is the SANDF involved? 20.09.2023 6:53 ↓

  Guest: Hennie van Vuuren – Director: Open Secrets

Pollen in pee: fossilised urine from a small African mammal helps us understand past environments 20.09.2023 5:06 ↓

  Guest: Lynne Quick, Senior Research Fellow: Nelson Mandela University

there are figures showing that the number of girls between the ages of just ten and fourteen having babies has risen by almost fifty percent in just the last four years - so just since the pandemic started. 20.09.2023 5:38 ↓

  Guest: Dr Shaheda Omar - Clinical Director – Teddy Bear Foundation

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 20.09.2023 4:34 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 20 September 2023; 1. Libya-Derna, Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya's disaster-hit Derna accusing the authorities of neglect after Storm  Daniel swept thousands into death and huge devastation; 2.Kenya-Somalia, Kenyan security agents informed the media anonymously about the Kenyan military helicopter crash near Somalia border;  3. Sudan -Port Sudan, Clashes broke out...

SECTION27 and Treatment Action Campaign join forces on a crucial submission to the Select Committee on Health and Social Services regarding the #NHI B11B-2019. They say Gaps in the legislative process for the NHI Bill may hinder its implementation. 20.09.2023 5:45 ↓

  Guest: Sibusisiwe Ndlela - Attorney at SECTION27.

City Power says that in the Naturena area, only around half of the three thousand homes are paying for their electrity - and that one thousand five hundred homes are connected illegally 20.09.2023 7:54 ↓

  Guest: Lulama Memela – Naturena Resident

Children’s Institute in court today as amicus curiae in case against Department of Home Affairs, to highlight the severe harms to children when parents’ IDs are wrongly “blocked” 20.09.2023 6:11 ↓

  Guest: Mbonisi Nyathi – Children’s Institute Legal Researcher

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said in the country’s parliament - that they have credible evidence that the Indian government is responsible for the assassination of a Sikh leader who was living in Canada 20.09.2023 3:55 ↓

  Guest: Thembisa Fakude - senior research fellow for Africa Asia Dialogues