The National Briefing

comment on Busisiwe Mkhwebane was dealt with and non-voting by Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. CONTRALESA supports her decision 18.09.2023 8:58 ↓

    Guest: Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena – President Contralesa

In a significant development, South Africa’s first youth-led climate change case, the #CancelCoal campaign, has taken a new turn with the inclusion of the Minister of Electricity 18.09.2023 2:38 ↓

    Guest: Michelle Sithole – Attorney: Centre for Environmental Rights

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says that Andre de Ruyter is being used as a scapegoat to deflect attention from those responsible for the corruption and sabotage at Eskom. 18.09.2023 4:39 ↓

    Guest: Wayne Duvenage - Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) CEO

R1 billion trust established to provide relief during the pandemic to re-focus on kickstarting job creation and SMME development 15.09.2023 13:31 ↓

  Guest: Jonathan Oppenheimer - Executive Chairman of Oppenheimer Generations, 

The funeral service of the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi will now be held on Saturday. The service will take place at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Regional Stadium in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 15.09.2023 5:20 ↓

  Guest: Dr Bhekuyise Ngqengelele Buthelezi – Family Spokesperson 

Around six hundred thousand people could not access SASSA funds because of a payment problem at the Postbank. This week the board of the Postbank resigned, saying that the Communications Minister Gungubele had been interfering in how they were running the 15.09.2023 7:18 ↓

  Guest: Nikki Mbengashe - Postbank CEO  

SANTACO supports the march led by Put South Africa First and the Xolani Khumalo foundation calling for a Drug Free South Africa. The March is scheduled to take place today at the Union Buildings. 15.09.2023 9:00 ↓

  Guest: Xolani Khumalo – Founder of Xolani Khumalo foundation 

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 15.09.2023 5:47 ↓

  1. Libya-Derna, The Libyan city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass graves after flood and mayor says death toll could triple; 2. Nigeria-Abuja-Lagos, Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage for about 10 hours after the country's electrical grid collapsed ; 3. Mali-Bamako, Mali's ruling junta has cancelled festivities planned of the country's independence celebrated on Septembe...

is it possible to know what is really at the root of the technical glitches at Postbank? 15.09.2023 3:16 ↓

  Guest: Alex van den Heever – Professor of Social Security Systems: Wits University 

Ukraine says that it has been able to destroy what they describe as a sophisticated Russian air defence system in Crimea - which currently controlled Russia 15.09.2023 5:57 ↓

  Guest: Abel Esterhuyse - Professor of Strategy: Faculty of Military Science: Stellenbosch University 

Yesterday the mayor of Tshwane the DA’s Cillier Brink said that the strike in Tshwane had now been hijacked by organized crime - he says that no one faction in Samwu is in charge of this - and that city vehicles including rubbish trucks have been attacked 15.09.2023 5:07 ↓

  Guest: Sandile Swana Governance and Political Analyst 

Gauteng economic development MEC Tasneem Motara and US consul-general Vincent Spera Wednesday briefed the media in Sandton following their recent trade mission to the US. 15.09.2023 7:19 ↓

  Guest: Tasneem Motara - Gauteng economic development MEC

Around six hundred thousand people could not access SASSA funds because of a payment problem at the Postbank 15.09.2023 3:07 ↓

  Guest: Thandi Henkeman, Regional Manager of Black Sash in the Western and Northern Cape

Mediated Conversation: Competition Commission releases latest essential food pricing monitoring report 14.09.2023 26:06 ↓

    James Hodge - Economist: Competition Commission of South Africa   Mervyn Abrahams - Programme Coordinator: Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group   Paul Makube - Senior Agricultural Economist at First National Bank

Free State Liquor Authority sends a stern warning against liquor abuse and irresponsible trading during this summer 14.09.2023 4:28 ↓

    Guest: Kenny Dichabe – CEO: Free State Liquor Authority

SECTION27 and Blind SA make oral submissions to UN committee on challenges faced by persons who are blind and visually impaired in South Africa 14.09.2023 4:30 ↓

    Guest: Christo De Klerk – Vice President: Blind SA

The Russian president Vladimir Putin and the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un have now held lengthy meetings and with Kim telling Putin that he has north Korea's full and unconditional support to defend its security interests 14.09.2023 4:33 ↓

    Guest: Prof David Monyae is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, and Co-Director of the UJ Confucius Institute and the Centre for Africa-China Studies

The South African Human Rights Commission says that people and politicians should not blame NGO’s for simply trying to uphold the prevention of illegal eviction act and the Joburg Decay 14.09.2023 4:49 ↓

  Guest: Zamantungwa Mbeki - Gauteng provincial manager of the South African Human Rights Commission

Activists from Greater Johannesburg and South Africa, who gathered on the 07 September 2023 at the Forge in Braamfontein are outraged at the circumstances under which 77 people lost their lives in the Marshalltown fire. 14.09.2023 4:27 ↓

    Guest: Mametlwe Sebei – President: General Industries Workers Union of SA

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 14.09.2023 5:13 ↓

    Afrika Update Report: 14 September 2023; 1. Libya-Benghazi-Bayda and Derna, Mapping Libya' s catastrophic flood damage in Derna after storm Daniel; 2. Niger-Benin, The Military power in Niger have denounced a military cooperation agreement concluded in 2022 with Benin; 3.Kenya-Nairobi, Challenging first year for Kenya's President William Samoei Arap Ruto; 4.Mozambique-Maputo, Mozambique's gove...

South Africa’s largest labour union federation is threatening to go on strike if the government backs proposed austerity measures, which could include reneging on a public sector wage agreement. 14.09.2023 5:25 ↓

    Guest: Matthew Parks – Spokesperson: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)

Cell number recycling by SA networks leaves customers fuming and inconvenienced 14.09.2023 5:52 ↓

    Guest: Michelle Banda – Journalist: Daily Maverick

It appears that Kusile is not generating any electricity at the moment - despite the fact we have spent two hundred and thirty-three and on it in the last fifteen years 14.09.2023 4:15 ↓

    Guest: Ruse Moleshe - development finance specialist

Eskom is appealing to the public to reduce the electricity demand by switching off non-essential appliances, mainly geysers, swimming pool pumps and electric heaters to avoid higher stages of loadshedding. 14.09.2023 4:54 ↓

    Guest: Daphne Mokwena – Eskom Spokesperson

The Residential Communities Council (RCC) is looking to amend its code of conduct regarding how personal information is handled in South Africa. 14.09.2023 7:30 ↓

    Guest: Jeff Gilmour - president of ARC (Association of Residential Communities) and director of the RCC (Residential Communities Council)