The National Briefing

Several observer missions - including the SADC observer mission say the Zimbabwean election was not free and fair 28.08.2023 11:00 ↓

  Guest: Zenzele Ndebele – Zimbabwean Journalist Guest: Lulu White - CEO Elections Management and Consulting Agency

The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance in Ekurhuleni - the EFF’s Nkululeko Dunga says they are going to aggressively chase companies that haven’t paid their bills - because they need more revenue streams 28.08.2023 3:59 ↓

  Guest: Nkululeko Dunga - City of Ekurhuleni MMC for Finance

There are now reports that there has been more than 430 kidnappings in Western Cape during first six months of 2023 28.08.2023 5:52 ↓

  Guest: Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile – Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner 

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 28.08.2023 5:17 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 28 August 2023; 1. Zimbabwe-Harare; Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins second term with 52.6% and opposition rejects results;2.1.Gabon-Libreville, The Gabon's government has imposed  curfew and cut internet access as voting was wrapping up on Saturday; 3. DR Congo-Kinshasa, The DR Congo ruling party Union for democracy and social progress (UDPS) has confirmed Feli...

Lego to sell bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read 25.08.2023 3:36 ↓

    Guest: Toby Shapshak – Editor in Chief of Stuff

Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki say that the ANC government broke Eskom by dismantling the established systems and imposing Affirmative Action and BEE on the power utility. 25.08.2023 9:12 ↓

    Guest: Moeletsi Mbeki – Political Analyst

In wrapping up the women's month, DESTEA MEC Thabo Meeko will, today, 25 August 2023, host a dialogue with women in green economy at Maria Moroka in Thaba Nchu at 10am. 25.08.2023 3:13 ↓

  Guest: Thabo Meeko - Free State MEC for Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

The BRICS grouping is now being joined by six new countries; Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Argentina. 25.08.2023 7:08 ↓

  Guest: Obed Bapela - ANC's International Relations Subcommittee Deputy Chairperson

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 25.08.2023 5:12 ↓

  Afrika Update Report: 25 August 2023; 1. Gabon- Libreville, As Gabon decides tomorrow , what are the four things to know before presidential elections where president Ali Bongo Ondimba is seeking a third presidential term; 2. Zimbabwe -Harare, As Zimbabwe is counting and collating elections results, arrest and raid were conducted against 39 members of the Zimbabwe election support Network and el...

will the BRICS expansion change the way we trade - is this going to lead to more economic cooperation with these countries? 25.08.2023 7:25 ↓

  Guest: Dr Lumkile Mondi - Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science: Wits University

how important China is to BRICS and how important is BRICS to China? 25.08.2023 7:13 ↓

  Guest: Prof Martin Jacques -Author, When China Rules the World; former Senior Fellow, Cambridge University; visiting professor, Tsinghua University.

In Japan, officials have started to release water that was used in the Fukushima nuclear reactor into the ocean - which has led China and other countries to ban the import of fish caught around Japan into their countries 25.08.2023 4:58 ↓

  Guest: Dave Nicholls - Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA

South Africa’s agriculture is export-orientated. The focus should be on maintaining smooth relations with critical export markets while searching for new markets, says Wandile Sihlobo 25.08.2023 9:07 ↓

  Guest: Wandile Sihlobo - Chairperson of the BRICS Agri Business Working Group and Author “A country of two Agricultures”

Chaos yesterday during the City of Cape Town Council Chamber debate about the minibus taxi strike. EFF members were removed from the Chamber 25.08.2023 5:27 ↓

  Guest: Ntsikelelo Tyandela – EFF Cape Metro Regional Chair

Mediated Conversation:  Cable repair ship to fix South Africa’s broken Internet lands in Cape Town. How important is internet? 24.08.2023 22:38 ↓

Jan Vermeulen – Editor of MyBroadband Brendon Peterson - Consultant and Editor of Reframed.co Arthur Goldstuck – CEO: World Wide Worx

Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in 'victory cry of a new India', just days after a similar Russian lander crashed. 24.08.2023 4:56 ↓

    Guest: Eugene Avenant, Chief Engineer at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Space Operations

The President of the Republic of South Africa and Chair of BRICS, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the outcomes of the XV BRICS Summit 24.08.2023 4:50 ↓

    Guest: Mzwandile Mbeje – SABC Politics Editor

Parliament’s section 194 committee mulling the impeachment of suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Tuesday adopted a report recommending that she be removed from office for misconduct and incompetence. 24.08.2023 6:05 ↓

    Guest: Qubudile Dyantyi - Committee chairperson

Mining mogul Patrice Motsepe has called on African nations to consider the implementation of preferential visas for entrepreneurs. Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is in support of a BRICS visa 24.08.2023 3:35 ↓

    Guest: Tebogo Khaas – founder of the SMME Forum.

In Russia, the leader of the Wagner military group Yevgeny Prighozhin has died in a plane crash. Prighozhin led a mutiny against Russian President Vladimur Putin three months ago 24.08.2023 5:25 ↓

    Guest: Roland Henwood – Political Scientist: University of Pretoria

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 24.08.2023 5:09 ↓

    Afrika Update Report: 24 August 2023; 1. Zimbabwe-Harare, As Zimbabwe decides voting has been extended in line with the electoral act until today as Incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks second term ; 2. Gabon -Libreville, Oil rich Gabon will hold presidential, legislative and local elections on Saturday and incumbent Ali Bongo favourite to win ; 3.  Algeria-Nigeria-Benin-Ghana, Algeria...

Independent NGO Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has published a follow-up to its 2022 review of Parliament’s actions in response to the multi-part final report of the Zondo commission into state capture. PMG says that there is still a paucity of Parl 24.08.2023 3:33 ↓

    Guest: Janine Erasmus, Content editor at Corruption Watch

Energy Minister Gwede Mantshe says that we can learn from Russia if we want to extend the life of our coal fired power stations - he says their technology is stronger than anywhere else in the world 24.08.2023 5:20 ↓

    Guest: Hartmut Winkler – Professor of Physics: University of Johannesburg

how interested is CNN in the BRICS Summit - how much attention are they giving it? 24.08.2023 6:36 ↓

    Guest: David McKenzie - award-winning Senior International Correspondent for CNN based in Johannesburg

Civil Society Organisations embarked in a protest march against BRICS especially China who they say continues to pursue for fossil fuel extractions in Africa especially the Chinese backed project Musina-Makhado SEZ 24.08.2023 3:18 ↓

    Guest: Kholwani Simelane Advocacy Officer at The Green Connection