The National Briefing

Afriforum has written to the Department of Justice and the Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to ask him what is going to happen to the criminal records of the people arrested and fined for breaking covid-19 lockdown regulations Guest: Chrispin Phiri, Spokesperson for ministry of Justice and Correctional services.

In the Eastern Cape, six health facilities were badly damaged by the gale force winds - the roof of the Cofimvaba hospital was blown off - the Cathcart hospital roof also disappeared Guest: Dr Mtandeki Xamlashe, DDG Clinical Services, Eastern Cape Department of Health

  Guest: Clifford Mabe, Gift of the Givers Gauteng spokesperson

olice have confirmed that councillor for the national freedom party - Ntombenhlo Mchunu was shot dead in Nongoma in KZN yesterday - she was with a child who was also badly hurt - and is now in a critical condition in hospital. Guest: Canaan Mdletshe, National Freedom Party Secretary General

  Afrika Update Report: 31 July 2023; 1. Niger-Nigeria, The Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) demands that President Mohammed Bazoum be reinstated within a week; 2. Senegal -Dakar, Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has arrested and charged with plotting an insurrection and new offences ; 3. Zimbabwe-Harare, Former G40 and Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere loses the Supr...

  Guest: Abel Esterhuyse, associate professor of strategy in the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University

    Guest: Prof Shaun Pather, Chairperson of the Zenzeleni NPC board

    Guest: Bongani Baloyi, Xiluva Party leader

This week, a white substitute teacher from Crawford International in Tshwane wrote racist terms on a blackboard - and then telling children that they were not affected by apartheid Guest: Asanda Ngoasheng, diversity trainer

new data from Municipal IQ which suggests that we may end up having more service delivery protests this year than any other year Protests continue, erupting sporadically, unpredictably, and violently across the country. Guest: Kevin Allan, MD: Municipal IQ

  Guest: Dr. Catherine Egbe, Specialist Scientist in the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council

There was an important development in Joburg yesterday involving illegal mining in Roodepoort. A massive sinkhole emerged on Miles Stoke road - as a result the Joburg roads agency had to close most of the road Guest: Zweli Nyathi, Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) acting CEO

There’s been confirmation this week that the company Steinhoff investment holdings is finally going to be closed and liquidated and shut down - five and a half years after that massive accounting scandal involving Markus Jooste came to light. Guest: Khaya Sithole, accountant and analyst

  Afrika Update Report: 28 July 2023; 1. Niger - Niamey, the situation in Niger remains "fluid" as army backs coup plotters but who is General Omar Tchiani -the suspected brain behind the coup? 2. Ethiopia-Tigray, Over 50, 000 former combatants of the Tigray region military have been demilitarized in intial phase as part of Tshwane peace agreement ; 3. Rwanda-Belgium,  Rwandan government regrets r...

There was dramatic testimony in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial yesterday - it came from a police officer colonel Lambertus Steyn who is an expert in cell phone evidence. Guest: Melusi Xulu, Managing Director of Donda Attorneys

  Guest: Tom Moultrie, professor of demography and director of the Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe) at the University of Cape Town

Guest: Gus Silber – Journalist and Commentator   Guest: Ayanda Sishi Wigzell, freelance journalist

A report by the United Nations (UN) has revealed that South Africa has an alarming challenge of youth unemployment in the SADC region, calling for policies that will help bridge this gap. Guest: Dr. Ayodele Odusola, Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa

    Guest: Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB

The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa say that it has 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁ed the Government's planned seizure of meat alternatives through a ruling by the High Court in Gauteng yesterday. Guest: Neo Momodu, Executive: Legal, Regulatory & Sustainability - Consumer Goods Council

  Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Unions

  Guest: Thulas Nxesi - Minister of Employment & Labour

  Guest: Amanda Qithi, Gauteng Eskom Spokesperson Guest: Vally Padayachee, Chairman of the Management Committee of the NRS Association of SA 

    Guest: Ian Mcmahon, Councillor for Ward 115 in the City of Cape Town