The National Briefing

Guest: Themba Mathibe, Joshco's - Chief Operating Officer The Johannesburg Social Housing Company say that nearly half of the people who live in the city’s properties are not paying rent - they now own the city over two hundred and fifty million rand.    

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the Russian President Putin has been sent a formal invitation to attend the BRICS summit here later in the year, despite his arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court      

Guest: Professor Omphemetse Sibanda, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Limpopo. Judicial Service Commission should have limited or no political appointees, argues Limpopo University Law Professor            

Guest: David Bruce, Independent Researcher and ISS Consultant The Institute for Security Studies says that reducing murder must be a top SA government priority        

Guest: Siyabulela Makunga, Spokesperson: Competition Commission The Competition Commission has launched the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry in a bid to curb non-competitive conduct in the sector’s value chain and protect consumers from paying higher prices.  

Africa Update: Advocate Ras Sipho Mantula

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the Russian President Putin has been sent a formal invitation to attend the BRICS summit here later in the year, despite his arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court      

Guest: Koffi Kouakou, Africa Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at The Centre of Africa China, University of Johannesburg In France, over one million people are protesting as part of demonstrations against plans by the President Emmanuel Macron to raise the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty-four.          

Guest: Takunda Bimha, Takunda Bimha, Founder of the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival and the Podium Agency Guest: Conrad Koch, comedy ventriloquist Guest: Loyiso Gola, Comedian Mediated Conversation: the business and the making of comedy.    

Guest: Lerothodi Leeuw, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape Astronomers are alarmed about satellites’ light pollution.      

Guest: Kenny Kunene – City of Joburg Roads and Transport MMC Rea Vaya buses in the City of Joburg are not operational this morning    

Guest: Marc Wegerif, researcher, senior lecturer and development studies program coordinator at University of Pretoria Why are food prices so high and what could be done?    

Guest: Benedict Phiri, Legal Analyst Yesterday, In the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, the application by the prosecutor Billy Downer and the Journalist Karyn Maughn against former president Jacob Zuma’s attempt to privately prosecute them continued.    

Guest: Dr. Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist, Econometrix StatsSA revealed that over the last year - maize meal has increased in price by thirty-four percent, Bread prices and cereal prices are up by twenty percent  

Guest: Oliver Meth, journalist at GroundUp GroundUp reported last week that a man resembling Facebook Rapist Thabo Bester was spotted in Sandton, nearly two months after his supposed death in prison fire        

Guest: Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Home Affairs The Home Affairs Director who tried to get permits for an associate of the Guptas - Ashu Chawla has now been fired - after being found guilty of gross misconduct.      

Guest: Roland Henwood, Political Scientist: University of Pretoria Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that he broke the rules that his own government created during the covid-19 lockdown        

Guest: Jamil Khan - critical diversity scholar In Uganda, the parliament has passed a law making it illegal to identify as gay - in other words - if someone said – ‘I’m gay’, they would be sent to jail for a long period.        

Guest: Mmusi Maimane, Leader of Build One South Africa In the high court in Tshwane, arguments have continued in the case brought by the UDM, other political parties and unions - to try and force government to end load shedding  

Guest: Chris Yelland, MD at EE Business Intelligence Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa is touring Eskom’s power stations. He says that technical problems and not corruption is responsible for load shedding.    

Guest: David Monyae, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director for the Centre for Africa-China Studies China's leader Xi Jinping lands in Moscow  

Guest: Adv Pikkie Greef, National Secretary of SA National Defence Union Defence minister Thandi Modise has deployed 2,800 military personnel until March 30 to assist at public hospitals after the NEHAWU strike

Guest: Mmabatho Mokause, Member of the EFF Central Command Team and Member of Parliament  The EFF on outcomes of National Shutdown  

Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela, Law Trust Chair in Social Justice and Law Professor at the University of Stellenbosch The significance of Human rights Day  

Guest: John Stremlau, honorary professor of International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg Guest: Ebrahim Deen, Independent Researcher Guest: David Monyae, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director for the Centre for Africa-China Studies (CACS) at the University Mediated Conversation: How do we define the current relationship betw...