The National Briefing

Guest: Prof. Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Director: National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) Guest: Samantha Filby, Research officer at the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products in the Faculty of Commerce at UCT Guest: Calvin Rafadi, Forensic Investigator: Bizz Tracers

Guest: Volker von Widdern, Head of the strategic risk practice at Riskonet Africa Riskonet Africa says that diesel generators are not a sustainable loadshedding solution        

Guest: Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation There was that big visit yesterday by Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov - he met with our International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor - He also said that Russia wanted peace in Ukraine    

Guest: Fanie Potgieter, Chairperson of The Lekwa Ratepayers Association The Lekwa Ratepayers Association took the power utility to court over its ‘internal load shedding’, which it implemented in 2020 at the height of Covid-19, and they won.    

Guest: Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services yesterday released the 2022 inmate matriculation results, the full-time schools achieved an impressive 95.9%, whereas, part time schools registered 63.3%.        

Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Executive Mayor for the City of Cape Town The City of Cape Town is calling on President Ramaphosa must confirm whether the ANC is binning plans to devolve rail to the City of Cape Town        

Guest: Sikonathi Mantshantsha, Eskom spokesperson Yesterday president Cyril Ramaphosa repeated his call for Eskom to suspend its planned power price increase of eighteen percent, he said that he believed Eskom should not implement the increase  

Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate, African Centre for the study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand. The US and Israel has now involved in what’s being described as their biggest joint military exercise ever - it involves over six thousand US military personnel and over one thousand Israeli personnel        

Guest: Xavier Prévost, Senior Coal Analyst Guest: Mike Teke, chief executive of Seriti Resources Guest: Rob Burn, SABC Traffic Reporter. Guest: Bonginkosi Mabaso, Executive Manager: Business Development. Transnet Mediated Conversation: Why are coal prices high and why are trucks queuing on the roads to Richards Bay?  

  Guest: Charles Helm, Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University Ancient poop offers unusual insight into animal behaviour.    

Guest: Charles Helm, Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University Ancient poop offers unusual insight into animal behaviour.  

Guest: Prof. Kelley Moult, Lead Negotiator of Academics Union. UCT academic staff set to go on strike over wage disputes  

Guest: Wayne Ncube - Director Lawyers For Human Rights Human rights defender and chair of Multi Stakeholder Forum Thulani Maseko has been assassinated this weekend and just few hours after King Mswati warned those calling for democracy that his mercenaries would deal with them.    

Guest: Dr. Nicholas Crisp, The Department of Health's deputy director-general Clarity on NHI and R200bn to fix hospitals.    

Guest: Rudi Dicks, Head: Project Management Office at Presidency. National Energy Crisis Committee releases 6-month progress update on implementation of the energy action plan.              

Guest: Ishmael Modiba, SABC reporter The Free State’s ANC conference has seen a series of important developments over the weekend - first Mxolisi Dukwana was elected leader of the ANC in the province - he beat the current premier Sisi Ntombela  

Guest: Mokgethi Setlhalefo, ANCYL Lejweleputswa in Free State Regional Chairperson. ANCYL Free State calling for the resignation of the Premier Sisi Ntombela and for Mxolisi Dukwana to occupy the position following the provincial conference.      

Guest: Mooketsi Diba, Spokesperson of Botshabelo Unemployed Movement Activists in Parys are confronting the Ngwathe Local Municipality about the ongoing water crisis.  This week alone, temperatures in the area have averaged 30 degrees.

Guest: Roland Henwood, lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria In New Zealand a new prime minister Chris Hipkins will be sworn in this week to take over from Jacinda Ardern who resigned suddenly last week.      

Guest: Riaan Strydom, Acting HoD for Department of Health Northern Cape At least five people have now died from heat stroke in the area around Kakamas in the northern cape near Upington.      

Guest: Dr. Rolene Wagner, Eastern Cape Health Department H.O.D There have been at least two hospitals which have been vandalised or robbed in the last week - one was the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in the Eastern Cape - where thieves stole cables    

People's Mediated

Guest: Mauro Lourenco, PhD candidate at the School of Geography Archaeology and Environmental Studies. University of the Witwatersrand. Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water – how we mapped this newly found landscape.    

Guest: Mike Brown, CEO at Nedbank Group Client Editorial: Importance of business to be involved in initiatives such as World Economic Forum.    

Guest: Nomkhita Mona, Group CEO for South African Post Office Post Office to reduce the numbers of days that its workers work in a bid to cut costs, it’s struggling to stay afloat and currently spending around 68% of its budget on paying salaries