The National Briefing

In Joburg, the electricity supplier City Power is now formally asking power companies for proposals that could lead to big contracts for them to supply power to the city. 17.11.2022 3:42 ↓

Guest: Michael Sun, Environment and Infrastructure Services MMC

The independent panel investigating President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala scandal has extended its deadline to report the findings, the report was expected to be released today 17.11.2022 12:55 ↓

Guest: Snuki Zikalala, ANC Veterans League convenor Guest: Mzwandile Mbeje, SABC Political Editor    

OB - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched its long-anticipated OTT platform, SABC 17.11.2022 4:18 ↓

Guest: Madoda Mxakwe, SABC Group Chief Executive    

The Special Investigating Unit is now asking the German software company SAP to pay back one billion rand which was paid to the company by Eskom during The state capture era 17.11.2022 4:43 ↓

Guest: Kaizer Kganyago, SIU spokesperson    

OB - What is the SABC and Hisense launching? 17.11.2022 3:39 ↓

Guest: Guy Edri, Director of Hisense South Africa and President – VIDAA USA Guest: Ms Vivi Liu, CEO of Hisense South Africa

In Europe, there are now hugely increased concerns that the war between Russia and Ukraine could escalate - after a missile landed in Poland - thirty six hours ago - killing two people. 17.11.2022 5:15 ↓

Guest: Abel Esterhuyse, Associate Professor of strategy at Stellenbosch University    

Mediated Conversation: At PRASA there are at least one thousand four hundred ghost workers. How difficult is it to trace where that money was going? 16.11.2022 26:49 ↓

Mediated Conversation: At PRASA there are at least one thousand four hundred ghost workers. How difficult is it to trace where that money was going?   Guest: Andiswa Makanda, Spokesperson: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Guest: Dr Tim Maake - Local Government Specialist. Guest: Chad Thomas, CEO at IRS Forensic Investigations

The SA Cement And Concrete Industry Tackling Huge Local And Global Challenges 16.11.2022 6:52 ↓

Guest: Bryan Perrie, CEO of Cement and Concrete South Africa   The SA Cement And Concrete Industry Tackling Huge Local And Global Challenges  

Nomvula Monkonyane will be contesting for the position of Deputy Secretary General in the upcoming ANC’s December Conference 16.11.2022 12:21 ↓

Guest: Nomvula Mokonyane, ANC NEC Member and Head of Organising Nomvula Monkonyane will be contesting for the position of Deputy Secretary General in the upcoming ANC’s December Conference

Applicants in South Africa's first youth-led climate change case, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights(CER), will be appearing in the Pretoria High Court on 16 November 2022. 16.11.2022 5:39 ↓

Applicants in South Africa's first youth-led climate change case, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights(CER), will be appearing in the Pretoria High Court on 16 November 2022. The court will hear their application to compel the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to release records relating to the Minister's decision to include new coal power in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan...

South Africans should brace themselves for longer load-shedding schedules, warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's Chief operating officer. He said the utility is embarking on capital investment and major repair projects, which carry risks for the country's genera 16.11.2022 6:50 ↓

Guest: Prof. Sampson Mamphweli, Director at the Centre for Renewable and Sustainaable Energy Studies at Stellenbosch University

AA says data is indicating significant increases to petrol prices of between 97c/litre and R1.09/l, but a decrease of up to 34c/l for diesel next month 16.11.2022 3:27 ↓

Guest: Layton Beard, spokesperson for Automobile Association    

The PitBull Federation of South Africa calls for stricter regulations around the breeding of the the Pitbull after it killed an 8-year-old boy in Bloemfontein over the weekend 16.11.2022 5:48 ↓

Guest: Lehanda Rheeder, Spokesperson of the Pitbull Federation of SA  

In Iran, authorities have now issued the first death sentence for a person involved in the protests against the government - that started when a young woman was detained for not wearing her hijab correctly. 16.11.2022 5:10 ↓

Guest: Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director at Afro-Middle East Centre    

Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Social Development, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Mbali Hlophe oversee the first intake of substance abusers including nyaope and other illegal substances at various rehabilitation centres across the Province 16.11.2022 9:02 ↓

Guest: Mbali Hlophe, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC

Dramatic scenes in the High Court in Tshwane yesterday when Senzo Meyiwa’s friend Tumelo Madlala was asked questions about what happened on the night Meyiwa was killed 16.11.2022 2:27 ↓

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, Attorney at Dubazana Attorneys

Mediated Conversation: The SA Institution of Civil Engineering says that SA’s public infrastructure is not coping with normal demand and is poorly maintained 15.11.2022 25:16 ↓

Guest: Professor Marianne Vanderschuren, President SA Institution of Civil Engineering Guest: Gundo Maswime, Lecturer: Civil Engineering: University of Cape Town Guest: Raj Naidu – Professor: Department of Electrical Engineering: University of Pretoria 

Resident in Pietermaritzburg, KZN are calling for action against the increasing crime rate and drug abuse in the city 15.11.2022 4:46 ↓

Guest: Kantha Naidoo, chairperson of the Msunduzi Economic Development Agency (Meda)    

National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement statistics highlight environmental crimes such as illegal dumping of hazardous waste, illegal deep-sea fishing, smuggling of ivory and illegal property developments. 15.11.2022 5:23 ↓

Guest: Frances Craigie, Chief Director: Sector Enforcement from the Regulatory Compliance Sector Monitoring branch: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

The Judge in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case yesterday ruled that an attorney for Kelly Khumalo who was in the house on the night of the murder cannot be in court to watch the proceedings for herself. 15.11.2022 4:30 ↓

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, Attorney at Dubazana Attorneys    

Latest update on the floods in Gauteng, where are the displaced people and what’s the plan going forth? 15.11.2022 8:09 ↓

Guest: Mzi Khumalo, Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC

The North West Government held another briefing yesterday to try and explain the situation around the donkey carts that the department has bought for the villages of Dibono and Manawana 15.11.2022 10:36 ↓

Guest: Oshebeng Koonyaditse, Spokesperson: North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management

The Airline Entrepreneur Gidon Novick has now resigned from the Takatso Consortium - which is supposed to be taking over SAA - and buying a 51% share of SAA from government 15.11.2022 9:24 ↓

Guest: Gidon Novick, co-founder of Lift Airline      

Joe Biden met Chinese leader Xi Jinping face-to-face on Monday for their first in-person encounter since Biden took office. The discussions could have long lasting consequences for the world's most important bilateral relationship 15.11.2022 5:12 ↓

Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate at the African Centre for the study of the United States at the University of Witwatersrand.

Action Society welcomes NPA reopening of Cele fraud case 15.11.2022 4:59 ↓

Guest: Ian Cameron, Action Society Leader