The National Briefing

The City of Cape Town says that it will be using technology to fight crime 10.11.2022 5:30 ↓

Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of the City of Cape Town

Team South Africa off to World Travel Market London 10.11.2022 4:30 ↓

Guest: Thandiwe Mathibela - General Manager: Global PR, Communications & Stakeholder Relations: SA Tourism

The Economic Freedom Fighters say they will not comply with a demand by the Human Rights Commission that its leader Julius Malema retract and apologise for making certain comments the commission believes amount to hate speech. 10.11.2022 4:49 ↓

Guest: Adv. Prince Mafu, Constitutional law expert

There’s been confirmation from the report by the Khampepe commission into the situation at Stellenbosch university that black students do not feel welcome at the institution 10.11.2022 10:51 ↓

Guest: Prof. Wim de Villiers, Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor          

There is a circulation all over social media of an explicitly graphic video depicting a Politician in SA. Can sharing nudes and porn land you in jail? 10.11.2022 7:37 ↓

Guest: Lerato Ntwampe – Attorney and Social Media Consultant

There seem to be some mixed messages coming from the ANC over whether it will demand that media organisations who go to its conference at Nasrec in December will have to pay to be 10.11.2022 6:00 ↓

Guest: Nomshado Lubisi Nkosinkulu, Head of Communications at Media Monitoring Africa

The Public Servants Association says today’s industrial action by its members in government will be a full blown strike 10.11.2022 6:50 ↓

Guest: Dr. Ebrahim Harvey, former Unionist and Political Analyst    

In China in the city of Guangzhou strict lockdown measures are being put back in place because of a resurgence of Covid nineteen cases 10.11.2022 4:52 ↓

Guest: Dr. Emmanuel Matambo - Research Director at the Centre for Africa-China Studies at UJ there.  

Mediated Conversation: what does the BELA Bill say about home-schooling? 09.11.2022 28:08 ↓

Guest: Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education Guest: Bouwe van der Eems, Chairman of the Pestalozzi Trust Guest: Brahm Fleisch, Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Skills at University of the Witwatersrand

A study by the SAMRC has shed light on causes of disease and death in SA 09.11.2022 4:39 ↓

Guest: Prof Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Director of National Council Against Smoking and Head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria

The International Partners Group, chaired by the UK and comprised of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU, jointly welcome and endorse South Africa's Just Energy Transition (JET) Investment Plan. 09.11.2022 6:05 ↓

Guest: Miyelani Mkhabela, Chief Economist at Antswisa Transaction Advisory.

The South African Policing Union say that the Police will go on leave during December despite Police Minister, Bheki Cele said police officers will not be allowed to take leave from December 5 until the end of January next year 09.11.2022 4:22 ↓

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale, South African Police Union Spokesperson    

There were protests in Mpumalanga, after driving school instructors said that people at testing stations were increasing the amount they were charging as bribes for drivers licenses from 1700 rand to 2000 rand 09.11.2022 7:27 ↓

Guest: Vusi Shongwe, Mpumalanga community safety MEC

There was confirmation that the ANC Youth League has decided to back Dr Zweli Mkhize for the position of ANC Leader 09.11.2022 4:56 ↓

Guest: Sizophila Mkhize, ANCYL National Spokesperson  

Analysis on the DA’s Tania Campbell being re-elected mayor after talks between the ANC and EFF break down 09.11.2022 6:12 ↓

Guest: Thami Malinga, Political Analyst

ActionSA say that they happy with the outcomes of the Ekhuruleni mayoral vote and the return of DA’s Tania Campbell as Mayor 09.11.2022 4:54 ↓

Guest: Bongani Baloyi, ActionSA Gauteng provincial chairperson.

Yesterday in Ekurhuleni, the DA’s Tania Campbell was re-elected mayor after talks between the ANC and EFF broke down 09.11.2022 3:54 ↓

Guest: Jongizizwe Dlabathi, Chief Whip of ANC Ekurhuleni Caucus.      

In Ekurhuleni yesterday the DA’s Tania Campbell won the council’s election to be reinstalled as mayor - after she had been removed in a vote just two weeks ago 09.11.2022 3:58 ↓

Guest: Tania Campbell, Mayor of Ekurhuleni    

Eskom has been given a court order allowing it to seize around one point three billion rands worth of assets belonging to the Emfuleni municipality - because the council has not paid the money that it said it would 09.11.2022 3:29 ↓

Guest: Hassan Mako, Acting Executive Mayor of Emfuleni

In the US it now appears the republicans have been able to win some of the key races both in the House of Representatives and in the senate 09.11.2022 6:12 ↓

Guest: Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: the Labour Minister approved the Professionalization Framework to ensure that only qualified and competent individuals are appointed into positions of authority. Will it end cadre deployment? 08.11.2022 25:07 ↓

Guest: Prof Somadoda Fikeni, Chairperson of the Public Service Commission Guest: Sandile Swana, Political analyst and governance expert  Guest: Nyiko Mabunda, acting deputy director- general: human resources management and development at the Department of Public Service and Administration  

Neutron scattering and modular nuclear reactors 08.11.2022 5:44 ↓

Guest: David Nicholls, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) Chairperson.  

The Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is implementing a retirement strategy to scrap and sell almost 400 coaches of the Shosholoza Meyl fleet. 08.11.2022 5:06 ↓

Guest: Andisa Makhanda, Spokesperson for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).

Last night was the deadline for the branches of the ANC to send their lists of people they are nominating for leadership positions to Luthuli house - it was the third deadline after the original deadline was extended twice 08.11.2022 10:25 ↓

Guest: Paul Mashatile, ANC treasurer-general

In the US millions of voters will be casting their ballots in what are called the midterm elections 08.11.2022 6:03 ↓

Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States