The National Briefing

Another grand standing presidential summit on GBV while Eldorado Park, Kliptown Magistrate Court turns away dozens of GBV victims as they have no ink for their printers to print and issue application forms for protection orders 01.11.2022 3:40 ↓

Guest: Cheryl Pillay - Community Activist

A new inspector general of intelligence Imtiaz fazel is starting his five year term - after being appointed yesterday by president Cyril Ramaphosa - following a vote in parliament 01.11.2022 14:33 ↓

Guest: Adv Sam Mahlodi Muofhe - Former Head of State Security Agency Domestic Branch Guest: Murray Hunter - associate with Alt Advisory, a public interest research group working on digital rights and transparency.  

The second presidential summit on gender based violence and femicide - aimed at stopping men from attacking women is being held today 01.11.2022 3:55 ↓

Guest: Phinah Kodisang - Soul City CEO

In Brazil truckers who support the former president Jair Bolsanaro are setting up road blocks at the borders between states - while others are calling for a coup to prevent the new president Lula da Silva from taking over power. 01.11.2022 6:33 ↓

Guest: Prof Lyall White - Research associate: Brenthurst Foundation and founder  

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has said that he wants Soweto's debt to Eskom to be scrapped 01.11.2022 2:57 ↓

Guest: Matshidiso Mfikoe – Former City of Joburg MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services and Soweto Resident          

Streaming service Netflix, may soon start charging R25 per extra user in 2023, for password sharers 31.10.2022 4:23 ↓

Guest: Thinus Ferraira – Tv Critic and Blogger at Tv with Thinus

Mediated Conversation: Elon Musk takes over Twitter and - he fired the top three people who had been running twitter 31.10.2022 23:30 ↓

Guests: Siphumele Zondi – Snr. Producer and Presenter of SABC Network Guest: Nomshado Lubisi-Nkosinkulu – Head of Communication: Media Monitoring Africa. Guest: Adv. Zanyiwe Nthatisi- Asare CEO Digitally Legal

The Department of Home Affairs has gazetted new fees for travel documents in South Africa, which will increase the cost of getting a standard passport by 50%. 31.10.2022 6:08 ↓

Guest: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi – Home Affairs Minister

Organizations of waste pickers from around the world have been fighting for decades for the recognition of their work, their occupation, and their rights. Why are waste pickers’ organizations uniting worldwide? 31.10.2022 4:36 ↓

Guest: Jane Barret - Director, Organization & Representation Programme: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing      

In South Korea the number of people who have died from what appears to be a stampede or a crush of people in an ally in Seoul has risen to one hundred and fifty four 31.10.2022 4:10 ↓

Guest: Tembisa Fakude – senior research fellow: Africa Asia Dialogues    

The price of fuel is going up dramatically at midnight tomorrow night - petrol is up by fifty one cents a litre - but diesel is really the story here - it’s up by over one rand forty cents a litre 31.10.2022 4:49 ↓

Guest: Layton beard - AA spokesperson    

It was such a big event over the weekend - the coronation of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as king of the AmaZulu people 31.10.2022 8:39 ↓

Guest: Dr Mpumelelo Ngidi - UKZN History Lecturer  

A motion of no confidence in the City of Joburg for mayor, Dr Mpho Phalatse has once again been scheduled to sit on Thursday this week. 31.10.2022 8:46 ↓

Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga – Political Analyst  

Pule Mabe who is currently the ANC’s national spokesperson will be contesting for the ANC treasurer general position in the upcoming ANC Conference in December 31.10.2022 11:37 ↓

Guest: Pule Mabe – ANC National Spokesperson

It’s now reported that the Forensic Consultant Paul O’Sullivan has said that former spy boss Arthur Fraser who first lodged the Phala Phala claims - actually got the information from the head of the presidential protection unit at the time - Wally Rhoode 31.10.2022 5:40 ↓

Guest: Paul O’Sullivan - Forensic Consultant

Seven people have been shot and killed and four injured in a shooting incident in Finetown south of Johannesburg. The suspects reportedly tried to rob street vendors on Saturday night 31.10.2022 4:24 ↓

Guest: Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela - Gauteng's Police Commissioner    

Mediated conversations: Peoples Mediated 28.10.2022 24:42 ↓

Peoples Mediated

The 10th Annual Africa Health Congress 28.10.2022 4:27 ↓

Guest: Solenne Singer, Group Director of Informa Markets    

Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK – South Africa should embrace it, too 28.10.2022 5:55 ↓

Guest: Dr. Omowunmi Isafiade, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science in the Faculty of Natural Science at the University of the Western Cape

following withdrawal of Krugersdorp rape charges, Action Society demands overhaul of SAPS management structure and argue that the DNA backlog puts back the rape case by three months. 28.10.2022 2:30 ↓

Guest: Kaylynn Palm - Action Centre Coordinator at Action Society

The National Prosecuting Authority has withdrawn the rape charges against fourteen men charged for the Krugersdorp rape 28.10.2022 2:18 ↓

Guest: Nicolene Trom, Krugersdorp Community Activist    

The Labour Minister approved the Professionalization Framework to ensure that only qualified and competent individuals are appointed into positions of authority. Will this end cadre deployment? 28.10.2022 8:50 ↓

Guest: Kashif Wicomb, President of Progressive Professionals Forum

South Africa’s tourism sector is heading into the peak summer season in good stead 28.10.2022 6:21 ↓

Guest: Robert Manson, Chief Digital Transformation & Technology Officer & Acting Chief Strategy Officer SA tourism

Huge day tomorrow in KZN at Moses Mabhida stadium - at the ceremony to mark the official hand over the certificate of kingship to the king of the AmaZulu people king Misuzulu kaZwelithini 28.10.2022 8:23 ↓

Guest: Dr Bongani Ngqulunga - director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced: University of Johannesburg Study.    

The sugar company Tongaat Hulett is now going into business rescue - after a massive accounting scandal where its former CEO was able to hide massive losses in its accounts 28.10.2022 6:38 ↓

Guest: Adrian Saville, Professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science