The National Briefing

A new project to provide over 500 megawatts of power to the grid from the sun has now reached financial closure - which means that the construction process can now start 20.07.2022 6:22 ↓

Guest: Jan Fourie - general manager of Scatec sub-Saharan Africa  

The Office of the Public Protector is going to use its legal powers to force President Cyril Ramaphosa to respond to questions about the Phala Phala scandal 20.07.2022 5:42 ↓

Guest: Modidima Mannya - Attorney and Legal Analyst

The Western Cape Education Department says it’s going to allocate more time for maths, reading and teaching for learners affected by covid-19 20.07.2022 3:01 ↓

Guest: David Maynier - MEC of Education in the Western Cape

A group of NUMSA members are now going to court claiming the union has supended them so they can’t attend the union’s conference next week 20.07.2022 4:37 ↓

Guest: Kwanda Khanyile, Suspended Chairperson of NUMSA Mayerton Local

A new survey by stats SA has shown an eleven percent increase in the number of people who are being serviced only through the bucket toilet system 20.07.2022 4:03 ↓

Guest: Joe De Beer, DDG: Economic statistics at StatsSA

Across Europe there are record breaking temperatures this week with wildfires in many areas - with homes being damaged - in some cases people have actually died as a result. 20.07.2022 5:33 ↓

Guest: Prof Guy Midgley - Acting director: school for climate studies: Stellenbosch University

Mediated Conversation: Is this the beginning of a new era in international relations? 19.07.2022 26:43 ↓

Guest 1:John Stremlau, Wits University honourary international relations Professor Guest 2: Steven Gruzd, Head of African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs Guest 3: Faith Mabera, Senior Researcher At The Institute For Global Dialogue

Images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope remind us how improbable it is we're alone in the universe 19.07.2022 4:38 ↓

Guest: Carolina Odman: Associate Professor: Department Of Physics And Astronomy: University Of Western Cape

Cosatu in Gauteng is shocked that more than 1500 workers at Eskort Gauteng were given dismissal letters and that they must reapply for their jobs 19.07.2022 5:11 ↓

Guest: Amos Monyela, Gauteng Cosatu Chairperson

Economists concerned that more wage strikes to take place due to the rising cost of living 19.07.2022 5:16 ↓

Guest: Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix    

The Department of Water and Sanitation unveils boreholes in Walmer Q Section, Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality 19.07.2022 7:01 ↓

Guest: Senzo Mchunu - Minister for the Department of Water and Sanitation

Sasol has declared a force majeure and said it cannot meet its contractual obligations to provide some suppliers with fuel after a supply problem at its Natref refinery 19.07.2022 7:33 ↓

Guest: Peter Morgan, CEO of the Liquid Fuels Wholesalers Association

Old Mutual says it will not follow Standard Bank’s lead in reinstating staff it fired for refusing to comply with its mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy 19.07.2022 4:26 ↓

Guest: Osborne Molatudi - Managing Director of Molatudi Attorneys and Employment Law Specialist

Tributes continue to pour in for the late Author and Poet, Don Mattera 19.07.2022 3:56 ↓

Guest: Lebo Mashile - Poet

There was a series of important developments in the parliamentary inquiry into the fitness for office of the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane yesterday 19.07.2022 4:40 ↓

Guest: Joseph Mosia, SABC News Reporter

Energy minister Gwede Mantashe and President Cyril Ramaphosa have been discussing the issue of a second SOE to generate electricity, what you could call a second Eskom 19.07.2022 7:21 ↓

Guest: Carol Paton - Writer at Large at FIN24

As the war in Ukraine continues the country’s president has fired the head of his domestic security agency known as the SBU - and the country’s prosecutor general 19.07.2022 7:12 ↓

Guest: Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: Looking at Cyril Ramaphosa’s Presidency 18.07.2022 25:31 ↓

Guest 1:Mbhazima Sam Shilowa, Former Gauteng Premier Guest 2:Tessa Dooms, Director of Rivonia Circle Guest 3:Mike Siluma – Deputy Editor: Sunday Times

Angiotensin-converting enzyme paves the way for better drugs to treat heart disease 18.07.2022 6:56 ↓

Guest: Prof Trevor Sewell, Professor of Medical Biochemistry at UCT & Director of the Electron Unit

Do liquor adverts increase and influence underage drinking? 18.07.2022 9:44 ↓

Guest: Prof. Charles Parry is the Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit at the South African Medical Research (SAMRC)

The Automobile Association says Petrol price decrease to be expected 18.07.2022 2:32 ↓

Guest: Layton Beard, the spokesperson for the Automobile Association.

Stop City of Cape Town says Eskom is failing SA dismally 18.07.2022 4:50 ↓

Guest: Sandra Dickson - Stop CoCT Founder

The SACP conference has now ended with Solly Mapaila being elected unopposed to the position of general secretary 18.07.2022 6:52 ↓

Guest: Samkele Maseko – SABC News Politics Reporter Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga – Political Analyst

KZN Provincial Police commissioner says that if it was up to him, his wish would be to ban alcohol in townships and rural areas after the recent tavern killings 18.07.2022 9:21 ↓

Guest: Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi - KZN Provincial Police commissioner

In Sri Lanka the political and economic chaos continues - after the president Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally resigned after fleeing the country 18.07.2022 6:05 ↓

Guest: Roland Henwood, political scientist and commentator based at the University of Pretoria