The National Briefing

The are some water cuts and electricity protests in parts of Naturena, South of Johannesburg today 14.06.2022 3:07 ↓

Guest: Cllr Thobile Zondo – Cllr: Parts of Naturena Ext/ 11, 15, 19 and 26      

The National Assembly speaker says parliament will investigate what appear to be incidents of gender based violence in the chamber last week 14.06.2022 6:06 ↓

Guest: Adv Brenda Madumise-Pajibo – Director of the Wise Collective

The theft of money from president Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm may mark a real change in the relationship between our spies and our politicians 14.06.2022 6:06 ↓

Guest: Yonela Diko – Former Spokesperson: Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation

The SA Water Chamber says that it’s the first time in the history of South Africa that a Metro with over a million people hit day zero of water 14.06.2022 6:21 ↓

Guest: Benoit Le Roy, CEO of SA Water Chamber  

Large number of suburbs that are part of Nelson Mandela Bay are without water - as the Impofu dam has simply run out of water 14.06.2022 5:38 ↓

Guest: Joseph Tsatsire Director for Water Distribution Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality  

Meyiwa murder trial: NPA says 2nd docket implicating Kelly Khumalo has no merit 14.06.2022 3:47 ↓

Guest: Phumzile Mlangeni - SABC News Reporter  

N3TC has just been informed that traffic on the N3 Toll Route is currently obstructed near Makiti (between Warden and Villiers in the Free State) by trucks blocking the road in both directions 14.06.2022 1:39 ↓

Guest: Thania Dhoogra operations manager N3 Toll Concession

The British government is due to send the first group of people who have arrived in that country looking for asylum to Rwanda today - for their claims to be processed in that country 14.06.2022 4:57 ↓

Guest: Tembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues

Mediated Conversation: SA Cities Network launches 4th edition of The State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report 2021 13.06.2022 23:56 ↓

Guest: Sandile Swana - Political analyst and governance expert Guest: Siphelele Ngobese – Researcher: SA Cities Network Guest: Andy Mashaile - Interpol Ambassador 

Door of Hope Children’s Mission Operations 13.06.2022 6:08 ↓

Guest: Nadine Grabham, Door of Hope Children’s Mission Operations Director    

Defend Our Democracy is calling for transparency in the Phala Phala farm robbery 13.06.2022 3:49 ↓

Guest: Reverend Moss Ntlha, Defend Our Democracy Convenor

What we know about Imanuwela David, one of the alleged masterminds in the Phala Phala farm robbery 13.06.2022 6:52 ↓

Guest: Eliaser Ndeyanale, journalist at The Namibian

President Cyril Ramaphosa has now denied there was anything suspicious about the timing of his decision to suspend Busisiwe Mkhwebane as public protector 13.06.2022 8:25 ↓

Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst

Top officials in  the office of the chief justice allegedly quit to benefit from a R255m tender they organised – report 13.06.2022 6:53 ↓

Guest: Tebogo Khaas, Public Interest SA Founder and Ch    

On Friday afternoon in a press conference the president Cyril Ramaphosa said there was nothing suspicious about the timing of his decision to suspend the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. 13.06.2022 3:38 ↓

Guest: Reuben Maleka – Public Servants Association Spokesperson  

On Friday, the paediatrician at the Rahima Moosa mother and child hospital dr Tim Da Maayer had been suspended. Late on Friday he was reinstated 13.06.2022 4:55 ↓

Guest: Mark Heywood, Section 27 Executive Director

There’s been more important developments around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - with the Russian president Vladimir Putin appearing to compare himself to Peter the great 13.06.2022 7:45 ↓

Guest: Brooks Spector, Daily Maverick Associate Editor  

Peoples Mediated 10.06.2022 23:32 ↓

Peoples Mediated

Did President Cyril Ramaphosa make the right decision to suspend the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane? 10.06.2022 4:07 ↓

Guest: Mmusi Maimane, One SA Movement leader

EU agrees single mobile charging port in blow to Apple 10.06.2022 5:28 ↓

Guest: Jan Vermeulen, MyBroadband Editor

President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Judge Owen Rogers as a Judge of the Constitutional Court 10.06.2022 6:49 ↓

Guest: Justice Owen Rogers, Newly appointed ConCourt judge

President Cyril Ramaphosa suspends Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane 10.06.2022 9:48 ↓

Guest: William Gumede, Associate Professor, School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand

The airline operator Comair is now going to go into liquidation 10.06.2022 6:39 ↓

Guest: Desmond Latham, Aviation Expert

Paediatrician Dr Tim De Maayer who wrote an open letter bemoaning health officials over state of healthcare system has been suspended 10.06.2022 6:30 ↓

Guest: Prof Adam Mahomed – Head: Internal Medicines: Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

Chinese authorities have confirmed that they are going to lockdown 2.7 million people in shanghai again tomorrow - to conduct mass covid0-19 testing 10.06.2022 4:48 ↓

Guest: David Monyae, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director for the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg