The National Briefing

In Ukraine overnight, Russian forces have been firing in a nuclear power plant 04.03.2022 7:04 ↓

Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist and Commentator based at the University of Pretoria  

The Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has told the Human Rights Commission hearings into 2021 July unrests that he still wants the people who were behind the violence to be arrested 04.03.2022 5:19 ↓

Guest: Phanuel Shuma - SABC Reporter  

The ANC Chair Gwede Mantashe says he is going to challenge the findings against him in court - that he received money from BOSASA. 04.03.2022 7:40 ↓

Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst  

The hacker group Anonymous has waged a cyber war against Russia. How effective could they actually be? 04.03.2022 4:47 ↓

Guest: Sylvia Papadopoulos - Associate Professor: Department of Private Law at the University of Pretoria  

According to a new study, there is a global shortage of Psychiatrists. 04.03.2022 3:36 ↓

Guest: Carole Nyakudya – Mental Health Practitioner  

There is still no indication that the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Joburg is going to reopen fully soon after that fire last year. There are planned protests tomorrow 04.03.2022 5:23 ↓

Guest: Dr Aslam Dasoo – National Convener: Progressive Health Forum  

Mediated Conversation: On Tuesday night the US announced it that it was designating four people based in South Africa as financial facilitators of the terrorist group ISIS. 03.03.2022 24:49 ↓

Guest: Faith Mabera - Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue Guest: Chris Gilmore - Bank Analyst Guest: Hasina Gori- SABC Reporter 

the Human Rights Commission Inquiry into the 2021 July unrests has heard that that the social media account of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla was one of the accounts that was most engaging during the unrest 03.03.2022 5:57 ↓

Guest: Jean Le Roux - research associate at Digital Forensic Research Lab  

unpacking a mystery of physics: Why processes in nature operate only in one direction 03.03.2022 5:20 ↓

Guest: Tjaart Krüger - Associate Professor in Biophysics, University of Pretoria  

A Huge multinational COVID vax project kicks off in KZN & Mpumalanga 03.03.2022 3:36 ↓

Guest: Dhirisha Naidoo - Chief of Party for BroadReach Healthcare  

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has announced toll tariff adjustment effective 1 March 2022 03.03.2022 5:45 ↓

Guest: Louw Kannemeyer, Engineering Executive at SANRAL  

it’s emerged that the channel Russia Today has now been removed from both the DSTV and the Telkom platforms 03.03.2022 5:06 ↓

Guest: William Bird – Director: Media Monitoring Africa  

the DA claims that the ANC is an organized crime syndicate after Jacob Zuma, Gwede Mantashe and Nomvula Mokonyane were implicated in part 3 of the Zondo Commission Report 03.03.2022 12:11 ↓

Guest: Pule Mabe – ANC Spokesperson  

The SIU has now confirmed to parliament that it believes members of the national lotteries commission were able to loot the national lottery to the tune of three hundred million rand 03.03.2022 6:27 ↓

Guest: Raymond Joseph – Investigative Journalist: GroundUp  

The Gauteng Legislature has introduced what it calls the Gauteng Township Economic Development Bill 03.03.2022 5:29 ↓

Guest: Mpapa Kanyane Gauteng Legislature’s Portfolio Committee Chair  

A group of organisations who help to give people food in our country says that they’re still gaining support in their quest to stop government from giving a donation of R50m to Cuba. 03.03.2022 3:13 ↓

Guest: Chef Coo - national project manager of Chefs with Compassion  

Last night at the united nations general assembly the UN voting by 141 countries in favour and 4 against to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - while 35 countries - including us abstained. 03.03.2022 5:03 ↓

Guest: Dr Iriann Freemantle, Research Associate at African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University  

rising sea levels may threaten 70% of Africa’s heritage sites by 2050 02.03.2022 4:08 ↓

Guest: Dr Nick Simpson, postdoctoral researcher at the African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town.  

what impact is the rising petrol prices having on people? How is it affecting food prices? 02.03.2022 4:13 ↓

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams - Programme Coordinator for the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group.  

Mediated Conversation: discussing the South Africa’s National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) 02.03.2022 26:14 ↓

Clip: Thulas Nxesi - Department of Employment and Labour Minister Guest: Mamokgethi Molopyane – Policy and Economic Analyst Guest: Diego Ittaralde – Chief Director: Demography and Population Statistics: StatsSA

Cabinet says it is still planning to end the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit at the end of the year 02.03.2022 6:09 ↓

Guest: James Chapman - Head of Advocacy & Legal Advisor: Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town  

Over the last few days it’s been reported that we went through our first twenty four hour period with no deaths from covid-19 almost since the start of the pandemic 02.03.2022 6:27 ↓

Guest: Ramphelane Morewane - Acting DDG for Primary Health Care: Department of Health  

US president Joe Biden has finished delivering his state of the union address - he started by claiming that the Russia president Vladimir Putin has miscalculated by attacking Ukraine. 02.03.2022 6:29 ↓

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick  

The Department of Transport has urged motorists to renew their expired drivers’ licences before the grace period, which ends on 31 March 2022, is over 02.03.2022 15:35 ↓

Guest: Lawrence Venkile - Department Of Transport Spokesperson  

The Western Cape premier Alan Winde yesterday fired the province’s community safety MEC Albert Fritz. 02.03.2022 6:05 ↓

Guest: Sifiso Mtsweni – ANC Western Cape Spokesperson