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The National Briefing

The National Briefing

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to deliver his budget speech at two o’clock this afternoon 23.02.2022

Guest: Charles de Wet is an Executive Consultant in ENSafrica's Tax department.  

88% of South Africans are battling to afford even basic goods and services, as a volley of cost-of-living increases keep hitting them from all sides – survey. 23.02.2022

Guest: Annaline Van Der Poel- Business manager for Debt Rescue  

US president Joe Biden saying that he believes Russian president Vladimir Putin is now involved in the beginning of an invasion 23.02.2022

Guest: Sanusha Naidu – Political Analyst: Institute for Global Dialogue  

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin got permission from his parliament to use Russian soldiers outside the country after sending soldiers to two separatist areas in Ukraine. 23.02.2022

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor – Minister of Department of International Relations and Cooperation  

Words about mental health need to align with people's understanding of well being 23.02.2022

Guest: Dr Edna Bosire, Researcher at the Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, university if the Witwatersrand  

The Public Service and Administration Minister told the Human Rights Commission inquiry that the State Security Agency did provide proper warnings to the police 23.02.2022

Guest: Phanuel Shuma - SABC Reporter  

The Women on Farms Project to picket outside Parliament today when the finance minister deliver his budget speech demanding the introduction of a wealth 23.02.2022

Guest: Colette Solomon - Director of the Women on Farms Project  

The Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered some of his troops into two parts of eastern Ukraine which are currently controlled by separatist groups 22.02.2022

Guest: Brooks Spector – Associate Editor: Daily Maverick  

The Nelson Mandela Municipality wished to inform residents that the latest tests have shown deterioration in their water quality. 22.02.2022

Guest: Eugene Johnson – Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor  

Mediated Conversation: do we trust the police to fight the high rates of crime? 22.02.2022

Guest: Ziyanda Stuurman – Security Analyst Guest: Lizette Lancaster – Manager of the Crime and Justice Information and Analysis Hub of the Institute for Security Studies Guest: Maurice Smithers - S ‎‏‎‎‎‎‎‏‎‏‏‏‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‎‎‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‎‏‏‎...

The ANC’s suspended secretary general Ace Magashule was back in court yesterday for a pre-trial proceeding ahead of his corruption trial. 22.02.2022

Guest: Samkele Maseko – SABC Senior Political Reporter  

SATAWU says it wants an increase of ten thousand rand a month for all of its members and employers to introduce a compulsory health care scheme 22.02.2022

Guest: Jack Mazibuko - South African Transport and Allied Workers Union General Secretary  

There is a report which shows that many teachers will retire in the next ten years - that around 45% of government school teachers could retire by then 22.02.2022

Guest: Elijah Mhlanga - Spokesperson for the department of Basic Education  

There are at least seven cases of typhoid in the Tshwane area - with the NICD warning that it’s worried about what appears to be several cases of the disease in different provinces 22.02.2022

Guest: Sipho Stuuman - Tshwane Spokesperson for the Mayor  

The Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered some of his troops into two parts of eastern Ukraine which are currently controlled by separatist groups 22.02.2022

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

Donald Trump finally launches his app called ‘Truth Social’ 22.02.2022

Guest: Jan Vermeulen – Editor of MyBroadband  

Who is behind QAnon? 22.02.2022

Guest: Toby Shapshack – Editor at large of Stuff Magazine  

The Nelson Mandela Municipality wished to inform residents that the latest tests have shown deterioration in their water quality. 22.02.2022

Guest: Professor Mike Muller - Visiting Adjunct Professor, School Of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand  

Over the weekend there was a protest outside the Charlotte Maxeke hospital - calling for it to be reopened 22.02.2022

Guest: Professor Adam Mahomed – Head of Internal Medicine at Charlotte Maxeke hospital  

24 Former President Thabo Mbeki has been roped in to assist Free State African National Congress’s with renewal project 21.02.2022

Guest: Dr Sethulego Matebesi Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Sociology: Free State University  

South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) supports students protesting against mandatory vaccination 21.02.2022

Guest: Trevor Shaku – SAFTU National Spokesperson 

Mediated Conversation: The report - published by the 2030 reading panel - found that nearly half of our public school teachers are due to retire - to stop teaching - in just the next ten years 21.02.2022

Guest: Prof Maringe May - Professor of Higher Education at the University of the Witwatersrand. Guest: Ruksana Osman – Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic at the University of the Witwatersrand Guest: Servaas van der Berg – National Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy at Stellenbosch University

There are claims situation in the Eastern Cape Health Department that it saw a very large number of people dying during the height of the Covid pandemics 21.02.2022

Guest: Khanyisa Mapipa - Health Rights Attorney at Section27 Guest: Dr Rolene Wagner - Head of the Eastern Cape Department of Health  

The Public Servants Association says that more senior officials in government will now be receiving their salary increases - of around one and a half percent. 21.02.2022

Guest: Reuben Maleka - Public Service Association Spokesperson  

The ANC’s suspended secretary general Ace Magashule is back in court today for a pre-trial proceeding ahead of his corruption trial. 21.02.2022

Guest: Samkele Maseko – SABC Senior Political Reporter  

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