The National Briefing

There are strong indications that the State of national disaster will soon come to an end - and that other laws will be used to try and manage and contain the pandemic. 14.02.2022 8:53 ↓

Guest: Dr Joe Phaahla - Minister of Health  

Unions are protesting for R1, 500 basic income grant in South Africa 14.02.2022 6:23 ↓

Guest: Dominic Brown - Director of the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)  

The City of Joburg is planning to switch off people who had not been paying for their services 14.02.2022 4:27 ↓

Guest: Dr Mpho Phalatse - City of Joburg Mayor  

There was confirmation last week that the two companies that own the SAPREF oil refinery in Durban - shell and BP have taken a decision to stop operations there indefinitely - from next month 14.02.2022 6:07 ↓

Guest: Desmond D’sa - Coordinator of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance  

There’s been an important development on the crisis involving Russia and Ukraine over the weekend - there are still over a hundred thousand Russian troops on the border with Ukraine. 14.02.2022 3:43 ↓

Guest: Roland Henwood - Lecturer from the Department Of Political Sciences at the University Of Pretoria  

The IMF has said that our economy could grow at three percent a year if certain reforms were implemented - but it also says that Eskom has to go through some dramatic changes 14.02.2022 4:07 ↓

Guest: Ruse Moleshe - Managing Director of Rubk  

COVID infection of three lions and a puma in private South African zoo points to need for wider surveillance. 11.02.2022 8:47 ↓

Guest: Marietjie Venter - Head of the Zoonotic, Arbo and Respiratory Virus Programme as well as Professor, Department Medical Virology at the University of Pretoria  

president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Transnet will open slots on the national railway system for private operators to run cargo trains on that system from April 11.02.2022 4:00 ↓

Guest: Dr Joash Mageto - Senior Lecturer from the Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the University of Johannesburg  

Ahe person in charge of the process of liquidating the failed VBS bank has now declared its liquidation dividend 11.02.2022 5:37 ↓

Guest: Anoosh Rooplal - Liquidator of the VBS Mutual Bank  

President Cyril Ramaphosa last night was that there is a new unit to cut red tape  and that it was the private sector that creates jobs - not government 11.02.2022 4:47 ↓

Guest: Tebogo Khaas, SMME Forum president and Founder and convener of Public Interest SA

President Ramaphosa says government is streamlining the regulatory processes so that the hemp and cannabis sector can thrive like it is in other countries such as Lesotho 11.02.2022 6:02 ↓

Guest: Dr Keith Scott - Chairperson of the South African Drug Policy Initiative (SADPI)  

President Ramaphosa announced last night that he will cut red tape in business 11.02.2022 5:04 ↓

Guest: Philippe Burger - Professor of Economics and Head of Department at the University of the Free State  

In India the government of the ruling Bharatiya Janata party led by the prime minister Narendra Modi is facing a tough test in the state of Uttar Pradesh 11.02.2022 4:28 ↓

Guest: Alf Nielsen – Professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria  

President Ramaphosa announced that cabinet was taking collective responsibility for the July 2021 unrest and the failure of the state to properly respond to it 11.02.2022 6:16 ↓

Guest: Jakkie Cilliers - Head of African Futures and Innovation at the Institute of Security Studies

Mediated Conversation: how important is tonight’s #SONA2022? 10.02.2022 26:28 ↓

Guest: Steven Friedman - Political Analyst: University of Johannesburg Guest: Lumkile Mondi – Economist and senior lecturer Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Guest: Ann Bernstein - Executive Director at the Centre for Development and Enterprise

Tshwane Executive Mayor joins revenue-collection teams to support them in disconnecting services to defaulting customers 10.02.2022 8:00 ↓

Guest: Randall Williams- Executive Mayor of City of Tshwane  

Russia says that it’s about to begin a series of military maneuvers or war games in Belarus - in which it will send thirty thousand soldiers into Belarus 10.02.2022 6:50 ↓

Guest: John Stremlau – Honorary Professor at Wits University  

What does the business sector expect from tonight’s State of the Nation Address? 10.02.2022 3:32 ↓

Guest: Busisiwe Mavuso - Chief Executive Officer of Business Leadership South Africa  

POPCRU condemns the shooting at Tembisa Hospital 10.02.2022 5:14 ↓

Guest: Richard Mamabolo – The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) Spokesperson  

What does the business sector expect from tonight’s State of the Nation Address in terms of jobs and economy? 10.02.2022 4:29 ↓

Guest: Alan Mukoki - Chief Executive of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI)  

Rhino poachers now targeting private properties, latest stats show 10.02.2022 6:03 ↓

Guest: Barbara Creecy - Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries  

What does the rail industry want out of the #SONA2022? 10.02.2022 4:03 ↓

Guest: Malesela Nhlapo - CEO African Rail association  

What do environmental activists want out of the #SONA2022? 10.02.2022 2:08 ↓

Guest: Brandon Abdinor. Centre for Environmental Rights Climate Advocacy Lawyer  

With schools now back for full time face to face teaching this week, the DA says the school day should be extended by an hour 10.02.2022 5:21 ↓

Guest: Mary Metcalfe, UJ Senior Research Associate