The National Briefing

SABC Fires Phathiswa Magopeni 31.01.2022 1:50 ↓

Guest: William Bord – Director: Media Monitoring Africa

A group of mining companies have said they believe that the electricity sector needs to be deregulated 31.01.2022 6:26 ↓

Guest: Bertha Dlamini - Founding President: African Women in Energy and Power

The premier of the western cape Alan Winde has now confirmed that the case against the suspended community safety MEC Albert Fritz is of a sexual nature. 31.01.2022 4:04 ↓

Guest: Brett Herron - Good Party Secretary-General 

A group of gunmen jumped over Amathole district municipality councilor Nanziwe Rulashe’s electric fence - and shot directly into her bedroom and into her bed 31.01.2022 3:36 ↓

Guest: Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana SAPS Eastern Cape Spokesperson 

The man accused of setting the fire that damaged the parliamentary precinct - - Zandile Mafe - will now find out on Friday if he’ll be granted bail 31.01.2022 7:55 ↓

Guest: Luvuyo Godla, the attorney for alleged arsonist Zandile Christmas Mafe 

The South African Blood Service urging those that are vaccinated to donate blood 31.01.2022 2:45 ↓

Guest: Dr Karin van den Berg - SANBS Medical Director 

An ActionSA meeting in Tshwane at the weekend descended into chaos when a violent scuffle broke out between members. 31.01.2022 4:13 ↓

Guest: Herman Mashaba – ActionSA President 

ANC staff still not paid 31.01.2022 4:53 ↓

Guest: Mvusi Mdala - ANC Staff Representative Chairperson

new 4IR hub in Mpumalanga 28.01.2022 5:48 ↓

Guest: Colin Leshou- acting executive manager for the Seda Technology Programme  

will Eskom going to end load-shedding anytime soon? 28.01.2022 5:45 ↓

Guest: Prof Sampson Mamphweli – Director: The Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at Stellenbosch University    

There is a warning that there is still a strong chance of load shedding - also Eskom is increasing the number of security guards to stop the vandalism of our power stations 28.01.2022 8:04 ↓

Guest: Sikhonathi Mantshantha - Eskom National Spokesperson  

Western Cape Police confirm that they are conducting an inquiry into the sexual assault claims made against the suspended community safety MEC Albert Fritz 28.01.2022 7:20 ↓

Guest: Lisa Vetten - Project Consultant on GBV and Urban Transformations Projects based in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.  

The South African Reserve Bank announced yesterday that it’s putting interests rates up by twenty five basis points. What does this mean for the poor of the poorest? 28.01.2022 9:43 ↓

Guest: Goolam Ballim - Chief economist at Standard Bank  

Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says they are going to review the Immigration Act, the Citizenship Act and the Refugee Act. 28.01.2022 7:44 ↓

Guest: Dr Aaron Motsolaedi - Minister Home Affairs  

there are reports that nothing has changed at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital - and no work is being done on the hospital after the fire which happened last year 28.01.2022 7:51 ↓

Guest: Salome Meyer - Access to Medicine Project Manager for the Cancer Alliance Guest: Jack Bloom - DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC  

The crisis in Yemen has steadily escalated in recent weeks 28.01.2022 6:02 ↓

Guest: Shafiq Morton, journalist for four decades focusing on North Africa, Middle East and Far East.  

Bheki Cele says that several people have been arrested in connection with the murders in Richmond last month and he would not allow KZN to become a killing field 27.01.2022 9:23 ↓

    Guest: Ziyanda Stuurman - Author of the book ‘Can we e safe? The future of policing in South Africa’

Nanosatellite launch is a big step forward for African space science 27.01.2022 5:00 ↓

    Guest: Nyameko Royi - Acting Chief Engineer on the MDASat constellation project at CPUT. He is a senior engineer within the university’s Africa Space Innovation Centre based at the Bellville campus

Food prices have been increasing month by month according to the recently released PMBEJD January 2022 Household Affordability Index 27.01.2022 5:59 ↓

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

Mediated Conversation: Google is pushing new plan to overhaul web-tracking cookies. how much does google know about you? 27.01.2022 24:54 ↓

  Guest: Lerato Ntwampe - Social Media Legal Consultant   Guest: Siphumelele Zondi - Senior Producer, anchor of SABC Network and Lecturer at the Durban University of Technology.   Guest: Jan Vermeulen – Editor-at-large of My Broadband

today there is a Mass Clover Strike call the National and International Day of Action by SAFTU, GIWUSA and FAWU 27.01.2022 5:38 ↓

    Guest: Vuka Chonco - The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu)’s Deputy General Secretary

the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has been quoted as saying that there are foreign funded groups that are working to stop investment in South Africa 27.01.2022 11:00 ↓

    Guest: Gwede Mantashe - Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

the ANC in the Western Cape says it wants to open a case against the suspended MEC Albert Fritz - for sexual harassment or sexual assault allegations 27.01.2022 4:53 ↓

    Guest: Sifiso Mtsweni – ANC Western Cape Provincial Spokesperson

In the UK the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the public may see a report into whether Johnson and others broke covid-19 lockdown regulations today 27.01.2022 5:14 ↓

    Guest: Dirk Kotze - Political Analyst: Department of Political Sciences at UNISA