The National Briefing

Mediated Conversation: Last week - on Wednesday the cybercrimes act came into force 07.12.2021 26:20 ↓

Guest: Melusi Xulu a practicing attorney and Managing Director of Donda Attorneys Guest: Andy Mashaile – CEO of Cyber Smart SA, Cyber Security Strategist Guest: Yavi Madurai – MD Black Box Theory Digital Consultancy Firm    

there was that big press conference yesterday with the national director of public prosecutions - advocate Shamilla Batohi saying that there was no crisis at the NPA. 07.12.2021 8:18 ↓

    Guest: Karam Singh - Head of Legal and Investigations at Corruption Watch

Dennis Hurley Centre is working with the Department of Health to vaccinate undocumented people 07.12.2021 5:38 ↓

    Guest: Raymond Perrier - Director of the Dennis Hurley Centre

the National Coronavirus Command Council is due to meet tomorrow as the infections cases rise - particularly if you look at the data. 07.12.2021 8:37 ↓

    Guest: Marc Mendelson · Professor of Infectious Diseases at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town (UCT)

Rage Festival boss says media created panic that is why the events were cancelled 07.12.2021 11:58 ↓

    Guest: Ronen Klugman - Director Rage Festival Group and Organizer Plett Rage

there’s been more protests in the area around Diepkloof Zone three in Soweto - as people are protesting against electricity cuts there 07.12.2021 6:58 ↓

    Guest: Brenda Dammie – ANC Councilor ward 29 Diepkloof Zone 3 / Orlando

there are growing concerns by undocumented South Africans that they struggling to get vaccinated 06.12.2021 6:25 ↓

    Guest: Mark Heywood is the Editor of Maverick Citizen

there’s a lot of evidence now emerging about the Omicron variant of covid-19 may lead to different effects than the previous wave 06.12.2021 9:00 ↓

    Guest: Dr Fareed Abdullah - Director of the Office of AIDS and TB Research South African Medical Research Council

last week, The Makhanda High Court ruled that Shell can start their seismic survey offshore South Africa 06.12.2021 3:10 ↓

    Guest: Lucky Tshabalala – Coordinator: Sisonke Environmental Justice Network

In Myanmar a military court is due to give a verdict in the charges brought by the military against the democratically elected leader Aung Saung Siu-Kyi - who was overthrown in a military coup in January. 06.12.2021 5:56 ↓

    Guest: Dr. Ambia Perveen - chairperson of the European Rohingya council

Mediated Conversation: Tennis Player Peng Shuia said on social media in China - that she has been coerced into having sex with a former vice premier of China 06.12.2021 25:55 ↓

    Guest: Kelvin Watt - Owner Nielsen Sports SA   Guest: Lebo Ramafoko - Chief Executive of Tekano Atlantic Fellowship Health Equity South Africa   Guest: Dr. David Monyae - the Director Center for Africa – China Studies at the University of Johannesburg

South African Crowd-Solving Startup Zindi Building A Community of Data Scientists and Using AI to Solve Real-World Problems 06.12.2021 4:54 ↓

    Guest: Celina Lee – CEO and co-Founder of Zindi

According to the financial services company, Professional Provident Society (PPS), tertiary students are concerned about corruption, unemployment and economy during Covid-19 06.12.2021 4:55 ↓

    Guest: Motshabi Nomvete‚ Professional Provident Society spokesperson

there was confirmation last week that the head of the investigating directorate of the national prosecuting authority advocate Hermione Cronje is leaving her post - and the NPA. 06.12.2021 6:15 ↓

    Guest: Jan De Lange - Political journalist for Rapport

the Judicial Service Commission says there’s been an increase in the number of complaints being lodged against judges in the constitutional court 06.12.2021 5:39 ↓

    Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin – Research and Advocacy Officer at Judges Matter Campaign

The South African Communist Party says it believes there is going to be huge instability in metros around the country 06.12.2021 7:40 ↓

    Guest: Dr Alex Mashilo - SACP Spokesperson

the forth wave of covid-19 appears to be moving very quickly - over eleven thousand five hundred new cases of the disease reported yesterday most of those are in Gauteng 03.12.2021 10:35 ↓

    Guest: Bruce Mellado - Member of the Gauteng Premier COVID-19 Advisory Committee, professor at Wits and senior scientists at iThemba LABS

1 500 final year medical students have yet to be placed for mandatory internships 03.12.2021 5:27 ↓

    Guest: Dr. Muhammed Sheik – Spokesperson for the Junior Doctors Association of South Africa

swapping probiotics for antibiotics: how it could be a game changer for chickens, and us 03.12.2021 3:34 ↓

    Guest:  Deon Neveling - Postdoctoral researcher, Stellenbosch University

this week a high court judge has been hearing a case where the company DNG energy has claimed that the energy ministry gave a contract to Karpowerships illegally 03.12.2021 8:10 ↓

  Guest: Kay Sexwale - Karpowership spokesperson

UK House of Lords says that South Africa should be thanked not punished of its excellent scientist in discovering the Omicron variant. 03.12.2021 6:48 ↓

    Guest: Lord Jonny Oates - A member of the UK House of Lords

members of the community around Blackburn village in KZN say they are still living with the impacts of the massive fire at the united phosphorous limited warehouse 03.12.2021 4:52 ↓

    Guest: Nonjabulo Makamu - SABC reporter

Sakeliga is against mandatory vaccinations and to take government to court 03.12.2021 5:37 ↓

    Guest: Piet Le Roux - Sakeliga CEO

Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that negotiations between his country and the five western countries and the US around resuming their nuclear deal could reach an agreement 03.12.2021 5:30 ↓

    Guest: Theo Venter - Political Analyst