The National Briefing

In India the country’s parliament the Lok Sabha has now voted to repeal massive changes to the way farmers would be treated in the agricultural system 30.11.2021 4:09 ↓

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

Cosatu calls for restrictions to be imposed to the unvaccinated 30.11.2021 5:37 ↓

    Guest: Mathew Parks - Congress of South African Trade Unions Parliamentary officer

Some South African Universities to require proof of vaccination for students and staff 30.11.2021 4:29 ↓

    Guest: Dr Linda Meyer - Director of Operations and sector support at Universities South Africa

Petrol Price to increase again by 81c a litre by midnight, what impact will this have on taxis and commuters? 30.11.2021 5:43 ↓

    Guest: Theo Malele - Spokesperson for the National Taxi Alliance

The Human Rights commission hearings into the KZN and Gauteng violence in July heard how high levels of poverty and inequality were partially responsible for the violence. 30.11.2021 4:47 ↓

    Guest: Fanele Mhlongo - SABC reporter

Mediated Conversation: Last week cabinet announced it was not going to renew the Zimbabwe exemption permit - which has now been in place with different names since 2009. 29.11.2021 24:12 ↓

Guest: Dewa Mavhinga - Southern Africa Director with the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch Guest: Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda - Chairperson - African Diaspora Forum Guest: Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh - Director of the Africa Programme at the International Commission of Jurists.

Bespoke solution for South Africa’s skills dearth and job losses, developed by UWC, in partnership with the MICT SETA 29.11.2021 6:27 ↓

Guest: Dr Laurine Platzky - Director: Strategic Projects Institutional Planning University of the Western Cape  

Equal Education has recently launched a #NoSpaceForUs campaign and release of research report on overcrowding in Gauteng schools 29.11.2021 5:38 ↓

Guest: Katherine Sutherland - Equal Education Researcher  

According to the Tiger Brands Foundation, there’s many disruptions in schooling due to Covid-19 which has contributed to reductions in school attendance and learning losses 29.11.2021 5:04 ↓

Guest: Eugene Absolom, Director of the Tiger Brands Foundation      

if you are vaccinated by Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson - which was developed before the Omicron variant. Do people still have protection - do those vaccines protect you against omicron? 29.11.2021 6:24 ↓

Guest: Shabbir Madhi- Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand  

The Border Kei Chamber of Business to rally the support of the business community in a campaign to halt plans for seismic blasting in the ocean off the Wild Coast. 29.11.2021 4:54 ↓

Guest: Lizelle Maurice, Executive Director for the Border-Kei Chamber of Business  

what threat does the new covid-19 variant Omicron have on the economy? 29.11.2021 10:30 ↓

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

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa has urged the UK government to rescind its decision to place Southern African countries back onto its 'Red List' 29.11.2021 5:06 ↓

Guest: Aaron Munetsi - CEO Airline Association Of South Africa  

there was confirmation from President Cyril Ramaphosa last night of no new restrictions in light of the omicron variant 29.11.2021 6:00 ↓

Guest: Dr Unathi Sonwabile Henama - Tourism Lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology  

The situation on the borders between Belarus, Poland and Lithuania shows few signs of easing - as thousands of people from other countries 29.11.2021 5:23 ↓

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

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) releases a report that shows the dire state of gender-based violence in South Africa and is urging the government to do more to combat the problem 26.11.2021 4:00 ↓

    Guest: Dewa Mavhinga · Southern Africa Director, Africa Division at Human Rights Watch

today, the communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is going to switch off one of the transmitters that provides analogue television signals - as we move towards digital Tv 26.11.2021 7:17 ↓

    Guest: Khumbudzo Ntshavheni – Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Cabinet has announced that the Zimbabwean exemption permit - which allows people from Zimbabwe to live and work here will not be renewed 26.11.2021 7:08 ↓

Guest: Sharon Ekambaram - Head of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights in South Africa

confirmation yesterday that scientists have found a new variant of the Covid-19 virus - and that it has been found here, in Botswana and in Hong Kong 26.11.2021 16:14 ↓

Guest: Dr Michelle Groome - Head of the division of public health surveillance and response at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)   Guest: Mosa Moshabela – Professor of Public Health at UKZN Guest: Mia Malan - Founding editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa

In Europe twenty seven people have died while trying to cross from France to the UK in the channel in an inflatable dinghy - it appears the dingy deflated. 26.11.2021 3:54 ↓

    Guest: Loren Landau - Migration Expert  

The University of Pretoria announces that two academics have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate. 26.11.2021 5:21 ↓

    Guest: Mike Wingfield – Professor in the forestry and agricultural biotechnology institute and advisor to the executive of the University of Pretoria  

yesterday was Day 08 of the National Investigative Hearing into the July 2021 Unrest where the NPA testified about its investigations into who started the violence 26.11.2021 7:29 ↓

Guest: Fanele Mhlongo - SABC Reporter

today, the communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is going to switch off one of the transmitters that provides analogue television signals - as we move towards digital tv 26.11.2021 7:14 ↓

    Guest: Tebogo Leshope Broadcast Digital Migration Project Manager: Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

Mediated Conversation: Black Friday 25.11.2021 25:52 ↓

Guest: Eunice Sibiya – Independent Financial Educator and Life Coach   Guest: Professor Carel van Aardt – Director of the Bureau of Market Research   Guest: Steven Heilbron, the CEO of Connect Group