The National Briefing

The high court in Gauteng has ruled that the former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang must now be extradited to the US and not to Mozambique 11.11.2021 6:06 ↓

    Guest: Professor Adriano Nuvunga, Chairperson for Mozambique's Budget Monitoring Forum

MTN says that cellphone towers are hugely impacted by load-shedding and the back-up batteries are stolen during the power cuts 11.11.2021 5:30 ↓

    Guest: Jacqui O’Sullivan, the executive of corporate affairs at MTN South Africa

The SA Police Service can confirm that the Moti brothers, Zidan, Zayyad, Alaan, and Zia Moti aged between 6 -15 have been found and safely reunited with their family 11.11.2021 4:05 ↓

    Guest: Yusuf Abramjee – Anti Crime Activist

Foundation for Human Rights is Calling for an Independent Public & Open Commission of Inquiry into the Suppression of the TRC Cases 11.11.2021 5:26 ↓

Guest: Yasmin Sooka - Director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa

Black Sash wants the Minister of Finance to make social grants a priority ahead of his first Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) today 11.11.2021 5:20 ↓

    Guest: Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker - Black Sash National Advocacy Manager

the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his medium term budget speech today. What can we expect? 11.11.2021 8:03 ↓

    Guest: Dr Lumkile Mondi – Lecturer: School of Economics at Wits University

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is going to meet with the US president Joe Biden in a virtual summit next week 11.11.2021 5:08 ↓

    Guest: Dr David Monyae - Director for the Centre for Africa – China Studies, University of Johannesburg

Activists yesterday marched to the Department of Trade Industry and Competition demanding that government publish amendments to the Patents Act and Fix Patent Laws 10.11.2021 4:43 ↓

  Guest: Candice Sehome – Access Campaign Advocacy Officer: Doctors Without Borders

South African Environment Minister Barabara Creecy says the country will not sign COP26 parallel pledge to move away from coal. 10.11.2021 6:25 ↓

    Guest: Thembinkosi Dlamini - senior executive at Oxfam South Africa  

Mediated Conversation: In Ethiopia there are now fears that the country is on the verge of a full scale civil war 10.11.2021 26:07 ↓

  Guest: William Davison - Senior Analyst for Ethiopia at International Crisis Group   Guest: Faith Abiodun – Executive Director: Future Africa   Guest:Tembisa Fakude – Senior Researcher: Fellow Africa Asia Dialogues

Political parties considering coalition governments need to move along with the changing preferences of voters and not work against them, writes Ongama Mtimka. 10.11.2021 4:45 ↓

    Guest: Ongama Mtimka – Political Analyst  

there’s a big vooma vaccination drive this weekend with the president asking religious and union leaders to encourage people in their communities to get vaccinated 10.11.2021 5:45 ↓

    Guest: Mia Malan- Founding editor-in- chief of Bhekisisa

Government says it’s going to be taking a tougher approach to foreign nationals who work as truck drivers illegally 10.11.2021 3:51 ↓

    Guest: Jack Mazibuko – General Secretary: South African Transport & Allied Workers Union (SATAWU)

there’s been a claim that a lawyer who represents police officers who tried to blow the whistle on corruption has now been arrested himself - and has been in jail for over a week. 10.11.2021 5:02 ↓

    Guest: Dr Marjorie Jobson - Executive Director Khulumanathi Support Group  

The Eskom system is not reliable and is unpredictable 10.11.2021 9:52 ↓

    Guest: Andre de Ruyter - Eskom CEO

why is it taking so long to fix the loadshedding crisis? 10.11.2021 7:24 ↓

    Guest: Professor Sampson Mamphweli – Director: The Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies  

Thousands of people are now camped on the border between Belarus and Poland - trying to get into Poland - and thus into the European Union 10.11.2021 4:56 ↓

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

Mediated Conversation: the price of petrol went up by one rand twenty-one cents a litre - one of the biggest increases in hour history 09.11.2021 23:07 ↓

Guest: Sifiso Skenjana – Chief Economist: IQ Business Guest: Layton Beard - Spokesperson for the Automobile Association Guest: Reggie Sibiya -CEO of the Fuel Retailers Association  

Whistleblower Athol Williams who blew the whistle on the corruption at Bain and company has left the country, He says he fears for his life. 09.11.2021 7:03 ↓

Guest: Athol Williams – Former UCT Ethics Lecturer  

the SA Human Rights Commission says Rotational Learning in Primary Schools must be terminated 09.11.2021 3:53 ↓

Guest: Andre Guam – Commissioner at the SA Human Rights Commission  

the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry concerned about the recent power black outs that will lead to job losses 09.11.2021 4:39 ↓

Guest: Alan Mukoki‚ CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry  

Stage four load shedding is now affecting all of us until Friday morning. Business Unity South Africa says Eskom is unreliable 09.11.2021 8:02 ↓

Guest: Bonang Mohale - President of Business Unity South Africa Guest: Wendy Alberts – CEO of the Restaurants Association SA  

The ANC leader president Cyril Ramaphosa says that the ANC was not desperate to go into coalitions. 09.11.2021 7:59 ↓

Guest: Nkenke Kekana – ANC’s communication sub-committee chair  

Stage four load shedding is now affecting all of us until Friday morning. How has it affected small businesses? 09.11.2021 2:22 ↓

Guest: John Dludlu - CEO of the Small Business Institute  

The ANC leader president Cyril Ramaphosa says that the ANC was not desperate to go into coalitions. 09.11.2021 4:28 ↓

Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Political Reporter