The National Briefing

Senzo Meyiwa’s brother Sifiso Meyiwa says that the five men who are charged were being framed - while Afriforum has also said the mastermind is still out there 26.10.2021 5:00 ↓

Guest: Sifiso Meyiwa, the brother of Senzo Meyiwa  

the constitutional court has ruled that twenty police raids on people who were living in eleven buildings in the Joburg CBD were unconstitutional and unlawful 26.10.2021 3:39 ↓

Guest: Nerishka Singh, candidate attorney at SERI Institute  

there are new warnings of a massive catastrophic famine and starvation in Afghanistan - with some estimates suggesting that around twenty three million people face food shortages 26.10.2021 3:50 ↓

Guest: Shafiq Morton - Journalist for four decades, focusing on the Middle East

Mediated Conversation: What is the state of policing in SA? 25.10.2021 24:39 ↓

Guest: Dr Guy Lamb: Political Science Department at the University of Stellenbosch.   Guest: Peter Ntsime – Acting General Deputy Secretary: South African Policing Union Guest: Daneel Knoetze, Investigative Journalist: Viewfinder  

Over 10 500 Endangered Seabirds Killed By Avian Flu Outbreak 25.10.2021 5:08 ↓

Guest: Ashley Naidoo - Chief Director of Ocean and Coastal Research: Department of Forestry and Fisheries  

City of Tshwane will seek urgent court interdict to prevent unlawful SAMWU strike which aimed to sabotage service delivery on Friday. 25.10.2021 8:32 ↓

Guest: Mpho Tladinyane - Regional secretary: SAMWU  

update on Gauteng’s state of readiness for the 2021 NSC Exams, which are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 & end on 6 December 2021 25.10.2021 6:05 ↓

Guest: Steve Mabona – Spokesperson for Gauteng MEC for Education  

the Justice Ministry says it’s still trying to extradite Shepherd Bushiri - and that the delay is holding up is in the Malawian courts 25.10.2021 2:31 ↓

Guest: Chrispin Phiri –Spokesperson for the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

you would have noticed there was stage two load-shedding overnight - and there will be more load shedding tonight and tomorrow note. 25.10.2021 4:41 ↓

Guest: Sikhonathi Mantshantsha – National Spokesperson: Eskom  

Nurses in eSwatini say they will not treat police officers and soldiers - after it was reported last week that a group of nurses was shot at with live ammunition 25.10.2021 6:29 ↓

Guest: Mayibongwe Masangane - general secretary for the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union  

yesterday the ANC leader president Cyril Ramaphosa told voters in Polokwane that councilors charged with corruption would have to step aside 25.10.2021 8:21 ↓

Guest: Prof. Barry Hanyane - Political Analyst: University of North-West  

ZANU PF to protest in SA today aimed at trying to put pressure on western nations to remove the sanctions that have been in place against that government for several years 25.10.2021 5:19 ↓

Guest: Kennedy Mandaza – ZANU PF Spokesperson  

The Turkish President orders his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of ten countries to turkey - including the representatives of Germany and the US. 25.10.2021 3:59 ↓

Guest: Theo Venter Political and Policy analyst and lecturer at North West University

The University of Free State has received a grant to establish what will be SA’s most advanced pharmacology research lab 22.10.2021 3:58 ↓

Guest: Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa - University of Free State Pharmacology director  

A group of people camped at the Constitutional Hill demanding that government fulfill promises it made decades ago, on reparations for those who suffered apartheid atrocities 22.10.2021 4:35 ↓

Guest: Marjorie Jobson - National Director - Khulumani Support Group  

What is the UDM promising its voters ahead of the local government elections? 22.10.2021 6:21 ↓

Guest: Nqabayomzi Kwankwa - United Democratic Movement Chief Whip        

today is exactly a year since activist Fikile Ntshangase, 63, was murdered and the family is still seeking justice 22.10.2021 4:42 ↓

Guest: Robby Mokgalaka -Coal Campaigner at groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa  

Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says that about 90% of public health facilities in South Africa are in a poor state. 22.10.2021 5:08 ↓

Guest: Anele Yawa - General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign  

Action Society will today lodge a complaint with the Office of the Public Protector over government’s failure to deal with the backlog of DNA evidence 22.10.2021 3:15 ↓

Guest: Elanie van der Walt - Spokesperson: Action Society  

Yesterday former president Jacob Zuma laid a criminal charge against the person who is leading the prosecution against him - Advocate Billy Downer 22.10.2021 6:57 ↓

Guest: Benedict Phiri – Attorney and Legal Analyst  

Amnesty International is calling on #Eswatini authorities to drop all charges against Members of Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube immediately. 22.10.2021 7:34 ↓

Guest: Shenilla Mohamed - Amnesty International South Africa Executive Director  

unpacking the Railway Safety Regulator’s (RSR) annual state of safety report 22.10.2021 4:25 ↓

Guest: Themba Mahenye – General Manager of Safety at PRASA  

In Moscow authorities are now starting another week long lockdown - with businesses being closed - as Russia is seeing a thousand people die from covid-19 22.10.2021 4:21 ↓

Guest: Dr Vuyo Mjimba – Chief Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council

Mediated Conversation: how big of an impact is the pandemic on us and our society at the moment - and how big will it be in the future? 21.10.2021 24:25 ↓

Guest: Omar Badsha - founder of South African History Online Guest: Dr Aslam Dasoo - Progressive Health Forum convenor Guest: Prof. Tom Moultrie - Director of the Centre for Actuarial Research (CARe) at the University of Cape Town.