The National Briefing

French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosting an Africa Summit under the theme "Reinventing this relationship". This is seen as an opportunity for Africans to engage with France. 08.10.2021 6:39 ↓

Guest: Siphamandla Zondi - Professor of International  

Mediated Conversation: 27 years into democracy, why do informal settlements still exist? 07.10.2021 25:37 ↓

Guest: Prof Ivan Turok is a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Inclusive Economic Development (IED) research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council Guest: Prof Thelma De Jager - Head Of Department for Education Tshwane University of Technology Guest: Thapelo Mohapi - Abahlali baseMjondolo, spokesperson 

Hydrogen Economy is forecast to be a significant growth opportunity along the pathway to global Net Zero with estimates of global GDP value in excess of USD2.5 trillion by 2040. 07.10.2021 3:18 ↓

Guest: Zola Sitho – Programme Director of the Vaal SEZ  

The Minister for Communication and Digital Technologies says that government wants to stop analogue Tv broadcasts by the end of march next year 07.10.2021 13:06 ↓

Guest: Khumbudzo Ntshavheni - Minister For Communication and Digital Technologies  

The Third Annual Social Justice Summit is to be held on the 11-12 October 2021 under the Theme: Social justice, economic equality, and peace - a new socio-economic pathway for South Africa and the continent 07.10.2021 7:34 ↓

Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela - Law Faculty Trust Chair in Social Justice- University of Stellenbosch & THUMA Foundation Founder  

Is South Africa ready for the vaccine certificate? 07.10.2021 6:02 ↓

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

The minister of communications Khumbudzo Nsthavheni that analogue television broadcasts would be switched off by the end of March next year. 07.10.2021 8:03 ↓

Guest: Duncan McLeod - Journalist and Founder of Tech Central  

Cosatu is holding a national stay away today, they say the strike is in protest against retrenchments, high levels of unemployment - gender based violence and corruption 07.10.2021 8:03 ↓

Guest: Bheki Ntshalintshali - COSATU General Secretary  

It’s been reported that the National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sithole has been given a letter from the president telling him that he intends to suspend Sithole. 07.10.2021 5:30 ↓

Guest: Eldred De Klerk - Policing Expert Guest: Peter Ntsime - Deputy General Secretary (Acting) at the South African Police Union  

The Defense Minister of Taiwan says that china could be able to mount a full-scale invasion of the island by 2025 07.10.2021 5:40 ↓

Guest: Roland Henwood- Expert on International relations and security issues: University of Pretoria

First evidence of inflammatory micro clots in the blood of individuals suffering from Long COVID 06.10.2021 7:01 ↓

    Guest: Prof Resia Pretorius - Researcher at the Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University

Mediated Conversation: What went wrong for Facebooks services - WhatsApp and Instagram? 06.10.2021 24:54 ↓

Guest: Dr Cathy Angus - Clinical Psychologist Guest: Arthur Goldstuck – World Wide Worx CEO Guest: Lerato Ntwampe - Social Media Legal Consultant

the Independent Police Investigative Directorate says that there has been another increase in the number of complaints against police in KZN 06.10.2021 5:08 ↓

  Guest: Grace Langa - Spokesperson for Ipid

The Road Traffic Management Corporation is opening two news Driving License Testing Centres to reduce license backlogs. 06.10.2021 7:40 ↓

    Guest: Adv Makhosini Msibi – RTMC CEO

The Department of Basic Education is hosting a national teacher’s day to honor teachers at the awards ceremony 06.10.2021 1:48 ↓

    Guest: Elijah Mhlanga – Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education  

the DA has put up local government election posters in Phoenix KwaZulu-Natal - that reads “the ANC called you racists - the DA calls you heroes” 06.10.2021 18:10 ↓

Guest: Dean McPherson – DA Provincial Chair KZN Guest: Nhlakanipho Ntombela, KZN ANC Provincial Spokesperson Guest: Crispin Hemson - Director for Centre of Nonviolence at the Durban University of Technology

The SA human rights commission releases a statement explaining its position on mandatory vaccinations for covid-19 06.10.2021 7:47 ↓

Guest: Adv. Bongani Majola - Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission

we are in a very interesting place in the pandemic at the moment - we have more and more people getting vaccinated 06.10.2021 9:30 ↓

Guest: Professor Salim Abdool Karim – CAPRISA Director

The British special envoy to Afghanistan Simon Gass has now held talks with senior leaders of the Taliban 06.10.2021 4:59 ↓

    Guest: Ebrahim Deen - Researcher and the Afro-Middle East Centre

Mediated Conversation: how important are labels on food to help in the battle against obesity, hypertension and diabetes? 05.10.2021 25:59 ↓

Guest: Mbali Mapholi - Dietician   Guest: Lawrence Mbalati - Head of the Healthy Living Alliance   Guest: Tamaryn Frank - Reasearcher and PHD Candidate at the school of public Health at the University of Western Cape

why we should not dismiss the warning of the updated Food Poverty Line: poverty and inequality is worsening. 05.10.2021 4:26 ↓

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

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be marching today and is calling for a total shutdown of the engineering sector 05.10.2021 5:04 ↓

    Guest: Phakamile Hlubi-Majola – NUMSA Spokesperson  

the Judicial Service Commission re-interviewed candidates for the two positions on the constitutional court and selected the same five judges to be sent to President 05.10.2021 5:21 ↓

    Guest: Dan Mafora - Research Officer at Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution

There was the release yesterday of the full list of people who have been nominated for the position of Chief Justice - after that public nomination process 05.10.2021 4:36 ↓

    Guest: Nicole Fritz - Chief executive officer of Freedom Under Law

the world’s biggest outage happened last night affecting WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram 05.10.2021 6:03 ↓

  Guest: Siphumelele Zondi, senior producer and anchor of Network and a lecturer at the Durban University of Technology.