The National Briefing

Digital vibes saga: the 'friend' of former health minister Zweli Mkhize spent funds meant for Covid-19 on Gucci gear, Smeg appliances and month’s long holiday 24.09.2021 6:40 ↓

    Guest: Pieter-Louis Myburgh Investigative Journalist Daily Maverick

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu reveals that 170 000 public service employees are collectively getting more than R200m in Sassa grants. 24.09.2021 6:37 ↓

    Guest: Daddy Mabe - Socio-Economic Activist with #PayTheGrants  

Mediated Conversation: Unpacking the Compensation Fund and Third-Party Administrators 23.09.2021 22:57 ↓

  Guest: Hughes- Injured Workers Action Group (IWAG) Spokesperson   Guest: Dr Angelique Coetzee - South African Medical Association Chairperson   Guest: Rona Bekker, Senior Policy Advisor for NEASA - National Employers Association of South Africa

The Zero Dropout invites you to their inaugural virtual Action Summit happening on 28 September to showcase the findings of a four-year pilot on dropout prevention 23.09.2021 6:59 ↓

  Guest: Merle Mansfield -Director at Zero Dropout Campaign

Election coverage: What are Al Jama-ah promising voters? 23.09.2021 7:36 ↓

    Guest: Ganief Hendrick – Party Leader of Al Jama-ah and Mayoral Candidate in Cape Town

Department of Basic Education responds to Sadtu’s call for changes in the 2023 and 2024 school calendar 23.09.2021 3:04 ↓

  Guest: Elijah Mhlanga - Department of Basic Education Spokesperson

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the law prohibiting single fathers from registering their children in their name is unconstitutional 23.09.2021 4:13 ↓

  Guest: Karabo Ozah - Director for the Centre for Child Law

the high court of South Africa (Gauteng Division) ruled that the Copyright Act was unconstitutional for limiting the visually impaired from accessing books 23.09.2021 4:32 ↓

  Guest: Christo de Klerk Blind SA's Vice President  

The Court of appeal in Bloemfontein ruled that the use of BEE criteria for government's R200m Covid-19 tourism relief was unlawful 23.09.2021 6:18 ↓

    Guest: Anton van der Bijl, head of the Solidarity Centre for Fair Labour Practices

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) is calling for changes to South Africa’s 2023 and 2024 school calendars to better align provincial systems 23.09.2021 4:26 ↓

    Guest: Xolani Fakude - South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) secretariat officer  

The Black Farmers Association of South Africa says they are concerned about vaccinations of their workers 23.09.2021 4:58 ↓

    Guest: Motsepe Motala - President of the National African Farmers Union of SA

SA Tourism still bears the brunt of covid-19 23.09.2021 5:13 ↓

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

Mediated Conversation: In Durban residents are living with the incredible fall out and damage caused by the fire at the united phosphorous limited warehouse 22.09.2021 25:06 ↓

  Guest: Susan Comrie · Investigative Journalist at amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism   Guest: Desmond D’sa -Durban-based environmental justice activist   Guest: Rico Euripidou - Campaign Coordinator at GroundWork

how do we know the vaccines are safe if they have been developed so quickly? 22.09.2021 17:23 ↓

  Guest: Dr Boitumelo Semete - SAHPRA CEO

Tourism Business Council says "It is time for President Cyril Ramaphosa to call the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about why SA remains on the UK's red list of countries" 22.09.2021 6:38 ↓

    Guest: Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa - Chief Executive Officer of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa  

HIRAX Correlator to Enable New Cosmological Discoveries 22.09.2021 6:47 ↓

Guest:  Professor Kavilan Moodley, HIRAX principal investigator and academic at the University of KwaZulu-Natal  

there was the deadline last night for political parties to get their lists of candidates in. What are the Patriotic Alliance promising voters? 22.09.2021 6:02 ↓

    Guest: Ashley Sauls the first - Patriotic alliance’s Johannesburg Mayoral candidate

The National Energy Regulator approves the application by the company Karpowerships to use three floating power stations anchored in three harbours 22.09.2021 8:38 ↓

  Guest: Chris Yelland - Energy Expert

The Pietermaritzburg high court has heard claims from former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers that Billy Downer is not fit to prosecute his corruption case 22.09.2021 7:05 ↓

    Guest: Mpumelelo Zikalala - Managing Director of Zikalala Attorneys

Meadowlands extension 11 Eskom load reduction crisis 22.09.2021 12:54 ↓

    Guest: Mashangu Xivambu – Gauteng Eskom: Senior Manager for Maintenance and Operations

images have emerged of what look like border patrol officials on horseback used what frankly looks like whips to lash out at Haitian people who are trying to cross the border from Mexico into the US. 22.09.2021 5:44 ↓

    Guest: Brooks Spector- Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: What is the role of coalitions in SA Politics? 21.09.2021 25:32 ↓

Guest: Prof Susan Booysen - Political Analyst   Guest: Athol trollip – Former Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor   Guest: Amuzweni Ngoma - Researcher in the Political Economy faculty at MISTRA

the British government has said that people who are vaccinated in South Africa will have to quarantine there for two weeks 21.09.2021 8:02 ↓

    Guest: Fatima Hassan - founder of the Health Justice Initiative

the British government has said that people who are vaccinated in South Africa will have to quarantine there for two weeks 21.09.2021 11:00 ↓

  Guest: Peter Montalto - Head of Capital Markets Research at South African consultancy and research company Intellidex.   Guest: Sthembiso Dlamini – SA Tourism CEO

In Germany voters are preparing to cast their ballots in Sunday’s election - which will mark the end of Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor. 21.09.2021 6:02 ↓

    Guest: Malte Brosig Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand