The National Briefing

Fossil Tracks and Trunk Marks Reveal Signs of Ancient Elephants on South Africa’s Coast 23.07.2021 3:54 ↓

Guest: Charles Helm - Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University  

Deaths during the third wave of Covid-19 in Johannesburg has placed City cemeteries and crematoriums under strain 23.07.2021 6:23 ↓

Guest: Reggie Moloi, the manager of cemeteries in the City of Johannesburg  

Taxi drivers are receiving jabs at their own vaccination centre established by SA Taxi to help them save time and make their loads 23.07.2021 3:19 ↓

Guest: Maroba Maduma, Communications Executive at SA Taxi    

Alcohol industry calls on government to get SA back to business 23.07.2021 5:16 ↓

Guest: Sibani Mngadi, chairperson of the South African Liquor Brand Owners' Association  

What really happened in Phoenix and How do we resolve these tensions? 23.07.2021 8:28 ↓

Guest: Bishop Rubin Phillip, deputy chairperson on the KwaZulu-Natal Social Cohesion Council  

There’s more evidence that the covid-19 pandemic third wave is slowing coming to an end in most provinces -but not yet in in KZN 23.07.2021 6:06 ↓

Guest: Adrian Puren Acting Director, National Institute for Communicable Diseases  

There were raids by police and the SANDF on certain areas in Sebokeng yesterday - with soldiers going door to door looking for looted goods 23.07.2021 5:13 ↓

Guest: Khululiwe Bhengu, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA attorney  

The South African Human Rights commission says it’s investigating the killing of about 20 people in Phoenix KZN 23.07.2021 5:38 ↓

Guest: Chris Nissen – Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission  

What dynamics can be identified that are coming out of what happened last week in Phoenix KZN? 23.07.2021 10:45 ↓

Guest: Crispin Hemson - Director of International Centre of Non-Violence, at the Durban University of South Africa  

In Brazil there are now worries that a hundred and seventeen million people have food insecurity and are suffering from hunger 23.07.2021 3:55 ↓

Guest: Siphamandla Zondi - Professor of International Relations at UJ  

Mediated Conversation: How can the Western Cape Taxi Violence be resolved? 22.07.2021 22:06 ↓

Guest: Roegshanda Pascoe – Anti Crime Activist Guest: Ndithini Tyhido - Khayelitsha Development Forum Chairman Guest: Nazeem Abdurahman - SANTACO Western Cape Chairman Guest: Ahmed Yasir - Chief Director for Western Cape Department of Transport

Cyril Ramaphosa among world leaders selected as potential targets of NSO spyware 22.07.2021 5:42 ↓

Guest: Karen Allen – Consultant at Karen Allen International  

The University of Cape Town has launched an online High school 22.07.2021 9:46 ↓

Guest: Prof Mamokgathi Phakeng - Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town  

The KZN Health Department says that there are currently a hundred and twenty bodies at the phoenix mortuary - and that thirty five of them have not been claimed 22.07.2021 5:42 ↓

Guest: Muzi Hlengwa - President of the National Funeral Practitioners Association in SA (NFPASA)  

Learners who depend on the National Schools Nutrition Programme (NSNP) must get school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic, a court has ordered 22.07.2021 7:45 ↓

Guest: Hopolang Selebalo - Equal Education Co-Head of Research Guest: Elijah Mhlanga - Department of Basic Education Spokesperson  

There was confirmation yesterday from the drug companies Pfizer and bioNTech that our vaccine company - Biovac - will now be producing the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine 22.07.2021 11:18 ↓

Guest: Dr Morena Makhoana - CEO of Biovac Guest: Dr Mmboneni Muofhe - Deputy Director-General for Technology Innovation at the Department of Science and Technology

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services told parliament that some of the people involved in last week’s violence could face charges of terrorism 22.07.2021 11:25 ↓

Guest: Ronald Lamola - Minister of Justice and Correctional Services    

There’s been a series of claims and counterclaims between China and some western countries - after the email service Microsoft exchange was hacked this week 22.07.2021 5:07 ↓

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

Mediated Conversation: how does the South African Special Risk Insurance Association work - what makes it different from other insurance companies? 21.07.2021 24:18 ↓

Ray Woodley - CEO of Insurance Claims Africa. Ray Mahlaka – Business Journalist Cedric Masondo - Managing Director of South African Special Risk Insurance Association

A multi-million-rand information technology tool aimed at assisting municipal officials to improve service delivery will be launched 21.07.2021 4:25 ↓

Guest: Dr Peter Jacobs from the HSRC - he is the scientific lead of Municipal Innovation Maturity Index

Save the Children South Africa says the country is facing an education emergency after the recent vandalism of schools following protests that erupted in looting 21.07.2021 6:39 ↓

Guest: Steve Miller - CEO of Save the Children South Africa  

The Association of Meat Importers & Exporters is calling for an urgent meeting with Government stakeholders regarding bridging the gap of food security post riots 21.07.2021 4:11 ↓

Guest: Paul Matthew - CEO of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters  

The South African Police Union says its members are preparing for a strike because of a collapse in the public sector wage talks 21.07.2021 3:16 ↓

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale - SA Police Union Spokesperson  

The Western Cape Premier is asking that the SANDF be deployed to deal with taxi violence in the province - just this year eighty five people have died 21.07.2021 4:55 ↓

Guest: Alan Winde- Western Cape Premier