The National Briefing

There’s been huge issues around the phoenix area near Durban - with claims of racial tensions between Black residents and Indian residents 19.07.2021 6:56 ↓

Guest: Dr Rama Naidu – Director of Six Degree Shift  

Gift of the Givers urges those living in KwaZulu-Natal not to panic over food shortages 19.07.2021 3:08 ↓

Guest: Imtiaz Sooliman - Founder of Gift of the Givers  

There’s been big problems both at Durban harbour and Richards’s bay 19.07.2021 5:02 ↓

Guest: Moshe Motlohi, GM Port of Durban: Transnet  

In Europe there have been massive floods across Germany and Belgium - which have now taken the lives of a hundred and sixty people 19.07.2021 4:30 ↓

Guest: Roland Henwood – Political scientist and commentator from the University of Pretoria  

UJ/HSRC survey shows that two-thirsd of adults support postponing the 2021 local government elections 16.07.2021 6:56 ↓

Guest: Dr Ben Roberts, Coordinator: South African Social Attitudes Survey and Chief Research Specialist: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State division, HSRC

The N3 route is still closed affecting truckers to move good from one place to another 16.07.2021 5:21 ↓

Guest: Gavin Kelly - Road Freight Association CEO

there are new calls for people to stay calm during the weekend - and also to be careful about what you believe 16.07.2021 7:06 ↓

Guest: Thabani Zulu, CA (SA) the Coordinator of the Xubera KZN Solutions

Instigators - What should be done to them and who should be held accountable for these lootings? 16.07.2021 4:16 ↓

Guest: Thami Nkosi - Right 2 Know Interim Programme Coordinator

The South African Council of Churches is proposing amnesty for people who were looting if they return stolen goods 16.07.2021 8:27 ↓

Guest: Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana - SACC General Secretary

The Institute for Economic Justice proposes R70 billion short-term COVID-19 emergency COVID-19 relief spending amidst deepening socioeconomic crisis. 16.07.2021 3:25 ↓

Guest: Busi Sibeko – Economist and Researcher at IEJ

The South Africa Pharmacy Council is distraught at the looting of pharmacies, destruction of health care services and livelihood. 16.07.2021 3:33 ↓

Guest: Vincent Tlala – CEO of the South Africa Pharmacy Council

FoodforwardSA's warehouse became victims of lootings by protesters. This means supply to NGOSs will be negatively affected. 16.07.2021 3:48 ↓

Guest: Andy Du Plessis, the Managing Director of FoodForward SA

communities have taken it upon themselves to help rebuild businesses and clean affected areas after these recent lootings 16.07.2021 2:37 ↓

Guest: TT Mbha – Campaigner of #LetsBuildSouthAfrica Together  

over the last three days the number of people dying from Covid-19 has just been horrendous 16.07.2021 3:37 ↓

Guest: Dr Angelique Coetzee - South African Medical Association chairperson

In the US there have been new claims that former President Donald Trump was on the verge of trying to use the military or other extreme measures to stay in power 16.07.2021 4:19 ↓

Guest: Brooks Spector- Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: why did government not know that this would happen? What does the State Security Agency really do? 15.07.2021 26:16 ↓

Guest: Qaanitah Hunter – Politics Editor at News24 Guest: Jasmine Opperman – Terror Analyst Guest: Prof Jane Duncan – Member of the Review Panel Report on State Security Agency Guest: Ronnie Kasrils – Former Intelligence Minister

These lootings are an orchestrated operation of criminality targeting the state 15.07.2021 10:22 ↓

Guest: Sibongile Besani – ANC Head of Presidency    

According to C19 Coalition, Food riots show the need for a basic income grants 15.07.2021 4:23 ↓

Guest: Princess Majola - Secretary of United Front, Coordinator of C19 People's Coalition Community Organising Working Group as well as #PayTheGrants, and a Community Activist  

Do we have enough fuel to survive these coming days? 15.07.2021 6:02 ↓

Guest: Reggie Sibiya – CEO of the Fuel Retailers Association  

The destruction of ATMs directly imperils the safety, social security, economic activity, and jobs of many thousands of South Africans 15.07.2021 4:03 ↓

Guest: Nischal Mewalall - South African Banking Risk Information Centre CEO  

The government has confirmed that 25000 soldiers are now going to be on the ground to stop the looting 15.07.2021 7:10 ↓

Guest: Darren Olivier - director at African Defence Review  

Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution says a state of emergency is not required, but rather, there needs to be better policing 15.07.2021 4:18 ↓

Guest: Lawson Naidoo is the Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)  

These lootings have been building up for a very long time from an intelligence point of view and even before the Constitutional Judgment 15.07.2021 10:23 ↓

Guest: Zizi Kodwa - Deputy Minister of State Security  

Mediated Conversation: How important is policing and crowd management during these unrests? 15.07.2021 26:15 ↓

Eldred De Klerk- Senior policing and community conflict specialist - Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis Guy Lamb - Director of Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Lizette Lancaster - Project Manager: Crime and Justice Information and Analysis Hub at Institute for Security Studies David Bruce - Independent Researcher In Policing And Security