The National Briefing

Guest: Advocate Stefanie Fick, OUTA's head of Legal Affairs

The basic education department says that there is currently a shortage of around twenty four thousand teachers at government schools across the country Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of Naptosa

Guest: Bongani Baloyi - Executive Mayor of the Midvaal Local Municipality.

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: Competition Commission released a report saying it doesn’t make sense that government subsidizes rail services and not subsidize the taxi industry Guest: Ofentse Mokoena – Transport Analyst Guest: Rehana Moosajee is a former Councilor in the City of Johannesburg and the founder of The Barefoot Facilitator.

Guest: Nic (Nicholas) Wolpe - CEO of Liliesleaf Farm

Guest: Sibani Mngadi - Spokesperson SA Liquor Brand owners Association

Guest: Tessa Dooms – Member of Covid Comms

Bonang Mohale says actions put forth in the next few weeks will be critical in determining Africa’s path through and beyond the Covid-19 Guest: Bonang Mohale - Chancellor of the University of the Free State

KZN Premier has been in the area around Newcastle meeting farm workers and farmers - and people living on farms over tension there Guest: Sihle Zikalaka – KwaZulu-Natal Premier

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal of the Judicial Service Commission finds judge president John Hlophe was guilty of misconduct Guest: Prof Sibanda Professor of Law at the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Limpopo

Correctional services says a video on social media that appears to show three prison inmates attacking a guard wearing a correctional services uniform is fake. Guest: Singabakho Nxumalo - Correctional services spokesperson

According to the new The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Confidence index, Business confidence seems to be on the rise in the country Guest: Richard Downing - Economist for South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Guest: Advocate Shabnam Mayet - Co Founder of Protect the Rohingya

SAfm Sunrise with Stephen Grootes

Guest: Prof David Pearce - From Wits Rock Art Research Institute

Municipal Demarcation Board will be visiting communities that were unhappy with the redrawing of ward boundaries in various parts of the country Guest: Muthotho Sigidi- CEO of Municipal Demarcation Board

Blind SA is going to court to get the government to change part of the copyright act - which prevents them from transferring books from the written word to braille Guest: Faranaaz Veriava, head of education rights at sECTION27

Guest: Kolobe Mamabolo – Former Convener of ANCYL Ekhurleni

Guest: Shenilla Mohamed - Amnesty International Executive Director

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that the second phase of the vaccine rollout will begin on May the 17th. Which vaccines are actually legally allowed to be used? Guest: Dr Boitumelo Semete – CEO of South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)

A survey by PWC says around sixty percent of people are now worried that technology could disrupt their job or they could lose their job Guest: Barry Voster - partner in our People and Change division at PWC

Cosatu says it will continue to back the ANC during the local elections - but it’s also criticized the slow pace of the vaccine rollout Guest: Bheki Ntshalintshali - General Secretary of Cosatu

The SADC nations to send an immediate technical deployment to Mozambique - after that insurgency in that country Guest: Sophie Mokoena- SABC Foreign reporter

Guest: Roland Henwood – Expert on International relations and security issues