The National Briefing

14 crew members on a ship from India tested Covid19 positive upon arrival at the Durban Port. The Chief Engineer died from a heart attack. Guest: Moshe Motlohi, General Manager at the Port of Durban

the investigating directorate win an order restraining the use of assets coming to around R1.4bn - belonging to people implicated in corruption at Eskom Guest: Chris yelland - energy analyst

Guest: Samkele Maseko – SABC Reporter

there’s been more calls for the government to extend the payment of the covid-19 grants, Does Government have money to extend the covid-19 relief grant? Guest: Bravo Thompson - pay grants campaign coordinator

In Israel the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed in his bid to form a new government there -a after a deadline expired at midnight. Guest: Naeem Jeenah- Executive Director of the Afro Middle East Centre

Mediated Conversation: do you trust the media - do you trust what you see on Twitter - do you trust what you are sent in a WhatsApp group? Guest: Dr Glenda Daniels – Associate Professor of Media Studies at Wits William Bird – Executive Director of Media Monitoring Prof Tawana Kupe - UP Vice Chancellor

Guest: Frances Duncan - Professor, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand

The Minister Environment, Forestry and Fisheries are working towards establishing a process that will protect certain key species, as well as stop lion hunting Guest: Barbara Greecy - Minister Environment, Forestry and Fisheries

Guest: Adrian Basson SANEF Deputy Chair

Guest: Shabir Madhi – Professor of Vaccinology at Wits

Guest: Elijah Mhlanga - Department of Basic Education Spokesperson

The organization section 27 says it’s still going to court to try and force the basic education department to provide proper toilets at schools in Limpopo Guest: Nontsikelelo Mpulo - Spokesperson for Section 27

The former CEO of PRASA Lucky Montana has told the Zondo commission that the ANC had become used to receiving money from state owned entities. Guest: Tshepo Mongoai - SABC Economics reporter

Government and public sector unions were due to meet yesterday after government had tabled a 0% wage officer at the public sector bargaining council. Guest: Mugwena Maluleke – Cosatu’s Chief Negotiator

Workers at Eskom are demanding an increase of fifteen percent - and they say they will only sign an agreement for a year. Guest: Khangela Baloyi - NUM Energy Sector Coordinator

The US has denied a report by Iranian television that the two countries are in discussions to swap prisoners being held by the two governments. Guest: Ebrahim Deen - Researcher at the Afro Middle East Centre

Guest: Siphamandla Zondi – Professor of Politics at UJ Guest: Angelo Fick – Director of Research at ASRI

Guest: Professor Brian Van Wilgen, From Stellenbosch University

Guest: Nkululeko Nkewu – Sports Analyst and Host of IdiskiTV

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

Government schools are still going to school only every second day or every second week - That’s because of the coronavirus Guest: Elijah Mhlanga - Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education

There are several developments around the covid-19 vaccine at the moment- last night the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine landed in the country Guest: Prof Glenda Gray - President & CEO of the South African Medical Research Council Guest: Professor Mosa Moshabela, Dean and Head of School, Nursing and Public Health at UKZN’s School of Medicine

Guest: Goodwill Shiburi - Metrobus spokesperson Guest: Dion Makhura - The Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa

Cosatu in north west says it’s demanding that the premier Job Mokgoro speed up the rollout of the covid-19 vaccines in that province - and end corruption in government Guest: Kopano Konopi provincial secretary Cosatu North West

In India the number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus and dying from it continues to rise - workers are holding ceremonies to cremate people in parking lots Guest: Arina Muresan, researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue