The National Briefing

Guest: Dr Leon Wessels - Former Politician and Human Rights Commissioner

The Human Sciences Research Council designed questions for inclusion in its annual round of the South African Social Attitudes Survey. Guest: Dr Steve Gordon - Senior Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council

“It’s Human Rights Day but human rights of Yemenis are “of no concern” to SA’s arms authorities.” Guest: Michael Marchant - Researcher at Open Secrets

Guest: Dewa Mavhinga - Southern Africa Director at Human Rights Watch Guest: Andre Gaum – Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission responsible for Education

Equal Education wants the Education Department to investigate the Luthuthu Junior Secondary School principal after forcing a learner to retrieve a cellphone from a pit latrine. Guest: Elizabeth Biney - Equal Education Researcher

The Federated Hospitality Association of SA (Fedhasa) says they believe that the hospitality industry in the country will not survive, should we undergo a third wave. Guest: Rosemary Anderson - the chairperson of the Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (Fedhasa)

Guest: Naeem Jeena – The Executive Director of the AfroMiddle East Centre

Wrapping the week with William Gumede – Associate Professor for Public and Development Management Department at the Wits Business School

Blind SA is running a campaign about the role of SA's outdated apartheid era Copyright Act in violating the human rights of people who are blind Guest: Jace Nair - CEO Blind SA

According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), more South African businesses are expecting to reduce the number of their staff in 2021 than increase them Guest: Shirley Machaba - PWC Southern Africa CEO

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe announced that eight preferred bidders who are independent power producers will now have to produce power by August next year Guest: Avena Jacklin - Ground Work climate and energy justice campaign

Guest: Rev. Frank Chikane

How is SA doing with COVID vaccinations and will we have enough people vaccinated by the end of the year for herd immunity? Guest: Mia Malan - the founding editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa

There are big conversations around vaccines with Deputy President David Mabuza yesterday saying the vaccine rollout programme for covid-19 is going too slowly. Guest: Dr Morena Makhoana - CEO of the Biovac Institute

SAMWU says it’s going to demand an increase of four thousand rand per worker - when it starts negotiations with government for its annual increase Guest: Dumisani Magagula - Samwu Deputy General Secretary

Brazil President Jair Bolsanaro is now under even more pressure - after the country recorded more than 90 thousand new cases of covid-19 in a single day Guest: Prof Lyall White - Research Associate, Brenthurst Foundation and Founder of Contextual Intelligence

MEDIATED CONVERSATION: Is it much cheaper to provide electricity for people than to have people providing electricity for themselves using solar power? GUEST: Kareen Heese - Economist Municipal IQ Guest: Kevin Robinson – Board Advisor for the Africa solar industry association Guest: Prof. Sampson Mamphweli- Director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies

Guest: Daniel Galloway former Managing Director & Lead Producer of The Fugard Theatre

SASCOC say they looking at ways to get fans back into stadiums Guest: Barry Hendricks - President of South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

The Department of Publics Works and Infrastructure is owed over three billion rand in rent from government departments, private companies and former ministers Guest: Patricia De Lille - Public Works and Infrastructure Minister

Free State farmers and Taxi drivers block R26 over deteriorating roads in the area which makes it difficult to farm Guest: Friedl von Maltitz – Representative of the Free State Agriculture

more evidence over the last few weeks that children of foreign nationals who are here without proper documents are being told they cannot go to school Guest: Karabo Ozah, Director of the Centre for Child Law (CCL) in the Faculty of Law (UP) at the University of Pretoria (UP)

King Goodwill Zwelithini ka-Bhekuzulu has been laid to rest Guest: Vusi Makhosini- SABC reporter

The former transport Minister Dipou Peters told the Zondo commission yesterday she couldn’t remember if she explained to parliament why she wanted to fire the PRASA board Guest: Amina Accran - SABC Economic reporter

What were the outcomes of the meeting with the human rights commission, the higher education ministry and the public protectors’ office? Guest: Andre Gaum - Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission