The National Briefing

There appear to be growing divisions in the ANC on the issue of the public protector Busiswe Mkhwebane. Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst

Police Minister Bheki Cele asks President Cyril Ramaphosa to hold an inquiry into whether the national police commissioner Khehla Sithole should be removed from office Guest: Marianne Thamm – Journalist and Author

Department of Sport, Arts and Culture progress update on COVID – 19 third Phase Relief application process Guest: Mickey Modisane - Chief Director, Marketing and Communication for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture

The SA Federation of Trade Unions says the chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng must apologize or step down Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi - SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary

The acting Prime Minister of Lebanon Hassan Diab says his country is on the brink of a major explosion - because of the economic crisis there. Guest: Siphamandla Zondi – Political Analyst based at the University of Johannesburg

Wrapping the week with Professor Abdool Salim Karim - Chair of the COVID-19 ministerial advisory committee

Guest: Dr Simon Elwen, Director of Sea Search Research and Conservation and Research Associate with Stellenbosch University

Hundreds of fake Covid-19 vaccines seized in Gauteng by International policing authority Interpol this week Guest: Andy Mashaile – Interpol Turn Back Crime Ambassador

The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity releases the February 2021 Household Affordability Index monitoring food prices Guest: Mervyn Abraham - Programme Coordinator Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group

Protests erupted this week in some parts of Soweto because people have been without electricity for about eight months Guest: Daphne Mokwena – Customer Service Manager for Eskom in Gauteng

What happens if Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng doesn't retract his pro-Israel comments he made during a webinar in June last year? Guest: Rowan Polovin - National Chairman, South African Zionist Federation

The judicial conduct committee orders Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to retract pro-Israel comments he made during a webinar in June last year Guest: Adv Ben Winks - Independent legal counsel

Guest: Rob Rose – editor of the Financial Mail

Creatives slept at the National Arts Council offices regarding the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme funding, which was supposed to be paid months ago Guest: Sibongile Mngoma – Jazz artist

At least thirty eight people have died in Myanmar as the military government used violence for protestors against the coup that started there last month Guest: Prof Mia Swart - Producer at Al Jazeera and Visiting Professor at Wits University

Guest: Prof Renata Schoeman - Psychiatrist and member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists Guest: Judy Klipin - life coach, trainer and author of Recover from Burnout; Life Lessons to Regain Your Passion and Purpose. Guest: Zamo Mbele – Clinical psycologist and Board Member of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group

Guest: Professor Ron Clarke, the British scientist based at Wits University in South Africa who discovered and excavated ‘Little Foot’ and conducted all the early examinations of the fossil

The British American Tobacco South Africa has raised concern about a thriving illegal cigarette and kingpins made R12bn since lockdown ban on tobacco Guest: Johnny Moloto, BATSA's Head of External Affairs

The KZN Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison says the case number provided by the African Solidarity Network is case of theft and not murder Guest: Kwazi Mshengu - Acting KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison

Guest: Dr Steve Harris – UNTU Secretary-General

Guest: Christo van der Rheede, Agri SA Executive Director

SCOPA says it will prove claims and counter claims involving the Eskom CEO and the utility’s former head of procurement Solly Tshitangano. Guest: Mkhuleko Hlengwa - Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts

The Department of Home Affairs confirms that they will oppose an application in the High Court by Atul gupta that they must give him a new South African passport Guest: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi – Home Affairs Minister

Guest: Vusithemba Ndima Acting Director General of the National Department Of Sports Arts and culture

There are warnings of a fake WhatsApp message doing the rounds claiming that government and SASSA is going to give people R3500 for covid-19 relief Guest: Paseka Letsatsi – SASSA Spokesperson