The National Briefing

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is distraught over continuous reports of police killings that have been on the rise in our country Guest: Richard Mamabolo – Spokesperson for the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that 67 000 people have been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and another 80 000 doses arrived on Saturday Guest: Prof Glenda Gray - President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council

Reports in the Sunday Times yesterday said that DA leader John Steenhuisen is willing to work with President Cyril Ramaphosa and not deputy president David Mabuza Guest: John Steenhuisen – Democratic Alliance Leader

President Ramaphosa said that 33 land border posts that are closed will remain closed for the time being. What does this mean for the tourism industry? Guest: Tshifhiwa Tshivengwa - CEO at Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA).

Guest: Sibani Mngadi, spokesperson SA Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba)

Restaurant Association of South Africa welcomes the move by President Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet to move the country to lockdown level 1 Guest: Wendy Alberts – RASA CEO

In the middle east the Palestinian authority has put the west bank under a twelve day lockdown - as the number of covid-19 cases there is increasing Guest: Na’eem Jeenah- Executive Director of the AFRO Middle East Centre

Wrapping the week with Vusi Thembekwayo – Global Business Speaker and Venture Investor

Guest: Professor Musa Manzi, Director of the Wits Seismic Research Centre

Google South Africa & SA Tourism partner, launch ‘South Africa: An Explorer’s Paradise, it enables people all over the world to explore SA virtually Guest: Sisa Tshona – SA Tourism

Guest: Velile Mbuli - Sports Journalist

Guest: Mxolisi Matshamba SEFA CEO

The matric pass rate of inmates who wrote their final examinations in 2020 was 86.3% higher than the national pass rate of 76.2% Guest: Singabakho Nxumalo - Spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been effective against Covid-19, new research from the US food and drug administration says it’s more effective than we had thought. Guest: Prof. Helen Rees - South African Health Products Regulatory Authority Chairperson

Tomorrow 80 000 Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to arrive in the country- the Health Minister says he wants to have a million people vaccinated by the end of March Guest: Professor Mosa Moshabela - Dean in the School of Nursing and Public Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

More evidence at the Zondo Commission of how money moved around to various people related to the company Swifambo - which received a 3bn rand contract from Prasa Guest: Amina Accra - SABC economic reporter

Guest: Job Makgoro – North West Premier

Guest: Dr Sylvia Papadoupulos - Professor at University of Pretoria, focusing on Fibre and internet law

Guest: William Gumede - Associate Professor, School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand. Guest: Webster Mfebe - CEO of South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors Guest: Louw Kannemeyer- Engineering

Global South against Xenophobia – C19 People’s Coalition and other organizations call on government to reveal its vaccine rollout strategy for Undocumented People Guest: Rashila Nair – Convener of Global South against Xenophobia – C19 People’s Coalition

Guest: Shirona Patel – Wits University Spokesperson

Guest: Willa de Ryter – TUT Spokesperson

Guest: Corne van Walbeek – Professor at the School of Economics at UCT

The Special Investigating Unit says it’s currently probing an R82 million Health Department tender involving people close to Dr Zweli Mkhize. Guest: Kaizer Kganyago-Spokesperson for the Special Investigating Unit

Recent attacks on the integrity and legitimacy of the Judiciary strike at the heart of the constitutional order Guest: Lawson Naidoo - Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the Constitution of South Africa (Casac)