The National Briefing

British American Tobacco South Africa has raised alarm over the number of armed robberies that are taking place that are targeting their products. Guest: Johnny Moloto - British American Tobacco SA (BATSA) General Manager

Guest: Professor Pierre De Vos - Constitutional Law Expert

The Democratic Alliance calls on Premier Makhura to investigate more than R431 million spent by the Gauteng Department of Education on decontaminating the schools Guest: Khume Ramulifho MPL – DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education

Guest: Prof Alf Nielsen - Professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria

UKZN PHD student credited for coming up with a creative way to grow a live virus of the variant 501Y.V2 in Durban, South Africa Guest: Sandile Cele - PHD Student at the African Health Research Institute at UKZN

Black Sash , C19 People's Coalition Cash Transfers Working Group and the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) are calling for Grants to be extended. Guest: Neil Coleman – Co-founder of Institute for Economic Justice

Guest: Professor Kate Alexander - South African Research Chair in Social Change at UJ

State Capture Summary of Former Chairperson of the High-Level Review Panel into the State Security Agency, Dr. Sydney Mufamadi Guest: Karyn Maughan - Legal Journalist at New24.com

Guest: Patricia Pillay - CEO of the Beer Association of South Africa

The Limpopo health department has warned of bogus researchers who are busy collecting blood samples from the community under guise of covid-19 research. Guest: Neil Shikwambana - Limpopo Health department spokesperson

Forum for service delivery in Mpumalanga are calling for the suspension of the Mpumalanga Premier for not wearing a mask during Jackson Mthembu’s funeral Guest: Mr Motswaledi Rankapole – Spokesperson Forum for Service Delivery

The Democratic Alliance is calling for the Gauteng Premier David Makhura to take special leave pending investigation in the PPE procurement scandal Guest: Solly Msimanga – Official leader of the opposition in the Gauteng Legislature

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Guest: Bennie Botha, who is acting as head of Information, Communication and Simulation Technology in the School of Nursing Simulation Laboratory at the University of the Free State

Youth Capital concerned about more delays that are to be experienced this year, particularly how they will impact on those going into matric this year Guest: Kristal Duncan-Williams is the Project Lead for Youth Capital

Guest: Matthew Parks - COSATU’s Parliamentary Coordinator

In an opinion piece, DA’s MP and shadow minister of Public Enterprises lists what according to him were the 18 times that the ANC misled the nation about Eskom Guest: Ghaleb Cachalia MP, DA Shadow Minister Public Enterprises

Guest: Anton Van Der Bijl – Head of Solidarity’s legal services

Guest: Selaelo Selota - Musician

Guest: Wendy Alberts - CEO of the Restaurant Association of South Africa

The South African Municipal Workers Union say they welcome the intervention by government at the Amathole District Municipality Guest: Dumisane Magagula - Deputy General Secretary of the South African Municipal Workers Union

Guest: Siphamandla Zondi – Political Analyst based at the University of Johannesburg

Wrapping the week with Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Commissioner, Commission for Gender Equality and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Guest: Prof Mmaki Jantjies who is Associate Professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape

There is a suggestion by Members of Parliament to have calendars and exams of private and public schools to be aligned into one system Guest: Paul Colditz- CEO Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools (FEDSAS)