The National Briefing

Guest: Professor Abdool Salim Karim - Chair of the COVID-19 ministerial advisory committee

Guest: Dr Arjun Amar - Associate Professor from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town

Tourism business council disappointed by the closure of land borders by President Ramaphosa’s during his address Guest: Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa is a Chief Executive Officer of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa

The South African Municipal Workers Union are calling for Amathole District Municipality to be placed under administration Guest: Luzuko Yalezo SAMWU Eastern cape Provincial Secretary

The Health Justice Initiative concerned about the communication on acquiring and rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa Guest: Fatima Hassan, Founder and Head of Health Justice Initiative

Rubber bullets and stun grenades were fired by police to disperse a group of about 250 people who had gathered for a church service in Sebokeng Zone 7 Vaal on Sunday Guest: Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, the president of the African Christian Democratic Party

Guest: Dr Somadoda Fikeni - Political Analyst

The Steve Biko hospital has been treating patients in a parking lot because it was running out of space to treat covid-19 cases. Guest: Vuyo mhaga - Spokesperson for the Premier of Gauteng

President Ramphosa praised the faith community and churches for helping people during the pandemic but church services are still severely limited under the restrictions. Guest: Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana - General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches

Although schools are preparing themselves to reopening, President Ramaphosa did not give clarity as to how that will be done. Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of Naptosa

The FBI is warning more people planning some kind of violent insurrection in all of the fifty states as Donald trump's term as president comes to an end. Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Guest: Prof John Stremlau is honorary professor at Wits University Guest: Siphamandla Zondi – Political Analyst based at the University of Johannesburg Guest: Dr Bob Wekesa, Research Director, African Centre For the Study of the US, Wits University

Guest: Dr Natasha Kruger - Post-Doc at the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University

Whatsapp is changing its terms of service to force users to share personal data with its parent company Facebook. What does this mean? Guest: Arthus Goldstuck – MD of World Wide Worx

Guest: Busi Memela - SASSA CEO

Guest: Unathi Henama - Tourism Lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology

Guest: Professor Mosa Moshabela - Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research at UKZN

President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined the ANC's plans for the year over the weekend saying that they will deal with corruption and ensure the roll out of covid0-19 vaccines. Guest: Dr Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst

Alcohol consumption is illegal at the moment - SAB is going to court - and now the liquor traders association is writing to government asking them to lift the ban. Guest: Lucky Ntimane - Convener of the Liquor Traders Formation

Guest: Alan Winde - Western Cape Premier

Afriforum and Solidarity say they're going to court to challenge what they call the monopoly government will have on the covid-19 vaccines Guest: Connie Mulder - Head of Research at Solidarity

The foreign ministers of few countries have jointly condemned the arrests of fifty pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under new security laws. Guest: Sanusha Naidu, Foreign Policy Analyst at the Institute for Global Dialogue

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs chair is calling for the closure of the country’s borders due to challenges faced by certain ports of entry amid COVID-19 Guest: Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa - CEO of tourism business council of South Africa

Congress of South African Trade Unions in Western Cape have called for the banning of the transportation of farmworkers on Trucks Guest: Malvern De Bruyn. Provincial Secretary of Cosatu Western Cape

Guest: Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council