The National Briefing

The independent Schools Association of Southern Africa postpones the reopening of schools from the 12/13 to the 18th of January due to the Covid-19 second wave. Guest: Lebogang Montjane – Executive Director of Independent schools association of southern Africa (Isasa)

The National Funeral Practitioners Association says they have run out of PPE's and Coffins as a result of the second wave Guest: Muzi Hlengwa - President of the National Funeral Practitioners Association of SA

Guest: Dr Stanley Moloabi - Principal Officer of GEMS

Guest: Miyelani Mkhabela is a Founding Director and Chief Executive of Antswisa Transaction Advisory

The alcohol ban as a result of the recently announced lockdown level 3 lockdown is moving alcohol Industry workers moving into poverty Guest: Lucky Ntimane, convener for the Liquor Traders’ Formation

Guest: Dr Bob Wekesa, Research Director, African Centre for the Study of the US, Wits University

Guest: Advocate Sipho Mantula - Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs at UNISA Guest: Dr Victor Shale - Principal Consultant at Shalestone Elections & Governance Consultants Pty Ltd

Guest: Susanne Vetter - Associate Professor in Plant Ecology, Rhodes University

Guest: Bonang Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State and Chairman of the Bidvest Group Limited

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has released a statement giving guidance on the use of ivermectin in the prophylaxis or treatment of covid 19 Guest: Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela – CEO of SAHPRA

Guest: Dr Sibongile Zungu - Acting HOD of Eastern Cape Department of Health

Guest: Dr Saadiq Kariem, Chief of Operations at the Western Cape Health Department

As from yesterday the Cost of petrol and diesel went up, therefore this will heavily impact the poor leading them to buy food on credit Guest: Neil Roets - Founder and CEO of Debt Rescue

Liberty Fighters Network file papers to have Minister of COGTA Dlamini Zuma jailed for extending the national state of disaster to level 3 lock down. Guest: Reyno De Beer – President of Liberty Fighters Network (LFN)

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Guest: Dr Iraj Abedian – CEO of Pan-African Investments and Research Services

Guest: Prof Talita Greyling - Wellbeing Economist, University of Johannesburg

Multiple countries have missed the deadline to submit upgraded commitments by year’s end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, as set out in the Paris Agreement. Guest: Bob Scholes - Professor of systems ecology at the Global Change Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu wants the Taiwan and Masiphumelele informal settlements declared disaster areas Guest: Steve Motale - Spokesperson for Minister of Human Settlement Lindiwe Sisulu.

Guest: Jacob Mamabolo – Gauteng Transport MEC

Guest: Lumkile Mondi - Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand

There are warnings currently to South Africans not to use the parasiticide, ivermectin, as a preventative or curative treatment for COVID-19 Guest: Dr Peter Oberem, CEO of South African animal health products provider, Afrivet

The National Freedom Party is pushing the government to procure the Ivermectin drug and roll it out to citizens as treatment while a vaccine is being awaited Guest: Shaik Emam - National Freedom Party leader

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams - Programme Coordinator for the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity

Guest: Dr Palesa Sekhejane - Biomedical scientist by profession, currently working in the Africa Institute of South Africa within the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as a research Specialist