The National Briefing

This year marks four years since Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule, and Solomon Nyarende were trapped underground at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga Guest: Harry Mazibuko - Employees representative and spokesperson of the people camping outside the Mine to date

Guest: Thato Mothopeng - Chairperson Soweto Tourism

Public Protector Busi Mkhwebane released investigation reports which exposed lack of provisioning of personal protective equipment in public hospitals Guest: Dr Angelique Coetzee, president of the SA Medical Association

Guest: Advocate Shabnam Mayet – Co Founder of protect the Rohingya

Guest: Mary Metcalfe – Research associate at the University of Johannesburg

Guest: Simon Connell, a professor of Physics within University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

South African Civil Aviation Authority on COVID combat measures applicable to passengers when travelling during festive season Guest: Ms Phindiwe Gwebu - Executive: Corporate Services at the South African Civil Aviation Authority

How the will the alcohol industry on manage drinking behavior during this festive season, and how will they themselves hold them accountable? Guest: Lucky Ntimane - Convener for the National Liquor Traders Council.

Police Union concerned about Police Safety during the festive season as frontline workers Guest: Peter Ntsime - Acting Deputy General Secretary SAPU

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is calling subsistence producers/farmers to apply for the Presidential employment stimulus initiative Guest: Clinton Heimann - Service Delivery Coordinator at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Yesterday the Deputy Chief Justic Raymond Zondo briefed the media on state capture inquiry and Cyril Ramaphosa to appear at the State Capture Commission. Guest: Karyn Maughan – Legal Journalist at News24

Guest: Desmond Latham Aviation Expert and pilot

Motorists are urged to use the N3 Toll Concession's 24-hour helpline in the event of any emergencies on the roads Guest: Thania Dhoorga - N3TC’s operations manager

Guest: Roland Henwood - political scientist and commentator based at the University of Pretoria

Paul Soto, chairperson of the Gauteng branch of United Commuter Voice, a lobby group advocating for safe rail services Guest: Steve Harris- The General Secretary of the United National Transport Union (UNTU) Guest: Herman Mashaba - Leader Action SA

Guest: Wouter Grove - Manager of Future-Innovation Lab & Coordinator: Western Cape CoLab for Digital Inclusion & Social Innovation at University of the Western Cape

Guest: Wendy Tlou Exec Head: Humanitarian Response & Behaviour Change Pillars at the Solidarity Fund

Guest: Carla Oberholzer, debt advisor from DebtSafe

The summer initiation season has officially commenced in the Eastern Cape, with the exception of the Nelson Mandela Bay region Guest: Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena - The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa)

Guest: Prof Tulio de Oliveira, director of Kwazulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at UKZN

The South African Communist Party has raised concerns over the high number of job losses across South Africa amid the corona-virus pandemic Guest: Alex Mashilo- South African Communist Party (SACP) National Spokesperson & Head of Communications

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa to take legal action if government does not sort out the KN95 masks mess with immediate effect Guest: Simon Hlungwani – President of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)

Guest: Bonang Mohale, chancellor of the University of the Free State and chair of Bidvest Group.

Venezuela's pro-government legislature, the National Constituent Assembly which was created back in 2017 will stop all operations as of the end of 2020. Guests: Professor Siphamandla Zondi – Professor and the head of the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria

Guest: Graeme Codrington - Futurist