The National Briefing

Guest: Charlene Janion - Scheepers Lecturer - Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town.

A court ruling yesterday confirmed that a public statement issued by the EFF around the Former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was false and defamatory Guest: Trevor Manuel - Former Finance Minister

Guest: Suntosh Pillay - Clinical Psychologist in the public sector and a council member of The Psychological Society of South Africa

Guest: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi – Minister of Home Affairs

Guest: Ayanda Allie Paine – Spokesperson for minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula

Education union reacts to the 3 year recovery plan to help learners get all the education they might have missed during the covid-19 pandemic Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of Naptosa

The basic education department says it will implement a 3 year recovery plan to help learners get all the education they might have missed during the covid-19 pandemic Guest: Mathanzima Mweli - Director-General for the Department of Basic Education

Yesterday the ANC in KZN slammed NPA for arresting Zandile Gumede 18 months ago for still not actually putting official charges to her Guest: Mdumiseni Ntuli - ANC KZN Secretary

A thousand dwellings in the informal settlement of Masiphumelele in Cape Town have been burnt down after a massive fire there. Guest: Jermaine Carelse, the Fire and Rescue Service’s spokesperson

There’s been a series of virtual meetings between Iran and a group of major powers to discuss the state of the nuclear deal that still exists between them Guest: Ebrahim Deen – Researcher at the Afro Middle East Centre

Guest: Maria McCloy – Entertainment Industry Publicist and Shoe Designer Guest: Thinus Ferrieira – TV Critic and Blogger Guest: Gus Silber – Pop culture

Dimming the sun might help reduce the risk of future “Day Zero” droughts in Cape Town, but it can’t solve the climate crisis Guest: Prof. Mark New - Director of African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town

Concerns have been raised about the scheme meant to deliver the Covid 19 vaccine to poorer countries, with the possibility of failure cited Guest: Fatima Hassan - Head of Health Justice Initiative

The ANCWL IN KZN welcomes the reinstatement of Cde Zandile Gumede back to her position as a member of the KZN Provincial Legislature Guest: Cde Mbali Frazer - ANCWLKZN Provincial Spokesperson

The Department of Public Enterprises says it’s agreed to pay workers at SAA three months’ worth of salary - after they have not been paid for eight months Guest: Mashudu Raphetha – National Transport Movement President

The labour appeal court ruled that the agreement signed between public sector unions and government in 2018 to see workers getting increases this year was unlawful Guest: Andrew Levy - Labour Law Specialist

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane faces 3 charges of perjury relating to a court ruling that found she had lied about the finding of the reserve bank and Absa in 2017 Guest: Paul Hoffman. Paul Hoffman SC is a director of Accountability Now and the author of confronting the Corrupt

Afriforum and the Great Brak River Business Forum to take Government to court over the closure of the Garden Route beaches Guest: Wilhelm De Wet - Great Brak River Business Forum

In Italy around 850 people are now dying from the coronavirus every day - as government there looks at more tight lockdown restrictions Guest: Siphamandla Zondi – Political Analyst based at the University of Johannesburg

GUEST: Prof. Sampson Mamphweli - Director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies Guest: Chris Yelland - MD at EE Business Intelligence Guest: Prof. Anton Eberhard - Professor Emeritus and Senior scholar at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business

The moves announced by the president last night - slightly tighter restrictions - a lot of people surprised it wasn’t more - is it enough? Guest: Prof Salim Abdool Karim - Chair of the Covid19 ministerial advisory committee

Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers write to the constitutional court advising that he will not be in a Constitutional Court hearing set for the 29th of this month. Guest: Karyn Maughan – Legal Journalist at News24

Minister Of International Relations And Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor On The Occasion Of The Media Briefing On International Developments For The Year 2020 Guest: Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor

The ANC in the Western Cape legislature say that the want to see the entire report into the Brackenfell High matric party Guest: Muhammad Khalid Sayed - ANC MPL in the Western Cape responsible for Education

In the Eastern Cape gift of the givers is opening a new hospital wing in Makhanda today - it’s called the Settlers Hospital Guest: Imtiaz Sooliman - Founder of Gift of the givers