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The National Briefing

The National Briefing

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Oct 12, 2026

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Episodes

DA have sent a warning out to Premier David Makhura not to reinstate Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku 12.10.2020

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng have sent a warning out to Premier David Makhura not to reinstate Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku. Guest: Jack Bloom - DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC

SA Post Office workers are planning to down tools Wednesday over pension fund contributions and medical aid payments 12.10.2020

Guest: Aubrey Tshabalala – General Secretary for the Communications workers Union

In Isreal, tens of thousands of people have held protests against the Prime Minister Binyamin Netenyahu 12.10.2020

In Isreal, tens of thousands of people have held protests against the Prime Minister Binyamin Netenyahu - demanding that he leave Guest: Matshidiso Motsoeneng- Researcher at the Afro Middle East Centre

Wrapping the week with Xolani Dube – Political Analyst from the Xubera Institute for Research and Development 09.10.2020

Guest: Xolani Dube – Political Analyst from the Xubera Institute for Research and Development

UKZN Study finds Burnout, Anxiety and Depression High Amongst Medical Doctors IN KZN 09.10.2020

Guest: Dr Thejini Naidoo, a psychiatry registrar based at the King Edward VIII hospital

Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela condemned taxi violence in the province during his visits to taxi ranks 09.10.2020

Guest: Bonginkosi Madikizela – Western Cape Transport MEC

The South African tobacco industry has asked for tax freezes, as a result of the impact covid 19 has had on the sector 09.10.2020

Guest: Zacharia Motsumi – South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance Spokesperson

The meaning of science during covid-19 and whether people trust scientists 09.10.2020

Guest: Professor Salim Abdool Karim, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Co-Chair of the South African COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee

Father Michael Lapsley talking healing after what has been happening in the country from Farm Murders to Senekal Protest 09.10.2020

Guest: Father Michael Lapsley – Social Justice Activist

Zondo commission will today hear an application by the commission’s secretariat asking Justice Zondo to subpoena Zuma 09.10.2020

Guest: Karyn Maughan - legal journalist

Yesterday, the Free State ANC members protested outside Luthuli House in defense of party secretary-general Ace Magashul 09.10.2020

Guest: Thabo Mmutle - ANC Member of Parliament and organizer of the “Hands off Ace Magashule” campaign

The Human rights watch has published a report which details how the Rohingya live like they are in a prison in Myanmar 09.10.2020

Guest: Shafiq Morton - journalist for four decades. Current affairs presenter Voice of the Cape, author of four books (two on the Middle East - Saudi Arabia and Palestine), been on assignment in North Africa, Middle East and Far East.

Mediated Conversation: Decriminalization of Sex work. What would be the best approach? 08.10.2020

Guest: Dudu Dlamini – Advocacy Manager at SWEAT Guest: John Jeffery – Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Guest: Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng – Commissioner for the Commission for Gender Equality and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

The leadership of kwaSizabantu Mission want the chairperson of the CRL Commission to recuse himself 08.10.2020

Guest: Fanele Mhlongo – SABC Reporter based in Kwa Zulu Natal.

Farm killings should not be politicized 08.10.2020

Farm killings should not be politicized and it’s not true that its only white farmers affected by these murders - National African Farmer's Union of SA Guest: Motsepe Matlala, president of the National African Farmer's Union of SA

Equal Education concerned that nearly 2million learners are still not receiving School Meals 08.10.2020

Survey by Equal Education shows that most learners who are only in classrooms on certain days are not getting food for when they are at home, as DBE reports show that nearly two million learners are still not receiving school meals Guest: Noncedo Madubedube Equal Education Gen Secretary

VBS finance boss Truter strikes deal with NPA 08.10.2020

The alleged fraudsters behind the bank’s destruction will face insider testimony when they go to trial. Their former colleague will be spilling the beans. Guest: Dewald van Rensburg – Business Journalist for Amabhungane

The Department of Social Development and 8 MECs to appear in the High Court 08.10.2020

The Early Childhood Development sector is in the process of being decimated, with lasting consequences for the youth and education in South Africa. Guest: Prof Eric Atmore – Director for the Centre for Early Childhood Development

Callers commenting on Farm Killing after the torching of a police vehicle at the Senekal Magistrates Court on Tuesday 08.10.2020

SAfm Sunrise with Stephen Grootes

A 52-year old farmer from Marquard has been arrested in connection with the torching of a police vehicle 08.10.2020

A 52-year old farmer from Marquard has been arrested in connection with the torching of a police vehicle at the Senekal Magistrates Court on Tuesday Guest: Lirandzu Themba- Police Ministry Spokesperson

The record of President Donald Trump and his handling of the coronavirus dominated the vice presidential debate 08.10.2020

The record of President Donald Trump and his handling of the coronavirus dominated the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Mediated Conversation: 47% of households had people who did not get enough food to eat 07.10.2020

Mediated Conversation: 47% of households had people who did not get enough food to eat: According to the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey Guest: Dr Nicholas Spaull - Research Fellow at the Research on Socioeconomic Policy (RESEP) group at Stellenbosch University Guest: Prof Haroon Bhorat – Economist specializing in Africa and Global Development Guest: Servaas van de...

For earth's earliest organisms, arsenic probably played the same role that oxygen does for living beings today 07.10.2020

Much of life on planet Earth today relies on oxygen to exist, but before oxygen was present on our blue planet, lifeforms likely used arsenic instead. These findings are detailed in research published today in Communications Earth and Environment. Guest: Pieter Visscher, professor at the University of Connecticut, astrobiologist

School closures, together impact of the lockdown, have placed learners already at risk of dropout 07.10.2020

School closures, together impact of the lockdown, have placed learners already at risk of dropout into deeper financial, psychosocial and academic distress. Guest: Merle Mansfield - Director at Zero Dropout Campaign

There was testimony yesterday from people affected by the Kwasizabantu mission in KZN 07.10.2020

There was testimony yesterday from people affected by the Kwasizabantu mission in KZN - after the revelations that children and particularly girls were abused Guest: Fanele Mhlongo – SABC Reporter based in Kwa Zulu Natal.

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