The National Briefing

The Gauteng government denies claims which were made by one of its own portfolio committees that an R82m school was built on a wetland and that it has stood unused for three years. The department released a statement this past weekend dismissing the claims as untrue and misleading. Guest: Bongiwe Gambu - Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) department spokesperson

Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba will lead a team of volunteer’s medical specialists, nursing and pharmacy managers to render services at three different hospitals in Sekhukhune district. This is a continuation of project rural health matters. Guest: Dr Phophi Ramathuba – Limpopo Health MEC

The Unification Task Team (UTT) has called for a nationwide total shutdown of all funeral parlours on Monday. National Funeral Practitioners Association of SA (Nafupa) president Muzi Hlengwa said all funeral parlours are requested to close their premises during the shutdown. Hlengwa said there would be no removals from hospitals or homes, no burials and no funeral supplies. Funeral directors are r...

A vast column of protesters marched towards a government district in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, chanting "long live Belarus" and "you're a rat". Protests have swept Belarus since the presidential election in August. Guest: Mr Roland Henwood - political scientist and commentator based at the University of Pretoria

Guest:Adam Habib - Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand

Guest: Mariëtte Pretorius - PhD Candidate (Wildlife management), Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria

Guest: Vusi Mahlasela - Musician

Cabinet has approved long awaited publication of Draft White Paper on the Audio & Audio Visual Content Services Policy Framework for public comment. What does this mean? Guest: Tholoana Ncheke - Media Lawyer

Guest: Amina Accram – SABC News economics reporter

Guest: Charl Nel – Capitec Head of Communication

What do the SANDF protocols say, after Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula traveled to Zimbabwe for official duties and gave her ANC colleagues (ANC Delegation) a lift as they were also heading to Zimbabwe? Guest: Adv Pikkie Greef - National Secretary South African National Defence Union (SANDU)

The ANC youth league has a leadership of people over the age of 35, despite the youth league’s members having to be between the ages of 14 and 35, many people are overstaying their welcome. The youth league branches across the country say they will bee embarking on marches to ANC head offices, calling for the dissolving of structures where older generations are in positions of power to look after...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), to clarify why an ANC-led delegation was able to fly to Zimbabwe to meet with ZANU-PF party officials using a SANDF Airforce jet. Guest: Kobus Marais MP – Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Defence

Guest: Shabir Madhi - Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at ‎The Daily Maverick

Guest: Ras Gareth Prince – Lawyer and Chair of the development council of SA Guest: Chrispin Phiri - Justice Ministry Spokesperson Guest: Jeremy Acton Dagga Party Leader Guest: Kriti Thaver – Founder of the Cannibis Development Council of SA

Guest: Office of the Tax Ombud CEO, Prof. Thabo Legwaila

Guest: Nathi Mthethwa – Minister Department of Sport, Arts and Culture

Guest: Amina Accram – SABC Reporter

Guest: Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO Sello Hatang paying tribute to George Bizos Guest: Nersan Govender National Director of the Legal Resources Centre Guest: Imtiaz Cajee the nephew of Ahmed Timol

Guest: Rev. Frank Chikane Guest: Elinor Sisulu Guest: Adv Wim Trengove Guest: Neeshan Bolton of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Guest: CEO of Lilies Leaf Liberation Center Nic Wolpe

Guest: Dr Thembelani Jentile - Pastor at Mamelodi Baptist church

The #SavingTheClassOf2020 campaign and how public-private partnerships in education are assisting under-resourced matric learners get through such challenging times. Guest: Nkosi Moshoana, General Manager at Primestars

Guest: Dr Naledi Mbude, Deputy Director General: Corporate Services; she's a language specialist and is the founder director of the Language in Education Policy Unit in the Department.

Two Myanmar soldiers have been taken to The Hague after confessing to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during a 2017 crackdown. The two men admitted to killing dozens of villagers in northern Rakhine state and burying them in mass graves, according to the New York Times, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the non-profit Fortify Rights, citing statements the men made on videos filmed in M...