The National Briefing

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has unfunded 5,000 students after financial information obtained from SARS revealed that these students declared total household family income was above the R350 000 threshold. Affected students have 14 days to petition this decision for review. Guest: Randall Carolissen, The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administrator

Prof Francois Viruly - University of Cape Town engineering and built environment. Also property Economist Mfanufikile Sindane Abahlali basemjondo - youth representative in national council Yonela Diko - Spokesperson Department of Human Settlements, Wat

Guest: Romala Govender - Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town

Foodforward’s Andy du Plessis, says “The escalating number of ‘new poor’ will drastically increase the number of vulnerable people needing access to food”. He was responding to a recent survey conducted by the National Income Dynamic Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM). Guest: Andy du Plessis - Managing Director FoodForward SA

Restrictions on the sale of Tobacco will be lifted. The suspension of the sale of alcohol will be lifted subject to certain restriction. Alcohol will be permitted for onsite consumption in licensed establishments only up to 10 PM. Liquor outlets will be allowed to sell alcohol for off-site consumption from Monday to Thursday during the hours of 9 AM to 5 PM only. The restaurant’s association has s...

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, CASAC, has expressed concern about the executive's failure to consult parliament in the continued extensions of the state of disaster as announced by Co-operative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. The COGTA Minister has announced yet another extension of the state of disaster and it has been published in the government ga...

South Africa has recorded a COVID-19 recovery rate of 80-percent - translating to over 466-thousand recoveries. This is above the global recovery rate of about 63-percent. This comes as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would move to level 2 of the lockdown from midnight on Monday. The country has over 500-thousand cases and 11-thousand deaths. Those who have tested positive say...

Guest: Sibani Mngadi - South African Liquor Brand owners Association

The KwaZulu Natal government has welcomed the risk adjusted strategy of level 2 saying this is a gateway to economic recovery for the province. Last night President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that several socio-economic restrictions will be lifted which include inter-provincial travel, the sale of alcohol and tobacco products. Guest: Lucky Mtimande – Tavern Association Spokesperson

The South African Informal Traders Alliance - SAITA - has called on government to assist the sector rebuild after the losses it incurred over the ban on the sale of cigarettes. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the ban will be lifted under alert level 2 of the lockdown that comes into effect early on Tuesday morning. SAITA says the ban was unnecessary and cost the country millions of rands....

SAfm Sunrise with Stephen Grootes

Caller of the week: Monanana from Limpopo #SAfmTurn84

A team of scientists from the United States and Europe have analyzed images relayed from the orbiter, captured about 35km (22 miles) from the asteroid. They focused on the 20-million-year-old Occator crater and determined that there is an “extensive reservoir” of brine beneath its surface. Guest: David block - Astronomer and author emeritus professor

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP) has withdrawn his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal against an April 2018 ruling by the High Court in relation to the (now repealed) Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining and Minerals Industry. Guest: Adv Thabo Mokoena - DG of the Department of Mineral Resources

Eight years after the Marikana massacre, no one has been held accountable. This took place on 16 August 2012 Guest: Joseph Mathunjwa- President of the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU)

Guest: Mbalenhle Mthethwa - SABC news economic reporter

Following the Fleurhof evictions Human Settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu has “condemned the illegal occupations in Fleurhof”. Around 2,000 people were evicted from the housing units that they illegally occupied in Fleurhof, Joburg, and yesterday. Community members from surrounding townships such as Meadowlands and Dube occupied the units after they had been left vacant since they were built Gues...

South African farmers are planning a protest against violent attacks. They are also planning to oppose bail for suspected perpetrators of farm attacks and showing support for police. Guest: Tommie Esterhuyse – Agri SA Chair of Centre for Excellence: Rural Safety

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) has held the seminar because after their investigation into the Commercialization of Religion and the Abuse of the People’s Belief Systems members of the public, especially women, started laying complaints about the cult-like practices they experienced at some of churches. They hav...

Mediated conversation: US Election Campaigns - Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris - what does this do to the election and the campaigning John Stremlau - Honorary Professor, International Relations, at the University of the Witwatersrand Guest: Francis Kornegay - Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Dialogue, associated with the University of South Africa Guest: David Monyae - Ex...

Dr Justin Pringle from UKZN suggests that understanding the principles of fluid mechanics and their relationship to epidemiology can help understand covid 19 better. Fluid mechanics is the study of how fluids move. Guest: Dr Justin Pringle - lecturer in environmental fluid mechanics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal

The Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) has been calling for the Cape Town Deeds Office to move into the 21st century and place the deeds registration process in digital mode. They, together with Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities David Maynier say they worry that the unnecessary closure of the office is negatively impacting the property industry in the provinc...

Since lockdown started in March, Old age homes, children’s homes and other welfare organizations across the country have not received their usual government. This has adversely affected NGOs. It has been reported that Hundreds of organizations in the Eastern Cape and some in the North West province have not been paid even though they perform social work on behalf of the government with others in N...

SGBs and teacher Unions have expressed concern over safety at schools, with attendance also being one of the concerns raised. They are worried if there is adequate PPE and if social distance is being adhered to. Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of the National Professional Teachers & Organization of South Africa (Naptosa)

The Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) has joined the voices that have been calling for government to lift the ban on alcohol. They are saying this should be done to protect jobs. Guest: Matthew Parks - Cosatu parliamentary coordinator