The National Briefing

Guest: December Mavuso, NEHAWU Deputy General Secretary There was that ruling by the labour appeals court yesterday that the strike and the actions associated with it by Nehawu are illegal.        

Guest: Jacqui Uys, the DA caucus chairperson in Tshwane Yesterday in the Tshwane Council, DA councillors’ ballots were spoiled in the speaker election - because they marked them with numbers to stop them voting for other candidates        

Guest: Funzi Ngobeni, newly appointed ActionSA Gauteng chairperson Funzi Ngobeni has now been appointed the ActionSA Gauteng chairperson after Bongani Baloyi resigned because he had a fallout with Leader Herman Mashaba      

Guest: Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena, Contralesa president Contralesa concerned with the killing of Traditional Leaders after the number rose to 55, the latest induna to be killed was last weekend      

Guest: Kevin Allan, MD of Municipal IQ I t has been confirmed that consumers owe SA municipalities over R300bn        

Guest: Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Deputy Minister of Health Yesterday the Labour Appeal Court ruled that the Nehawu strike was illegal and The Health Department has now given workers until this morning to go back to work    

Guest: Steven Boykey Sidley is a professor of practice at JBS, University of Johannesburg In the US president Joe Biden has said that Americans can have confidence in their banking system - after the collapse of the Silicon Valley bank over the weekend      

Guest: Professor Fathima Faruk, President: Critical care Society of Southern Africa The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa is now calling on Nehawu to end the week-long wage strike and that the strike is putting ICU patients' lives at risk      

Guest: Peter Ucko, chief executive of the Tobacco Alcohol and Gambling Advisory, Advocacy and Action Group Guest: Prof Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria   Guest: Anjuli Maistry, Attorney: Equal Education Law Centre Mediated Conversation: what is law around pupils who smoke dagga?      

Guest: Elijah Mhlanga – Spokesperson: Department of Basic Education There are now calls for the Department of Basic Education to review Gauteng schools’ safety strategy after spate of violent crimes.        

Guest: Dr. Genevieve Theron, Evolutionary biologist New study reveals unexpected diversity of South Africa’s ecologically important long-tongued flies.  

Guest: Jan Vermuelen, Editor of My Broadband A new payment system will be launched – which could finally help wean South Africans off cash.      

Guest: Khume Ramulifho, DA Gauteng shadow MEC for Education There are now calls for the Department of Basic Education to review Gauteng schools’ safety strategy after spate of violent crimes.    

Guest: Zama Ntshona, ATM spokesperson ATM clarifies its complaint about Mr Ramaphosa to the Public Protector.      

Guest: Mkhuleko Hlengwa, IFP Spokesperson The IFP has now fired a Mayor and a Councillor over sex scandals  

Guest: Bond Nyoka, Attorney and Legal Analyst Well there was confirmation over the weekend that the interim report into the Phala Phala matter by the Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka clears President Cyril Ramaphosa of wrong doing      

G uest: Anele Gxoyiya, commissioner on the Public Service Commission (PSC) The Public Service Commission will hold its quarterly Plenary meeting from 13 – 15 March 2023 at the Protea Hotel in Kimberly.    

Guest: Terry Tselane, Former deputy chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission Tshwane Mayor Dr Murunwa Makwarela resigns after supplying falsified and fraudulent documents to the City of Tshwane    

Guest: Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Global Dialogue In China, the country’s parliament - known as the national people’s congress has now formally appointed General Li Shangfu as the country’s defence minister.      

Guest: Retief Odendaal, Mayor: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Full investigation underway following an explosion at Aloes substation. The explosion led to an electricity blackout in surrounding areas within Motherwell including 15 Coega IDZ (Industrial Development Zone) customers.    

Peoples Mediated

Guest: Francois Pretorius, Research assistant of the Institute for Futures Research at Stellenbosch Business School There is an argument about how SA is not ready to recycle solar panels and that it poses a serious problem in 30 years' time for the country in light of the escalating need to use these panels as an alternative source due to Eskom's crises    

Guest: Deon Van Zyl, Western Cape Property Development Forum President There are now growing concerns over 'construction mafia', extortion at City of Cape Town sites  

Guest: Grant Clark, Spokesperson for Cash in Transit Association of South Africa The Cash-In-Transit Association of SA revealed that cash-in-transit heists increased by 19% in the first two months of 2023 compared to the same period last year.    

Guest: Joseph Mathunjwa, Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union In North West today a court is due to rule one whether seventeen mineworkers charged with murder in relation to the incidents at Marikana in 2012 will actually stand trial now - or only later.