The National Briefing

Guest: Vuyo Zungula, African Transformation Movement President ATM calls for the establishment of a New Portfolio Committee to provide oversight for unaccounted for units, envoys, and spending etc in the Presidency.      

Guest: Paseka Letsatsi, Sassa spokesperson There’s been news this week that the company Telkom is looking at retrenching around 15% of its workforce - because of certain developments in that business  

Guest: Livhu Nemakonde, Associate Professor in the School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences at North-West University Guest: Dr Alex Lenferna, general secretary of the Climate Justice Coalition Guest: Lehlohonolo Thobela – SA Weather Service Forecaster Mediated Conversation: Climate Change and Natural disasters: Why are we having so much rain?    

Guest: Dr. Rynhardt Kruger, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Stellenbosch University PhD study can help the visually impaired read mathematical equations, diagrams      

Guest: Mpumelelo Bond Nyoka - Attorney and Legal Analyst Mpumelelo Bond Nyoka an Attorney and Legal Analyst says that the declaration of the loadshedding state of disaster was rushed as there are no regulations and can be challengeable in court    

Guest: Ishmael Mnisi - Department of Higher Education Spokesperson The Department of Higher Education gives clarity on the arrangements we they agreed on with institutions for NSFAS students with regards to registration fees.              

Guest: Ike Phaahla, SA National Parks spokesperson The Flooding at Kruger National Park has now caused evacuations and closures  

Guest: Chriselda Lewis, Senior SABC Reporter in Turkey Death toll in Turkey-Syria surpasses forty thousand due to the earthquake        

Guest: Nomkhita Mona, CEO of South African Post Office The Communication Workers Union says that the SA Post Office is now going to retrench around six thousand workers - the post office has said in the past it needs to reduce its salary bill by around forty percent.        

Guest: Swazi Hlophe – Vice President: University of Cape Town SRC Guest: Professor Elelwani Ramugondo. Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Transformation, Student Affairs and Social Responsiveness: University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town lectures have shifted to online until further notice as students staged a shutdown on Monday over fee blocks, financial exclusion and NSFAS allowances            

Guest: Lerato Ntwampe, Social Media Legal Consultant On social media, people have been claiming that friends of AKA were responsible for his murder and have been pointing fingers directly at certain people and claiming they were involved. Is this right?    

Guest: Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu - Director of the Center for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha. In Parliament yesterday during the SONA debate, opposition parties criticised President Ramaphosa’s handling of the electricity crisis    

Guest: Thabani Mthethwa, DA's eThekwini caucus leader The DA in eThewkini has now said that they will take the eThekwini Municipality to court over 'unsafe' beaches.    

Guest: Prof Vinesh Maharaj, Deputy Dean, Natural and Agricultural Sciences Department: University of Pretoria Study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite.    

Guest: James Mackay, CEO: Energy Council of SA Guest: Dr. Rethabile Melamu, CEO: South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) Guest: Ruse Moleshe, Managing Director of Mediated Conversation: Do we have enough solar panels to provide electricity for the entire SA?    

Guest: Dr. Stephen taylor, Director for Research: Department of Basic Education Literacy crisis deepening in South Africa.        

Guest: Piet Eloff, Director of valuations in the City of Joburg The City of Joburg has now said that the increase in rates and taxes will affect property owners    

Guest: Ashley Sauls - mayor of Beaufort West Ashley Sauls has been elected as the mayor of Beaufort West in the Central Karoo. He recently resigned as a Cllr in the City of Johannesburg, where he was MMC for Health and Social Development.    

Guest: Matome Chiloane, Gauteng Education MEC Guest: Karabo Motlhomi, Public relations officer for the Greater Johannesburg Scholar Transport Association. In Protea Glen, Gauteng, a grade eleven learner was killed yesterday when the scholar transport vehicle she was in over turned - Three other children are in a critical condition          

Guest: Melusi Xulu, Managing director and founder of DONDA attorneys Lawyers say that you should not distribute videos like the killing of AKA, because they are being used as evidence.        

Guest: Raymond Dlamini, Speaker of Ekurhuleni Council Guest: Nkululeko Dunga, Gauteng EFF chairperson T here was a court ruling yesterday that the Ekurhuleni council meeting that saw the DA’s speaker Raymond Dlamini being voted out of office was illegal and that the decision by the City Manager to Chair the meeting after Dlamini closed it was wrong.

Guest: Jan Vermeulen, Editor of MyBroadband Vodacom blocks police spying services over R3 million bill.    

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale, Spokesperson for South African Policing Union SAPU taking SAPS members to a strike.      

Guest: Anton van der Bijl, Head Of Legal At Solidarity Solidarity has now said that they will take legal action against state of disaster to deal with the energy crisis.      

Guest: Cyril Ripinga, Nkomazi Local Municipality spokesman Mpumalanga municipality suspends schooling and hospital activities due to flooding.