The National Briefing

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says that there is a lack of clarity on etolls Guest: Wayne Duvenage, CEO of OUTA (Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse)  

Sabretooth cats hunted on South Africa's coast 5 million years ago. Guest: Caitlin Rabe, PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town  

There’s been some indications that the ANC wants to change the mandate of the reserve bank - as the chair of the party Gwede Mantashe said over the weekend the party wants it to take into account growing the economy. Guest: Lumkile Mondi – Lecturer: School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare - professor Sakhela Buhlungu has now appealed directly and publicly to president Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure his safety - after his body guard - Mboneli Vesele was killed during what looks like an assassination attempt on Friday night. Guest: Blade Nzimande - Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of South Africa  

There was a series of promises made by president Cyril Ramphosa yesterday - he said at the party’s January 8th statement event that the renewal of the ANC is now unstoppable Guest: Mzwandile Mbeje, SABC Political Editor Guest: Dr. Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political Analyst    

There was confirmation yesterday that the former apartheid government minister of law and order Adriaan Vlok has passed away at the age of 85. Guest: Rev. Frank Chikane, Anti-apartheid activist and author

The outgoing Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has now confirmed that he was the victim of a poisoning attempt - and that someone put cyanide in his coffee cup last month Guest: Chris Yelland - MD at EE Business Intelligence

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare - professor Sakhela Buhlungu has now appealed directly and publicly to president Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure his safety - after his body guard - Mboneli Vesele was killed during what looks like an assassination attempt on Friday night. Guest: Prof Sakhela Buhlungu- Fort Hare University Vice-Chancellor Professor Guest: Dr. Phethiwe Matutu, CEO of Uni...

In Israel as a government often described as the most right wing in its history has now formally been sworn in there have been protests by people opposed to its agenda Guest: Thembisa Fakude, senior research fellow and director at Africa Asia Dialogues  

There’s been confirmation that we now have our first case of a new sub-variant of the covid-19 virus that has been described as the most transmissible sub-variant found so far.   Guest: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira is Director at the Centre for Epidemiology (CERI) at Stellenbosch University  

People’s Mediated

Guest: Percy Mabunda, Jazz writer Fela Kuti, Youssou N’Dour, Miriam Makeba and Burna Boy make it to the Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time          

Stem Cell donation is primary in the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders. Guest: Blossom Ncedi-Mealing, Stem cell donor  

Guest: Kholeka Gcaleka, Acting Public Protector The Acting Public Protector says that she is concerned that only 2% of her office’s remedial actions are implemented    

Guest: Leeto Nthoba, Political Analyst ANC's January 8 Statement celebration in Mangaung        

Guest: Randall Williams, executive mayor of the City of Tshwane 50 The Auditor General has found the City of Tshwane finances irregular in adverse audit opinion but the City says an action list being implemented and tracked to address City of Tshwane Audit Findings.      

Guest: Nkosentsha Shezi - National Chairperson RET Champion and Also a member of ANC in good standing The Radical Economic Transformation Champions say that nothing is going to come out of the ANC’s January 8 Statement        

Guest: Gundo Maswime, University of Cape Town civil engineering lecturer Why are SA roads in a terrible state?    

Guest: Willem Els, Security Expert Experts now say that the discovery of Kliprivier guns could be a breakthrough for police if they dig deeper and that and the guns should not be looked at in isolation.      

Guest: Sandras Phiri - CEO and founder of Pranary.com Guest: Andy Mashaile, Cybersecurity Advisor Guest: Annaline Van Der Poel, Chief Operating Officer at Debt Rescue SA Mediated Conversation repeat: fraudsters preying on older people over the age of 65 on their savings.      

Guest: Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Palaeobiologist based in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town Putting the bones of giant, extinct ‘thunderbirds’ under the microscope reveals how they grew.      

Guest: Matome Chiloane, Gauteng MEC for Education What is the progress on placement of pupils in schools for the 2023 academic year?    

Guest: Sizwe Pamla, COSATU Spokesperson Cosatu notes the National Minimum Wage Commission’s recommendation for a CPI plus 2% increase for this financial year and finds this offer reasonable since it will ensure that the minimum wage isn't repealed by inflation        

Guest: Calvin Rafadi, Forensic Investigator: Bizz Tracers Eskom has now said that it will beef up security at its power plants to fight corruption and sabotage        

Guest: Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick The death toll from a Ukrainian New Year strike in Makiivka has risen to 89