We introducing the new season of Nut/Umphethikazi.

We’re now joined on the line by Johannesburg born Lulu Makamu who is currently residing in Cyprus where she is studying towards her Bachelors Degree in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design.

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The six men accused of murdering whistleblower Babita Deokaran pleaded guilty to her murder in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg today. The plea happened on the second anniversary of Deokaran’s murder. Deokaran was killed after she blew the whistle on alleged fraud and corruption at Tembisa Hospital.

Talking about all things Brics Summit 2023 and how South Africa leverages its BRICS membership to address its domestic challenges of load-shedding, inequality, poverty, and unemployment, As some economic benefits to South Africa of being a BRICS member include increased intra-BRICS trade, investment, tourism, capacity building, skills, and technology transfers. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to The Deputy Director-General of Trade and Investments at the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Ms. Lerato Mataboge, on trade and investment opportunities and challenges facing South Africa and the rest of the continent, as well as Aleksei Kechko, a Russian BBC member and head of strategy at VEB.RF

As Brics gets underway to discuss various topics that extend beyond our newsrooms. update at noon with Sakina Kamwendo spoke to international media journalist from Venezuela covering the summit to look at media role and its coverage in Brics summit 2023, as Venezuela is one of the countries that has formally applied to join the BRICS group, Venezuela hopes to bring to the brics table oil reserves exports and skills on energy to brics associated countries, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Venezuela Journalists Graia Casella and Christina Torralba's 

South Africa hosts the historic 15th Summit of BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It's the first BRICS summit to be hosted in person since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions. The BRICS mechanism aims to promote peace, security, development, and cooperation. It also aims at contributing significantly to the development of humanity and establishing a more equitable and fair world. With a sharp focus being put on the expansion of BRICS as more than 20 countries have formally applied to join BRICS, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Vusi Mavimbela, the South African Ambassador to Brazil, about Brazil's change of leadership and how it impacts Brazil's perspective and their engagements with BRICS, and many more issues surrounding BRICS.

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