The National Briefing

By SAfm

The National Briefing

... more

· Government

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The National Briefing:

How many episodes does The National Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 19,512 episodes available.

The National Briefing episodes:

July 08, 2025 The department of transports total budget in the 2025/26 financial year amounts to R95.706 billion
The department of transports total budget in the 2025/26 financial year amounts to R95.706 billion with transfers and subsidies to public entities, departmental agencies and provinces and municipalities made through various grants, accounting for an estimated 88.79 cent of this amount in the 2025/26 financial year, 0.66 per cent towards compensation of employees, 1.23 per cent towards goods and services and 9.3 per cent towards payments for financial assets for South African National Roads Agency Limited: Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project’s historical debt and maintenance backlog.
Guest: Barbara Creecy - Minister of Transport
...more
11min
July 08, 2025 The sentencing of Sibusiso Ncengwa for the brutal 2017 assassination of former ANC Youth League Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa has been welcomed by many.

Guest: Jongizizwe Dlabathi: SALGA Gauteng Chairperson
...more
9min
July 08, 2025 There are now reports that the Department of Transport (DoT) plans to extend the validity period of driving licences from five to eight years.

Guest: Wayne Duvenage: CEO of the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA)
...more
6min
July 08, 2025 After 21 months of brutal conflict between Israel and Hamas, fresh hopes have emerged for a new ceasefire in Gaza.

Guest: Dr Kingsley Makhubela: Director at RiskRecon
...more
5min
July 08, 2025 Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge took the stand at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal in Sandton, Johannesburg, where he is facing serious allegations of sexual harassment.

Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin: Research and Advocacy Officer of the Judges Matter 
...more
8min
July 08, 2025 Councillor Kabelo Gwamanda of the City of Johannesburg has issued a public statement—in his personal capacity as an elected official—to raise serious concerns about the appointment of Deputy Commissioner Shedrack Sibiya, alleged misuse of state resources,

Guest: Councillor Kabelo Gwamanda: public representative in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
...more
5min
July 08, 2025 Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa

08 July 2025

1. Kenya – Nairobi

Police in Kenya clashed with demonstrators yesterday during anti-government protests as the authorities blocked major roads leading into the capital, Nairobi, and most businesses closed.

2. Liberia – Monrovia

This is the first time a Liberian president has offered a state apology since a reconciliation committee gave a recommendation in 2009.

3. France – Ivory Coast

The decision is made, France will return the sacred Djidji Ayôkwé drum to Ivory Coast.

This is result of a vote in the French National Assembly yesterday afternoon, which confirmed a similar vote in the French Senate in April 2025.

4. In our historical archives, it was on this day July 8, 1949, when draconian apartheid law of the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55, of 1949 that prohibited marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups in South Africa was passed.
...more
7min
July 07, 2025 In a dramatic and combative press conference, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made sweeping allegations implicating senior government officials, including Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy National Commissioner Lt-Gen Sha

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale: South African Policing Union (SAPU) Spokesperson
...more
6min
July 07, 2025 Operation Dudula has reignited controversy by intensifying protests outside healthcare facilities in Johannesburg, aiming to block undocumented foreign nationals from accessing state medical services.

Guest: Zandile Dabula: President Of Operation Dudula
...more
10min
July 07, 2025 Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, has forcefully denied explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

Guest: Paul O'Sullivan: Forensic Consultant, Criminologist & Certified Fraud Examiner
...more
6min

FAQs about The National Briefing:

How many episodes does The National Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 19,512 episodes available.