The National Briefing

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April 14, 2025 Despite spending over R200 million on repairs, the Emfuleni Local Municipality remains engulfed in a sanitation crisis, with residents still living amid raw sewage flooding streets, homes, and public spaces.

Guest: Hassan Mako: Emfuleni Municipality MMC For finance
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6min
April 14, 2025 A Killing at the Wynberg court in the Western Cape last week has now put a spotlight on the safety and security of judicial officers.

Guest: Alison Tilley - the co-ordinator of Judges Matter.
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8min
April 14, 2025 For today’s teens, schoolyard conflicts haven’t disappeared — they’ve gone digital on TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat.

Guest: Emma Sadlier - Social Media Law Specialist
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5min
April 14, 2025 Can Government of National Unity political parties find common ground?

Guest: Nkosikhulule Nyembezi: Political Analyst
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5min
April 14, 2025 The Black Business Council has now warned that only documented South African citizens should benefit from the R500-million government fund to support South African-owned spaza shops launched by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition

Guest: Kganki Matabane: CEO Black Business Council 
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6min
April 14, 2025 An expert has now said that restoring public trust in broken SANDF is a complex journey, this follows the recent deadly failure of South African troops in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Guest: Anthoni van Nieuwkerk is a professor of International and Diplomacy Studies at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs
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9min
April 14, 2025 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy and Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa on Sun, 13th April 25 launched the Easter Season Road Safety Campaign in Gqeberha as part of the Easter weekend operations

Guest: Mkhuleko Hlengwa – Deputy Minister of Transport
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7min
April 14, 2025Africa Update Report with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
14 April 2025

1. Gabon – Libreville

Gabon’s military leader Brice Oligui Nguema has won the country’s presidential election by an apparent landslide, according to provisional results and who is this Brigader General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema ?

2. Tanzania – Dar -es- Salaam

Tanzania's main opposition party, CHADEMA, has been disqualified from the upcoming elections, a senior election official confirmed over the weekend.

Afrika – USA – South Afrika

Afrikan Trade Ministers to meet on today in Gauteng over Trump’s tariffs

African trade ministers from across the continent are scheduled to meet on today ( April 14) to assess the implications of President Donald Trump’s imposition of a sweeping new tariff policy that will see a 10 percent tax levied on all goods imported into the United States from more than 100 countries.

In our historical archives, it was on this day 14 April 1993 when the late Tata Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of the former secretary general of the South African Communist Party, Cde Thembisile Chris Hani.
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6min
April 14, 2025 Tensions between South Africa and the United States have escalated after former U.S. President Donald Trump declared he would boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa

Guest: Christopher Isike: Professor of African Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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6min
April 14, 2025 There are now reports that the Gauteng’s new R9-billion school nutrition programme launched last week has left thousands of learners at no-fee schools without meals and in some cases, sent home

Guest: Steve Mabona: Gauteng Education Spokesperson 
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6min

FAQs about The National Briefing:

How many episodes does The National Briefing have?

The podcast currently has 19,522 episodes available.