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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group says that low-income consumers are still paying more for food
Guest: Mervyn Abrahams: Programme Coordinator at the PMB Economic Justice and Dignity Group
7 min - Transport Minister Sindiswa Chikunga says that alcohol was responsible for a large proportion of the deaths on our roads during the festive season. 1400 people died over the Christmas period
Guest: Phinah Kodisang - Soul City CEO
4 min - The conflict in the Red Sea continues - with Houthi groups still attacking shipping in that region
Guest: Timothy Walker, Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies
5 min - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has given notice to Parliament that she has submitted the policy on the prevention and management of learner pregnancy in schools.
Guest: Zeenat Sujee: Attorney at SECTION27
5 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA
26 January 2024:
- Kenya-Nairobi, Human rights activists in Kenya held a protest in solidarity with the people of Palestine and against the visit of Germany foreign affairs Minister;
- Rwanda -Kigali, The government of Rwanda has discovered mass graves of 119 people believed to be victims of the 1994 genocide;
- Zimbabwe -Harare, Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resigned as the president of Citizens Coalition for Change;
- United Kingdom -Ghana, Two British Museums agreed to return Ghana's looted Crown jewels 150 years after looting them from the Asante Kingdom;
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 26 January 1999 when the first chairperson of the South African electoral commission Judge Johann Kriegler resigned and replaced by his deputy Dr Brigalia Bam.
6 min - Mediated Conversation: Homeschooling
Guest: Prof Ramodungoane Tabane - School Director: Educational Studies at Unisa
Guest: Bouwe Van Der Eems - Pestalozzi Trust Chair
Guest: Sarah Hoffman: Co-Founder of Klikd & Digital parenting expert
26 min - It’s emerged that the inmates who wrote matric last year managed a pass rate of over ninety percent - 147 people were full time candidates in our prisons - 137 of them passed.
Guest: Singabakho Nxumalo: Spokesperson, Department of Correctional services
3 min - In Russia - a Russian military plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war that were reportedly on their way to be swapped for Russian prisoners held by Ukraine crashed in the Belgorod area yesterday - killing all 74 people on board
Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist: University of Pretoria
6 min - The Judicial Conduct Committee’s hearing into judge Nana Makhubele is due to resume today - and she is expected to state her case - after the committee refused her application for another delay
Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin: Research and Advocacy Officer, Judges Matter
6 min - Over 26 billion records leaked in massive data leak from sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn
Guest: Nomashado Lubisi-Nkosinkulu: Head of Communications Media Monitoring Africa
3 min
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