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The National Briefing episodes
- In Asia, the leader of North Korea - Kim Jong Un has said that his country’s constitution must be rewritten - to state that North Korea no longer wants to reunite with South Korea
Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist: University of Pretoria
5 min - The Business Rescue Practioners at the SA Post Office are still pressing ahead with their plan to retrench around six thousand workers from the post office- that’s nearly half of all the workers at the institution
Guest: Nathen Bowers: National Bargaining Co-ordinator: Communication Workers Union
6 min - In Elubana near Richards bay in KZN workers are still trying to sort out of the mess of containers and coal - after one train crashed into another on the Transnet line on Sunday.
Guest: Mmuso Selaledi: Acting CEO, The Railway Safety Regulator
6 min - Millions of children are going to back to school today - in all the provinces all of the government and most of the independent schools are now reopening
Guest: David Maynier: MEC, The Western Cape education department
Guest: Vuyiseka Mboxela: Eastern Cape department of Education MEC Spokesperson
10 min - Diepsloot community leaders fear thugs may be retaliating against crime fighters, this is after four people were killed over the weekend
Guest: Loyiso Toyiya – Chair: Diepsloot Community Forum
4 min - Mediated Conversation: why are we seeing so many guns being missing from the SANDF and Police?
Guest: Sledge Silvana: A former police officer who worked in specialized units combating violent crime
Guest:dr chris de Kock: Criminal Analyst
Guest: Claire Taylor: Researcher, Gun Free SA
24 min - how has the morning being for scholar transport drivers and are the vehicles roadworthy?
Guest: Sibongile Maseko – General Secretary: Greater Gauteng Learner Transport Organization.
3 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA
17 January 2024:
- Comoros -Moroni, Comoros President Azali Assoumani extend his rule after latest election results garning 62.97% of the vote;
- Sudan-Uganda, Sudan's government pulls out of IGAD extraordinary summit scheduled for tomorrow in Kampala;
- Rwanda -USA-Davos, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has meet with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the side-lines of the world economic forum in Davos;
- Russia-Niger, Defence ministers of both countries have agreed to develop military co-operation and intensify joint actions to stabilise the situation in the Sahel region;
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 17 January 1961 when the first and only elected Prime Minister of the DR Congo Patrice Emery Lumumba was assassinated a few months after their liberation from Belgium.
5 min - Government officials say there is enough space for all of the children coming into classes - is there a problem with overcrowding?
Guest: Basil Manuel: Executive Director, National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA)
4 min - Iran says it has used ballistic missiles to hit what it claims was an Israeli spy base in northern Iraq - and to hit what it said were anti Iran terror groups operating in Syria.
Guest: Willem Els: Senior Training Coordinator on terrorism and explosives, Institute for Security Studies
6 min
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