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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Umalusi has approved the released of the 2023 matric exam results - 945 learners were involved in group copying - where they all wrote the exams together and had the same right and wrong answers
Guest: Biki Lepota – Umalusi Spokesperson
5 min - Over the weekend at least six people were killed and two more are still missing - after heavy rains over eThekwini - the mayor there Mxolisi Kaunda says they don’t have the resources to help all the people who need help.
Guest: Irfaan Ahmed: Al-Imdaad Foundation Head of Disaster Response
Guest: Siya Hlatshwayo - KZN Provincial Manager: SA Red Cross Society
Guest: Professor Mohamed Mostafa-Head of Civil Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Guest: Ayesha Lather: AHL Water Director & Water Scientist
18 min - Experts have now warned that South Africa’s legal action against Israel’s action in Gaza could derail the AGOA deal
Guest: John Stremlau - Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
5 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA
16 January 2024:
- China-Egypt-Tunisia-Togo and Ivory Coast, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi has begun his African tour with a call for a ceasefire in Gaza and implementation of the two-state solution;
- Mauritius- Reunion Island, A tropical cyclone Belal has hit the French Island of Reunion and Mauritius on high alert as tropical cyclone Belal made its way;
- Zimbabwe-South Afrika, Tainted Pan African Parliament President Chief Fortune Charumbira has lost his position amidst sexual assault and embezzlement accusation;
- DR Congo-Kinshasha, DR Congo electoral commission CENI has failed to account for $400 million of funds received from the state and awarded opaque contracts ahead of the disputed last month general election;
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 16 January 2001when DRC President Laurent Desire Kabila was assassinated by one of his young bodyguards (Kadogos).
6 min - Minister of Higher Education, announced that the government has set aside R3.8 billion to fund the country’s ‘missing middle’ students who were not covered by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas).
Guest: Ishmael Mnisi: National Student Financial Aid Scheme Spokesperson
8 min - At the ANC’s January 8th celebrations at the Mbombela stadium, ANC leader president Cyril Ramaphosa said the party had a good track record over the last thirty years.
Guest: Samkele Maseko: Senior Political Reporter, SABC
7 min - Growing Concern as we a surge in fake online shopping sites
Guest: Maya Fisher-French: Personal finance journalist
8 min - on Friday, Cricket South Africa confirmed that it had removed David Teeger as the captain of the men’s under 19 cricket team - that will represent South Africa in the under 19 world cup. Teeger is Jewish
Guest: Lawson Naidoo: chair of Cricket SA's board
8 min - Bree Street explosion site remains a monument to inaction and neglect.
Guest: Councillor Belinda Kayser Echeozonjoku: Democratic Alliance (DA) Johannesburg Caucus Leader
7 min - In Taiwan, the country’s governing Democratic Progressive party has won another term in office - meaning that the current vice president Lai Ching-Te will take over as president.
Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist: University of Pretoria
6 min
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