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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA
Afrika Update Report:
7 December 2023;
1. Egypt- Cairo, The Egyptian presidential elections are scheduled to take place over a three- day period starting on December 10 ;
2. Uganda - USA, Uganda foreign affairs ministry has accused United States of America of pushing "LGBT agenda" using aid after new round of sanctions;
3. Mali-Niger -France, The Military governments of Mali and Niger have simultaneously denounced double taxation agreements with France;
4. Gabon-Cameroon, The president of Gabonese transition General Brice Nguema made his first visit to Cameroon yesterday briefly to meet President Paul Biya;
5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 7 December 1973 when ANC exiled activist in Algeria and journalist Robert Resha dies in London.4 min - OUTA completed its investigation into student accommodation tenders at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), and the findings are cause for grave concern.
Guest: Rudie Heyneke, Investigations Manager of OUTA.
5 min - The Taliban’s abusive educational policies in Afghanistan are harming boys as well as girls and women, with the departure of qualified teachers and regressive curriculum changes.
Guest: Heather Barr, Associate Director in the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
5 min - Doctors who are preparing to do their year of community service say they still have not been placed at hospitals and don’t know which hospitals they would go to
Guest: Dr Luvuyo Bayeni, Chief Director for Human Resources for the Health Department
5 min - OUTA completed its investigation into student accommodation tenders at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), and the findings are cause for grave concern.
Guest: Ishmael Mnisi – NSFAS Spokesperson
5 min - Mediated Conversation: could the world change after the COP28 summit - or will we find that actually nothing changes - and how does climate finance work?
Sasha Cook - Head Sustainable Finance at Standard Bank
Alex Lenferna - climate justice campaigner 350Africa.org and secretary of the Climate Justice Coalition
Roland Ngam - Project Manager for Climate Justice at the Rosa Luxem
22 min - A Report has now highlighted how climate change is fuelling new epidemics across the world, particularly in countries from the Global South.
Guest: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira, the director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University.
4 min - the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), Ebrahim Patel has now said SA could produce its first EVs for the export market by 2026.
Guest: Mikel Mabasa, CEO of The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA)
8 min - The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that only the Israeli defence force can be used to disarm Hamas in Gaza - essentially rejecting the idea that some kind of international force
Guest: Andrew Mews - General Director: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa
5 min - The Water Affairs Minister Senzo Mchunu has now released three reports - which show nearly half of our drinking water systems are producing water which is described as not microbiologically safe.
Guest: Ayesha Lather – AHL Director and Water Scientist.
Guest: Dr Ferrial Adam – Manager: WaterCAN
Guest: Professor Anja du Plessis, Water Management Expert and Associate Prof from UNISA
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