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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga launches transport month
Guest: Sindisiwe Chikunga - Transport Minister
5 min - The Judicial Service Commission's decision to leave two positions vacant at the Supreme Court of Appeal is being challenged by Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution
Guest: Lawson Naidoo - Executive Secretary Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac)
4 min - Gauteng Metrorail temporarily suspends trains operating between Johannesburg and Germiston this afternoon due to the collapsed pedestrian overhead bridge between Jeppe and George Goch stations.
Guest: Lillian Mofokeng – Gauteng Metrorail Spokesperson
5 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa
Afrika Update Report: 6 October 2023;
1. Liberia- Monrovia, Former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called for civic responsibility ahead of historic elections and highlighted the critical role that peace has played in Liberia's progress; 2. Comoros-Moroni, the presidential elections and the governors of the autonomous island shall take place on January 14, 2024 and second round scheduled for February 25; 3. DR Congo-Kinshasha, Business and political principals in agriculture and finance calling for total transformation of the agricultural sector, an economic, social and environmental issues; 4. Burkina Faso-Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s transitional government decided to elevate former President and father of the Burkinabe revolution Captain Isidore Thomas Noel Sankara to the rank of "hero of the nation"; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 6 October 1963 when Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, addressed the United Nations on Collective Security and International Morality.6 min - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has lost more than 700 firearms in the last financial year.
Guest: Paul Oxley - Chairman of Gun Owners South Africa
6 min - This year is on track to become the hottest on record, with the global mean temperature to date this year 0.52 degrees Celsius higher than average, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.
Guest: Roland Ngam - Project Manager for Climate Justice at the Rosa Luxemburg
6 min - Parliament's ethics committee clears four ANC MPs, Cedric Frolick, Mosebenzi Zwane, Winnie Ngwenya and Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and civil society groups call it a whitewash
Guest: Stefani Fick, the executive director at Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse
6 min - Mediated Conversation: The plight of local and international actors
Jack Devnarain – Chair: South African Guild of Actors
Hungwani Ndlovu – Actor, Dancer and Content Creator
Londiwe Shange – Award Winning Filmmaker
20 min - South Africa is in the process of approving a bill that may severely limit the freedom of speech and expression in the country. Should we move forward to equate mere offence with crime, everyone loses, writes Georgia du Plessis.
Guest: Georgia du Plessis - legal officer at Alliance Defending Freedom International and a research fellow at the University of the Free State
9 min - The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup starts today and is being hosted by India, and scheduled to finish on 19 November 2023.
Guest: Aslam Khota – Cricket Commentator and Analyst
8 min
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