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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Independent Candidate Association argues the Electoral Amendment Act is unconstitutional because it imposes an unequal playing field
Guest: Dr. Michael Louis - Independent Candidates Association (ICA) chairperson
7 min - Public Interest SA welcomes the decision of Parliament’ ad hoc committee to nominate advocate Kholeka Gcoleka for recommendation as the next Public Protector of South Africa following last week’s interviews.
Guest: Tebogo Khaas - convener of Public Interest SA6 min - The Legal Practice Council is investigating fourteen lawyers in the Eastern Cape over their management of multimillion-rand settlements due to children who were left severely disabled by state negligence
Guest: Alfred Hona - Director of the Eastern Cape Provincial Office of the Legal Practice Council
6 min - The Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela says that the number of contact crimes in that province in the second quarter of the year was up by six percent compared to the same period last year
Guest: Brigadier Brenda Muridili – Gauteng SAPS Spokesperson
4 min - The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) KwaZulu-Natal condemns increasing violence against councillors in the province
Guest: Cllr Thami Ntuli - SALGA KZN Chairperson
6 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report: 30 August 2023 1. Zimbabwe-Harare, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has called for fresh election and urged the African Union and SADC to mediate a solution to the electoral crisis; 2. Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan, The Grand Ethiopian renaissance dam talks have resumed in Cairo yet obstacles remain; 3. Niger-France, France's ambassador to Niger is staying put in West Afrikan country in defiance of an ultimatum by junta's deadline to quit the country; 4. South Sudan-South Africa, The South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile undertakes official visit to South Sudan this week; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 30 August 1988 when the then Apartheid South African military withdrew its military forces from Angola.
5 min - In Pakistan, the legal drama around the Former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues - with a court yesterday saying it was suspending one of the convictions against him - but he remains in prison on other charges
Guest: Thembisa Fakude – Senior Research Fellow: Africa Asia Dialogues
4 min - Mediated Conversation: in the last fifteen months - the amount of solar power generation capacity on the roofs of homes has increased to four thousand, four hundred megawatts, around four times what it was in march last year
Guest: Chris Bosch – CEO Rural Maintenance
Guest: Lungile Mashele – Energy Economist
Guest: Mark Swilling - Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University
25 min - Ever wondered what an employer’s rights are when an employee terminates their services with immediate effect? Can you hold them to serving their notice period? How do you do this in terms of the law?
Guest: Osborne Molatudi - Founder of Molatudi Advisory Services
7 min - A senior member of the ANC Youth League Lufefe Mkutu has said that the ANC should remove anyone from the party who says they must work on coalitions before next year’s elections
Guest: Zama Khanyase - Spokesperson for the ANC Youth League (ANCYL)
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