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The National Briefing episodes
- Parliament’s section 194 committee mulling the impeachment of suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Tuesday adopted a report recommending that she be removed from office for misconduct and incompetence.
Guest: Qubudile Dyantyi - Committee chairperson
7 min - In Russia, the leader of the Wagner military group Yevgeny Prighozhin has died in a plane crash. Prighozhin led a mutiny against Russian President Vladimur Putin three months ago
Guest: Roland Henwood – Political Scientist: University of Pretoria
6 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report: 24 August 2023; 1. Zimbabwe-Harare, As Zimbabwe decides voting has been extended in line with the electoral act until today as Incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks second term ; 2. Gabon -Libreville, Oil rich Gabon will hold presidential, legislative and local elections on Saturday and incumbent Ali Bongo favourite to win ; 3. Algeria-Nigeria-Benin-Ghana, Algerian government has sent its foreign affairs Minister Ahmed Attaf on a diplomatic mediation tour to Nigeria, Benin and Ghana so as to help find a way out of the Niger crisis; 4. DR Congo-Rwanda, A former private adviser to President Felix Tshisekedi, Fortunat Biselele prosecuted for intelligence and treason with Rwanda has been acquitted; 5. In our historical archives , it was on this day 24 August 1960 when a South African woman politician and former minister of public service and administration Geraldine Josyln Fraser-Moleketi was born in Cape Town.
6 min - Independent NGO Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) has published a follow-up to its 2022 review of Parliament’s actions in response to the multi-part final report of the Zondo commission into state capture. PMG says that there is still a paucity of Parl
Guest: Janine Erasmus, Content editor at Corruption Watch
4 min - Energy Minister Gwede Mantshe says that we can learn from Russia if we want to extend the life of our coal fired power stations - he says their technology is stronger than anywhere else in the world
Guest: Hartmut Winkler – Professor of Physics: University of Johannesburg
6 min - how interested is CNN in the BRICS Summit - how much attention are they giving it?
Guest: David McKenzie - award-winning Senior International Correspondent for CNN based in Johannesburg
7 min - The Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Zimbabwe’s election by another day after experiencing problems in some voting stations
Guest: Luke Mufaro Dzviti - Chair of Zimbabwe Immigration Federation
6 min - Civil Society Organisations embarked in a protest march against BRICS especially China who they say continues to pursue for fossil fuel extractions in Africa especially the Chinese backed project Musina-Makhado SEZ
Guest: Kholwani Simelane Advocacy Officer at The Green Connection
4 min - Mediated Conversation: A law trying to prevent bullies suggests that children as young as 10 may be arrested for their actions.
Elijah Mhlanga – Department of Basic Education Spokesperson
Dr. Shaheda Omar – Director of the Teddy Bear Foundation
Nicki Dawson – Counselling Psychologist
22 min - Cable repair ship to fix South Africa’s broken Internet lands in Cape Town
Guest: Jan Vermeulen – Editor at MyBroadband
7 min
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