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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Cape Town-based Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) is planning to introduce 60 electric buses to its fleet every year starting in 2024 until it has replaced its full fleet of 1,100 diesel-powered people haulers.
Guest: Bronwen Dyke-Beyer Golden Arrows Bus Service Spokesperson
4 min - the Congress of the People (Cope) has called for intervention in the tension between the City of Tshwane and striking municipal workers.
Guest: Dennis Bloem COPE Spokesperson
3 min - The SA Reserve Bank says it cannot find President Ramaphosa contravened foreign exchange regulations over Phala Phala, because the transaction was not “perfected”.
Guest: Khaya Sithole – Independent Analyst
4 min - About 40 people from Jerusalema informal settlement fled to Florida Police Station and sought refuge there as illegal miners exchanged heavy fire last week.
Guest: Dr Mgcini Tshwaku - MMC of Safety & Security in the City of Joburg
6 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report: 22 August 2023; 1. Zimbabwe-Harare, As Zimbabwe decides we look at how the electoral systems works and voting at a glance ; 2. 1.Gabon-Libreville, Opposition cries foul over rule change to vote ahead of presidential and legislative elections and warned of unfair vote; 3. South Africa-BRICS and Africa, A few heads of states have already touch down at the OR Tambo International Airport ahead of the much anticipated 15th BRICS Summit; 4. Niger-Burkina Faso, Around 300 hundred trucks of food and other materials crossed into Niger from Burkina Faso with military escorts from both armies; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 22 August 1978 when Mzee Jomo Kenyatta had a heart attack and was plagued by ill health until his death and he was buried on Parliament grounds in Nairobi.
6 min - Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023.
Guest: Sam Dubberly is Managing Director at the Tech and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
6 min - The BRICS Summit kicks off today, the BRICS Business Council says that the summit presents opportunities for business and trade
Guest: Stavros Nicolaou - BRICS Business Council Member8 min - The SA Reserve Bank says it cannot find President Ramaphosa contravened foreign exchange regulations over Phala Phala, because the transaction was not “perfected”.
Guest: Raymond Paola - Financial Surveillance Consultant
9 min - the Competition Commission has confirmed that for 12 years, illegal and anti-competitive behaviour has engulfed the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA).
Guest: Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa - SA Medical Association (SAMA) Chairperson
3 min - the Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived just after midnight last night for the BRICS summit - already the Brazilian President Lula da Silva is here - while more heads of state will arrive through the day
Guest: Sophie Mokoena – International Editor”: SABC
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