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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- Mediated Conversation: President Ramaphosa assigns SIU to probe R1 billion corruption network at Tembisa Hospital
Guest: Sibongile Tshabalala - National Chair Treatment Action Campaign
Guest: Jeff Wicks - Investigative Journalist News24
Guest: Neeshan Balton – Executive Director: Ahmed Kathrada Foundation
Guest: Hasina Gori – SABC Reporter
23 min - The Department of Health recently launched a WhatsApp chatbot that advises teenagers on issues relating to sex, relationships, identity, mental health, and general well-being.
Guest: Foster Mohale – Department of Health National Spokesperson
5 min - There are still huge concerns about public libraries -with reports that in some places libraries are slowly closing - and councils are cutting back on their services
Guest: Nazeem Hardy President of the Library and Information Association of SA
8 min - Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently create a joint working committee on rail devolution, failing which, the City will initiate intergovernmental dispute mediation proceedings.
Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis - Cape Town Mayor
5 min - Domestic Workers are now eligible for compensation under the compensation for occupational injuries and diseases act
Guest: Harry Maphologela – Department of Employment and Labour Senior Legal Officer
6 min - Gauteng Liquor Traders yesterday signed a liquor pledge to work with the province to promote and enforce responsible trading, compliance and to ensure the safety of consumers above profits.
Guest: Adv. Fati Manamela - Head of Gauteng Liquor Board
6 min - In the US the former president and presumed republican candidate for the presidential elections next year Donald Trump has now been indicted for a fourth time - this time he’s accused of trying to overthrow the election results in 2020.
Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor Daily Maverick
6 min - Coal miners file class action against South32, BHP Billiton PLC, Seriti Power and their role in miners' illnesses.
Guest: Richard Spoor, Human Rights Lawyer (Representing Lawyer for the Class Action)
6 min - Yesterday Statistics SA released more numbers showing a tiny dent in our massive unemployment rate - unemployment technically dropping by point three percent
Guest: Dr. Thabi Leoka - Economist
5 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report : 16 August 2023 ; 1. Niger-Ghana, Military chiefs from the ECOWAS will meet in Ghana this week to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger; 2. Mali-Russia, Mali's military leader Assimi Goita has engaged Russian President Vladimir Putin telephonically discussing the current situation in Niger ; 3.Libya-Tripoli, Clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital have left residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the violent clashes ; 4. Zimbabwe- Harare, Zimbabwe decides 2023 -The Zimbabwean Council of Churches have raised alarm over the rise of political violence and intolerance and calls for peaceful harmonised elections without bloodshed;5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 12 August 2012 when the South African Police Service opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province.
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