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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- This morning in Kempton Park - Professor William Gumede will open what some parties call a national convention - where seven opposition parties will formally meet to discuss working together for next year’s elections
Guest: Prof Susan Booysen – Political Analyst and director of research at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
10 min - A report by the University of Johannesburg has found that South Africa is failing to live up to its constitution. Gains made since democracy are being squandered
Guest: Dr Marcel Nagar - Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
5 min - Mediated Conversation: Should taxis be formalized?
Guests: Dr Mathetha Mokonyama - CSIR Manager for Transport Systems and Operations
Guest: Tony Erenreich – Regional Secretary: Cosatu Western Cape
Guest: Theo Malele – National Taxi Alliance Spokesperson
Guest: Dr Siyabulela Fobosi, Senior Researcher at the UNESCO ‘Oliver Tambo’ Chair of Human Rights at the University of Fort Hare’s Faculty of Law
25 min - The ANC Western Cape Provincial Legislature Caucus notes and is dismayed and concerned over the alarming and ongoing failures exhibited by the Western Cape Infrastructure Department in addressing the critical housing needs of the people it serves
Guest: Pat Marran - ANC WC Legislature Human Settlements Spokesperson
4 min - How organisations can navigate AI ethics in SA's regulatory vacuum.
Guest: Emile Ormond, PhD in AI ethics risk governance, and has nearly two decades of experience in policy analysis and risk management.
7 min - what is happening with NSFAS and Students?
Guest: Asive Dlanjwa, Spokesperson for the South African Union of Students
6 min - Right to Care calls for female sexual health to be prioritised
Guest: Precious Robinson - Chief of Party at Right to Care
3 min - cabinet has approved a bill that will make the Investigating Directorate of the NPA permanent - in other words - the NPA will formally and permanently have its own capacity to investigate crimes
Guest: Lawson Naidoo - Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)
7 min - The ANC, including Fikile Mbalula, should carry all of the blame for having destroyed what was once Africa's most developed railway system, writes Sikonathi Mantshantsha.
Guest: Sikonathi Mantshantsha - journalist at News24
7 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report: 15 August 2023; 1. Niger- Niamey, The possible trial of former Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was a hot topic in Niamey yesterday; 2. Ghana-Niger, Ghanaian opposition lawmakers have warned President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately halt all preparation towards deploying Ghanaian soldiers;3.Sudan-Khartoum, Nearly four months into the deadly war in Sudan as General Abdel Fattah al Burhan accuses Rapid support forces of war crimes;4. Zimbabwe - Angola, SADC has selected Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba from Zambia as the head of the SADC electoral observer mission to Zimbabwe; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 15 August 1925 when former president of the ANC Women's league ,Mama Gertrude Ntiti Shope was born in Johannesburg and grew up in Zimbabwe.
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