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The National Briefing
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The National Briefing episodes
- According to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, the unfinished R94,7 million Mamelodi Magistrate Court in Gauteng has been stalled for almost a decade.
Guest: Sihle Zikalala, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
6 min - the ANC and the DA suggest that there should be a minimum threshold for a party to be represented in parliament. Will this make a difference to our politics?
Guest: Ebrahim Fakir - Director of Programs at ASRI
7 min - In Joburg, Police tried to flush out illegal miners - there was an incident yesterday when Zama Zama’s actually fired shots at metro police officers in Matholes-ville - then the miners ran away
Guest: Dr. Mgcini Tshwaku, the MMC for Public Safety in the City of Joburg
8 min - It’s a really difficult morning in Cape Town as SANTACO says its members will only return to work next week - they’re on strike for seven days - in protest at the city’s policy of impounding taxis that break the law
Guest: JP Smith, Mayco member for safety and security
10 min - Commuters left stranded in Cape Town as SANTACO is on strike
Guest: Dumisani Qwabe, community leader and secretary for Nyanga Community Policing Forum
Guest: Ndithini Tyhido – Chair: Khayelitsha Development Forum
6 min - there were attacks on Golden Arrow busses yesterday in Cape Town as SANTACO is on strike
Guest: Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, Golden Arrow Bus Services spokesperson
3 min - In the US, the former president and contender to be president again - Donald Trump has now pled not guilty to four counts against him
Guest: Professor Christopher Isike, Director: African Centre for study of the US, University of Pretoria
6 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report : 4 August 2023; 1. Niger -Niamey, Niger's ruling junta and civil society have called on the nation to mobilise yesterday to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference as Senegal says its troops will join ECOWAS intervention; 2. Sudan -Khartoum, The British-based human rights advocacy rights group Amnesty international has indicated that extensive war crimes are committed by both sides in the conflict including sexual violence against girls as young as 12yrs; 3. Zimbabwe-Harare, The New York based -Human right watch group has released the 44-page report titled "Crush them like lice': Repression of Civil and Political Rights ahead of Zimbabwe 's August 2023 Election"; 4. Rwanda -Kigali, President Paul Kagame has appointed his daughter Ange Kagame as Presidential Advisor in charge of policy and strategy in the office of the presidency; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 4 August 1993 when the Arusha accord was signed in Tanzania, Arusha between the Rwandan government and Tutsi Rwanda Patriotic Front.
6 min - N12 Slovo informal settlement near Eldorado Park, south of Joburg protests continue
Guest: Lerato Marole, Member of Slovo Park Community Development Forum
5 min - SANTACO in the Western Cape have resolved to recall all taxis from operating leaving commutters stranded
Guest: Mr Mandla Hermanus - SANTACO Western Cape Chairperson
8 min
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