The National Briefing

 

Guest: Moepeng Talane, Senior Writer at Corruption Watch

Last week SERI, together with IEJ & #PayTheGrants held a press conference to announce the launch of a court case aimed at addressing the unfair exclusion of millions of people from the R350 SRD grant.

Guest: Elizabeth Raiters, #PayTheGrants Deputy Chairperson

 

Guest: Dr. Levy Ndou, Political Analyst

 

Guest: Snuki Zikalala, ANC Veterans League president 

Afriforum has written to the Department of Justice and the Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to ask him what is going to happen to the criminal records of the people arrested and fined for breaking covid-19 lockdown regulations

Guest: Chrispin Phiri, Spokesperson for ministry of Justice and Correctional services.

In the Eastern Cape, six health facilities were badly damaged by the gale force winds - the roof of the Cofimvaba hospital was blown off - the Cathcart hospital roof also disappeared

Guest: Dr Mtandeki Xamlashe, DDG Clinical Services, Eastern Cape Department of Health

 

Guest: Clifford Mabe, Gift of the Givers Gauteng spokesperson

olice have confirmed that councillor for the national freedom party - Ntombenhlo Mchunu was shot dead in Nongoma in KZN yesterday - she was with a child who was also badly hurt - and is now in a critical condition in hospital.

Guest: Canaan Mdletshe, National Freedom Party Secretary General

 

Guest: Abel Esterhuyse, associate professor of strategy in the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University

 

Afrika Update Report: 31 July 2023; 1. Niger-Nigeria, The Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) demands that President Mohammed Bazoum be reinstated within a week; 2. Senegal -Dakar, Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has arrested and charged with plotting an insurrection and new offences ; 3. Zimbabwe-Harare, Former G40 and Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere loses the Supreme court electoral litigation case and his family home raided by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission; 4. South Afrika-Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwean Information Ministry has responded to the allegation of Kleptocracy,l and electoral state of readiness by EFF leader Julius Sello Malema over the weekend; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 31 July 2004 when the late Azanian Journalist, National Poet Laureate Bra Zinga Don Mattera withdraws from public performances.