The National Briefing

Guest: Ricardo Mackenzie, Western Cape Mobility MEC

Western Cape Mobility MEC, Ricardo Mackenzie, confirms that the accident involving a vehicle transporting learners was operating illegally.

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs

Guest: Brooks Spector, Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at The Daily Maverick

Drone attack draws Moscow closer to Ukraine’s front line.

Guest: Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, Limpopo Health MEC

Limpopo's first cholera case, health department says its testing water for traces of Cholera

Guest: Mthobeli Kolisa, SALGA Acting CEO

SALGA calls on municipalities that received poor audit outcomes to turn around their financial management and governance and replicate the 55% that received acceptable results.

Guest: Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz, Deputy Director, Africa Division: Human Rights Watch

Outcry as Uganda's anti gay bill signed into law. Human Rights Watch

Guest: Dr. Kenneth Jacobs, Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Health

Portfolio Committee on Health has  adopted the National Health Insurance Bill report

Guest: Wilmiem Wicomb, attorney based at the Legal Resources Centre Cape Town office

In a unanimous decision, the Constitutional Court has found that Parliament failed to comply with its constitutional obligation to facilitate public involvement before passing the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act 3 of 2019. The Act is therefore declared invalid.

Guest: Dr. Harlan Cloete, Local Governance Expert and research fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Management at the University of the Free State

Child Protection Week: 4th Quarter crime stats. Contact crimes against women in the fourth quarter saw an increase across three categories, with attempted murder leading the pack with 21.5%, or 263. Seventy-one more murders were reported, a 7.9% increase, while assault GBH went up by 0.7%, or 107.  attempted murder went up. Sixty-one fewer murders were reported against children, a 19.9% decrease, while six fewer children were assaulted, a 0.3% decrease.

Guest: Adv. Brenda Madumise, director of Wise4Afrika