The National Briefing

Guest: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst and PhD candidate based at the University of Dundee

In the UK another political storm has broken over the issue of immigration - and the number of people being allowed to live in that country.

 

 

Guest: Dr. Fikile Vilakazi, Lecturer in Public Policy and Political Science at UKZN

A councillor in KZN who defected from the DA to the ANC has failed to deliver a ward he once led to his new party in a by-election on Wednesday.

 

 

Guest: Adv. Zanyiwe Nthatisi- Asare, CEO Digitally Legal

Guest: Jan Vermuelan Editor of My Broadband

Guest: Mukelani Dimba - Executive responsible for Education and Communication Information Regulator

Mediated Conversation: how do you feel about spam calls?

 

 

Guest: Nthatisi Modingoane, spokesperson for City of Joburg

The City of Joburg says it will Extend library hours on Saturday & Sundays during exam times

 

 

Guest: Prof. Guy Midgley, interim director of the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University

 African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past

 

 

 

Guest: Khangela Baloyi, NUM Energy Sector Coordinator

Three unions at Eskom have rejected the embattled power utility's latest 4.5% wage increase offer.

 

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams, programme coordinator at Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity

If the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee raise interest rates again, what impact does this have on families?

 

 

 

 

Guest: Professor Musa Xulu, Cultural Expert and Executive Director of the Heritage Development Trust 

The king of the Amazulu people King Misizulu kaZwelithini says he is reaffirming his support for the new board of the ingonyama trust - amid claims that the traditional prime minister Prince Mangosuthu Bhuthelezi is unhappy with the new board.

 

 

 

Guest: Carin Bosman - Director of Carin Bosman Sustainable Solution 

In Hammanskraal an outbreak of cholera has claimed seventeen lives because of the failure of the Rooiwal sewage works

 

 

 

 

Guest: Prof Andre Roux - Economist at Stellenbosch Business School

Professor Andre Roux, an economist at the Stellenbosch Business School, says that recent events have strengthened the argument for another hike today – likely also at 50 basis points.