The National Briefing

Guest: Lerothodi Leeuw, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape

Astronomers are alarmed about satellites’ light pollution.

 

 

 

Guest: Kenny Kunene – City of Joburg Roads and Transport MMC

Rea Vaya buses in the City of Joburg are not operational this morning

 

 

Guest: Marc Wegerif, researcher, senior lecturer and development studies program coordinator at University of Pretoria

Why are food prices so high and what could be done?

 

 

Guest: Benedict Phiri, Legal Analyst

Yesterday, In the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, the application by the prosecutor Billy Downer and the Journalist Karyn Maughn against former president Jacob Zuma’s attempt to privately prosecute them continued.

 

 

Guest: Dr. Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist, Econometrix

StatsSA revealed that over the last year - maize meal has increased in price by thirty-four percent, Bread prices and cereal prices are up by twenty percent

 

Guest: Oliver Meth, journalist at GroundUp

GroundUp reported last week that a man resembling Facebook Rapist Thabo Bester was spotted in Sandton, nearly two months after his supposed death in prison fire

 

 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Home Affairs

The Home Affairs Director who tried to get permits for an associate of the Guptas - Ashu Chawla has now been fired - after being found guilty of gross misconduct.

 

 

 

Guest: Roland Henwood, Political Scientist: University of Pretoria

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that he broke the rules that his own government created during the covid-19 lockdown

 

 

 

 

Guest: Jamil Khan - critical diversity scholar

In Uganda, the parliament has passed a law making it illegal to identify as gay - in other words - if someone said – ‘I’m gay’, they would be sent to jail for a long period.

 

 

 

 

Guest: Mmusi Maimane, Leader of Build One South Africa

In the high court in Tshwane, arguments have continued in the case brought by the UDM, other political parties and unions - to try and force government to end load shedding