The National Briefing

Guest: Peter Sutton – City of Tshwane MMC for finance

Yesterday you heard Eskom explaining why it asked the Department of Cooperative Governance and Tradition Affairs to intervene in its relationship with the city of Tshwane. Eskom says Tshwane owes it one point four billion rands.

 

 

 

Guest: Vally Padayachee - former executive manager of Eskom and former City Power Johannesburg executive

We keep seeing Eskom substations failing - what does load shedding do to a substation - switching the power on and off all the time - what does that do?

 

 

 

Mediated Conversation: how is the theatre industry after the lockdown?

Guest: Pieter-Dirk Uys - Performer, author, satirist, and social activist

Guest: Greg Homann, Artistic Director of the Market Theatre Foundation

Guest: James Ngcobo, Artistic director at the Joburg Theatre

Guest: Dr Alex Lenferna – Secretary of the Climate Justice Coalition

South Africa made fresh inquiries about securing electricity supply from Turkey’s Karpowership as it battles its worst ever power outages, according to people familiar with the situation.

 

 

 

Guest: Philani Mavundla Abantu Batho Congress Leader

In eThekwini it appears the ANC’s mayor Mxolisi Kaunda will face a confidence vote next week - after the speaker of that council said it could go ahead next week

 

 

 

 

Guest: Prof. Christopher Isike, Director at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria

In the US over the last few weeks there has been an incredible number of mass shootings - in just one month - since the start of this year - there have been thirty-nine incidents of mass shootings.

 

 

 

 

Guest: Margaret Arnolds – City of Joburg Chair of Minority Parties

Guest: Bongani Baloyi – Action SA Gauteng Chair

There’s a series of developments now around today’s vote in the City of Joburg - where some of the smaller minority parties are bringing a confidence vote against the mayor Mpho Phalatse

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Amanda Qithi, Gauteng Eskom spokesperson

Eskom is now asking the National Cooperative Governance Minister Cogta to intervene in its dispute with the City of Tshwane, Tshwane owes Eskom one point four billion rand

 

 

Guest: Qubudile Dyantyi, Parliament's Section 194 Inquiry Committee Chairperson.

The committee investigating the fitness for office of the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has now decided that it will call the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to come and testify.

 

Guest: Zukiswa Adenugba, Head HR of Sulzer South Africa

Earlier this week, we took a call from Duncan in Emalahleni, he works for a company called Suzler Pumps and he told us that that company was paying its white workers more than its black workers