The National Briefing

Guest: Cherene Williams - Head Nurse at the Johannesburg Veterinary Hospital: Joburg Zoo

Guest: Douglas Wolhuter - Senior Inspector and Manager Wildlife Protection Unit NSPCA

Guest: Justin Fernandos, Big Cat Trainer & owner at Jugomaro Predator Park

Mediated Conversation: How difficult is it to look after an animal like a tiger?

 

 

Guest: Prof. Thabo Ditsele, Associate Professor: Sociolinguistics at Tshwane University of Technology

Honorary doctorates and their significance

 

 

Guest: Nwabisa Makunga - Sowetan Editor

Sowetan this week released a front page of businesses that had to close down due to loadshedding

 

 

 

 

Guest: Gavin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of the Road Freight Association

The local community has blockaded roads and is preventing heavy freight vehicles from moving in the area of oPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal

 

 

Guest: Dr. Abongile Balarane, general manager: egg organisation for SA Poultry Association

The poultry industry which produces mainly chickens and eggs are warning that stage six load shedding is having a huge impact on their industry

 

 

 

Guest: Zama Ntshona African Transformation Movement National Spokesperson

The Western Cape High Court has set down 13 & 14 February to hear the ATM's case challenging the National Assembly’s handling of the Section 89 panel report that considered impeachment allegations against President Cyril Ramaphosa

 

 

 

Guest: Patrick Kelly, Chief Director responsible for price statistics at StatsSA

Guest: Dr. Sifiso Ntombela, chief economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council

Inflation is at 7.2 % but food prices were up by over 12% year on year - and particularly some foods like bread and maize meal are up dramatically

 

Guest: Benoit Le Roy, CEO of the SA Water Chamber

After a long period of stage six load shedding various water providers in different parts of the country are now worried they have not been able to pump enough water into the right reservoirs

 

 

Guest: Alan Winde - Western Cape Premier

The Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he’s written to President Cyril Ramaphosa threatening to declare what’s called an inter-governmental dispute - if he does not get a proper explanation for load shedding

 

 

Guest: Prof. Tom Moultrie, demographer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and the director of the Centre of Actuarial Research.

for the first time since 1961 - China’s population has declined