Birgit Schwarz is Communications Manager Africa at Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Based in Johannesburg, she is responsible for media advocacy and outreach in Southern, Central and West Africa.

Before joining HRW in 2011, she held positions as editor, host and reporter with Germany’s biggest public broadcaster WDR, opened and managed the first German Press Agency office in South Korea.

She worked as an investigative reporter and editor for Die Zeit and as Asia editor and foreign correspondent for Der Spiegel, Europe’s major investigative news magazine.

A German national, she came to South Africa in 1997 as Der Spiegel’s Africa Correspondent.

Birgit Schwarz is Communications Manager Africa at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Based in Johannesburg, she is responsible for media advocacy and outreach in Southern, Central and West Africa.
Before joining HRW in 2011, she held positions as editor, host and reporter with Germany&rsquo;s biggest public broadcaster WDR, opened and managed the first German Press Agency office in South Korea.
She worked as an investigative reporter and editor for Die Zeit and as Asia editor and foreign correspondent for Der Spiegel, Europe&rsquo;s major investigative news magazine.
A German national, she came to South Africa in 1997 as Der Spiegel&rsquo;s Africa Correspondent.

The programme discusses current issues pertaining to South Africa and the continent as a whole. The talk show hosts various experts on interesting and important issues affecting Africa and the globe.

The programme discusses current issues pertaining to South Africa and the continent as a whole.

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Profiling Birgit Schwarz

The final state capture report has exposed a series of glaring gaps in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s testimony on the widespread looting of state resources.

It also showed that he lied when quizzed on the work of the high-level review panel on the State Security Agency.

In July 2019, former President Jacob Zuma took the stand at the state capture commission and insisted that he had no prior knowledge of the Guptas’ now infamous 2013 use of the Waterkloof military airbase. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has recommended that the country’s Constitution be changed to allow for the president to be directly elected. 

Professor David Monyae is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Director of the Centre for Africa, China Studies at the University of Johannesburg and Sanusha Naidu is from the Institute for Global Dialogue..

The final state capture report has exposed a series of glaring gaps in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s testimony on the widespread looting of state resources.
It also showed that he lied when quizzed on the work of the high-level review panel on the State Security Agency.
In July 2019, former President Jacob Zuma took the stand at the state capture commission and insisted that he had no prior knowledge of the Guptas’ now infamous 2013 use of the Waterkloof military airbase. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has recommended that the country’s Constitution be changed to allow for the president to be directly elected. 
Professor David Monyae is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science and Director of the Centre for Africa, China Studies at the University of Johannesburg and Sanusha Naidu is from the Institute for Global Dialogue..

Focus on final state capture report

In our money segment we look at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange how does it work.  Let’s now go to our lines and speak to Isaac Mamorobela he is a broker with Quick Trade.  

In our money segment we look at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange how does it work.  Let’s now go to our lines and speak to Isaac Mamorobela he is a broker with Quick Trade.

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The last edition of the state capture report was released this week.   
On 22 June 2022, the minister of health published a notice in the government gazette in terms of which regulations to contain the spread of Covid-19 relating to the wearing of face masks, gatherings and persons entering the country, have been repealed.     

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<li>The last edition of the state capture report was released this week.   </li>
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<li>On 22 June 2022, the minister of health published a notice in the government gazette in terms of which regulations to contain the spread of Covid-19 relating to the wearing of face masks, gatherings and persons entering the country, have been repealed.     </li>
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Profiling Birgit Schwarz

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