We continue getting reaction on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament Address. While outlining the seventh administration's priorities, the President also touched on food and petrol prices, stating that more food items will be added to the exempt foods list and government will look at the petrol price model and see what changes can be made there. Former statistician general, Pali Lehohla joins me on the line to unpack this…



GUEST: Pali Lehohla, Former Stats SA Statistician General

We continue getting reaction on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament Address. While outlining the seventh administration's priorities, the President also touched on food and petrol prices, stating that more food items will be added to the exempt foods list and government will look at the petrol price model and see what changes can be made there. Former statistician general, Pali Lehohla joins me on the line to unpack this…
 
GUEST: Pali Lehohla, Former Stats SA Statistician General

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Opening of Parliament Address reaction: Exemption on food items, petrol model etc.

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's address at the opening of Parliament. Amnesty International South Africa says the new administration must demonstrate its ability to provide basic services and uphold human rights for all residents of South Africa. This as they argue that service delivery in the country has been severely compromised by corruption and poor policy implementation - among other things.



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Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's address at the opening of Parliament. Amnesty International South Africa says the new administration must demonstrate its ability to provide basic services and uphold human rights for all residents of South Africa. This as they argue that service delivery in the country has been severely compromised by corruption and poor policy implementation - among other things. 
 
GUEST: Genevieve quintal

Amnesty International South Africa says the new administration must demonstrate its ability to provide basic services and uphold human rights for all residents of South Africa.

Earlier today, KZN Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi gave an update on the state of policing in the province. The presser focused on crime analysis, arrests, as well as progress on high-profile cases, among others. This press conference happens a day after a SARS lawyer, Advocate Coreth Naude, linked to high-profile matters in Durban was shot while driving in uMhlanga. SARS Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, termed the attack an attempted assassination.



GUEST: Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KZN Police Commissioner

Earlier today, KZN Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi gave an update on the state of policing in the province. The presser focused on crime analysis, arrests, as well as progress on high-profile cases, among others. This press conference happens a day after a SARS lawyer, Advocate Coreth Naude, linked to high-profile matters in Durban was shot while driving in uMhlanga. SARS Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, termed the attack an attempted assassination.
 
GUEST: Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KZN Police Commissioner

KZN Police update on the state of policing in the province

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the Opening of Parliament Address yesterday, outlining the seventh administration's priorities. One of the priorities of the GNU administration happens to be income poverty which the president spoke about last night, mentioning that the SRD grant is one of the interventions our government introduced to support the unemployed. We get reaction on this from Institute for Economic Justice’s Neil Colema…



GUEST: Neil Coleman, Senior Policy Specialist at the Institute for Economic Justice

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the Opening of Parliament Address yesterday, outlining the seventh administration's priorities. One of the priorities of the GNU administration happens to be income poverty which the president spoke about last night, mentioning that the SRD grant is one of the interventions our government introduced to support the unemployed. We get reaction on this from Institute for Economic Justice’s Neil Colema…
 
GUEST: Neil Coleman, Senior Policy Specialist at the Institute for Economic Justice

Opening of Parliament Address reaction: Exemption on food items, petrol model etc.

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