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The National Briefing

Built in Mzansi: How JSE has built an accelerator programme that has helped small businesses become investment-ready, embrace new technologies and scale their businesses into engines of inclusive economic growth. Guest: Vuyo Lee - Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

The realities and hardships surrounding repatriations in South Africa: the process of repatriation is often far more complex than many realise, involving legal procedures, human rights considerations, diplomatic cooperation and significant logistical challenges Guest: Jo Vearey, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the African Centre for Migration & Society at Wits University Guest: Malipo Lukandamiza Mbalanga, Human Rights Activist and African Refugee and Migrants Aid Director

About 2,500 migrants were processed and repatriated over the weekend, as hundreds more continue to stream through the Beitbridge Border Post in Musina, Limpopo. There was also chaos at Epping Repatriation Centre in Cape Town where hundreds of migrants are said to have spent nights outside while women and babies slept inside the Home Affairs offices. Guest: Thulani Mavuso - Spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs

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Today marks exactly a year since KZN Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi held a press briefing where he revealed explosive information of the involvement of high profile politicians and senior police leadership in corruption. How has this changed the Police department? Guest: Jabu Mabena - Deputy spokesperson for the South African Police Union

Reality Check with Abongile Xhantini: The Diversity We Still Don't See - South Africa has become increasingly comfortable discussing race, gender and representation. Guest: Abongile Xhantini - Founder of NPO Holding Albus, Veritas Inclusion Advisory a South African and International Advisory.

Today marks exactly a year since KZN Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi held a press briefing where he revealed explosive information of the involvement of high profile politicians and senior police leadership in corruption. What has changed and is corruption being rooted out? Guest: Lebogang Ramafoko - Executive Director of Corruption Watch

New research from Stellenbosch University and Erasmus University suggests the loss of the Child Support Grant is linked to a decline in adolescents' mental health, raising important questions about social protection and youth wellbeing. Guest: Professor Marisa von Fintel - associate professor in the department of economics at Stellenbosch University

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