Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Zed News Podcast episode 261: UNZA staff threaten strike, AI potential for life sciences, Fashion Sakala extends contract, and PF MPs challenge expulsion. Covering events from July 11th, 2024, this episode features UNZA lecturers protesting for unpaid wages, the Human Rights Commission criticizing the arrest of load-shedding protesters, and the potential of AI to revolutionize life sciences in Africa. Fashion Sakala signs a contract extension with Al Fayha, and PF MPs challenge their expulsion in court. The episode also explores the impact of prolonged load-shedding on the telecommunications sector, and President Hakainde Hichilema's call for an investigation into the Financial Intelligence Centre's latest report on money laundering and terrorism financing.

Episode notes 📋

Overview 📈

Presenter

This episode was presented by Ayanda.

Locale

English (South Africa)

Production time

It took 5 minutes, 3 seconds to produce this episode.

Audio file

The size of the audio file is 6.01 MB. Running time is 6 minutes, 31 seconds.

Word count

916 words. This means that the presenter spoke at a rate of 141 words per minute.

Article count

21 articles from 3 sources. See below for more details.

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