The National Briefing

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, Director and Attorney at Dubazana attorneys Developments in the Thabo Bester case with the Magistrates court in Mangaung granting bail to just one of the five people accused of helping bester escape from the Mangaung correctional centre last year.        

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 30 May 2023; 1.Nigeria- Abuja, Nigeria's new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks after taking an oath and says" fuel subsidies are gone and he will defend the country from terror and criminality"; 2. Kenya-Russia,  Kenyan President William Samoei Arap Ruto had a suprise m...

Guest: Alan Winde, Premier of the Western Cape The Western Cape Energy Council has a new plan to assist municipalities reeling from load shedding. The city will be installing containerised solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and battery storage across the province.      

Guest: Dr. Sean Phillips, Director General of Water and Sanitation In Hammanskraal City of Tshwane, there are all sorts of claims that there is a water tanker mafia - could someone be making a big profit from this?      

Guest: Shereen Van Deventer, Wife to kidnapped victim Gerco van Deventer. Well there is now proof of life for the South African paramedic Gerco van Deventer - who is being held captive in Mali where is being held by the Al qeuda group        

Guest: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at Wits Guest: Peter Attard Montalto, leads on political economy, markets and the just energy transition at Intellidex Guest: Dr Azar Jammine - Chief Economist of Econometrix Mediated Conversation: what’s happening with the rand?    

Guest: Dr Ross Elliott, Senior Lecturer: Small Animal Surgery at the University of Pretoria University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science assistance with surgical intervention saves cheetah's life in East Africa    

Guest: Dr. Mphumeleli Ngidi, History lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal Zulu Prime Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi threatens to step down as the traditional prime minister of the Zulu nation      

Guest: Bongani Radebe, Acting CEO Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) Over the weekend, JOSHCO launched the Lufhereng Social Housing Project.    

Guest: Nkhetheni Muthavhi, SAMWU National Deputy General Secretary SAMWU concerned by several municipalities’ failure to pay May salaries on time, demands immediate payment of salaries.    

Guest: Matthew Cruise – Hohm Energy's Head of Business Intelligence There has now finally been confirmation over the powers that the minister in the presidency for electricity Kgosientso Ramakgopa will have - after the president officially conferred him with powers on Friday.      

Guest: Gary van Niekerk, Newly elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor from the Northern Alliance party, Gary van Niekerk elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay      

Guest: Mziwake Seleke Denosa North West Deputy Chairperson There’s been reports that new-born babies in the Mahikeng provincial hospital had been placed in cardboard boxes - instead of in incubators or cribs.      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 29 May 2023; 1. Nigeria-Abuja, Ruling party president-elect Bola Tinubu will be inaugurated today as Nigerians are looking at the economic turnaround; 2.Sudan-Khartoum, The ongoing conflict in  Sudan has left the banking sector in chaos and it's customers; 3.Somalia-Ugan...

Guest: Zeenat Adam, Deputy Executive Director Deputy Executive Director the Afro-Middle East Centre In Turkiye the president Recep Erdogan has managed to win the run off presidential election - taking 52% of the vote compared to his challenger Kemal Kilic-Daroglu who won just under 48%.        

Guest: Madoda Sambatha, North West Health MEC There’s been reports that new-born babies in the Mahikeng provincial hospital had been placed in cardboard boxes - instead of in incubators or cribs.      

Guest: Lambert de Klerk, Manager: environmental affairs, AfriForum The water samples taken by AfriForum and Save Ngwathe in the Vaal River at Parys on Tuesday tested positive for cholera. An accredited laboratory took water samples at various locations in this town under the supervision of a water specialist.    

Guest: Paul Esterhuizen, CEO of School-Days Interest rates: Many parents across the country are struggling to pay for school fees, and hikes in prices are showing no sign of slowing.    

Guest: Mu Ngcolosi, KZN Film Commission head of marketing and communications The KZN Film is inviting projects that are linked to governments priorities of job creation and creation of sustainable livelihoods for rural communities, youth, women and persons living with disabilities.      

Guest: Bataung Qhotsokoane, Editor in Chief at iAfrikan.com Why is StarLink by SA’s Elon Musk, a broadband satellite internet company not available in South Africa?      

Guest: Lisa Mangcu, Deputy Minister Transport Transport ministry on 2023 Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF)      

Guest: Sysman Motloung, Political Analyst: North West University The Ditsobotla Local Municipality says it can’t pay salaries to their employees      

Guest: Siboniso Duma, ANC KZN Provincial Chairperson The ANC in KZN has said they want a new statue of King Goodwill Zwelithini to be built in the Pietermaritzburg provincial legislature and to be higher than the statue of Queen Victoria in the city.  

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report:26 May 2023; 1.Ethiopia-Addis Ababa, Afrikan leaders calls to resist all forms of instrumentalisation and for the continent not to become a geostrategic battleground; 2.Guinea -Conakry, The 13th Thabo Mbeki Afrika day annual lecture will be held tommorow to critically exa...

Guest: Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Deputy Minister of Health The Health Ministry and Experts will this afternoon visit the Jubilee Regional Hospital in Hammanskraal as the number of laboratory-confirmed cases and morality rates increases to 21 in Gauteng, and 1 death in Free State.