The National Briefing

Guest: Nomzamo Zondo, Executive Director at Socio-economic Rights Institute of South Africa The Socio Economic Rights Institute says it’s in court in Joburg - asking a judge to stop members and leaders Operation Dudula from engaging in what it says is xenophobic and racist speech.    

Guest: Anthony Turton, Professor: Centre for Environmental Management at the University of Free State At least twenty-two people have died from cholera in Hammanskraal. Will this happen in other places?   

Guest: Nonkululeko Mntambo, Defend our Democracy Communications Officer The organisation Defend our Democracy says it’s holding an official launch as a movement tomorrow  

Guest: Makenosi Maroo, Rand Water Spokesperson Rand Water says that people in and around Ekurhuleni could be without proper water supplies from today until Monday evening    

Guest: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst and PhD candidate based at the University of Dundee In the UK another political storm has broken over the issue of immigration - and the number of people being allowed to live in that country.    

Guest: Dr. Fikile Vilakazi, Lecturer in Public Policy and Political Science at UKZN A councillor in KZN who defected from the DA to the ANC has failed to deliver a ward he once led to his new party in a by-election on Wednesday.    

Guest: Adv. Zanyiwe Nthatisi- Asare, CEO Digitally Legal Guest: Jan Vermuelan Editor of My Broadband Guest: Mukelani Dimba - Executive responsible for Education and Communication Information Regulator Mediated Conversation: how do you feel about spam calls?    

Guest: Nthatisi Modingoane, spokesperson for City of Joburg The City of Joburg says it will Extend library hours on Saturday & Sundays during exam times    

Guest: Prof. Guy Midgley, interim director of the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University  African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past      

Guest: Khangela Baloyi, NUM Energy Sector Coordinator Three unions at Eskom have rejected the embattled power utility's latest 4.5% wage increase offer.  

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams, programme coordinator at Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity If the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee raise interest rates again, what impact does this have on families?        

Guest: Professor Musa Xulu, Cultural Expert and Executive Director of the Heritage Development Trust  The king of the Amazulu people King Misizulu kaZwelithini says he is reaffirming his support for the new board of the ingonyama trust - amid claims that the traditional prime minister Prince Mangosuthu Bhuthelezi is unhappy with the new board.      

Guest: Carin Bosman - Director of Carin Bosman Sustainable Solution  In Hammanskraal an outbreak of cholera has claimed seventeen lives because of the failure of the Rooiwal sewage works        

Guest: Prof Andre Roux - Economist at Stellenbosch Business School Professor Andre Roux, an economist at the Stellenbosch Business School, says that recent events have strengthened the argument for another hike today – likely also at 50 basis points.        

Guest: Gustavo De Carvalho, Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA In Russia, the head of the mercenary force known as the Wagner Group has said that Russia could face another revolution if the country’s leaders don’t improve the way they’re handling the war in Ukraine.      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Special Report  (Afrika Liberation Day): 25 May 2023; 1. Ethiopia -Addis Ababa,  The Afrikan Union will commemorate Afrika  day through planting trees to mark the 60th anniversary, exhibitions and speeches from the current chairperson Azali Assoumani;  2. South Afrika- Cradle of...

Guest: Obankeng Ramabodu, EFF caucus leader in Tshwane council EFF councillors in the City of Tshwane yesterday tried to disrupt the Tshwane council meeting - they wanted officials to drink water from Hammanskraal        

Guest: Nkosinathi Sishi  Director-general for Higher Education and Training, The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”  

Mediated Conversation: Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the 2022-23 Premier Soccer League title, but why do we have empty soccer stadiums in SA?   Guest: Nkuleleko Nkewu -  iDiskiTV Founder Guest: Mpho Seopa, Co-ordinator of the National Football Supporters’ Association. Guest: Marks Maponyane – Football Legend and Sports Analyst  

Guest: Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”  

Guest: Shantel Kola, Beneficiary of National Student Fund The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”            

Guest: Tasneem Montara - Economic Development MEC  Economic Development MEC Tasneem Motara’s decision to fire the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) board has backfired after the Pretoria High Court ruled that the directors be reinstated. Judge Stanley Nyathi said Motara had no mandate from the provincial government, the agency’s main shareholder, to disband the GGDA board and that she h...

Guest: Brooks Spector – Associate Editor: The Daily Maverick Jean Carroll files for new damages after Trump’s CNN town hall remarks      

Guest: Clifford Mabe, Gauteng communication liaison officer for Gift of the Givers. Gift of the Givers delivers thousands of litres of drinking water to cholera-stricken Hammanskraal    

Guest: Dr Aslam Dasoo is convenor of the Progressive Health Forum The Progressive Health Forum says that it is time to personally sue the councillors who did nothing to prevent the cholera outbreak