The National Briefing

People's Mediated

Guest: Nazeem Hardy, President of the Library and Information Association of South Africa Why are so many libraries closed on weekends?        

From enormous elephants to tiny shrews: how mammals shape and are shaped by Africa’s landscapes.   Guest: Ara Monadjem, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Eswatini  

Guest: Zwonaka Netshifulani, researcher and resident of Joburg CBD what’s it like living in the Joburg Central Business District?      

Guest: Joe Carrim, South African Table Tennis Board President The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals will be a landmark occasion in the history of table tennis, as it marks the first time in over 80 years that the event will be held on African soil    

Guest: Prof. Patrick Bond, Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg In the US president Joe Biden has cut short a trip to Asia to go back home to try and deal with the US debt crisis - essentially - the US is risking defaulting on trillions of dollars of loans.      

Guest: Ngwako Makaepea, Deputy Director General: Rail Transport at the Department of Transport There was a comment this week by the Transport Minister Sindiswa Chikunga that Rail Sevices in the Western Cape will not be devolved to the City of Cape Town or the province at this stage.  

Guest: Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli – Eastern Cape Provincial Spokesperson SA Police Services A missing five-year-old boy from Cradock in the Eastern Cape past weekend was found locked in a classroom at a school for three days was found naked in freezing weather and with his head covered in paint      

Guest: George Mahlangu, IEC Head of Political Party Funding The IEC says it might not be properly prepared for 2024 elections if court challenges by civil organizations go ahead      

Guest: Dr. Sean Muller, Senior Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study University of Johannesburg The Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande is still considering the implications of a report by a professor that found the university of South Africa - Unisa should be placed under administration      

More bad news from Eskom with predictions of stage five load shedding for literally all of winter - and Eskom saying yesterday that in a worst case scenario there could be stage 8 load shedding for two whole months - July and August. Guest: Hilton Trollip, Independent Energy Consultant      

Guest: Dr. Trevor Ngwane - Centre for Sociological Research and Practice, University of Johannesburg Why do we have more protests in winter than in summer?  

Guest: Selby Leshaba, one of the organizers and the EXCO member of the community a two-day shutdown in Fleurhof and Florida is underway to protest against illegal mining, lack of infrastructure, and poor service delivery.        

Guest: Gwen Ansell, Independent Music Writer National anthems: how composers in South Africa and India are reimagining them.      

Guest: Piet Le Roux - Sakeliga CEO Sakeliga demand immediate withdrawal of draft regulations on employment equity      

Guest: Zolile Williams, Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) The Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to visit the areas affected by heavy rains over the weekend in Nelson Mandela Bay      

Guest: Cas Coovadia, CEO of Business Unity South Africa It’s emerged Business Leadership SA paid R18-million for the private investigation into Eskom. Andre de Ruyter asked the BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso to help investigate corruption at Eskom. She was also a board member of Eskom at the time      

Guest: Benedicta van Minnen, Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Andre de Ruyter was more interested in gossip and his book than fixing Eskom when speaking to parlimanetary’s standing committee on public accounts yesterday      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 18 May 2023; 1.Sudan - Khartoum, The United Nations estimates that more than $3 billion is needed for humanitarian aid and refugees in Sudan ; 2.Libya-Tripoli, Libya's east-based parliament votes to suspend Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga yesterday; 3.DR Congo-Kinshasha, Ca...

Guest: Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, Professor of Climate Change and Water Systems: UKZN The World Meteorological Organisation is warning that we are now entering a phase where global temperatures are going to rise dramatically in the next five years        

Guest: Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC) The ANC says it’s meeting with the US ambassador to SA Rueben Brigety were cordial after he claimed that South Africa sold weapons to Russia for Russia to use in Ukraine      

Guest: Robyn Pasensie, Party Funding Researcher at My Vote Counts My Vote Counts launches a court application to amend the Political Party Funding Act.        

Guest: Nomzamo Zondo – Executive Director: Socio-Economic Rights Institute The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) has now condemned the unlawful raids and war on the poor by City of Joburg Acting Mayor, Kenny Kunene. they call upon the City to rectify its course and refrain from unlawful conduct      

Guest: Sean Phillips, Director General Department of Water and Sanitation The Department of Water and Sanitation say it has nearly R600 million has been repaid from two problematic contracts during Nomvula Mokonyane, former Minister of Water and Sanitation    

Guest: Prof. Kathy Myburgh - research chair in Integrative Skeletal Muscle Physiology, Biology and Biotechnology in Stellenbosch University's Department of Physiological Sciences Valuable exchange of expertise on extracellular vesicle research