The National Briefing

Guest: Zanele Modise, Equal Education’s Head of National Organising Guest: Prof. Peter Goss, Advisor: Corporate Governance & Forensic Audit Investigation   Guest: Masego Khutsoane, founder and CEO of Procurementor Mediated Conversation:  Should there be just one supplier for the school nutrition programme?    

Guest: Foster Mohale, Health Department spokesperson The Department of Health has noted an announcement by the World Health Organization that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.      

Guest: Dr. Mpho Phalatse, Democratic Alliance (DA) caucus leader in Johannesburg On Friday, the City of Joburg got a new mayor - Kabelo Gwamanda from Al Jama-ah, the Democratic Allaince claims that Gwamanda was involved in a scam that ripped off people    

Guest: Bret Herron, Good Party Secretary General. Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has acceded to a request from GOOD Party MP Brett Herron to schedule an urgent debate on the failed extradition of persons implicated in corruption.      

Guest: Paseka Letsatsi, SASSA Spokesperson There was a rush over the weekend by people receiving social grants to try and renew their SASSA gold cars - because they were due to expire - but now it appears the life of the cards is being extended.      

Guest: Stavros Nicolaou, Board member of Busa and senior executive for Strategic Trade Development at Aspen Pharmacare Group. Business Unity South Africa says that they support the establishment of the NHI fund.        

  Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor at City of Cape Town City reflects on five months of Gunshot detection technology        

Guest: Makhudu Sefara, Editor of TimesLIVE and Deputy Editor of SundayTimes Well later this week we should find out how the national prosecuting authority intends to appeal the verdict in the Nulane case - the case that was described as the blueprint for state capture        

Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand In India Manupur, at least fifty-five people have been killed and nearly three hundred hurt - while twenty-three thousand people have been evacuated from the area - after ethnic violence between two different groups      

Guest:  Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA Afrika Update Report: 8 May 2023; 1. Sudan- Egypt- US, The Arab League begins negotiations between Sudan's warring sides in Cairo this weekend amidst Sanctions from USA ; 3. Mali-Bamako, The military government has announced the date of the constitutional referendum for next month ;4. Burundi-...

Guest: Vally Padayachee, currently the Chairman of the Management Committee of the NRS Association of SA and formerly an executive manager of Eskom and formerly a senior executive of City Power Johannesburg The organisation which manages the specifications for load shedding has now made plans from what happens after stage eight load shedding      

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi, South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary There was a ruling on Friday in the High Court in Tshwane which says that government has sixty days to prevent places like hospitals, schools and police stations from suffering from load shedding.    

Guest: Bharti Patel, National Executive Director at the South African Mental Health Federation There is a new National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2030 but experts concerned over implementation.    

Guest: Sihle Zikalala, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure commenced a programme to rehabilitate small harbours in the country. He is in SALDANHA- where half a billion has been injected to improve the harbour and will also visit Houtbay.          

Peoples Mediated

Guest:  Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 3 May 2023; 1. Sudan -Khartoum, the warring parties in Sudan have agrees to a seven-day truce begin tomorrow and who is behind the mediation process now? 2. Ghana -Japan, The Japanese Prime minister Kishida Fumio and President Nana Akufo-Addo have agreed to align their...

Guest: Karam Singh, Executive Director at Corruption Watch There’s been confirmation from the NPA that it will now appeal the verdict in the Nulane case - which was described as the blue print for state capture        

Guest: Jan Hattingh, Chief Director: Local Government Budget Analysis at National Treasury of South Africa The National Treasury has now told defaulting municipalities that they should cut power to consumers that don't pay      

Guest: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst based at the University of Dundee In the UK many people are now preparing for the coronation of their king - king Charles the third - in a ceremony that will be marked by pageantry and ceremony.          

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: Siphosethu Ngcobo, Secretary-General of the Inkatha Freedom Party The IFP wants to root out party members who are not wearing regalia with the face of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi.        

Guest: Dr. Mvuyisi Mzukwa, Chairperson: South African Medical Association The South African Medical Association is calling for an audit of food supplies at Gauteng hospitals as the 3rd largest hospital in the world, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital faces a food shortage.  

Guest: Ayanda Sishi Wigzell, freelance journalist   Guest: Professor Irene Labuschagne, Principle Dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre at Stellenbosch University. Guest: Victorine Mbong Shu – Involved Parenting Conversationalist and Author Mediated Conversation: There has been a frenzy over a drink called Prime. What do we know about it?  

Guest: Pearl Kgalegi, Head of Currency Management at South African Reserve Bank South Africa’s new currency will start co-circulating with the old currency in the economy from today.        

Guest: Nhlanhla Khumalo, Acting CEO of Tourism KZN Client editorial: Kwazulu-Natal will be hosting Africa’s Travel Indaba from 9 to 11 May at the Durban ICC