The National Briefing

  Guest: Lirandzu Themba, Police Minister Spokesperson Police Minister Bheki Cele to deploy the tactical response team "Amaberete" in Majola, Eastern Cape after Around 22 people have been killed since August 2021 to date by gunmen    

Guest: Mmoloki Cwaile: Chair: North West Legislature Committee on Community Safety and Transport Management The Committee on Community Safety and Transport Management chair has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to conduct an investigation into the North West department of community safety and transport management after squandering more than R100...

Guest: Ishmael Mnisi, The Department of Higher Education spokesperson A second body guard to Fort Hare Vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu was killed over the weekend    

Guest: Eldred de Klerk, Senior Associate, Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis Guest: Richard Mamabolo, POPCRU spokesperson In Gauteng, today is the second day on duty for around four thousand new crime prevention wardens - people who have been appointed by the province to try and stop crime in communities.    

Guest: Dr Sean Phillips, Director General, Department of Water and Sanitation The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on mining houses that have not registered their dams on the department’s database to submit their information in order to ensure compliance with dam safety regulations.        

Guest: Adv Sipho Mantula, UNISA Thabo Mbeki Leadership School

Guest: Reuben Maleka, Public Servants Association Spokesperson The Public Servants Association of SA says workers are in a difficult position 29 years after democracy.        

Guest: Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers It seems that a group of South Africans trying to get out of Sudan are now stuck on a boat - because they don’t have the right travel documents to get into Egypt  

Guest: Zeenat Adam, Deputy Executive Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre T urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that his country’s security forces have killed the leader of Islamic State - Abu Hussein Al-Quarashi - in Syria      

Guest: Anthony Waldhausen, Chairperson of Msunduzi Association of Residents, Ratepayers and Civics The Msunduzi Association of Residents, Ratepayers and Civics says that the city of Pietermaritzburg deteriorate significantly and that it is sad how the CBD has become degraded and is falling apart.        

People’s Mediated

Guest: Vuyo Zungula, president of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) African Transformation Movement President Vuyo Zungula has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and a number of Ministers, seeking clarity on the matter of the UAE President who landed on a reported R20M run way that he built himself.      

How are South Africans coping with the rising cost of living? Guest: Miyelani Mkhabela, economist: Antswisa Management Group  

Parties Align to Begin Talks to Provide Joburg with an Alternative Guest: Michael Beaumont - ActionSA Chairperson             07:54 The Children’s Institute and the Legal Resources Centre and Sassa, have developed a guide to help parents and caregivers without Home Affairs documentation to apply for Sassa grants   Guest: Cecile van Skalkwyk, attorney at Legal Resources Centre      

April Freedom Day: Apartheid continues in the economic deprivations of South Africa’s Working Class 29 years after the end of Apartheid regime. Guest: Mametlwe Sebei, President of the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa  

Guest: Steven Gruzd, Head of African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). What would happen if South Africa decides to pull out of the International Criminal Court        

The Children’s Institute and the Legal Resources Centre and Sassa, have developed a guide to help parents and caregivers without Home Affairs documentation to apply for Sassa grants   Guest: Cecile van Skalkwyk, attorney at Legal Resources Centre      

The Assistant Editor of Politics and Opinions at News24 Qaanitah Hunter says that President Ramaphosa’s International Criminal Court faux pas is a symptom of his spineless leadership style   Guest: Qaanitah Hunter - Assistant Editor of Politics and Opinions at News24

Guest: Alan Winde - The Western Cape Premier The Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has now said that that if Putin comes to Western Cape, LEAP officers will be instructed to arrest him        

Guest: Layton Beard, Automobile Association (AA) Spokesperson fuel outlook mixed for May with consumers still under pressure, says the Automobile Association      

Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state.        

Mediated Conversation: the importance of preserving heritage sites, their role in democratic South Africa and who is responsible to take care of them? Guest: Prof. Michelle Le Roux, Adjunct Professor at the Law School of the University of Cape Town Guest: Flo Bird, Chairperson Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Guest: Prof. Pitika Ntuli – Cultural Analyst  

Mediated Conversation: how does the law profession treat female advocates? Guest: Prof. Michelle Le Roux, Adjunct Professor at the Law School of the University of Cape Town Guest: Asanda Ngoasheng, Diversity trainer and political analyst Guest: Adv. Brenda Madumise, Wise Collective Director Guest: Mawande Seti-baza – Practising Advocate: Pan African Bar Association of South Africa

Guest: Molefi Thupane, newly elected Mayor of Mogale City African Transformation Movement (ATM) councilor Molefi Thupane has been elected as the new mayor of the Mogale City Municipality.        

Guest: Jan Vermeulen, Editor at Mybroadband Google’s AI tool can now code in more than 20 languages.