The National Briefing

Guest: Jacob Maroga, former Eskom CEO What formal powers does the Electricity Minister have?        

The Democratic Alliances Dr Mpho Phalatse says that she wants to make a return as the Mayor of Johannesburg, since the city currently doesn’t have a Mayor  Guest: Mpho Phalatse, DA mayoral candidate for City of Johannesburg  

  Guest: Samkele Maseko, SABC Political reporter Yesterday, during a press conference on the outcomes of the ANC NEC meeting, ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said that if it means soldiers must be deployed to fight crime, that should happen  

SADTU KwaZulu Natal is noting with grave concern the unfortunate circumstances that most schools find themselves in with regards to the non-delivery of food items for the National School Nutrition Programme Guest: Nomarashiya Caluza (Provincial Secretary) SADTU KZN        

Guest: Mpho Phalatse, DA mayoral candidate for City of Johannesburg The Democratic Alliances Dr Mpho Phalatse says that she wants to make a return as the Mayor of Johannesburg, since the city currently doesn’t have a Mayor      

Guest: Professor Christopher Isike, Director, African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria US President Joe Biden says that he is going to run for a second term in office at the age of eighty and he’s looking for another four years as the president of the US.      

Guest: Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Acting Head of the Department of History and Political Studies: Nelson Mandela University Yesterday the ANC first said we would stay in the International Criminal Court, then Fikile Mbalula said we would leave, then President Cyril Ramaphosa said we would leave. Now the President says we will stay in the ICC. Guest: Sanusha Naidu - Senior Research Fellow: Institut...

Guest:  Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Africa Update Report: 26 April 2023;  1. Sudan - Khartoum, U.N refugee agency has warned of further displacement of people and patients are also stranded in Khartoum's hospitals ; 2. Tanzania-Dodoma, The international monetary fund (IMF) has approved the first review of Tanzania's three-year extended cr...

Guest: Morné Mostert, AfriForum's manager for Local Government Affairs Guest: Prof. Sampson Mamphweli, Head of the Energy Secretariat at the South African National Energy Development Institute Guest: Vally Padayachee, Chairman of the Management Committee of the NRS Association of SA and former executive manager of Eskom Mediated Conversation: Last week, a high court judge in Johannesburg ruled tha...

Guest: Dr. Bongani Diako, Postbank spokesperson Postbank Introduces a New Way to Pay SASSA Social Grants Without a Card.        

Guest: Lerothodi Leeuw, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape NASA releases architecture for human exploration of the moon and Mars.      

Guest: Professor David Mosoma, chairperson of the CRL Rights Commission The CRL Rights Commission is hosting a three-day National Customary Initiation Indaba from the 24 -26th of April 2023 which aims to address the high rates of deaths and other challenges at initiation schools.      

Guest: Retief Odendaal - Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been hit by deliberate lockouts and blackouts since Friday after workers shut down the city to protest against the suspension of their colleagues    

Guest: Prof Mbaimbai Hlati - President of the SADC Unified Ancestor Traditional Practitioners' Association Police now believe that the two kids that were mutilated last week in Soweto are possible victims of ritual killings          

  Guest: Dr Shaheda Omar - Clinical Director – Teddy Bear Foundation Guest: Onica Makwakwa - Director Of The Wise Collective Gerhard Ackerman found guilty of rape, sexual exploitation of children and helping the lawyer Paul Kennedy to have unprotected sex with teenage boys while knowing he was HIV positive.  

Guest: Mntomuhle Khawula, IFP KZN Spokesperson on Education The National Department of Basic Education is now investigating how the KZN Education Department was able to make such a mess of the tender to provide meals at five thousand schools in the province.        

Guest: Sandile Swana, Political analyst There was confirmation last night that the Al Jama-Ah Mayor of Joburg Thapelo Amad has resigned - ahead of a confidence vote against him in the council this morning  

Guest: Roland Henwood, political scientist: University of Pretoria The Chinese Ambassador to France - Lu Shaye said in a television interview that former soviet countries don’t have effective status in international law sparking outrage        

Guest: Andrew Ardington, founder of the Regenerative Agriculture Association of SA Cane growers’ particularity in KZN are now being forced to accept lower payments for their harvest - because of the Tongaat Hulett mess. The sugar company is in business rescue after a massive accounting scandal    

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Afrika Update Report : 25 April 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Developments on Sudan-military confrontation as Egypt and South Africa began their evacuating operation including diplomats and nationals;2. Ethiopia- Tanzania, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has endorsed the government and Oromo rebels to h...

Guest: Stacey Jacobs, Researcher at Equal Education Researcher Guest: Dr. Edzani Mphaphuli, Executive Director for Grow Great Campaign. Guest: Neo Sediti, Director: National School Nutrition Programme at DBE Mediated Conversation: hundreds of thousands of children didn’t received the food they were supposed to get through the school nutrition programme in KZN.    

Guest: Dr Snuki Zikalala - ANC Veterans League convenor Ahead of the 2024 elections, the ANC Veterans League has been suggesting that instead of working with the EFF, the ANC should work with the DA        

Guest: Prof. Alex van den Heever, Chair: Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the University of Witwatersrand Corruption at Tembisa Hospital: What does this mean for the proposed NHI?            

Guest: Dr. Gerhard Verdoorn, Operations and Stewardship Manager at CropLife SA There are now reports that there is a major outbreak of cockroaches in Gauteng.          

Guest: Redge Nkosi, Executive Director of Firstsource Money There are reports in the Sunday Times that almost four hundred million rand flowed through South Africa in hundreds of small payments - and may have allowed the terrorist group ISIS to move money around