The National Briefing

Guest: Anele Gxoyiya, Commissioner of Public Service Commission According to the Public Service Commission, South African taxpayers coughed up R25 million for 167 suspended public servants where some have been sitting at home for nearly three years        

Guest: Pierre Gildenhuys, Forensic Investigator Facebook Rapist and Murderer is on the run after escaping the private Mangaung prison. how difficult is it going to be to track them down?    

Guest: Mzi Khumalo, MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs The City of Tshwane still does not have a mayor - and while there is due to be a mayoral election again today - yesterday the council was unable to meet to consider a confidence vote in the speaker  

Guest: Rusell Rensburg - Director of Rural Health Advocacy Project There are now reports that patients who go to the Livingstone hospital in Gqeberha with broken bones are being told they cannot be fixed there because the metal pins used in the bones are not available        

 Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Africa Update Report: 28 March 2023; 1.Nigeria- Abuja, Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered themselves up to the military authorities; 2.Kenya - Nairobi, A huge number of unknown persons have stormed the family farm of Kenya's former president Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday ; 3. Zambia- USA, The U...

Guest: Hendrick Makaneta, Education Activist at Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa The Minister of Basic Education has now revealed that 191 cases of sexual misconduct were reported to SACE and four teachers were struck off the roll.      

Guest: Ebrahim Deen - Independent Researcher In Lebanon, people woke up in two rival time zones, amid a row between political and religious authorities over when clocks should go forward.        

Guest: Ruth Hopkins, Investigative Journalist There are now reports that in private Mangaung prison where Facebook Rapist Thabo Bester escaped, prisoners were tortured and neglected in the past      

Guest: Adv. Brenda Madumise, Director of The Wise Collective Facebook Rapist and Murderer is on the run after escaping the private Mangaung prison. How worried should people be about this man?    

Guest: Desmond Latham, Aviation Expert Rising Airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024  

Guest: Trevor John's, Human Rights Activist in Uganda Guest: Peter Fabricius, Independent Journalist and analyst on foreign policy issues Guest: Busiswe Deyi, commissioner at Commission Gender Equality

Guest: Andrew Russell, Chairperson of SA Canegrowers Association SA Canegrowers Association seeks intervention as Gledhow enters business rescue  

The Department of Correctional Services has now confirmed that Facebook Rapist and Murderer Thabo Bester escaped from prison in 2022 Guest:Daniel Steyn, Journalist at GroundUp

Guest: Richard Mamabolo, POPCRU Spokesperson POPCRU has called for top prison officials to be investigated and held accountable for the escape of the notorious Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester, from prison in Mangaung  

Guest:Golden Mills Bhudu, President at South African Prisoners Organization for Human Rights The Department of Correctional Services has now confirmed that the Facebook rapist and Miurderer Thabo Bester escaped from prison in 2022  

Guest: Vuyani Ntabeni, President of Merafong Agents of Change and Councillor Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's new 800MW solar farm project set to take off in less than two weeks in Merafong, but residents there say they are in the dark about the project  

What is the cause of all these water problems in the City of Joburg? Guest: Thapelo Amad, City of Johannesburg Mayor

Africa Update: USA-Ghana-Tanzania-Zambia, US Vice President Kamala Harris promises greater investment in Africa as she began a week-long tour on the continent Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International :UNISA 

Guest: Tebogo Kaas, Chairperson of Public Interest SA Public Interest SA appalled by UK Government decision to reverse ban on Bain and Co.  

Guest: Patricia de Lille, Tourism Minister Tourism Minister Patricia de Lillle says that SA Tourism must cancel the Tottenham Hotspur deal.  

Guest: Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director at Afro-Middle East Centre In Israel,the Defense Minister Yoav gallant has become the first person to call for Netanyahu to scrap massive changes to the country's legal system that would see parliament being placed above judges and courts  

Guest: Dr. Charles Helm, Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University Fossilised goat zebra tracks found in SA.        

Guest: Kevin Allan, MD for Municipal IQ Section 139 and the implications of the mayoral vacancy in Tshwane.    

Guest: Hanifa Manda, Project Manager Campaign for Free Expression Campaign for free expressions launch Silent Killer report about how the public service regulations silence the voices of public health workers. Those who try to speak out are faced with disciplinary action, intimidation, or death.        

Peoples Mediated