The National Briefing

    Guest: Genevieve Quintal, Media and Communications Officer, Amnesty International SA

    Guest: John Steenhuisen, DA leader

    Guest: Roland Henwood, Political Scientist: University of Pretoria

    Guest: Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies

    Afrika Update Report: 19 June 2023; 1. Russia-Ukraine-Africa Peace Mission; President Matamela Ramaphosa urged both Russia and Ukraine Presidents that the war must end and be settled through negotiations and diplomatic means; 2. Mali-Bamako, Colonel Assimi Goita has called Malians to remain united whatever the outcome of the constitutional referendum; 3.Sierra Leone -Freetown , ECOWAS has appr...

    Guest: Samkele Maseko, SABC Political Reporter

Guest: Thato “TT” Mbha, founder of Amatyma Dads Guest: Thato and Tumi Mbha

Guest: Tessa Dooms, Director of Programmes at the Rivonia Circle

    Guest: Dr. Blade Nzimande, Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister

    Guest: Godfrey Lebeya, National Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation

Guest: Duma Gqubule - founding director at the Centre for Economic Development and Transformation

    Afrika Update Report Extended : 16 June 2023; 1. Liberia-Soweto, Liberia will be joining the global celebration of the Day of the Afrikan Child today under the theme " Promoting Digital Literacy and Security for Every Liberian Child"; 2. Afrika-Russia-Ukraine, The Afrikan Heads of States peace mission begins today in Kyiv and Moscow and ends on Sunday, 18 June 2023; 3. Sierra Leone-Freetown, S...

Guest: Prof Loren Landhau, Professor of Migration and Development at the University of Oxford and Research Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand

Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Politics Reporter

Guest: Prof Jon Patricios, Sports Physician & Professor of Sport & Exercise Medicine, Wits Faculty of Health Sciences International expert panel have revised the management of concussion in sport for optimal care of athletes at all levels of participation.    

Guest: Steve Mabona, Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson #2024OnlineAdmissionGP application period for Grade 1 & 8 begins today at 8am. Applications will be from 15 June 2023 - 14 July 2023, visit: https://www.gdeadmissions.gov.za    

Guest: Dr Guy Lamb, criminologist: University of Stellenbosch The Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela says that the number of murders in the province in the first quarter the year went up to 1556 - while the number of rape cases went down.    

Guest: Jasmine Opperman, Private Security Analyst There appears to be more and more concerns about the fact that people linked to terrorist groups like ISIS or Islamic state are using South Africa and our financial system to move money around  

Guest: Dada Morero, City of Johannesburg Finance MMC The council in the City of Joburg has now voted to pass the city’s budget of eight point nine billion rand - which means that the city will not be put into administration by the province of Gauteng.    

Guest: Matthew Parks, COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator COSATU welcomes the release of draft legislation to allow workers early access to their pension funds by National Treasury    

Guest: Charlotte Powell, City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management spokesperson In Cape Town, people in informal settlements have had to leave their homes - because of flooding - people with children say they have nowhere to go after flooding in Strand, Mfuleni, Gugulethu and Khayalitsha    

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs Afrika Update Report: 15 June 2023; 1. Sudan- Djibouti, The 14th ordinary session of the IGAD assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted four point action plan to resolve the ongoing Sudan crisis

Guest: Gustavo De Carvalho, Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko says his country has now received three tactical nuclear weapons from Russia - and that these bombs are three times more powerful than the bombs used by the Americans on Hirosh...

Mediated Conversation: The History of Shaka Zulu   Guest: Dan Wylie, Professor in the English department at Rhodes University Guest: Professor Musa Xulu, Executive Director of the Heritage Development Trust Guest: Hlonipha Mokoena, associate professor at the wits institute for social and economic research and advisor for Shaka Ilembe series

Guest: Ron Watermeyer, Visiting Adjunct Professor School of Construction Economics and Management, University of the Witwatersrand Guest: William Gumede, associate professor at the School of Governance of the University of the Witwatersrand Guest: Gundo Maswime, University of Cape Town Civil Engineering Lecturer Mediated Conversation: why do government projects take so long to be completed?