The National Briefing

Guest: Mgwebu Msiya, Eastern Cape Liquor Board spokesperson The Eastern Cape Liquor Board said it will double down on underage drinking as high school learners plan their annual "pens down" after Eyobeni tragedy.        

Guest: Peter Mbelengwa, Director of External Communications at the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Forestry, Fisheries and Environment deploys second team of 200 firefighters to fight wildfires in Alberta, Canada    

Guest: Azar Jamminne, Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix Four of the most Senior Politicians in the US - from both the Democratic and Republican parties have now written to the US Secretary of State and the President - asking them to move the AGOA summit from South Africa  

Guest: Khanyisa Mapipa, Health Rights Attorney act SECTION27 Lack of urgency as Gauteng Health sits on money earmarked to outsource urgent cancer treatment.  

Guest: Kabelo Gwamanda, Executive mayor for the City of Joburg how difficult is to be the Mayor of the City of Joburg?        

Ayanda Sishi-Wigzell from Johannesburg and Sibongiseni Buthelezi from Braamfischerville in Soweto have been selected for the SAfm Youth Day Takeover  

Guest: Ralph Mathekga, Analyst Suspended Public Protector Mkhwebane released a series of audio recordings, she says shows that the deceased ANC MP Joemet-Petterson met with her husband - and tried to extort money for him - in return for ending the inquiry into her fitness for office        

Guest: Dr. Janeli Kotze, Acting Director for Early Childhood Development at Department of Basic Education why do millions of kids in SA don’t have access to Early Childhood Development?            

Guest: Steven Gruzd, Head: African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) In Ukraine, soldiers from both Russia and Ukraine are reporting intense fighting along the border of Ukraine’s Donetsk region - with what appears to be a Ukrainian counteroffensive underway  

The City of Cape Town says it can’t build some of its infrastructure properly - and will lose an infrastructure grant worth R58.8 million - because the construction mafia is holding them to ransom Guest: Rob Quintas, City of Cape Town Urban Mobility MMC

Guest: Professor Usuf Chikte, Spokesperson of Judge Desai Last week the Judicial Conduct Committee of the Judicial Service Commission issued a reprimand for the retired Judge Siraj Desai - for involving himself in political controversy by signing a document condemning or criticising Israel and its policies towards Palestinians.        

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs Afrika Update Report: 14 June 2023; 1. Congo-Brazzaville- Ivory Coast, President Denis Sassou Ngueso says Afrika cannot stay silent on Russia-Ukraine war during his three day state visit in Ivory Coast; 2.Eritrea-Asmara, Eritrea rejoins East Afrika bloc IGAD after 16 years as a sign towards peace,stability and reg...

Guest: Songezo Zibi, RISE Mzansi leader RISE Mzansi says that SA problems are not caused by technical problems or a lack of skills - but are caused by what they call political decay and that #2024IsOur1994    

Guest: Dr. Mvuyisi Mzukwa, Chair South African Medical Association Guest: Dr. Nicholas Crisp, Deputy Director General: National Health Insurance · National Department of Health, South Africa Guest: Professor Frikkie Booysen, Chair of Health Economics at Wits University Mediated Conversation: is SA ready for NHI?    

Guest: Prof. Katja Koeppel, Associate Professor Wildlife Health at University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria's Veterinary Sciences team has performed a beak transplant on vulture.    

Guest: Jessica Blom, Programme Manager at Centre for Early Childhood Development The Western Cape Education Department has now confirmed that there are 2 755 unregistered early childcare development (ECD) sites in the province.    

Guest: Sibongie Besani, Head Presidency for the ANC The Head of Presidency in the ANC Sibongile Besani says that President Ramaphosa is the right leader for the country at this moment    

Guest: Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Johannesburg Ace Magashule has been expelled from the ANC. He was found guilty of trying to suspend the leader of the ANC - President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021 - when he himself was about to be suspended by the National Executive Committee    

Guest: Francois Vreÿ, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University There’s been a warning from an emeritus professor of military science at Stellenbosch University that our country faces the possibility of what he calls a flash revolution - because government is not able to provide basic services    

Guest: Prof Christopher Isike, Director for African Centre for the Study of the United States at University of Pretoria. In the US former President Donald Trump will appear in court there today - and become the first former president ever indicted on federal charges.        

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs   Afrika Update Report: 12 June 2023; 1. Sudan- Khartoum, Shelling and gunfire resumed yesterday as 24-hour ceasefire ends and Egypt introduces entry Visa for all Sudanese; 2. Somalia- Mogadishu, Six civilians have been killed and Ten others wounded in hotel siege (Pearl beach hotel)  in Somalia as Al Shabaab clai...

Guest: Chris De Kock, Independent Crime Analyst There was confirmation yesterday that the National Prosecuting Authority has now withdrawn the criminal charges against six men who had been linked to that shooting in a tavern in Nomzamo in Soweto last year - that led to sixteen people being killed    

Guest: Prof. Samson Mamphweli, Head of the Energy Secretariat at the South African National Energy Development Institute Why has Eskom been implementing lower stages of load-shedding?      

Guest: Professor Andre Thomashausen - Unisa Professor Emeritus of International Law   Guest: Dr. Atilla Kisla, International Justice Cluster Lead at Southern Africa Litigation Centre   Guest: Bayethe Mswazi, President Of The Black Lawyers Association Mediated Conversation:  How does the International Criminal Court work, and how is it domesticated into our law?    

Guest: Edmund Wessels, Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalist South African engineer, Edmund Wessels, has been named a finalist for this year’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation by the Royal Academy of Engineering