The National Briefing

Zunaid Moti, founder of Moti Group

Mediated Conversation: Impact of International Criminal Gangs in Cape Town Guest: Heindrich Wyngaard, Executive Chairperson of Cape Forum Guest: Caryn Dolley, Journalist at the Daily Maverick  Guest: Eldred De Klerk, Senior policing and community conflict specialist at the Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis

Guest: Prof. Siphamandla Zondi, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Johannesburg   ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula says Russian President Vladimir Putin should “not feel belittled” if his BRICS Summit invitation is withdrawn.    

Guest: Prof. Anton Harbor, Executive Director, Campaign for Free Expression. Campaign for Free Expression is most concerned to hear that the Johannesburg High Court has issued an order blocking investigative journalism unit amaBhungane’s examination of the Moti Company.        

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale, SA Police Union Spokesperson The SA Policing union calls on Police Chief Fannie Masemola to be fired over inability to fight crime.      

Guest: Theo De Jager, Chairperson of The Southern African Agri-Initiative (SAAI) The foundations of food security in South Africa are being shaken by the new draft regulations from the department of water and sanitation that propose racial quotas for the extraction and storage of water.        

T he DA says that it wants to extend the child support grant beyond the age of eighteen - if the person who receives it is still in school   Guest: Matthew Cuthbert, Democratic Alliance, head of policy        

Six weeks ago the vice chancellor of Stellenbosch University Professor Wim de Villiers was accused of using his position to help two people related to his family to win places at the institution Guest: Adv. Jan Heunis, Former president of Stellenbosch University convocation  Guest: Dr. Rudi Buys, Vice President: Stellenbosch University convocation      

Guest: Obed Bapela, ANC's International Relations Subcommittee Deputy Chairperson ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula says Russian President Vladimir Putin should “not feel belittled” if his BRICS Summit invitation is withdrawn.          

Guest: Thato Ramaila, Chairman of Soweto United E-hailing Association The Transport MMC in Joburg Kenny Kunene, says he doesn’t believe that taxi operators in Soweto were responsible for the attacks on E-hailing vehicles on Thursday night outside the Maponya mall      

Guest:  Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 5 June 2023; 1. Senegal- Dakar-Ziguinchor , The Senegalese presidential coalition has accused the opposition of destabilizing the country after politica upheaval that left 15 people dead since last week Thursday; 2. Sudan -UN Security Council, In a piecemeal approach th...

Guest: Herman Wasserman, Expert panelist for The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) The International Panel on the Information Environment was officially launched at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit      

Authorities in India are now trying to find out three separate trains were involved in one train crash in the eastern state of Odisha - that claimed the lives of at least two hundred and eighty-eight people.   Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies    

Guest: Mbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, former general-secretary of Cosatu and co-founder of Cope

Mediated Conversation:  Survival guide for the winter - what you need to do to survive the next few cold winter months? Guest: Dr. Ade' Van Heerden, Medical Doctor   Guest: Robert Mulaudzi, Spokesperson of the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Guest: De La Harpe Le Roux, founder of Towers of Hope in Bloemfontein    

Guest: Ralph Mathekga, Political Analyst ANC finds Magashule guilty of misconduct, has 7 days to argue against expulsion.                                                      

Lamola presents a bill to cushion whistle-blowers against financial ruin. Guest: Chrispin Phiri, Spokesperson for Ministry of Justice & Correctional Services

Guest: Dr. Abongile Balarane, Chief Executive Officer at South African Poultry Association Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak has affected five commercial chicken farms.  

Electricity and Eskom at the back of the budget vote Guest: Prof. Mark Swilling, Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development in the Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Stellenbosch                  

Guest: Ricardo Mackenzie, Western Cape Mobility MEC Western Cape Mobility MEC, Ricardo Mackenzie, confirms that the accident involving a vehicle transporting learners was operating illegally.    

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs    

Guest: Brooks Spector, Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at The Daily Maverick Drone attack draws Moscow closer to Ukraine’s front line.            

Guest: Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, Limpopo Health MEC Limpopo's first cholera case, health department says its testing water for traces of Cholera  

Guest: Mthobeli Kolisa, SALGA Acting CEO SALGA calls on municipalities that received poor audit outcomes to turn around their financial management and governance and replicate the 55% that received acceptable results.  

Guest: Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz, Deputy Director, Africa Division: Human Rights Watch Outcry as Uganda's anti gay bill signed into law. Human Rights Watch