The National Briefing

Guest: Matthew Cruise – Hohm Energy's Head of Business Intelligence There has now finally been confirmation over the powers that the minister in the presidency for electricity Kgosientso Ramakgopa will have - after the president officially conferred him with powers on Friday.      

Guest: Gary van Niekerk, Newly elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor from the Northern Alliance party, Gary van Niekerk elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay      

Guest: Mziwake Seleke Denosa North West Deputy Chairperson There’s been reports that new-born babies in the Mahikeng provincial hospital had been placed in cardboard boxes - instead of in incubators or cribs.      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 29 May 2023; 1. Nigeria-Abuja, Ruling party president-elect Bola Tinubu will be inaugurated today as Nigerians are looking at the economic turnaround; 2.Sudan-Khartoum, The ongoing conflict in  Sudan has left the banking sector in chaos and it's customers; 3.Somalia-Ugan...

Guest: Zeenat Adam, Deputy Executive Director Deputy Executive Director the Afro-Middle East Centre In Turkiye the president Recep Erdogan has managed to win the run off presidential election - taking 52% of the vote compared to his challenger Kemal Kilic-Daroglu who won just under 48%.        

Guest: Madoda Sambatha, North West Health MEC There’s been reports that new-born babies in the Mahikeng provincial hospital had been placed in cardboard boxes - instead of in incubators or cribs.      

Guest: Lambert de Klerk, Manager: environmental affairs, AfriForum The water samples taken by AfriForum and Save Ngwathe in the Vaal River at Parys on Tuesday tested positive for cholera. An accredited laboratory took water samples at various locations in this town under the supervision of a water specialist.    

Guest: Paul Esterhuizen, CEO of School-Days Interest rates: Many parents across the country are struggling to pay for school fees, and hikes in prices are showing no sign of slowing.    

Guest: Mu Ngcolosi, KZN Film Commission head of marketing and communications The KZN Film is inviting projects that are linked to governments priorities of job creation and creation of sustainable livelihoods for rural communities, youth, women and persons living with disabilities.      

Guest: Bataung Qhotsokoane, Editor in Chief at iAfrikan.com Why is StarLink by SA’s Elon Musk, a broadband satellite internet company not available in South Africa?      

Guest: Lisa Mangcu, Deputy Minister Transport Transport ministry on 2023 Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF)      

Guest: Sysman Motloung, Political Analyst: North West University The Ditsobotla Local Municipality says it can’t pay salaries to their employees      

Guest: Siboniso Duma, ANC KZN Provincial Chairperson The ANC in KZN has said they want a new statue of King Goodwill Zwelithini to be built in the Pietermaritzburg provincial legislature and to be higher than the statue of Queen Victoria in the city.  

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Report:26 May 2023; 1.Ethiopia-Addis Ababa, Afrikan leaders calls to resist all forms of instrumentalisation and for the continent not to become a geostrategic battleground; 2.Guinea -Conakry, The 13th Thabo Mbeki Afrika day annual lecture will be held tommorow to critically exa...

Guest: Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Deputy Minister of Health The Health Ministry and Experts will this afternoon visit the Jubilee Regional Hospital in Hammanskraal as the number of laboratory-confirmed cases and morality rates increases to 21 in Gauteng, and 1 death in Free State.  

Guest: Nomzamo Zondo, Executive Director at Socio-economic Rights Institute of South Africa The Socio Economic Rights Institute says it’s in court in Joburg - asking a judge to stop members and leaders Operation Dudula from engaging in what it says is xenophobic and racist speech.    

Guest: Anthony Turton, Professor: Centre for Environmental Management at the University of Free State At least twenty-two people have died from cholera in Hammanskraal. Will this happen in other places?   

Guest: Nonkululeko Mntambo, Defend our Democracy Communications Officer The organisation Defend our Democracy says it’s holding an official launch as a movement tomorrow  

Guest: Makenosi Maroo, Rand Water Spokesperson Rand Water says that people in and around Ekurhuleni could be without proper water supplies from today until Monday evening    

Guest: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst and PhD candidate based at the University of Dundee In the UK another political storm has broken over the issue of immigration - and the number of people being allowed to live in that country.    

Guest: Dr. Fikile Vilakazi, Lecturer in Public Policy and Political Science at UKZN A councillor in KZN who defected from the DA to the ANC has failed to deliver a ward he once led to his new party in a by-election on Wednesday.    

Guest: Adv. Zanyiwe Nthatisi- Asare, CEO Digitally Legal Guest: Jan Vermuelan Editor of My Broadband Guest: Mukelani Dimba - Executive responsible for Education and Communication Information Regulator Mediated Conversation: how do you feel about spam calls?    

Guest: Nthatisi Modingoane, spokesperson for City of Joburg The City of Joburg says it will Extend library hours on Saturday & Sundays during exam times    

Guest: Prof. Guy Midgley, interim director of the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University  African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past      

Guest: Khangela Baloyi, NUM Energy Sector Coordinator Three unions at Eskom have rejected the embattled power utility's latest 4.5% wage increase offer.