The National Briefing

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams, programme coordinator at Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity If the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee raise interest rates again, what impact does this have on families?        

Guest: Professor Musa Xulu, Cultural Expert and Executive Director of the Heritage Development Trust  The king of the Amazulu people King Misizulu kaZwelithini says he is reaffirming his support for the new board of the ingonyama trust - amid claims that the traditional prime minister Prince Mangosuthu Bhuthelezi is unhappy with the new board.      

Guest: Carin Bosman - Director of Carin Bosman Sustainable Solution  In Hammanskraal an outbreak of cholera has claimed seventeen lives because of the failure of the Rooiwal sewage works        

Guest: Prof Andre Roux - Economist at Stellenbosch Business School Professor Andre Roux, an economist at the Stellenbosch Business School, says that recent events have strengthened the argument for another hike today – likely also at 50 basis points.        

Guest: Gustavo De Carvalho, Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA In Russia, the head of the mercenary force known as the Wagner Group has said that Russia could face another revolution if the country’s leaders don’t improve the way they’re handling the war in Ukraine.      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA   Afrika Update Special Report  (Afrika Liberation Day): 25 May 2023; 1. Ethiopia -Addis Ababa,  The Afrikan Union will commemorate Afrika  day through planting trees to mark the 60th anniversary, exhibitions and speeches from the current chairperson Azali Assoumani;  2. South Afrika- Cradle of...

Guest: Obankeng Ramabodu, EFF caucus leader in Tshwane council EFF councillors in the City of Tshwane yesterday tried to disrupt the Tshwane council meeting - they wanted officials to drink water from Hammanskraal        

Guest: Nkosinathi Sishi  Director-general for Higher Education and Training, The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”  

Mediated Conversation: Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the 2022-23 Premier Soccer League title, but why do we have empty soccer stadiums in SA?   Guest: Nkuleleko Nkewu -  iDiskiTV Founder Guest: Mpho Seopa, Co-ordinator of the National Football Supporters’ Association. Guest: Marks Maponyane – Football Legend and Sports Analyst  

Guest: Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”  

Guest: Shantel Kola, Beneficiary of National Student Fund The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”            

Guest: Tasneem Montara - Economic Development MEC  Economic Development MEC Tasneem Motara’s decision to fire the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) board has backfired after the Pretoria High Court ruled that the directors be reinstated. Judge Stanley Nyathi said Motara had no mandate from the provincial government, the agency’s main shareholder, to disband the GGDA board and that she h...

Guest: Brooks Spector – Associate Editor: The Daily Maverick Jean Carroll files for new damages after Trump’s CNN town hall remarks      

Guest: Clifford Mabe, Gauteng communication liaison officer for Gift of the Givers. Gift of the Givers delivers thousands of litres of drinking water to cholera-stricken Hammanskraal    

Guest: Dr Aslam Dasoo is convenor of the Progressive Health Forum The Progressive Health Forum says that it is time to personally sue the councillors who did nothing to prevent the cholera outbreak      

Guest: Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher at Thabo Mbeki Africa Leadership Africa Update (Continental overview)

Guest: Cilliers Brink – City of Tshwane Mayor The City of Tshwane says that Testing samples have come back negative for E. Coli and cholera following comprehensive testing on multiple sites around Temba and Hammanskraal areas.      

    Guest: David Mahlobo, Deputy Minister: Department of Water and Sanitation   Guest: Zamantungwa Mbeki, Acting Gauteng Provincial Manager at the SA Human Rights Commission   Guest: Ayesha Lather – AHL Director and Water Scientist    

    Guest: Alan Winde, Premier: Western Cape

    Guest: Mpumelelo Zikalala, legal expert

    Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey - Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies

    Guest: Barney Pityana, Former Principal and Vice Chancellor: University of South Africa

    Guest: Prof. Liesl Dyson, Meteorologist & Lecturer at University of Pretoria

    Afrika Update Report: 23 May 2023; 1. Morocco - Ukraine, The first  bilateral meeting between two foreign affairs ministers of Ukraine and Morrocco  was held yesterday in Rabat since establishment of diplomatic relations 30years ago; 2. DR Congo - China , President Felix Tshisekedi will visit China from tomorrow until Sunday to meet with  President Xi Jinping to review and sign several key tra...

    Guest: Reggie Ngcobo, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development spokesperson