The National Briefing

Guest: Hartmut Winkler, Professor of Physics at the University of Johannesburg Hartmut Winkler, Professor of Physics at the University of Johannesburg says he believes that South Africans should prepare for another five years of load-shedding    

Guest: Koffi Kouakou, Africa Analyst and Senior lecturer on scenario planning at University of Johannesburg In France, it appears that the tide may be turning against the president Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 - after over one hundred police officers were hurt when protests turned violence on Monday      

Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin, Research and Advocacy Officer of the Judges Matter Campaign As the Senzo Meyiwa murder trail finally got going again yesterday, it’s emerged the Judicial Service Commission has recommended that the judge hearing the case - Judge Thifiwa Maumela be suspended.          

Guest: Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena, president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa says that government must provide enough resources to initiation schools for them to perform their function      

Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, Gauteng Health MEC

Guest: Prof. Susan Booysen, Political Analyst Guest: Dr Tim Maake - MD of DTM Consulting, Guest: Sysman Motloung, Political analyst : North West University Mediated Conversation: is SA ready for a coalition government?    

Guest: Breyten van der Merwe, BSc Honours student: Stellenbosch University New species of medicinal mushroom endemic to Knysna forest        

Guest: Alphy Keonyaditse Oshebeng – Spokesperson: North West department of community safety and transport management The Committee on Community Safety and Transport Management chair has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to conduct an investigation into the North West department of community safety and transport management after squandering more t...

  Guest: Lirandzu Themba, Police Minister Spokesperson Police Minister Bheki Cele to deploy the tactical response team "Amaberete" in Majola, Eastern Cape after Around 22 people have been killed since August 2021 to date by gunmen    

Guest: Mmoloki Cwaile: Chair: North West Legislature Committee on Community Safety and Transport Management The Committee on Community Safety and Transport Management chair has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to conduct an investigation into the North West department of community safety and transport management after squandering more than R100...

Guest: Ishmael Mnisi, The Department of Higher Education spokesperson A second body guard to Fort Hare Vice-chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu was killed over the weekend    

Guest: Eldred de Klerk, Senior Associate, Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis Guest: Richard Mamabolo, POPCRU spokesperson In Gauteng, today is the second day on duty for around four thousand new crime prevention wardens - people who have been appointed by the province to try and stop crime in communities.    

Guest: Dr Sean Phillips, Director General, Department of Water and Sanitation The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on mining houses that have not registered their dams on the department’s database to submit their information in order to ensure compliance with dam safety regulations.        

Guest: Adv Sipho Mantula, UNISA Thabo Mbeki Leadership School

Guest: Reuben Maleka, Public Servants Association Spokesperson The Public Servants Association of SA says workers are in a difficult position 29 years after democracy.        

Guest: Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers It seems that a group of South Africans trying to get out of Sudan are now stuck on a boat - because they don’t have the right travel documents to get into Egypt  

Guest: Zeenat Adam, Deputy Executive Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre T urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that his country’s security forces have killed the leader of Islamic State - Abu Hussein Al-Quarashi - in Syria      

Guest: Anthony Waldhausen, Chairperson of Msunduzi Association of Residents, Ratepayers and Civics The Msunduzi Association of Residents, Ratepayers and Civics says that the city of Pietermaritzburg deteriorate significantly and that it is sad how the CBD has become degraded and is falling apart.        

People’s Mediated

Guest: Vuyo Zungula, president of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) African Transformation Movement President Vuyo Zungula has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and a number of Ministers, seeking clarity on the matter of the UAE President who landed on a reported R20M run way that he built himself.      

How are South Africans coping with the rising cost of living? Guest: Miyelani Mkhabela, economist: Antswisa Management Group  

Parties Align to Begin Talks to Provide Joburg with an Alternative Guest: Michael Beaumont - ActionSA Chairperson             07:54 The Children’s Institute and the Legal Resources Centre and Sassa, have developed a guide to help parents and caregivers without Home Affairs documentation to apply for Sassa grants   Guest: Cecile van Skalkwyk, attorney at Legal Resources Centre      

April Freedom Day: Apartheid continues in the economic deprivations of South Africa’s Working Class 29 years after the end of Apartheid regime. Guest: Mametlwe Sebei, President of the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa  

Guest: Steven Gruzd, Head of African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). What would happen if South Africa decides to pull out of the International Criminal Court        

The Children’s Institute and the Legal Resources Centre and Sassa, have developed a guide to help parents and caregivers without Home Affairs documentation to apply for Sassa grants   Guest: Cecile van Skalkwyk, attorney at Legal Resources Centre