The National Briefing

Guest: Roland Henwood, political scientist: University of Pretoria The Chinese Ambassador to France - Lu Shaye said in a television interview that former soviet countries don’t have effective status in international law sparking outrage        

Guest: Andrew Ardington, founder of the Regenerative Agriculture Association of SA Cane growers’ particularity in KZN are now being forced to accept lower payments for their harvest - because of the Tongaat Hulett mess. The sugar company is in business rescue after a massive accounting scandal    

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Afrika Update Report : 25 April 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Developments on Sudan-military confrontation as Egypt and South Africa began their evacuating operation including diplomats and nationals;2. Ethiopia- Tanzania, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has endorsed the government and Oromo rebels to h...

Guest: Stacey Jacobs, Researcher at Equal Education Researcher Guest: Dr. Edzani Mphaphuli, Executive Director for Grow Great Campaign. Guest: Neo Sediti, Director: National School Nutrition Programme at DBE Mediated Conversation: hundreds of thousands of children didn’t received the food they were supposed to get through the school nutrition programme in KZN.    

Guest: Dr Snuki Zikalala - ANC Veterans League convenor Ahead of the 2024 elections, the ANC Veterans League has been suggesting that instead of working with the EFF, the ANC should work with the DA        

Guest: Prof. Alex van den Heever, Chair: Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the University of Witwatersrand Corruption at Tembisa Hospital: What does this mean for the proposed NHI?            

Guest: Dr. Gerhard Verdoorn, Operations and Stewardship Manager at CropLife SA There are now reports that there is a major outbreak of cockroaches in Gauteng.          

Guest: Redge Nkosi, Executive Director of Firstsource Money There are reports in the Sunday Times that almost four hundred million rand flowed through South Africa in hundreds of small payments - and may have allowed the terrorist group ISIS to move money around      

Guest: Adv. Stephanie Fick, Executive Director of the Accountability Division at Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) The NPA has lost the “State Capture blueprint” Nulane case. The decision means that people like Iqbal Sharma who were accused of corruption are being released        

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA Africa Update Report: 24 April 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Pope Francis calls for warring factions in Sudan to begin dialogue as several countries have started with evacuation and repatriation operation; 2.Uganda - Kampala, President Yoweri Museveni conditionally backs controversial anti-gay laws with few a...

Guest: Nonkululeko Mntambo, Defend Our Democracy spokesperson Defend Our Democracy disappointed that the NPA has lost the “State Capture blueprint” Nulane case. The decision means that people like Iqbal Sharma who were accused of corruption are being released    

Guest: Dr Asad el Malik, Project Manager: African Centre for the Study of the United States: Wits University The US supreme court granted an order that allows pregnant women to continue using a drug called mifepristone to induce an abortion - but limited the time under which they can use it.        

Guest: Sello Hatang, Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling by the equality court that essentially bans what is described as the gratuitous display of the old apartheid flag.  

Guest: Lebogang Nare, The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) Deputy President  The Security Industry yesterday held a press conference about G4S’s involvement in the alleged escape plot of Thabo Bester.    

Guest: Dr. Jako Volschenk, Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Sustainability at Stellenbosch Business School  Behavioural science can save us from mass extinction.          

People’s Mediated

Guest: Xolani Shange, Secretary for KZN Nutrition Business Forum About the five thousand schools in KZN that did not receive food under the school nutrition programme - hundreds of thousands of children didn’t get food to eat.    

Guest: Claudine Ribeiro, Director for Johannesburg Parent & Child Counselling Centre

Several NGOs say they are not going to be able to offer services to help people living with disabilities and helping people suffering from substance abuse and other problems because the Gauteng Department of Social Development has cut the money it’s giving them.   Guest: Mbali Hlophe - Gauteng MEC for Social Development            

Guest: Hennie Van Vuuren, director of Open Secrets The Eastern Cape Provincial Government confirmed that President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has landed in the Eastern Cape, on a runway he paid for. This is after the UAE denied our request for the extradition of the Guptas.        

Guest: Phanuel Shuma – SABC Reporter in Tshwane There is a heavy Police presence in Pretoria are evicting refugees who have been camping outside the UN offices      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA Afrika Update Report: 21 April 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Diplomatic pressure is being stepped by international bodies up to end the conflict as RSF agrees to 72- hour truce on humanitarian ground to mark with Eid al-Fitr  and Kenyan President William Ruto concerned about the conflict threatening the regio...

Guest: Dr Duncan Pieterse - Deputy Director General for Asset Liability Management Department of Treasury Parliament has been considering the bill that will see the national treasury paying back around two hundred and fifty billion rand of Eskom’s debt - which is currently around four hundred billion rand    

Guest: Koffi Kouakou, Senior lecturer on scenario planning at Wits University in Johannesburg and Africa analyst In France protestors have now stormed the offices of the operator of their stock exchange called Euronext - as part of their demonstrations against the decision to increase the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty-four        

Guest: Jabu Mbalula, ANC Free State Spokesperson The Bloemfontein High Court vindicates the ANC that the election of the Mangaung Mayor Papi Mokoena was unlawful