The National Briefing

Guest: Matthew Parks, Cosatu's Parliamentary Coordinator The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing the Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act (COIDA Act) yesterday    

Guest: Vhatuka Mbelengwa - National E-hailing Spokesperson Yesterday, Alexandra court erupted in disbelief when E-HAILING operators had been asked to leave court after the killing Euston Bongani Mnguni 28 year old law graduate earning a part-time living on Bolt    

Guest: Professor Stefan Grab, Wits School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies The disastrous flood that hit Durban in April 2022 was the most catastrophic natural disaster yet recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in collective terms of lives lost, homes and infrastructure damaged or destroyed and economic impact.      

Guest: Sasabona Manganye, Johannesburg ANC regional secretary Guest: Sandile Swana, Local government specialist There are now calls for the City of Joburg Mayor Thapelo Amad to resign over R9.5bn loan remarks during an interview on Morning Live    

Guest: Daniel Steyn, GroundUp Journalist What do we know about the role that a former prison warder Senohe Matsoare and the father of Dr Nandipha Magudumana - Zolile Sekeleni played in the escape of Thabo Bester?        

Guest: Mxolisi Kaunda, Mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality The Mayor of eThekwini Mxolisi Kaunda is again examining infrastructure in the city after last year’s incredible flooding there. It’s now a year since those floods in Easter last year claimed so many lives.    

Guest: Prof. Mark Swilling, co-director Centre of Sustainability Transitions: University of Stellenbosch There now appears to be uncertainty as to what government and Eskom will actual do regarding the coal fired power stations which are currently coming to the end of their designed life span    

Guest:  Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Afrika Update Report: 12 April 2023; 1. Germany- Chad, Berlin has ordered Chad's Ambassador Mariam Ali Moussa to leave Germany within 48 hours in tit-for-tat move ; 2. Somalia-Baidoa, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has visited a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa in Somalia's South We...

Guest: Abel Esterhuyse, associate professor of strategy in the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University In the US, there is now a huge investigation into how a group of documents all classified top secret ended up being posted on a social media website.    

People’s Mediated

Guest: Cilliers Brink, City of Tshwane Mayor The City of Tshwane Energy & Electricity officials are trying to cut the seven power lines that fell on the N4 freeway, plunging large parts of Pretoria East and North into darkness.    

Guest: Ashley Uys, Chief Executive Officer at Medical Diagnostech Medical Diagnostech launches new app HealthPulse TestNow.          

Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate at African Centre for the study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand President Cyril Ramaphosa to send envoy to the US to explain SA stance on Russia.  

National Freedom Party calls special meeting in Durban as liquidation looms. Guest: Ahmed Shaik Emam, National Freedom Party Parliamentary leader      

Guest: Robert Mckenzie - KwaZulu-Natal emergency services spokesperson An enormous triage operation is under way to assist people injured and stranded at a multi-vehicle crash near Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal. At least 35 vehicles, including eight minibus taxis and five trucks, were involved in the crash.        

Guest: Sifiso Shangase, SANTACO KZN Spokesperson Police Minister Bheki Cele set to preside over signing of peace agreement between rival taxi associations in KZN        

Guest: Solly Mapaila, secretary general of the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) The South African Communist Party launched a campaign for an inquest into the assassination of Chris Hani, in the hope of uncovering who ordered his killing.      

Guest: Mcebisi Kunene, Equal Education Junior Organiser  Today, Equal education will March to Limpopo Department of Education offices in Polokwane to Sanand urgent sanitation relief for priority one schools.      

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA Africa Update with Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA    

Guest: Brooks Spector, Associate Editor at Daily Maverick Highly classified Pentagon documents leaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the US spies on allies and foes    

The People’s Mediated

Guest: Flora Mokgohloa, Deputy Director-General: Biodiversity & Conservation Middlepunt nature reserve declared 29th wetland of international importance.          

Guest: Nic Steyn, Durban Fun World Park owner Decades-old amusement park, Durban Funworld to close its doors.    

Guest: Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa, Chairperson of the South African Medical Association In 2022 the SA Medical Association commissioned and conducted a scoping review study to explore #violence against healthcare workers in South Africa between 2012 and 2022. The study focused on nurses, doctors, and paramedics.        

Guest: Prof. André Thomashausen, International law expert at Unisa. How do extraditions work?