The National Briefing

Guest: Hendrick Makaneta, Education Activist at Foundation for Education and Social Justice Africa The Minister of Basic Education has now revealed that 191 cases of sexual misconduct were reported to SACE and four teachers were struck off the roll.      

Guest: Ebrahim Deen - Independent Researcher In Lebanon, people woke up in two rival time zones, amid a row between political and religious authorities over when clocks should go forward.        

Guest: Ruth Hopkins, Investigative Journalist There are now reports that in private Mangaung prison where Facebook Rapist Thabo Bester escaped, prisoners were tortured and neglected in the past      

Guest: Adv. Brenda Madumise, Director of The Wise Collective Facebook Rapist and Murderer is on the run after escaping the private Mangaung prison. How worried should people be about this man?    

Guest: Desmond Latham, Aviation Expert Rising Airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024  

Guest: Trevor John's, Human Rights Activist in Uganda Guest: Peter Fabricius, Independent Journalist and analyst on foreign policy issues Guest: Busiswe Deyi, commissioner at Commission Gender Equality

Guest: Andrew Russell, Chairperson of SA Canegrowers Association SA Canegrowers Association seeks intervention as Gledhow enters business rescue  

The Department of Correctional Services has now confirmed that Facebook Rapist and Murderer Thabo Bester escaped from prison in 2022 Guest:Daniel Steyn, Journalist at GroundUp

Guest: Richard Mamabolo, POPCRU Spokesperson POPCRU has called for top prison officials to be investigated and held accountable for the escape of the notorious Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester, from prison in Mangaung  

Guest:Golden Mills Bhudu, President at South African Prisoners Organization for Human Rights The Department of Correctional Services has now confirmed that the Facebook rapist and Miurderer Thabo Bester escaped from prison in 2022  

Guest: Vuyani Ntabeni, President of Merafong Agents of Change and Councillor Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi's new 800MW solar farm project set to take off in less than two weeks in Merafong, but residents there say they are in the dark about the project  

What is the cause of all these water problems in the City of Joburg? Guest: Thapelo Amad, City of Johannesburg Mayor

Africa Update: USA-Ghana-Tanzania-Zambia, US Vice President Kamala Harris promises greater investment in Africa as she began a week-long tour on the continent Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula, Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International :UNISA 

Guest: Tebogo Kaas, Chairperson of Public Interest SA Public Interest SA appalled by UK Government decision to reverse ban on Bain and Co.  

Guest: Patricia de Lille, Tourism Minister Tourism Minister Patricia de Lillle says that SA Tourism must cancel the Tottenham Hotspur deal.  

Guest: Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director at Afro-Middle East Centre In Israel,the Defense Minister Yoav gallant has become the first person to call for Netanyahu to scrap massive changes to the country's legal system that would see parliament being placed above judges and courts  

Guest: Dr. Charles Helm, Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University Fossilised goat zebra tracks found in SA.        

Guest: Kevin Allan, MD for Municipal IQ Section 139 and the implications of the mayoral vacancy in Tshwane.    

Guest: Hanifa Manda, Project Manager Campaign for Free Expression Campaign for free expressions launch Silent Killer report about how the public service regulations silence the voices of public health workers. Those who try to speak out are faced with disciplinary action, intimidation, or death.        

Peoples Mediated

Guest: Themba Mathibe, Joshco's - Chief Operating Officer The Johannesburg Social Housing Company say that nearly half of the people who live in the city’s properties are not paying rent - they now own the city over two hundred and fifty million rand.    

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the Russian President Putin has been sent a formal invitation to attend the BRICS summit here later in the year, despite his arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court      

Guest: Professor Omphemetse Sibanda, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Limpopo. Judicial Service Commission should have limited or no political appointees, argues Limpopo University Law Professor            

Guest: David Bruce, Independent Researcher and ISS Consultant The Institute for Security Studies says that reducing murder must be a top SA government priority        

Guest: Siyabulela Makunga, Spokesperson: Competition Commission The Competition Commission has launched the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry in a bid to curb non-competitive conduct in the sector’s value chain and protect consumers from paying higher prices.