The Western Cape High Court has set aside today and tomorrow to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent bid to halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings. The President wants the process suspended pending the review of the Section 89 Independent Panel report, that found that he has a prima facie case to answer over the Phala Phala matter.

Guest: Advocate Lufuno  Nevondwe - Constitutional law expert based at the University of Limpopo 

ActionSA says the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie spent almost R31 million on its delegation and related activities at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, raising serious questions about accountability and value for taxpayers' money.

Guest: Dereleen James, ActionSA Member of Parliament 

Reality Check with Zimasa Vabaza: The Facade of Integration - Have we integrated South Africa's middle class, or simply relocated its distance? 

Guest: Zimasa Vabaza - socio-economic commentator, media strategist, and entrepreneur.

Last week Friday we received an anonymous call from Alexandra Township who accused one of the local councillors of colluding a City Power official in demanding a large amount to fix one of their main electricity boxes. He also talks about how they control the power supply.

Guest: Isaac Mangena - Spokesperson for City Power 

The MK Party has appointed former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede as its KwaZulu-Natal deputy convener, despite her ongoing corruption trial linked to the R320 million Durban solid waste tender. Gumede, who has pleaded not guilty and says she is awaiting her day in court, is one of the most recognisable political figures in KwaZulu-Natal. 

Guest: Sifiso Mahlangu - MK Party Spokesperson  

1.Senegal – United Nations
Macky Sall returns to Dakar seeking support for UN bid
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall will return to Senegal to meet his successor, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, for the first time since leaving power, as he seeks Dakar’s support for his candidacy to become United Nations secretary-general. 
The brief visit comes after years of political tensions between the two camps.

2.    Benin- Porto Novo
Benin’s National Assembly has passed a law temporarily abolishing the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA), the body responsible for organising elections, as part of plans to reform its structure and operations.
The law, adopted on July 10, repeals the Electoral Code provisions governing CENA just days before the current Electoral Council’s five-year, non-renewable mandate expires on July 14.

3.    Cameroon- Geneva
Cameroon Holds Its Breath as Biya's longest silence in a tense year
Biya left for Switzerland in early June, according to Cameroonian and pan-African media. He has not been seen at a public event at home since, and officially, nothing is wrong.
Jeune Afrique reported on June 17 that Biya was receiving care at a private clinic in Geneva. The health incident, it said, happened during Cameroon’s National Day events on May 20. The government pushed back within a day.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 15 July 1953, when ANC cadres and activist Ntate Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe travelled overseas under false names and without passports.

1. China’s economy cools as domestic demand remains fragile
2. US price pressures ease as energy costs fall
3. Market update

China is pushing back against concerns over its growing influence in the Pacific

France has marked Bastille Day with more than a celebration of its national identity — it has used the military parade to send a message of European unity with Ukraine.

Guest: Dr Emmanuel Matambo - Research Director at the Centre for China Africa Studies at the University of Johannesburg 

Built in Mzansi: How Eskom Development Foundation has built a science exhibition that has been helping young learners and their teachers for the past 4 decades. From energy and healthcare to agriculture and technology, young South Africans are turning everyday problems into home-grown solutions.

Guest: Mologadi Motshele - Acting CEO at the Eskom Development Foundation 

• De Beers halts production at a SA mine as diamond market crisis deepens
• 2. Competition commission gives Harith-FlySafair deal the green light
• Market update