Reality Check with Nomfundo Mogapi: 30 June planned protests: What is this moment telling us about the psyche of our nation and how can we de-escalate? 

Guest: Nomfundo Mogapi  - Clinical Psychologist and CEO of the Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership 

• Morgan Stanley remains positive on SA assets

• The Freight sector on alert ahead of anti-migrant protests
• 3. Market update

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged religious and interfaith leaders to actively combat xenophobia  and use their influence to calm rising tensions. He has assured the nation that the government has the situation under control while calling on more influential voices to speak out against any form of lawlessness that could see the situation getting out of control.

Guest: Dr Allan Boesak - Anti-apartheid stalwart and founding member of the then United Democratic Front 

The Border Management Authority has reported that more than 13-thousand foreign nationals have been repatriated or deported through Beitbridge and OR Tambo International Airport in the past few days. Many foreign nationals across the country are said to be leaving their dwelling places heading for either repatriation centres or the borders as the deadline set by anti-immigrant movements is drawing closer.

Guest: Mmemme Mogotsi – Spokesperson: Border Management Authority (BMA) 

1. Uganda – Kampala
Press freedom under threat in Uganda as military chief orders closures
 Uganda's leading independent media group said it is under a "military siege" after the army chief ordered the shutdown of its newspapers, TV station, and radio outlets.
NTV Uganda and Spark TV were forced off air after armed soldiers surrounded the Nation Media Group (NMG) Kampala offices on Sunday.
The stations went off air in the early hours of Sunday, with local media reporting that the broadcasts displayed the message: "Video unavailable".

2.    Burkina Faso- France 
Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with France
Burkina Faso's ruling junta on Friday severed diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests.
 The military regime led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, in power since a coup in September 2022, is pursuing a repressive policy toward critical voices and is hostile to Westerners, particularly France.

3.    DR Kongo- Rwanda- International Court of Justice
DR Congo files case against Rwanda at ICJ over decades of alleged ‘abuses’
Kinshasa takes Kigali to the UN’s top court over 30 years of alleged massacres, sexual violence, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking Rwanda to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its role in three decades of alleged “abuses” in the country’s east.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 29 June 1982, when the e inquest into the death in detention of Dr Neil Aggett was adjourned
The inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr Neil Aggett, was adjourned until 20 September. 
This was after the Court was told by the Head of Interrogation at John Vorster Square, Major Arthur Cronwright, that the Security Police withheld statements by Dr Aggett.

1. Iran and US agree to cease attacks and resume negotiations 
2. SpaceX set to join the Nasdaq
3. Market update

The Global Briefing: Off the coast of Yemen, an oil tanker has been hijacked by armed attackers who have steered the ship from the Gulf of Aden toward Somali waters.

President Donald Trump has signed sweeping new sanctions targeting key sectors of the Cuban economy: energy, finance and security.

China has rejected fresh U.S. sanctions linked to Iran’s oil trade, calling them illegal and ordering its companies not to comply

Guest: Prof TK Pooe - Professor of Statecraft at the African School of Governance in Kigali 

Buffalo City Metro is taking a different approach for qualifying social housing developments. The municipality has introduced a targeted tariff that removes fixed monthly electricity charges and replaces them with a flat, usage-based rate, offering relief to lower-income households struggling with rising electricity costs.

Guest: Karabelo Pooe - General Manager at the National Association of Social Housing Organisations

A report by Open Secrets has now revealed how a small group of financial services providers increasingly benefit from the sector, highlights more than R51 billion in unclaimed retirement benefits owed to 4.3 million people, and explores how nearly R6 trillion in pension assets are invested.

Guest: Michael Machant - Head of Investigations, Open Secrets  

Reality Check with Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill: the institutions of civil society and the private sector: how both act as partners of the Constitution and the state, and in particular, their role in dealing with violence as a societal crisis and GBV.

Guest: Amb. Nozipho January-Bardill - GBV Ambassador and Trustee of the UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights