Guest: Siyanda Magayana, Senior Officer: Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Office, Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice, University of the Free State

 

 

Guest: John Stremlau: Wits University honorary professor Of International Relations

 

 

Guest: Dr Karen Staden - National Student Financial Aid Scheme Board Chairperson

 

 

Guest: Mike Muller: professor at the wits school of governance and registered professional engineer with long experience in the water sector

 

 

Guest: Dr Phethiwe Matutu:Universities SA CEO 

 

 

Guest: Ayesha Laher, director at AHL Water & Water Expert

 

 

18 February 2025

1. Togo -Lome

Faure Gnassingbé's party triumphs in Togo's senatorial vote

The Union for the Republic, led by President Faure Gnassingbé, secured 34 out of 41 seats in the recent election aimed at transitioning to a parliamentary system.

In Togo, the ruling party claimed 34 of the 41 Senate seats, as announced by the electoral commission, following the vote that marked the final phase of a controversial constitutional reform criticized by the opposition.

 

1. Uganda- Kampala

Detained Ugandan opposition leader briefly taken ill after hunger strike

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was transferred back to prison on Monday after a medical emergency caused by his ongoing hunger strike, which has now lasted a week.

Four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who has been in detention since his abduction from Kenya on Nov. 16, is infirm and experiences episodes of hypertension, said his lawyer Erias Lukwago.

 

3.DR Congo- Rwanda- AU Heated Sidelines Engagements

Kagame Left the Meeting After Failing to Respond to Suminwa's Questions

Many newspapers this week we focusing on the strong speech given by Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, which led to Paul Kagame angrily leaving the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 

1. Burundi- DR Congo

Burundian government has announced that as of yesterday close to 10 000 people had fled across its western border from the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last three days as Rwanda-backed forces advance there.

"Those who flee are passing through the official border at Gatumba or cross the river Rusizi," said the interior ministry in a statement.

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 18 February 1957 when the Kenyan Mau Mau Leader Dedan Kimathi wa Waciuri was hanged at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison by the British colonial government, and his burial site was unknown for over 60 years until the Dedan Kimathi Foundation reported on 25 October 2019 that it had been identified on the Kamiti Prison grounds.

 

 

Guest: Brigadier Athlenda Mathe:National Spokesperson for South African Police Services.

 

 

Guest: Errol Musk: Businessman and father of Elon Musk 

 

 

Guest: Dr Eileen Carter: Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Eastern Cape