Guest: Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, CEO of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.

 

 

Guest: Nomonde Mnukwa:  Acting Director General of Government Communications and Information System (GCIS)

Guest: Siphiwe Dlamini: South African National Defence Force Spokesperson

Guest: Lt. General Maomela Motau - Former South African National Defence Force General

Guest: Dean Wingrin: Defence Analyst

 

 

29 January 2025

1.DR Congo – North Kivu- Goma

Protesters attack embassies in Kinshasa after increase in fighting between M23 and Congolese forces. Hundreds of young Congolese men took to the streets of Kinshasa to express their outrage at the entry of the M23 rebels in the eastern city of Goma.

They barricaded roads and attacked the embassies of Rwanda, Uganda, France, and the United States. The French embassy was set on fire and vandalized.

 

1. Sudan – Darfur- ICC

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Monday that his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region.

Karim Khan told the United Nations Security Council that crimes are being committed in Darfur “as we speak and daily” and are being used as a weapon of war.

He said that conclusion is the result of “a hard-edged analysis” based on evidence and information collected by his office.

 

1. Niger - Niamey

Global Push Grows to Free Niger's Former President Mohamed Bazoum

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched a global campaign to have him released.

 

1. Mozambique – Europea Union

The EU EOM returns to Mozambique to present its Final Report and recommendations for future electoral processes

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has returned to Mozambique to present its Final Report on the General and Provincial Assembly Elections of 9 October 2024.

The report provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the electoral process, as well as recommendations for the improvement of future elections.

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 29 January 1991 when a political summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP).

The meeting was addressed by the late Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the then late ANC Deputy President Nelson Mandela, this was the first time in 30 years that these two political rivals had met.

In a joint statement called the Royal Hotel Minute, both parties expressed their commitment to political tolerance and called on the security forces to play an effective peace-keeping role.

 

 

Guest: Timothy Walker: Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Mvuyisi Mzukwa, South African Medical Association (SAMA) Chairperson

 

 

Guest: Douw Boshoff: Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering Built and Information Technology, University of Pretoria

 

 

Guest: David van Wyk: lead researcher at Benchmarks Foundation

 

 

Guest: Prof Sampson Mamphweli: Head of Energy Secretariat at South African National Energy Development Institute

 

 

Guest: Elizabeth Raiters: Deputy Chairperson of #Paythegrants