The Global Briefing: UK's Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Prime Minister less than two years after leading Labour to a landslide election victory

The European Union is turning to Brazil in a bid to secure supplies of rare earths and other strategic resources essential for electric vehicles, defence technologies and the energy transition.

Taiwan is launching five days of combat-readiness exercises aimed at preparing its forces for a potential conflict scenario, despite growing military pressure and sovereignty claims from Beijing.

Guest: Dr Garth Benneyworth - Senior Lecturer at Sol Plaatje University.

Briefing debate: The Briefing debate: An estimated 10,000 Malawian nationals are currently sheltering at Sherwood Hall in Durban, awaiting repatriation following recent anti-immigration protests. But if thousands of people are seeking refuge in Durban alone, is this happening elsewhere in the country? How did South Africa arrive at this point?

Guest: Dr Sethulego Matebesi - Professor and Head of Department of Sociology, University of Free State 

Guest: Moeketsi Seboko, Founder and Director of MS Immigration Advisory

Built in Mzansi:  How a highly respected traditional health practitioner and environmentalist based in Mamelodi, near Pretoria and is internationally celebrated for founding the Mothong African Heritage Trust, which transformed a once-dangerous dumpsite on the Mamelodi Ridge into a pristine sanctuary for indigenous medicinal plants.

Guest: Dr. Ephraim Cebisa Mabena - Traditional Health Practitioner and Environmentalist 

Reality Check with Ambassador Nozipho January-Bardill: SA institutions and whether they are fit for purpose to deliver the aspirations of our constitution

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

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The Democratic Alliance is facing questions about its future direction after a report revealed growing tensions between new party leader Geordin Hill-Lewis and his predecessor John Steenhuisen. According to News24, Hill-Lewis requested changes to the DA's Cabinet deployment, including moving Steenhuisen from his position as Minister of Agriculture.

Guest: Sam Mkokeli - Lead Partner at Mkokeli Advisory

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has assured the nation that the South African Police Service is ready and prepared for any actuality building up to the 30th of June deadline given by those behind the anti-illegal immigrants protests. 

Guest: Prof Firoz Cachalia - Acting Police Minister

The Road Accident Fund is facing fresh legal scrutiny after de Broglio Attorneys launched court action over the non-payment of more than 430 finalised claims. The law firm says hundreds of accident victims are still waiting for compensation months – and in some cases years – after settlement agreements were reached or court orders were granted

Guest: Michael de Broglio, Director of de Broglio Attorneys.  

1.Ghana-Accra – Afrikan Diaspora 
African leaders mark Juneteenth with a call for reparations for the Atlantic slave trade
African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans after a landmark United Nations resolution in March declaring it “the gravest crime against humanity.”
The 'Next Steps' conference in the Ghanaian capital of Accra issued a declaration calling on countries involved in the Atlantic slave trade to “offer full, formal and unconditional apologies as a foundational step towards reconciliation, trust-building and reparatory justice.”
2.    Niger- Benin
Niger and Benin discuss normalising relations between the two countries
Following Benin's new president's visit to Niger earlier this month, high-level talks in Cotonou this weekend aimed at accelerating the normalisation of relations.
There have been tensions between the two countries since the military seized power in Niger in July 2023 and closed its border with Benin, restricting trade.
Niamey accused Cotonou of hosting French military bases, aiding efforts to destabilise the new authorities, and serving as a relay for terrorist groups responsible for attacks in Niger.

3, Russia- Madagascar 
Russia, Madagascar foreign ministers hold talks in Moscow
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Madagascar counterpart, Alice N'Diaye, in Moscow this past weekend.
For her part, N'Diaye praised the opportunity to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries, as well as prospects for "consolidating our partnership in several priority sectors, including energy, agriculture, infrastructure, health, mining and education."
4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 22 June 1971, when the Banned PAC of Azania Leader, Robert Sobukwe, was refused an exit permit to leave SA by the then Pretoria Court.
 The Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, refused to lift his banning order, which confined him to the magisterial district of Kimberley. Robert Sobukwe was arrested after the Sharpeville anti-pass campaign of 1960 and sentenced to three years in prison.

1. Analysts remain wary about oil prices even as more tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz
2. BMW lowers its profit outlook
3. Market update