The Morning Brief  

Afrika Update Report  

05 December 2024 

Sobukwe day- Mandela day- any reflections or memory ? 

1. Ghana – Accra 

 Discontent runs high as Ghana readies to vote on Saturday 

Public frustration over Ghana's economic travails, including high prices and a dearth of jobs, has dominated the run-up to Saturday's general election, which will likely test the nation's longstanding democratic credentials. 

2. USA- Angola- DR Congo  

Biden, Lourenço, Tshisekedi tour Lobito port 

U.S. President Joe Biden toured the Lobito port that will provide an outlet on the Atlantic Ocean and ideally a route to the West for Africa's minerals and other exports. Under a towering blue crane, a banner read: “The Lobito Corridor Connecting Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.” 

3. Mozambique – Maputo  

Mozambique opposition calls for new protests as post-vote tensions escalate 

More than fifty days after Mozambique's election, the fight over the vote's outcome has not subsided. This week, the opposition presidential candidate and runnerup in the October 8 election called for new protests. 

4. Algeria – South Afrika  

President Ramaphosa to undertake a State Visit to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria today  

President Cyril Ramaphosa will, at the invitation of His Excellency, Mr Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, undertake a State Visit to Algeria from 05 to 07 December 2024. 

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 5 December 1924 when Bawo Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Eastern Cape Province and 5 December 2013 when Tata Nelson Mandela died in the evening. 

 

Guest: Ignatius Briel - Gauteng Director of the Legal Practice Council 

 

Guest: David Monyae - director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg 

A body that was retrieved at the Stilfontein mine on Wednesday came with a note, requesting an urgent rescue of other miners trapped underground. According to the note they're extremely sick and will die if not retrieved alongside bodies of those who succumbed to death already. 

 

Guest: Sabelo Mnguni – National Administrator; Mining Affected Communities United in Action 

PARLIAMENT this week approved a salary increase for President Cyril Ramaphosa despite opposition from his ardent critics, the EFF and MK Party. This after ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli tabled a draft motion in response to the recommendation made by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers in May. 

Guest: Mzwanele Manyi - MK Party chief whip

 

Guest: Buhle Hanise Profile – Head of Business Restructuring Services at BDO South Africa 

Commenting on the release of the 3Q2024 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth figures by Statistics South Africa, NWU Business School economist Prof Raymond Parsons says: ‘The unexpected and disappointing GDP growth figures for 3Q2024 confirm the extent to which South Africa’s growth prospects remain vulnerable to negative factors such as adverse weather conditions, weakened exports, and other lagging sectors. 

Guest: Prof Raymond Parsons – North West University Business School economist  

 

Guest: Simon Eppel, director of policy and research at the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) 

 

Guest: Dr Michael Masiapato - Border Management Authority commissioner

 

Guest: Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster - BOSA Deputy Leader