A meeting between the ANC's National Working Committee and the ANC KwaZulu-Natal leadership to discuss electoral performance was held at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg. The meeting took place amid calls of disbandment and possible reinforcement for what has been described as an ANC that is "not strong enough". 

Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Politics Reporter 

The Science Forum South Africa will be held from 4 to 6 December 2024 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. The Forum serves as a large, open, public platform for debating the science and society interface. The theme is Igniting Conversations about Science – Innovation and Science for Humanity. 

Guest: Laurette Marais - Senior Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 

 

Guest: Brett Caminsky Director of Atlas Finance 

 

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associated Editor at Daily Maverick 

The Morning Brief  

Afrika Update Report  

3 December 2024 

1. Namibia – Windhoek  

Watershed polls plunge Namibia into unprecedented crisis and what is the latest in terms of numbers of votes counted. 

ONE of the most stable countries in the continent, Namibia, has slid into a political crisis following last week’s fault-prone elections. 

These polls, the worst-organised in post-Namibia’s 34-year-history, have culminated in a constitutional dilemma after the outgoing president extended voting by a further three days, from November 27. 

Depending on which side of the political fence one sits on, the extension of voting days either is a justified move to enable those that failed to vote amid ballot paper shortages an opportunity to exercise their democratic right to participate, or, as critics argue, exposes the electoral process to rigging. 

2. Ghana – Accra  

Ghana risks government shutdown if no budget passed before election 

 Ghana's parliament is unlikely to pass a provisional budget before the Dec. 7 general election, former officials and experts say, which risks triggering an unprecedented government shutdown early next year. 

3. Angola – United States of America  

Outgoing President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa . 

Thousands of people lined the streets as Biden entered Angola's capital, Luanda. 

Biden first stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of Cape Verde for a brief, closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. In Angola, Biden plans to meet with Angolan President João Lourenço, visit the National Slavery Museum and travel to the port city of Lobito for a look at the rail project. 

4. Mozambique- Maputo  

At least 76 people have died and another 240 were injured by gunfire in Mozambique during 41 days of demonstrations to contest the election results, the Mozambican non-governmental organisation (NGO) Plataforma Eleitoral Decide said on Monday. 

According to the report released by the electoral monitoring platform, which includes data from 21 October to 1 December, there were also “more than 1,700 people injured from various causes” across the country in these demonstrations and an estimated “more than 3,000 arrests”. 

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 3 December 1950 when secretary general of SASO and organiser of Viva Frelimo Rallies in 1974, the late Muntu Myeza was born in Kwazulu-Natal. 

 

Guest: Dr Azar Jammine - Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix 

AS SOUTH Africans prepare for the end of year holidays, a tourism organisation says travellers to Mozambique should maintain close contact with their tourism service providers to ensure they get accurate, up to date information. The Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (Satsa) was commenting after anti-government protests flared up again on last week Wednesday. 

 

Guest: Oupa Pilane - The Southern Africa Tourism Services Association Chairperson 

 

Guest: Jean-Ray Knighton Fitt - U-turn Homeless Ministries CEO

 

Guest: Mervyn Abrahams, the Programme Coordinator of the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group 

 

Guest: Prof Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation