Guest: Simone Cooper, Head of Business and Commercial Banking for Standard Bank South Africa

 

 

Guest: John Stremlau - Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand

 

 

Guest: Athol Trollip: Action SA Parliamentary Caucus Leader

 

 

26 June 2024

 

1. Kenya – Nairobi, Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday security was his "utmost priority" after protests against a bill to raise taxes descended into violence, with police firing on demonstrators trying to storm the legislature, killing at least five.

 

1. Rwanda – Rubavu, Attendees of a re-election rally for Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame prompted a stampede that killed at least one person and injured 37.

 

1. DR Congo - Sake, In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of young people aged 18 to 25, known as the "Wazalendo" or "patriotic resistors," have taken up arms to defend their country.

 

1. Botswana – US Afrika Command, As the U.S. military packs up what is left of its equipment and counter-terrorism personnel in Niger, its military intelligence is warning that it is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor growing West African insurgencies.

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 26 June 1959 when South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) launched a country wide potato boycott in Bethal (Mpumalanga).

 

Clip: Geordin Gwyn Hill-Lewis - Mayor of Cape Town

Guest: Elecia Rix: Was Homeless

Guest: Ndodana Hadebe: Homeless Action Coalition Chairperson

Guest: De La Harpe Le Roux: Part Of homeless Network

 

 

Guest: Vuyo Zungula: African Transformation Movement (ATM) Leader

 

 

Guest: Donathusi Dlamini: Secretary General, KwaZulu Natal African Farmers' Association of South Africa (Afasa)

 

 

Guest: Abel Esterhuyse - Professor Of Strategy: Faculty Of Military Science: Stellenbosch University

 

 

Guest: Solly Msimanga is the Gauteng leader of the DA

 

 

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