Guest: Prof. Siphamandla Zondi - Director of the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation: University of Johannesburg

 

Guest: Tony Leon: Former leader of the Democratic Alliance and member of the coalition negotiating team for the party

 

Guest: Solly Phetoe: Deputy General Secretary of Cosatu

 

14 June 2024
1. Sudan – North Darfu, The United Nations Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to the siege of al-Fashir - a city of 1.8 million people in Sudan's North Darfur region - by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and an immediate end to fighting in the area.

2. Rwanda- Kigali, Rwanda has named statistics official Yusuf Murangwa as its new finance minister, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente said, while the foreign minister will be Olivier Nduhungirehe, its ambassador to the Netherlands.

3. Somalia- Mogadishu, Somali Cabinet Discusses Exit of African Union Troops By Dec. 2024.The Ministry of Defense briefed the Prime Minister on the imminent withdrawal of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) forces and the transition plan for the Somali National Army (SNA) to assume full responsibility for public security by December 2024.

4. Zimbabwe – Harare, PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe will not accept conditional aid from those seeking to denigrate the country's values, national character and beliefs, addressing the 376th Ordinary Session of the Zanu PF Politburo at the party's headquarters in Harare yesterday.

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 14 June 2005 when the then President Thabo Mbeki sacks or release the then Deputy President Jacob Zuma from the state administration on the allegations of corruption during the Durban High Court trial of his former financial advisor, Schabir Shaik.

 

Guest: Mzwandile Mbeje - SABC Political Editor

 

Guest: Prof. Susan Booysen: Political Analyst

 

Guest: Samkele Maseko: SABC Politics Reporter

Guest: Jan Havenga. Emeritus Professor at Industrial Engineering, stellenbosch university and Director of the Gain Group.

 

Guest: Unathi Sonti: Executive Chairperson, Maritime Business Chamber

 

Guest: Gerhard De Beer: Senior Consultant at AIH Econogistics

 

10 June 2024

 

13 June 2024

 

1. Malawi- Lilongwe, The Malawi government said that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people.

 

1. Madagascar- Antananarivo, Madagascar's ruling party fell short of retaining its parliamentary majority after a strong showing by independents in the recently concluded legislative elections. The electoral commission put voter turnout at just over 48%.

 

3.Kenya- Nairobi, A fight between former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and the government that succeeded him, under William Ruto, has opened a window into the perks enjoyed – at least on paper – by a retired head of state in the country.

 

4.Senegal – Dakar, Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said profits from the sale of oil and gas will be “well managed” as the West African state started producing oil for the first time.

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 13 June 1976 when the

Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all Soweto high schools, at which it was decided that protests would be held on 16 June against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education in Black schools.

 

 

Guest: Vaughan Croeser: Vice President for Marketing at South African Breweries (SAB)