Guest: Prof Adam Habib: Director, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London

 

 

Guest: Dr Alex Mashilo: SACP Central Committee member and National Spokesperson

 

 

Guest: Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka: Public Protector of SA

 

 

Guest: Zeenat Adam - Executive Director: Afro Middle East Centre

 

 

Guest: Ras Gareth Prince Rastafari legal activist, Chairperson of Cannabis Development Council and member of the Presidential Steering Committee on Cannabis and Hemp

 

 

Guest: Jan Vermeulan: Editor, My Broadband

 

 

Guest: Karam Singh: Executive Director at Corruption Watch

 

 

6 June 2024

 

1. Burkina Faso – Russia, Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the West African country boost its defence capabilities and fight terrorism, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that during his visit to Burkina Faso.

 

2. Nigeria: Abuja, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to formulate a new minimum wage and its cost implications within two days for presentation at subsequent meetings with labour.

 

3. DR Congo- Beni, At least 16 people were killed by a suspected Islamist rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), linked to Islamic State, started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern Congo for almost three decades.

 

4. Cape Verde – Portugal, Cape Verde's President Jose Maria Neves said the rise of right-wing populism has made it difficult to hold a serious debate over colonial reparations but argued that should not stop governments from having those conversations behind closed doors with its former coloniser Portugal.

 

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 6 June 1995 when a historic resolution was taken by the Constitutional Court to abolish the death penalty. The court ruled that capital punishment, as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Act, was in conflict with the country's 1994 constitution. The ruling did not apply, however, to the crime of treason committed in wartime.

 

Clip: Thokozani Simelane: Professor of Practice at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

Guest: Wandile Sihlobo: Chief Economist, Agbiz

Guest: Dr Jane Battersby, department of environmental and geographical science at UCT and urban food specialist

 

Guest: Vincent Tlala: CEO, The SA Pharmacy Council (SAPC)