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

 

Guest: Shaheda Omar - Teddy Bear Foundation/ Clinic

 

 

Guest: Ebrahim Fakir: Consultant Election Analyst at Electoral Institute For Sustainable Democracy In Africa

 

Guest: Omry Makgoale: ANC veteran and a political commentator

 

Guest: Peter Attard Montalto, Head of Capital Markets at Krutham

 

 

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

 

 

Guest: Gerhard Otto: Manager of Disaster Management at the Garden Route District Municipality and he chairs the Multi-Agency Command Centre for this incident.

 

 

Guest: Mokebe Thulo: Head of Brand, Aware.org

 

 

Guest: Daphne Mokoena: Eskom Spokesperson

 

Guest: Chris Yellend: Energy Expert

 

 

14 May 2024

 

1. Chad – N’Djamena, Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra has lodged a legal appeal with the country's constitutional council to challenge the preliminary result of the Central African nation's May 6 presidential election.

 

2. Sudan- Khartoum, Fires being used as a weapon in Sudan destroyed more villages and towns in the country’s west in April than in any other month since the conflict began more than a year ago, an analysis by a U.K.-based rights group said Monday.

 

3. Nigeria- Lagos, Labour unions in Nigeria staged nationwide protests on yesterday over recent increases in electricity prices following the removal of subsidies by the West African nation’s government.

 

4. East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, Internet users in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda are voicing their frustration over poor connectivity as service providers across East Africa acknowledge the issue and pledge to resolve it.

 

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 14 May 1905 when Hastings Kamazu Banda, former president of Malawi, was born in Kasungu and went to study in the US and the UK.

 

 

 

Guest: Colleen Makhubele: Leader of South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA)