The Global Briefing: India, Australia, USA and Japan have agreed on a new critical minerals partnership and a major port development project in Fiji after meeting in New Delhi.

Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism has issued a strong warning after Jewish witnesses gave evidence about the 2025 Bondi Beach terror attack.

Canada could be heading for a constitutional showdown as the federal state of Alberta is expected to vote in October on a referendum linked to possible separation from the national government.

Guest: Dr. Oscar van Heerden - Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg. 

The University of Witwatersrand will tomorrow be hosting a two-day conference to commemorate 50 years of the June 16 Soweto student uprising.

Guest: Professor Noor Neiftagofein - Conference organiser and also South African Research Chair in Local Histories, Present Realities and is the Head of the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand 

The Reality Check with Dr Gcina Mhlophe: Inter generational dialogues - What lessons can we draw from those who came before us

Guest: Yazeed Osman - Co-Founder at The Liberation Hub

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to deepen economic, security and diplomatic cooperation.

Ukraine has endured one of the heaviest waves of Russian missile and drone attacks in recent months

Political tensions in Turkey have escalated after riot police stormed the headquarters of the main opposition CHP party

Guest: Dr Garth Benneyworth - Senior Lecturer at Sol Plaatje University. 

• Pick n pay pushes out turnaround target as losses persist
• 2. Netcare’s digitisation strategy continues to pay off
• 3. Market update

Guest: Dr Gcina Mhlophe - Author, Storyteller and Founding Director of GCINAMASIKO Arts & Heritage Trust and eThekwini UNESCO City of Literature Ambassador

The Reality Check with Dr Gcina Mhlophe: This continent, Izwekazi le Afrika - How long our colonisers kept people separate from it

The Municipal Watch: what seems to be the problem when it comes to water in Taung Municipality and why is the municipality allowing health facilities to close?

Guest: Aobakwe Gaobusi - Resident and farmer 

Guest: Rev Raasie Lerata Motaung - ActionSA Coordinator  

Guest: Councillor Itumeleng Maribe - Newly appointed Executive mayor of the Greater Taung Municipality 

Gauteng is facing a growing informal settlement crisis, with new figures showing a sharp rise in land invasions and informal structures across the province. What's government’s response around infrastructure, service delivery, and efforts to monitor illegal land occupation?

Guest: Theo Nkonki - Spokesperson for the  Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. 

Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa

1.    Senegal -Dakar

Senegal parliament speaker resigns, paving the way for Ousmane Sonko to replace him

The speaker of Senegal's parliament, El Malick Ndiaye, said Sunday he was resigning, two days after his close ally Ousmane Sonko was fired as prime minister, deepening a political crisis in the debt-laden West African country.

In a Facebook post, Ndiaye described his decision to step down as a “personal choice guided above all by my understanding of institutions, public responsibility, and the best interests of the nation.”

2.    DR Kongo –  Tshop Province 

New wave of drone strikes hits Kisangani Airport

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new wave of drone strikes has hit both rebel-held and government-controlled areas.

Multiple explosions struck Bangboka airport in Kisangani, in the Tshopo province. Local authorities report nine blasts between Sunday night and early Monday morning.

3.    Benin – Niger 

Benin-Niger relations show signs of thaw as Wadagni takes office

Niger PM’s appearance at inauguration signals possible reopening of dialogue after months of regional tensions

Benin’s new president, Romuald Wadagni, officially took office this weekend with promises of stability, security and regional cooperation — but it was the presence of Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine at the ceremony that drew particular attention across West Africa.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 26 May 1994, when the first Black President, Tata Madiba Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela, announced his intentions to promote national unity and reconciliation amongst political organisations.