Guest: Terri Maclarty: uMhlanga Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association chairperson

 

 

3 April 2024

 

1. Senegal – Diamniadio, Senegal has inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in just weeks.

 

1. Egypt – Cairo, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt was sworn in for a third six-year term on Tuesday after being re-elected in a December vote in which he faced no serious challengers.

 

1. Somalia- Puntland, The semi-autonomous state of Puntland says it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional amendments passed by the central government in Somalia are approved in a nationwide referendum.

 

1. Kenya – Nairobi, Kenyan public hospital doctors who have been on strike since last month convened in two major cities on Tuesday to discuss their grievances against the government.

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 3 April 1930 when Ras Tafari Makonnen -Haile Selassie I succeeded the Emperor Menelik II as ruler of Ethiopia.

 

 

 

29 March 2024:

 

2 April 2024

 

1. Senegal – Dakar- President of Nigeria and Chairperson of Ecowas, Bola Tinubu will depart from Abuja today for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of the country’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye;

 

1. DR Congo- Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa to the role;

 

1. Mali- Bamako, Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed to organise polls within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy;

 

1. Rwanda – Kigali, Liberal Party (PL), and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), endorsed the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) candidate Paul Kagame in the July presidential race, joining four smaller political parties, which are already in a coalition with the ruling RPF — in endorsing Kagame;

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 2 April 1904 when German forces under Major Von Glasenapp were defeated by Herero people near Okaharui, German West Africa (now Namibia).

 

 

 

Guest: Prof Corne Van Walbeek: Professor at UCT School Of Economics

 

Guest: Sinenhlanhla Mnguni: Chairperson at Fair-Trade Independent Tabacco Association

 

Guest: Johnny Moloto - British American Tobacco SA General Manager

 

Guest: Dr Sharon Nyatsanza - National Council Against Smoking

 

 

Guest: Dr Phophi Ramathuba - Limpopo Health MEC

 

 

Guest: Ashraf Garda – Safm Presenter

 

 

Guest: Lumkile Mondi - senior lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand

 

 

Guest: Charlotte Powell, head of public awareness in the city's disaster risk management centre, City of Cape Town

 

 

Guest: Heinz Schenk Senior Sports Writer for Sport24news

 

 

Guest: Nhlamulo Ndhlela - MK Party Spokesperson