Willem Els: Senior Training Coordinator: Terrorism, Institute for Security Studies ( ISS) 

 

 

Guest: Simon Zwane: Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesperson  

 

 

Afrika Update Topics  

 

Afrika Update Report  

1 April 2024: 

 

1. South Afrika -Tshwane , The South Afrikan government will launch the commencement of the year-long 30 years of freedom and democracy celebration;

 

2.Egypt- France-Jordan and Middle East,  

Top diplomats meet in Cairo this weekend and have warned of disaster and repercussion if Israel expands offensive attack to Rafah city;  

 

3.Somalia- Mogadishu, Somalia parliament have passed bill allowing President to appoint the Prime Minister; 

 

4.Uganda - Kampala, Ugandan President Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba has vowed to crackdown on graft in the military after taking over as the top commander ; 

 

1. Senegal- Dakar, Senegal 's Constitutional council has confirmed Bassirou Diomaye Faye election victory and tommorow it will be his inauguration in the city of Diamniadio;

 

1. . In our historicalArchives  it was on this day 1 spril 2016 when the former President of PAC of Azania CalrenceMlamliZikhaluMakwetu passed away 

 

 

Guest: Minhaj Jeenah: Executive Director, My Vote Counts

 

 

Guest: Nkululeko Tselane – Attorney and legal director of The Institute of Elections Management Services in Africa

 

 

Guest: Bishop Mashashane: South African National Christian Forum President

 

 

Guest: Wayne Duvenage: CEO, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa)

 

 

29 March 2024:

 

1. Senegal - Dakar, The Senegal appeal court has confirmed opposition and newly elected presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the President of Senegal;

 

1. Mali-Russia-Wagner, Amnesty international accuses the Russian mercenary group Wagner of killing civilians with Malian army;

 

1. Liberia- Lofa-north- western, A French court handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crime against humanity;

 

1. Madagascar-Vohemar-Northern, Eleven people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed as Cyclone Gamane smashed into northern Madagascar;

 

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day March 29 1933 when Dr Bishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba was born in Polokwane, Limpopo.

 

 

Guest: Lesiba Thobakgale – South African Police Union (SAPU) Spokesperson

 

 

Guest: Natalie Hanekom, an engineering student at the University of Pretoria (UP)