Solidarity celebrates the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Certificate of Need and considers it a huge victory for healthcare practitioners and the broader public. The group argues the ruling effectively weakens a central pillar of the NHI framework and raises serious questions about whether the current model can survive in its intended form.

Guest: Peirru Marx - Network Coordinator: Medical Sector at Solidariteit

Market Brief with Ntaoleng Lechela - Business Reporter

• Famous Brands results point to resilient but financially strained local consumer

• 2. WeBuyCars feels the pressure as Asian cars squeeze markets in the used car market 
• 3. Market update

 

Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rural Development, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa has dismissed the CEO of the Gauteng Gambling Board and suspended its CFO following a forensic investigation that uncovered alleged governance failures, procurement irregularities and financial misconduct at the entity. 

Guest: Vuyiswa Ramokgopa - Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rural Development

South Africa’s rail procurement process is under legal scrutiny, with the Black Business Council backing an urgent court bid to stop Transnet from proceeding with a foreign-only rail tender that excludes local manufacturers.

Guest: Kganki Matabane - Chief Executive Officer of the Black Business Council

 

 

The NPA says it is taking disciplinary action against a prosecutor convicted of contempt of court after failing to appear in the bail application of Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni and others, who face charges of extortion and money laundering in Mpumalanga. The matter was struck off the court roll, raising questions about the handling of the high-profile case and the implications for its reinstatement.

Guest: Adv Mthunzi Mhaga - Special Director of Public Prosecutions: National Prosecuting Authority

 

The Municipal Watch: The Tswaing Municipality is taking the Department of Corporative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in the North West Province to court over a report highlighting corruption and system failures in that municipality.

Guest: Dr Ben Bole - Head of Department at the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the North West 

Guest: Vincent Diphoko - Provincial Secretary of the SAMWU in the North West  

Guest: Thembile Monnagaratwe - a resident of the Tswaing Municipality 

The Global Briefing: The UAE and Saudi Arabia report fresh drone attacks on energy infrastructure as the US-Iran conflict drags on.

G7 finance ministers have met in Paris to tackle global trade and inflation pressures.

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda an international emergency.

Guest: Khanya Vilakazi - Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Mpumalanga 

 

The Reality Check with Dr Zeph Nhleko: Infrastructure investment as the starting point to respond to the challenge

Guest: Dr Zeph Nhleko - Chief Economist, the Development Bank of Southern Africa 

 

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

1.    Kenya- Nairobi

Kenya transport protests turn deadly as four killed in fuel price unrest

At least four people have been killed during nationwide transport protests in Kenya, the interior minister has confirmed, as anger over rising fuel prices paralysed major cities and exposed deep economic strain.

The unrest erupted on yesterday when public transport operators went on strike, forcing “matatu” minibuses off the roads and leaving thousands of commuters stranded. 

Protesters blocked highways, lit bonfires on major roads, and attempted to halt private vehicles and motorbike taxis in several cities, including Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret, and Nyeri.

2.    Belgium – DR Kongo 

Belgian diplomat linked to Lumumba case dies before landmark trial

Étienne Davignon, the last surviving Belgian official facing prosecution over the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, has died at the age of 93, bringing an end to the criminal case that was seen as a historic reckoning with Belgium’s colonial past.

Lumumba became the first prime minister of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo after independence from Belgium in 1960. Just months later, he was overthrown and assassinated in a killing that became one of the defining events of Africa’s post-colonial history and a symbol of foreign interference on the continent.

3.    Netherlands - Rwanda

Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague.

Who was Felicien Kabuga? The  Rwandese alleged fugitive financier of genocide

Born in 1935 in northern Rwanda’s Byumba prefecture (now Gicumbi district), Kabuga rose from modest origins as a market trader selling small goods, cigarettes, and second-hand clothing.

Alleged role in the 1994 genocide

Prosecutors accused Kabuga of playing a central role in the events leading up to and during the 1994 genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 to 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed over 100 days.

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day, 19 May 1925, when Malcolm X ( Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was born, a Pan-Afrikan revolutionary and Black nationalist leader, who came from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity, to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. 

Malcolm X Day is an American holiday celebrated in honour of Malcolm X, an African American human rights activist and Muslim minister.

 

The South African Human Rights Commission to hold Public Investigative Inquiry into Gauteng Water Crisis amid escalating human rights concerns

Guest: Henk Boshoff - Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission