The National Briefing

Guest: Karyn Maughan: Senior Legal Journalist, News24

Guest: Elizabeth Reiters: #PayTheGrants Deputy Chair

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

Guest: Dr Akhtar Hussain Chairperson Employed Doctors Advocacy Forum: South African Medical Association

5 January 2024:

1. Sudan-South Africa, Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo says he is committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war in Sudan after meeting with President Matamela Ramaphosa yesterday in Tshwane;
2. Sierra Leone - Freetown, Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four charges including treason amidst post-election tensions;
3. Nigeria-Kenya-Uganda, Nigerian education Minister Tahir Mamman has announced an expansion of its suspension or ban of degrees accreditation, encompassing additional countries such as Kenya and Uganda;
4. DR Congo-Kinshasha, DRC powerful Catholic bishop’s conference and Protestants churches are demanding an inquiry into election issues;
5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 5 January 1976 when then state-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) started regular daily television transmissions.

Guests: Golden Miles Bhudu · President at South African Prisoners Organization for Human Rights

 
Guest: Jabulile Mabaso: Gauteng Provincial Secretary - South African Police Union (SAPU)

 
Guest: Gideon Chitanga: Research Associate, African Centre for the Study of the United States (Wits ACSUS) University of the Witwatersrand.

Guest: Bulelwa Adonis - Women For Change spokesperson

 
Guest: Dr Pali Lehohla is director of the Economic Modelling Academy, a Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg, a Research Associate at Oxford University, a board member of Institute for Economic Justice at Wits and a distinguished Alumni of the University of Ghana. He is the former Statistician-General of South Africa.