The National Briefing

Guest: Dr Lehasa Moloi: Senior Lecturer, Department of Development Studies at UNISA

Guest: labour expert Dr Linda Meyer, MD at IIE Rosebank College.

Guest: Dr Ras Mothoe Koitsiwe – Chait: RasTafari Nation Council of South Africa

Guest: Velani Ludidi - Reporter: Daily Maverick

Guest: Dr Jill Fortuin, Executive Director of Drowning Prevention at National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI)

Afrika Update Report

27 December 2023:

1. DR Congo-Kinshasha, The Interior Minister of DRC Peter Kazadi has announced restrictions on political and election related demonstrations planned for today;
2. Senegal-Dakar, Jailed Senagalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has submitted his candidacy to contest February presidential election for 2024;
3. Libya-Mali-Algeria and South Afrika, The family of a South African Greco Van Deventer held hostage in Libya and then Mali for more than Six years thanked Algerian authorities;
4. Tourism and travelling in Africa- Top 10 best International airports in Afrika in 2023;
5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 26 December 1956 when 5, 580 Egyptians prisoners of war were exchanged for 4 Israelis held by Egyptian troops.

Guest: Gabriel Crouse – Fellow, Institute For Race Relations

Guest: Dr Snuki Zikalala - President of the ANC Military Veterans

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

Guest: Vally Padayachee, currently the Chairman of the Management Committee of the NRS Association of SA and formerly an executive manager of Eskom and formerly a senior executive of City Power Johannesburg