The National Briefing

Guest: Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane - researcher at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Guest: Dr. Peter Johnston - Climate Scientist and UCT Climate System Analysis Group Research Officer

Guest: Mr Sibongiseni Shange - Deputy Chairperson of SANTACO Metered Taxi

Guest: Loren Landau - research professor at Wits University and a Professor of migration and development at Oxford University

Afrika Update Report: 28 September 2023;
 1. South Africa-United States of Amerika; South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor recieved in Washington by Antony Blinken for bilateral talks; 2. South Sudan -Terekeka, The United Nations Mission in South Sudan hosted a peacebuiling cultural event as commitment towards elections scheduled for December 2024; 3.Gabon - Libreville, Students at Gabon's old university see glimmer of hope in post Omar Bongo's era; 4. Morocco-Kenya-Tanzania- Uganda - The Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe announced that the biennial tournament will go back to east Africa for the first time since 1976; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 28 September 1843 when the British Governor George Napier proclaimed Natal as their colony.

Guest: Thapelo Malekutu - National Union of Mineworkers Highveld Regional Deputy Regional Secretary

Guest: Dr Botlhe Modisane, Chief Director for Animal Health at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Guest: Izaak Breitenbach - GM: Poultry Association of SA
Guest: Paul Makube - Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB
Guest: Dr Greg Cilliers – Veterinarian Practicing in Poultry Industry

Guest: Jack Devnarain - Chairman of the South African Guild of Actors

Guest: Peter Attard Montalto, MD at Krutham

Afrika Update Report: 27 September 2023; 
1. Libya- Derna, Libya's prosecutor general Al-Seddik al-Sour has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands; 
2. Kenya-USA-Haiti, Kenya and USA have signed a defense agreement ahead of the planned Haiti deployment; 
3. Nigeria-Abuja, Nigeria's two biggest worker’s union (NLC and TUC) calls for indefinite strike over a cost of living next month;
4.Eswatini-Mbabane, the kingdom of Eswatini will hold parliamentary elections on Friday with political parties banned from contesting and what can we expect?
5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 27 September 1969 when Imam Haron died in detention after been tortured for 123 days.