The National Briefing

Guest: Dr Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town

Guest: Corene Conradie, Gift of the Givers coordinator in the Eastern Cape

Guest: Cheryl Carolus, UDF general secretary, anti-apartheid activist and former SA high commissioner in London.

Guest: Matthew Parks, COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator

Guest: Tshepo Matseba, Founder: Reputation 1st

Guest: Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, Honorary Research Fellow based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Afrika Update Report: 11 August 2023; 1. Niger-Nigeria, ECOWAS heads of state activates standby force for possible Niger intervention and coup leaders appoints a new interim government with  twenty one (21) cabinet  ministers;2. Sudan-Khartoum, The UN Assistant Secretary General for Afrika Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee has warned of a possible brutal violence that could prolonged ethnic conflict in Sudan; 3. Senegal-France,  Juan Branco who is expelled lawyer to the embattled Senegalese  opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has urged President Macky Sall to release all political prisoners; 4. Zimbabwe -Harare, Zimbabwe's incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa told over 150,000 supporters in the capital of Harare they would be lost if they did not re-elect him at this month's harmonised elections; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 11 August 1960 Chad was liberated from France and declared independent  Afrikan state.

Guest: Andrew Thompson, Freelance Writer / Custom Content Producer

Guest: Phinah Kodisang, CEO: Soul City Institute

Guest: Megan Lessing – Communications Manager: Sex Work Education and Advocacy Taskforce

Guest: Mickey Meji – Founder: Survivor Empowerment & Support Programme

Guest: Dr Ryan Wagner, Senior Research Fellow at the MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, leads the traditional healers programme at Wits University