The National Briefing

 

Guest: Patrick Bond - Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the University of Johannesburg Centre for Social Change.

 

Guest: Samkele Maseko, SABC Political Reporter

Guest: Rebone Tau, author of “The Rise and Fall of the ANCYL” and former ANCYL Task Team Member

In Mpumalanga, the Premier and the top leadership of the police have been holding a summit to deal with crime - as you know crime levels and levels of violent crime have risen sharply in the last two years

Guest: Semakaleng Manamela, SA Police Service Provincial Commissioner: Mpumalanga

 

Afrika Update Report: 30 June 2023; 1. Sudan -Khartoum, A 24-hour ceasefire deal agreed in Sudan on the eve of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday has been  breached again since the start of the conflict; 2.Mali-Germany-UN, The German Defence Ministry  is planning to pull its soldiers out of Mali faster in the light of UN multidimensional integrated stabilisation mission in Mali ending today; 3. Eswatini-Mbabane, The 8th Southern African Custom Union (SACU) summit held in Eswatini has urged members to diversify their economies  and ensure that they increase Inter-Afrika trade; 4. South Afrika-South Sudan-DR Congo; President Matamela Ramaphosa hosted the President of South Sudan Salva Kirr Mayardit to discuss issues of mutual concern on conflict resolution  and next week he will visit President Felix Tshisekedi in DR Congo; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day in 30 June 1960 when the Democratic Republic of Congo was liberated from Belgium with Patrice Emery Lumumba as its Prime Minister and Joseph Kasa-Vubu as its President.

In Tshwane last night, a motion brought by ActionSA and supported by the da to remove the African Transformation Movement’s speaker Mncedi Nzwanana was disallowed - which means he is still the speaker

Guest: Dr. Corne Mulder, Spokesperson for the Multi-Party Coalition in the City of Tshwane

 

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi - General Secretary, SAFTU