The National Briefing

Guest: Kabelo Gwamanda, Executive mayor for the City of Joburg

how difficult is to be the Mayor of the City of Joburg?

 

 

 

 

Ayanda Sishi-Wigzell from Johannesburg and Sibongiseni Buthelezi from Braamfischerville in Soweto have been selected for the SAfm Youth Day Takeover

 

Guest: Ralph Mathekga, Analyst

Suspended Public Protector Mkhwebane released a series of audio recordings, she says shows that the deceased ANC MP Joemet-Petterson met with her husband - and tried to extort money for him - in return for ending the inquiry into her fitness for office

 

 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Janeli Kotze, Acting Director for Early Childhood Development at Department of Basic Education

why do millions of kids in SA don’t have access to Early Childhood Development?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Steven Gruzd, Head: African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

In Ukraine, soldiers from both Russia and Ukraine are reporting intense fighting along the border of Ukraine’s Donetsk region - with what appears to be a Ukrainian counteroffensive underway

 

The City of Cape Town says it can’t build some of its infrastructure properly - and will lose an infrastructure grant worth R58.8 million - because the construction mafia is holding them to ransom

Guest: Rob Quintas, City of Cape Town Urban Mobility MMC

Guest: Professor Usuf Chikte, Spokesperson of Judge Desai

Last week the Judicial Conduct Committee of the Judicial Service Commission issued a reprimand for the retired Judge Siraj Desai - for involving himself in political controversy by signing a document condemning or criticising Israel and its policies towards Palestinians.

 

 

 

 

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs

Afrika Update Report: 14 June 2023; 1. Congo-Brazzaville- Ivory Coast, President Denis Sassou Ngueso says Afrika cannot stay silent on Russia-Ukraine war during his three day state visit in Ivory Coast; 2.Eritrea-Asmara, Eritrea rejoins East Afrika bloc IGAD after 16 years as a sign towards peace,stability and regional integration ; 3.Sierra Leone- Free Town, Sierra Leone decides on their 5th elections since the brutal 10 year civil war on the 24th of June 2023; 4.Mozambique-South Afrika, Mozambique mineral resources and energy minister Carlos Zacarias has confirmed that they will supply electricity starved South Afrika with 1,000 megawatts in two phases ; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 14 June 1985 when a talented graphic artists and political freedom fighter Thamsaqa Thami ka Mnyele was assassinated in Botswana by the then Apartheid South Afrikan defence force (SADF).

 

Guest: Songezo Zibi, RISE Mzansi leader

RISE Mzansi says that SA problems are not caused by technical problems or a lack of skills - but are caused by what they call political decay and that #2024IsOur1994

 

 

Guest: Dr. Mvuyisi Mzukwa, Chair South African Medical Association

Guest: Dr. Nicholas Crisp, Deputy Director General: National Health Insurance · National Department of Health, South Africa

Guest: Professor Frikkie Booysen, Chair of Health Economics at Wits University

Mediated Conversation: is SA ready for NHI?