The National Briefing

Guest: Gustavo De Carvalho, Senior Researcher on Russia-Africa ties at the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA

In Russia, the head of the mercenary force known as the Wagner Group has said that Russia could face another revolution if the country’s leaders don’t improve the way they’re handling the war in Ukraine.

 

 

 

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs: UNISA

 Afrika Update Special Report  (Afrika Liberation Day): 25 May 2023; 1. Ethiopia -Addis Ababa,  The Afrikan Union will commemorate Afrika  day through planting trees to mark the 60th anniversary, exhibitions and speeches from the current chairperson Azali Assoumani;  2. South Afrika- Cradle of Humankind, President Ramaphosa is expected to lead Afrika day celebrations in Gauteng under the theme "Deepening the AU vision  for Unity for Afrika through Prosperity, Peace and Modernity for a Better Afrika and a Better World"; 3. South Afrika - Tshwane, The Freedom Park commemorates Afrika day through drumming and roundtable discussion themed Borderless Afrika ; 4.Guinea Conakry, The 13th Thabo Mbeki Afrika day annual lecture will be held on Saturday presented by Guinea born political scientist Prof Siba Grovogui; 5.In our historical archives, it was on this day 25 May 1963 when the Organisation of Afrikan Unity was formed and founded by thirty-two countries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and led by Emperor Haile I Selassie I.

 

 

Guest: Obankeng Ramabodu, EFF caucus leader in Tshwane council

EFF councillors in the City of Tshwane yesterday tried to disrupt the Tshwane council meeting - they wanted officials to drink water from Hammanskraal

 

 

 

 

Guest: Nkosinathi Sishi  Director-general for Higher Education and Training,

The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”

 

Mediated Conversation: Mamelodi Sundowns clinched the 2022-23 Premier Soccer League title, but why do we have empty soccer stadiums in SA?

 

Guest: Nkuleleko Nkewu -  iDiskiTV Founder

Guest: Mpho Seopa, Co-ordinator of the National Football Supporters’ Association.

Guest: Marks Maponyane – Football Legend and Sports Analyst

 

Guest: Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande

The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”

 

Guest: Shantel Kola, Beneficiary of National Student Fund

The Department of Higher Education and Training is hosting a Pre-Budget Vote Ministerial Breakfast with National Skills Fund Beneficiaries under the theme “Transforming Post-School Education and Skills Development for the Future”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Tasneem Montara - Economic Development MEC 

Economic Development MEC Tasneem Motara’s decision to fire the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) board has backfired after the Pretoria High Court ruled that the directors be reinstated. Judge Stanley Nyathi said Motara had no mandate from the provincial government, the agency’s main shareholder, to disband the GGDA board and that she had not followed procedure in dissolving it.

 

 

 

Guest: Brooks Spector – Associate Editor: The Daily Maverick

Jean Carroll files for new damages after Trump’s CNN town hall remarks

 

 

 

Guest: Clifford Mabe, Gauteng communication liaison officer for Gift of the Givers.

Gift of the Givers delivers thousands of litres of drinking water to cholera-stricken Hammanskraal