The National Briefing

Guest: Joe Carrim, South African Table Tennis Board President

The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals will be a landmark occasion in the history of table tennis, as it marks the first time in over 80 years that the event will be held on African soil

 

 

Guest: Prof. Patrick Bond, Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg

In the US president Joe Biden has cut short a trip to Asia to go back home to try and deal with the US debt crisis - essentially - the US is risking defaulting on trillions of dollars of loans.

 

 

 

Guest: Ngwako Makaepea, Deputy Director General: Rail Transport at the Department of Transport

There was a comment this week by the Transport Minister Sindiswa Chikunga that Rail Sevices in the Western Cape will not be devolved to the City of Cape Town or the province at this stage.

 

Guest: Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli – Eastern Cape Provincial Spokesperson SA Police Services

A missing five-year-old boy from Cradock in the Eastern Cape past weekend was found locked in a classroom at a school for three days was found naked in freezing weather and with his head covered in paint

 

 

 

Guest: George Mahlangu, IEC Head of Political Party Funding

The IEC says it might not be properly prepared for 2024 elections if court challenges by civil organizations go ahead

 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Sean Muller, Senior Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study University of Johannesburg

The Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande is still considering the implications of a report by a professor that found the university of South Africa - Unisa should be placed under administration

 

 

 

More bad news from Eskom with predictions of stage five load shedding for literally all of winter - and Eskom saying yesterday that in a worst case scenario there could be stage 8 load shedding for two whole months - July and August.

Guest: Hilton Trollip, Independent Energy Consultant

 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Trevor Ngwane - Centre for Sociological Research and Practice, University of Johannesburg

Why do we have more protests in winter than in summer?

 

Guest: Selby Leshaba, one of the organizers and the EXCO member of the community

a two-day shutdown in Fleurhof and Florida is underway to protest against illegal mining, lack of infrastructure, and poor service delivery.

 

 

 

 

Guest: Gwen Ansell, Independent Music Writer

National anthems: how composers in South Africa and India are reimagining them.