The National Briefing

Guest: Piet Le Roux - Sakeliga CEO

Sakeliga demand immediate withdrawal of draft regulations on employment equity

 

 

 

Guest: Zolile Williams, Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)

The Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to visit the areas affected by heavy rains over the weekend in Nelson Mandela Bay

 

 

 

Guest: Cas Coovadia, CEO of Business Unity South Africa

It’s emerged Business Leadership SA paid R18-million for the private investigation into Eskom. Andre de Ruyter asked the BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso to help investigate corruption at Eskom. She was also a board member of Eskom at the time

 

 

 

Guest: Benedicta van Minnen, Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA)

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Andre de Ruyter was more interested in gossip and his book than fixing Eskom when speaking to parlimanetary’s standing committee on public accounts yesterday

 

 

 

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

 Afrika Update Report: 18 May 2023; 1.Sudan - Khartoum, The United Nations estimates that more than $3 billion is needed for humanitarian aid and refugees in Sudan ; 2.Libya-Tripoli, Libya's east-based parliament votes to suspend Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga yesterday; 3.DR Congo-Kinshasha, Calls for provisional release of former Tshisekedi private adviser Fortunat Biselele; 4. South Africa - Midrand, Kenya's President William Ruto has addressed Pan Afrikan Parliament on climate policy and equity; 5. in our historical archives, it was on this day 18 May 1977 when International Museum Day was celebrated and this year the theme is Museum sustainability and well- being.

 

 

Guest: Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, Professor of Climate Change and Water Systems: UKZN

The World Meteorological Organisation is warning that we are now entering a phase where global temperatures are going to rise dramatically in the next five years

 

 

 

 

Guest: Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC)

The ANC says it’s meeting with the US ambassador to SA Rueben Brigety were cordial after he claimed that South Africa sold weapons to Russia for Russia to use in Ukraine

 

 

 

Guest: Robyn Pasensie, Party Funding Researcher at My Vote Counts

My Vote Counts launches a court application to amend the Political Party Funding Act.

 

 

 

 

Guest: Nomzamo Zondo – Executive Director: Socio-Economic Rights Institute

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) has now condemned the unlawful raids and war on the poor by City of Joburg Acting Mayor, Kenny Kunene. they call upon the City to rectify its course and refrain from unlawful conduct

 

 

 

Guest: Sean Phillips, Director General Department of Water and Sanitation

The Department of Water and Sanitation say it has nearly R600 million has been repaid from two problematic contracts during Nomvula Mokonyane, former Minister of Water and Sanitation