The National Briefing

Guest: Roland Henwood, commentator: University of Pretoria

In Turkey it appears that a run-off vote in their presidential elections may be on the cards - projections suggest the President Racip Erdgoan has won around 49.34% of the vote - while his main challenger - Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has won around 45% of the vote.

 

 

Guest: Dr Katlego Mothudi, Managing Director at Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa (BHF)

Unique challenges faced by many boards of trustees in the medical schemes environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Bataung Qhotsokoane, Editor In Chief - iAfrikan.com

The caller identification service Truecaller will help WhatsApp users to combat spam.

 

 

 

People’s Mediated 

 

 Guest: Thabiso Zulu, anti-corruption campaigner and whistle blower

There’s been important evidence in the trial of four men accused of killing the whistle-blower and former ANC Youth League Secretary General Sindiso Magaqa

 

 

Guest: Dr Mgcini Tshwaku, MMC for Public Safety Security: City of Joburg

There are now reports that some Spaza Shops in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg are operating as illegal pharmacies selling (Lean: codeine mixed with coldrink) to kids

 

 

 

Guest: Abel Esterhuyse, Associate Professor of strategy, Faculty of Military Science: Stellenbosch University

Guest: Siphamandla Zondi, Professor of politics and international relations at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).

There are claims made by the US Ambassador Rueben Brigety that South Africa supplied weapons - arms and ammunition to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

 

 

 

Guest: Na'eem Jeenah - senior researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute of Strategic Reflection

It’s now reported that least 29 Palestinians have been killed - including six children in Israeli air raids on the Gaza strip.

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Lee-Anne Germanos – Senior Campaigner for Chnge.org

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, submitted a complaint on behalf of two South African citizens, Mr Sello Tsolo and Mr Tjoko Kambule, to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) against the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

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

 Afrika Update Report: 12 May 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Paramilitaries bivouac in deserted houses and have turned hospitals into de facto "barracks", 2. Guinea- Conakry, Protest against military administration paralyse the capital and seven people killed by police gunfire; 3. Rwanda-Kigali,  The City of Kigali has announced that 5,812 households must be urgently relocated from high-risk zones due to flooding and landslides that wreaked havoc in parts of Western, Northern and Southern provinces ; 4.Namibian - Windhoek, Namibian prison authorities have banned recruitment of persons with visible tattoos in line with their policy and code of conduct; 5.In our historical archives, it was on this day 12 May 2018 when the legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at the age of 83 in Mpumalanga.