The National Briefing

Guest: Paseka Letsatsi, SASSA Spokesperson

There was a rush over the weekend by people receiving social grants to try and renew their SASSA gold cars - because they were due to expire - but now it appears the life of the cards is being extended.

 

 

 

Guest: Stavros Nicolaou, Board member of Busa and senior executive for Strategic Trade Development at Aspen Pharmacare Group.

Business Unity South Africa says that they support the establishment of the NHI fund.

 

 

 

 

 Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor at City of Cape Town

City reflects on five months of Gunshot detection technology

 

 

 

 

Guest: Makhudu Sefara, Editor of TimesLIVE and Deputy Editor of SundayTimes

Well later this week we should find out how the national prosecuting authority intends to appeal the verdict in the Nulane case - the case that was described as the blueprint for state capture

 

 

 

 

Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand

In India Manupur, at least fifty-five people have been killed and nearly three hundred hurt - while twenty-three thousand people have been evacuated from the area - after ethnic violence between two different groups

 

 

 

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

Afrika Update Report: 8 May 2023; 1. Sudan- Egypt- US, The Arab League begins negotiations between Sudan's warring sides in Cairo this weekend amidst Sanctions from USA ; 3. Mali-Bamako, The military government has announced the date of the constitutional referendum for next month ;4. Burundi- DRC- South Africa, The Burundian government hosted the 11th High Level segment of the regional oversight mechanisms (ROM) of peace , security and cooperation (PSC) focusing in DR Congo and Sudan; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 8 May 1986  when the South Africa’s new constitution was approved.

 

 

Guest: Vally Padayachee, currently the Chairman of the Management Committee of the NRS Association of SA and formerly an executive manager of Eskom and formerly a senior executive of City Power Johannesburg

The organisation which manages the specifications for load shedding has now made plans from what happens after stage eight load shedding

 

 

 

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi, South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary

There was a ruling on Friday in the High Court in Tshwane which says that government has sixty days to prevent places like hospitals, schools and police stations from suffering from load shedding.

 

 

Guest: Bharti Patel, National Executive Director at the South African Mental Health Federation

There is a new National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2030 but experts concerned over implementation.

 

 

Guest: Sihle Zikalala, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure commenced a programme to rehabilitate small harbours in the country. He is in SALDANHA- where half a billion has been injected to improve the harbour and will also visit Houtbay.