The National Briefing

Guest: Kaizer Kganyago - Special Investigative Unit Spokesperson

The Special Investigative Unit preliminary investigations show that more than R5 Billion NSFAS funds was possibly assigned to students who did not qualify for funding.

 

 

 

 

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

 

Afrika Update Report: 20 April 2023; 1. North Sudan - Khartoum, Day five as Sudanese army and Paramilitaries announced new 24- cease fire and South African government reiterates its appeal on the parties involved to re-engage and protect civilians ; 2. Tunisia -Tunis, Tunisian President Kais Saied has issued stern warning to opposition leaders ; 3. Chad - N'Djamena , Freed rebel prisoners calls for  the leaders of front for change and Concord ( fact) to be released by Chad interim president of Mahamat Idriss; 4.Namibia- South Africa, President Matamela Ramaphosa will host the President of Namibia today as part of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries ; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 20 April 1994 when the Apartheid late president F.W de Klerk issued a proclamation adopting the new national flag and national anthem of South Africa.

 

 

Guest: Foster Mohale, Health Department Spokesperson

The Health Department has now confirmed it’s spent around seven hundred million rand keeping generators going for hospitals during load shedding

 

Guest: Bongekile Macupe - News24's deputy political editor

Bongekile Macupe - News24's deputy political editor argues that the rule of law doesn't exist in SA, and anyone who says it does, is lying

 

 

Guest: Guy Midgley, director of the School for Climate Studies and professor in global change biology in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University

In many parts of Asia, a massive heatwave is disrupting daily life - and in some cases has caused several people to die through heatstroke.

 

Guest: Clayson Monyela, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation's Spokesperson

Fighting is continuing in Sudan, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation says it’s worried about South Africans in Sudan - but it’s very difficult to get them out - because the airports are closed

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Premier of KZN

 

Guest: Bheki Mtolo, ANC KZN Secretary

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has apologised to pupils, parents and stakeholders for “hiccups” associated with the delivery of food to schools as part of the national school nutrition programme. The statement comes after an outcry over non-delivery of food to about 5,400 schools in the province which has put the department in the crosshairs of the education portfolio committee in the province.

 

 

 

Guest: Prof. Thuli Madonsela, professor of law occupying the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University 'nepotism' saga: Some Alumni and staff reject request to distribute motion of no confidence.

 

 

Guest: Doctor Ngema, the General Secretary of the National Teachers Union

The National Teachers Union says the Education Department in KwaZulu-Natal has shown its incompetence in its procurement processes. This over its failure to deliver food items for school feeding schemes when schools reopen after the Easter holidays.