The National Briefing

Guest: Adv. Jan Heunis, Stellenbosch University Convocation executive committee President

The Stellenbosch University’s convocation executive committee have called for Vice Chancellor - Professor Wim de Villiers to leave office due to nepotism

Guest: Prof Bheki Mngomezulu, political analyst

The DA leader John Steenhuisen says five political party leaders have agreed to attend a national convention to discuss working together against the ANC and the EFF.

Guest: Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, Home Affairs Minister

There have been several questions about the passport that Thabo Bester was using when he was arrested in Tanzania - and it turns out he did not have a South African passport at all

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

Peoples Mediated

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi, Saftu general secretary

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has called on the government to immediately terminate the G4S contract to run the Mangaung correctional facility after the Thabo Bester escape

Guest: Ganief Hendricks – Memmber of the Portfolio Committee On Justice and Correctional Services

In that Parliamentary Committee yesterday, the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services - Judge Edwin Cameron said that the Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola had been told of the Thabo Bester escape in October

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

 Afrika Update Report: 14 April 2023; 1. Switzerland -DR Congo, Swiss President Alain Berset pledges to advocate for East DR Congo conflict victims at UN security council next month as the chair the May sessions; 2. Kenya -Nairobi, Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for support from the East African Community regional force in the Eastern DRC in his engagement with the special envoy of the UN secretary general for the great lakes region Huang Xia; 3.Nambia - Windhoek, Namibian judicial service commission has cleared the air around the appointment if Zimbabwean judge Rita Makarau as the acting judge of the Supreme Court until 31 March 2024; 4. Botswana -Gaborone, Botswana Democratic Party leader and State President Mokgwetsi Masisi has challenged former president Ian Khama to come back home and campaign freely for Opposition parties; 5. Kenya -Nigeria -South Africa - Netflix plans to expand its operations in African countries building on the success of series like Blood and Water in South Africa; 6. In our historical archives, it was tomorrow 15 April 1958 when Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah convened the first conference of independent African states and declared the day as African Freedom Day or Africa Liberation Day.

Guest: Musa Mdunge, Political analyst based at the University of Dundee

In the UK doctors who work in government hospitals are now out on strike, some doctors have said that the country’s healthcare system is like a sinking ship

Guest: Rumbidzai Matamba, Analyst Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised crime says that it now believes there are more than two assassinations every week in South Africa.