The National Briefing

Guest: Obed Bapela - Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise

 ANC undertakes a working visit to the United Russia Party

Guest: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg

The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee decided to raise interest rates by fifty basis points - that much more than was expected.

Guest: Phuthego Mojapele, Aviation expert

The SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has suspended certain air traffic navigation procedures at more than ten airports due to non-compliance.

Guest: Sivuyile Ngodwana – Newly elected City of Ekurhuleni Mayor

The City of Ekurhuleni has a new Mayor from the African Independent Congress party named Sivuyile Ngodwana

Guest: Greg Krumbock, DA Federal Congress Presiding Officer

The Democratic Alliance will be hosting its national conference - the main event will probably be the leadership election between John Steenhuisen and Mpho Phalatse.

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

Africa Update Report: 31 March 2023; 1. Tanzania - USA, Vice President Kamala Harris takes a bold stance in defence of democracy by praising President Samia Suluhu Hassan; 2. Kenya - Nairobi, Raila Odinga has lead third day of anti-government protest and high cost of living as security was beefed up in Nairobi yesterday; 3.Uganda- DR Congo, The Military authorities in Uganda has deployed a contingent of one thousand troops to the eastern part of DR Congo; 4.Malawi-Blantrye, Cyclone Freddy's death toll could exceed 1,200 people in Malawi as hope dwindle of finding surviving according to disaster management department; 5.In our historical archives, it was on this day 31 March 1993 when the former and late Apartheid President F.W De Klerk warned General Bantu Holomisa for aiding the activities of Azania People's Liberation Army (APLA)

Guest: Dumisani Baleni, Gauteng EFF Spokesperson

Guest: Sipho Sithole, Gauteng EMS District Manager for Johannesburg

The Economic Freedom Fighters Gauteng is extremely concerned about the state of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) within the province and that the ambulances are lying idle in the Diepsloot area

Guest: Prof. Susan Booysen, Political Analyst

Former President Thabo Mbeki has written to the ANC, saying it’s wrong for the party to use its Parliamentary majority to block the Phala Phala probe and protect President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Guest: Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Global Dialogue

In the US the president of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen is now on a trip in New York - and may go to California - in a visit which china will be watching incredibly closely.

Peoples Mediated