The National Briefing

Guest: Etienne Hugo, Johannesburg Water's General Manager for Operations

There are still major problems with water in many parts of the country - many of them caused by load shedding. Johannesburg is facing many water issues at the moment

 

 

 

 

Guest: Zachie Achmat, Social activist and convener of #FixTheState convener

Cape Town Activist Zachie Achmat launches #FixTheState campaign and will be an independent Parliament candidate in 2024

 

 

Guest: Cilliers Brink – The DA’s newly appointed City of Tshwane Mayor

The City of Tshwane of Tshwane has a new Mayor

 

 

Guest: Ann Bernstein, Executive Director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)

The Centre for Development and Enterprise yesterday launched The Silent Crisis: Time to Fix South Africa’s Schools report

 

 

Guest: Bronwyn Williams, Researcher: Flux Trends

Guest: Dr Ridwan Mia, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Guest: Dr Gloria Tshukudu, First Black Female Plastic Surgeon

Guest: Prof Carol-Ann Benn, Surgeon and breast disease specialist

Mediated Conversation: The rise of plastic surgery

 

 

Guest: Hlubi Shivanda - Director of Business Operations and Innovation and Corporate Affairs at Samsung South Africa

SAMSUNG Solve for Tomorrow: established to nurture future leaders in the field of STEM

 

 

Guest: Dr Gerard Labuschagne, Investigative Forensic Psychologist

As the Police hunt continues for Thabo Bester - the murder and rapist who escaped from the G4S Mangaung prison it’s emerged that the expert on serial killers Dr Gerard Labuschagne in fact had an interview with Bester in 2011.

 

 

 

Guest: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow at Africa-Asia Dialogue

In Israel, the prime minister Benjyamin Netenyahu has now publicly said that he will pause the legislative changes that would see his parliament being able to overrule judges - at a time when he faces criminal charges.

 

 

 

 

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

Africa Update: 1. USA - Ghana-Tanzania-, US Vice President Kamala Harris pledges new era of US- Africa partnership touting women's empowerment , developing digital economy and supporting democracy; 2. Kenya - Nairobi, Opposition leader Raila Odinga blames President Ruto for violence during demonstrations as AU appeal for calm and political dialogue; 3.Burkina Faso- Ougadougou,  According to the latest report of the 2023 global terrorism index Burkina Faso has been ranked second in the world and first on the continent; 4.Zimbabwe- Harare, Grill Gold Mafia documentary producer as Al Jazeera maintains defense line and analysts  saying it scandalise Zimbabwe's gold mining value chain ; 5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 29 March 1979 when Idi Amin fled Uganda to Libya and Saudi Arabia.

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Prof. Jan Havenga, Rail logistics expert at Stellenbosch University

Transnet is not able to transport enough coal and iron that we mine here to the ports - and so we cannot sell what we mine - that means our mining companies are losing literally billions of rand