The National Briefing

Peoples Mediated

Guest: Themba Mathibe, Joshco's - Chief Operating Officer

The Johannesburg Social Housing Company say that nearly half of the people who live in the city’s properties are not paying rent - they now own the city over two hundred and fifty million rand.

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the Russian President Putin has been sent a formal invitation to attend the BRICS summit here later in the year, despite his arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court

Guest: Professor Omphemetse Sibanda, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Management and Law at the University of Limpopo.

Judicial Service Commission should have limited or no political appointees, argues Limpopo University Law Professor

Guest: David Bruce, Independent Researcher and ISS Consultant

The Institute for Security Studies says that reducing murder must be a top SA government priority

Guest: Siyabulela Makunga, Spokesperson: Competition Commission

The Competition Commission has launched the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry in a bid to curb non-competitive conduct in the sector’s value chain and protect consumers from paying higher prices.

Africa Update: Advocate Ras Sipho Mantula

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the Russian President Putin has been sent a formal invitation to attend the BRICS summit here later in the year, despite his arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court

Guest: Koffi Kouakou, Africa Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at The Centre of Africa China, University of Johannesburg

In France, over one million people are protesting as part of demonstrations against plans by the President Emmanuel Macron to raise the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty-four.

Guest: Takunda Bimha, Takunda Bimha, Founder of the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival and the Podium Agency

Guest: Conrad Koch, comedy ventriloquist

Guest: Loyiso Gola, Comedian

Mediated Conversation: the business and the making of comedy.