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Guest: Prof David Monyae is the Director for the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg

THE MORNING BRIEF

President Donald Trump has announced a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, fulfilling a key campaign promise.

Guest: Rory Steyn: Co-founder and Director: NSA Security Consultants SA

Guest: Rory Steyn: Co-founder and Director: NSA Security Consultants SA

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has confirmed that a shooting incident targeting his convoy is under investigation, following what is believed to have been an attempted assassination. 

 

 

Guest: Dr Stanley Maphosa: Gun Free SA (GFSA) executive director

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Guest: Dr Stanley Maphosa: Gun Free SA (GFSA) executive director

South Africa is ramping up efforts to tackle gun violence by launching specialised police units focused on tracing and tracking illegal firearms.

 

 

22 April 2025

 

1.    Italy-Ethiopia

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mourns the Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis Pope (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025)

 

2.    South Sudan- Upper Nile

South Sudan's state military recaptures key town from White Army militia

South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a spiralling political crisis.

 

3.     Zimbabwe- Harare

'Don't Heed Call for National Shutdown'- - Says Information Minister, Labels Geza Enemy of Progress and a Terrorist

Information Minister Jenfan Muswere has laid down the gauntlet, branding his former Zanu PF party colleague, Blessed Geza, a terrorist and an enemy of progress.

 

4.    In our historical archives, it was on this day 22 April 1935 when Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in Newcastle, Natal.

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22 April 2025
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1.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;Italy-Ethiopia
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mourns the Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis Pope (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 &ndash; 21 April 2025)
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2.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;South Sudan- Upper Nile
South Sudan's state military recaptures key town from White Army militia
South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a spiralling political crisis.
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3.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp; Zimbabwe- Harare
'Don't Heed Call for National Shutdown'- - Says Information Minister, Labels Geza Enemy of Progress and a Terrorist
Information Minister Jenfan Muswere has laid down the gauntlet, branding his former Zanu PF party colleague, Blessed Geza, a terrorist and an enemy of progress.
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4.&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;&ensp;In our historical archives, it was on this day 22 April 1935 when Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and first SA Minister of Transport in the democratically elected government in 1994, was born in Newcastle, Natal.

President Donald Trump has announced a 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, fulfilling a key campaign promise.

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