Dr. Pippie Hugues, Policy Analyst at the Governance and Democracy Division of the Policy, joins Bongani Bingwa as Cameroon stands at a critical political crossroads. President Paul Biya, now 92 years old, has ruled the country since 1982—longer than most Cameroonians have been alive. Despite surviving coups and crises, Biya has remained in power through military backing and widely contested elections. With a potential eighth term looming, questions are mounting about the future of democracy in C...
Aug 13, 2025•9 min
Bongani Bingwa has a conversation with Crystal Orderson about escalating tensions in Angola, where civil society groups have accused security forces of using excessive force to quell violent protests, prompting concerns from the United Nations Human Rights Office. They also delve into a recent agreement between the United States and Rwanda, where Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 deported migrants from the US, with the possibility of expanding the deal further. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bin...
Aug 06, 2025•5 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson about Ghana's central bank is taking steps to regulate the cryptocurrency industry by licensing platforms to track digital asset transactions. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podca...
Jul 30, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Africa Report Correspondent ,Crystal Orderson about two major developments on the continent. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels and the government have signed a declaration in Qatar aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo, an area long plagued by violence linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. While the deal, brokered by Qatar and the US, marks progress, uncertainty remains over the withdrawal of M23 and Rwandan forces, with formal peace talks expect...
Jul 23, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Crystal Orderson about Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, confirming his bid for an eighth term in the October election, and Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died at the age of 82 in a London clinic, and when he will be buried. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day T...
Jul 16, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa chats with Crystal Orderson about Ethiopia's announcement of the completed Grand Renaissance Dam, set for a September inauguration, and the DRC’s celebration of 100 years since the birth of liberation icon Patrice Lumumba. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa L...
Jul 09, 2025•7 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson unpacking President Donald Trump’s claim of brokering peace between the DRC and Rwanda though doubts remain, especially with M23 excluded from the deal and vague language around troop withdrawals. She also looks at Spain’s new migration agreement with The Gambia, hailed by some as a lifeline for youth employment but criticised by others as a form of exploitation, with fraud allegations now surfacing around recruitment processes. Bongani makes sense of th...
Jul 02, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa chats with Crystal Orderson on the one-year anniversary of the deadly crackdown on Gen Z activists in Kenya, and Interpol's most recent danger assessment states that cybercrime incidents now account for an increasing share of total crime in Africa. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Break...
Jun 25, 2025•4 min
Bongani speaks to Africa Report Correspondent, Crystal Orderson, as the World Bank lifts its two-year loan ban on Uganda, initially imposed in 2023 after the country passed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. Despite ongoing reports of violence and discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, the Bank says new safeguards will ensure funds are used fairly though critics argue the decision weakens global human rights efforts and could deepen financial dependency in poorer nations. Meanwhile,...
Jun 11, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa and Crystal Orderson discuss the latest developments in African governance, highlighting President Tinubu's economic reforms in Nigeria and President Mnangagwa's signing of the contentious radio license bill in Zimbabwe. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know t...
Jun 04, 2025•5 min
Ray White speaks to Africa Report Correspondent Crystal Orderson about stories making headlines across the continent. Questions are mounting over the SANDF’s withdrawal from the DRC, with conflicting reports suggesting South African troops are stranded in Goma due to transport delays, claims the military firmly denies, insisting the operation is proceeding in phases with all personnel safe and supplied. Crystal weighs in on whether this is a case of miscommunication, logistical hiccups, or media...
May 21, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa Report Correspondent, Crystal Orderson discussing two major stories: First, African policymakers are meeting in Lomé, Togo, from May 12–14, 2025, at a High-Level Conference co-hosted by the African Union, African Development Bank, and the Togolese government to address Africa’s growing debt crisis. The summit aims to adopt the AU Lomé Declaration, which will lay out shared principles for managing public debt and coordinating creditor engagement across the contin...
May 14, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa Report Correspondent, Crystal Orderson discussing Rwanda’s talks with the U.S. to accept deported migrants, raising ethical and diplomatic questions across Africa. She also explores the rise of Nigeria’s traditional Dambe boxing, now attracting global investors and media deals. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those ...
May 07, 2025•7 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Africa Report correspondent Crystal Orderson about the growing instability in Central and East Africa. They begin with the withdrawal of South African troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a costly SADC peacekeeping mission, just as DRC and Rwanda surprisingly sign a peace deal in the US. Attention then turns to South Sudan, where renewed tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar threaten to collapse the fragile 2018 peace ag...
Apr 30, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa Report Correspondent Crystal Orderson, providing the latest news updates from across Africa. They unpack escalating tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the justice ministry is preparing legal action against former president Joseph Kabila following the banning of his party over alleged links to the M23 rebel group. Meanwhile, Rwanda has agreed to allow SADC troops deployed to combat rebel advances and exit the region through its territory to Tanza...
Apr 23, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa Report Correspondent Crystal Orderson, providing the latest news updates from across Africa. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Find all the cat...
Apr 16, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson about two African stories, the first being the UN Secretary-General is calling for global commitment to justice and dignity in memory of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, while the US and Democratic Republic of Congo are discussing a minerals deal that could impact the region's conflict dynamics, particularly with Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, and the Senegalese government may summon former President Macky Sall over irregularities in the treasuries bookkeeping dur...
Apr 09, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Africa Report Correspondent, Crystal Orderson about the escalating tensions in South Sudan, where the arrest of Vice President Riek Machar raises fears of renewed conflict including the latest peace talks between Rwanda and the DRC, as efforts continue to address the region's instability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 02, 2025•5 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Crystal Orderson, Africa Report Correspondent, discussing the EAC-SADC Summit’s expanded mediation panel after Angola's withdrawal and its push for political solutions as M23 rebels advance in Eastern DRC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 26, 2025•3 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Africa report Correspondent Crystal Orderson about the M23 rebels' withdrawal from peace talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the escalating tensions in South Sudan, despite international and regional calls for peace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 19, 2025•6 min
Bongani Bingwa in conversation with Crystal Orderson on the proposed power-sharing arrangement between Raila Odinga and William in Kenya, as well as the developing tension in South Sudan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 12, 2025•5 min
Ray White speaks to Crystal Orderson, giving us the latest news on the African continent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 05, 2025•7 min
Sudan's army breaks paramilitary siege of strategic city in latest advance to Khartoum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 26, 2025•5 min
Bonagani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson our Africa Correspondent about the latest and biggest stories in Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 19, 2025•5 min
This week, we’re focusing on two major events taking place on the African continent. After this past weekend’s summit in Dar-es-Salaam, where the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) gathered to address the DRC conflict, the ceasefire has offered a glimmer of hope. However, with the conflict still ongoing, can these negotiations lead to the lasting peace the region so desperately needs? Meanwhile, in Addis Ababa, African leaders are gathering at the AU h...
Feb 12, 2025•6 min
Clement Manyathela speaks to Crystal Orderson about the latest M23 rebels that have declared a ceasefire in Goma for humanitarian reasons and the latest from Mining indaba. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 05, 2025•4 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson, 702 Correspondent on the Africa Report speaks about the UN Security Council convening its second emergency meeting to address the escalating crisis in Goma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 29, 2025•8 min
We continue keeping abreast in our neighbour Mozambique following weeks of political upheaval- Opposition leader Venancia Modnlane says he’s open to joining Frelimo government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 22, 2025•5 min
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Crystal Orderson, 702 Correspondent about the inauguration of Mozambique’s president-elect, Daniel Chapo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 15, 2025•5 min
Ghana has a new president - followed. Peaceful transfer to power but John Mahama returns to lead country amid A financial crisis in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 08, 2025•7 min
