The Daily Discourse

The Western Cape Education Department drafted guidelines on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Public Schools. The guidelines would encourage schools to develop more accommodative dress code requirements to allow for LGBTQI learners to express their gender. Some of the other guidelines include introducing gender neutral bathrooms, bringing their partners to school functions (Matric Dance) a...

From her humble beginnings in the township of KwaMashu, Swazi Dlamini started her music career as a vocalist for the gospel group, Joyous Celebration. In 2003, her debut album: My First Love was awarded the 2004 SAMA for Best Female Artist. In 2004, she won a Kora Award for Most Promising African Female Artist. Her second album: Dance with Me showed off her voice by covering a range of styles, inc...

As new cases of COVID-19 surpass the 10 000 mark, the country seems to be heading towards a fifth wave in the winter. With the positivity rate at 25%, our next guest suggests that our relaxed social measures had a role to play in the new sub-variant. Further, he recommends that we become more vigilant to the symptoms. To unpack how this spike and how it has impacted the higher education sector as...

Housing advocacy group, Ndifuna Ukwazi has criticised National Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi’s 2022 Human Settlements Budget Vote. Kubayi’s speech stipulated how the South African government will deliver government-subsidised housing across all provinces. They described the budget vote as disappointing, lacking any clear vision for how to address the critical failure o...

 Today marks International Nurses Day which celebrates the role nurses play in society. The day also marks the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. What would hospitals and doctors be without nurses? To give us a glimpse of what a typical day is like for a nurse and also where the profession is today,  Nonkonzo - Nurse at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (Umtata) The Yo...

Guest: Cameron Dugmore - Opposition Leader of the Western Cape legislature (ANC) Guest: Brett Herron – Member of parliament and secretary general of Good Party

Last week Friday as part of the Africa Month celebrations, Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, addressed a webinar themed ‘the role of trade and investment promotion in advancing the AFCFTA’. One of the issues he highlighted in his address was the fact that African countries trade less with each other compared to other continents. He believes that...

Advocacy group, My Vote Counts has raised concerns that budget cuts to the Electoral Commission of almost R800-million over the next three years poses a threat to democracy.  Guest: Letlhogonolo Letshele - Electoral Systems Researcher at My Vote Counts

At the back of World Asthma Day last week we are reminded about how much education is still needed around this chronic condition.  Guest: Trevor Brewer - Managing Director of Air Treatment Specialists Solenco Guest: Dr Candice Royal – Allergist from the KidsAllergy Paediatric and Allergy Centre    

In today’s municipal watch, we take a different approach by interrogating the state of our municipal sphere of governance.  Guest: Sithole Mbanga - Chief Executive Officer of the SA Cities Networks  

When you take out life cover, many may think of it as just another monthly premium or even a grudge purchase. What if it could be part of growing your wealth?  Guest: Sinenhlanhla Nzama - Head Product Actuary at Investec Life

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula yesterday (Monday) launched the National Railway Policy white paper which outlines how passenger and cargo rail will be rolled out and managed in the short-to-medium and long term future. Guest: Ngwako Makaepea – Deputy Director General: Rail transport

This morning for our personal development feature we go all the way to the Netherlands where we are joined by Tinashe Ruzane, CEO of FlexClub. Guest(Netherlands): Tinashe Ruzane – Chief Executive Officer of FlexClub

On Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the launch of the nuGen hydrogen powered truck is a remarkable milestone which will lead to the creation of new industries in South Africa and an economy that is more sustainable. He was speaking at the Mogalakwena PGM mine in Mokopane, Limpopo where the launch was happening and one of the things he said is that communities and mine employees won&rsqu...

Let’s speak now to Dr Pali Lehohla, former Statistician General about an article he wrote calling for an administered pricing system. This is something he has been calling for during the time when he was in office. Seeing how the petrol and electricity prices are currently making us all upset and bodies like NERSA given full power to decide when terrify prices can be increased without us as...

The Department of Social Development in KwaZulu-Natal is currently at the forefront of providing relief to thousands of the province’s citizens who lost their homes during the recent floods. On Friday, MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza. Tabled her Budget Speech where she was concerned about the impact the budget cuts may have in rendering the much needed service. She now joins us on the line to tell us m...

MEC for Human Settlements in KZN, Jomo Sibiya also tabled his Budget Speech where he outlined how he hopes to deal with the massive destruction caused by the heavy floods. Thousands of people were displaced after they houses either sunk or demolished by the floods. Where is he hoping to start?  Guest: Ndabezinhle Sibiya – Spokesperson of KZN MEC for Human Settlement

As you’ve heard in the news that voting is under way at the Eastern Cape 9th ANC Provincial conference which nearly hit a snag after delegates disagreed over the adoption of credentials. The hold-up was reportedly caused by disagreements around the inclusion of ten branches from the Doctor WB Rubusana region who had failed meet the requirements to participate in the conference. They also had...

The ANC in KZN has raised concerns surrounding the pace at which the cases of political killings in the province are reaching the courts. According to officials, they have not received an update from the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Political Killings since February. The province says it is not concerned of any immediate threats to political violence ahead of its upcoming provincial electoral co...

Guest: McCoy Mrubata, Award winning saxophonist 

Guest: Dr Zulumathabo Zulu, Research Scientist and Director of Madisebo University Research Institute

Guest on the line: Reuben Maleka, Acting Deputy General Manager of the Public Servants Association of South Africa

Parliament has filed an application to the Constitutional Court requesting a six-month extension of the deadline to finalise the amendment, which aims to change the Act to allow citizens to stand for election in the national Parliament and provincial legislatures. Over and above this application, organizations such as the New Nation Movement wrote to the Standing Committee of Home Affairs on their...

The EFF and the family of the party's former secretary-general Godrich Gardee are this morning expected to brief the media on the funeral arrangements of Gardee's daughter. Farmworkers found 28-year-old Hillary Gardee's body on the Lydenburg road outside Mbombela in Mpumalanga on Tuesday after she went missing on Friday. Guest: Chad Thomas – Organized Crime Investigator at IRS Forensic Inves...

Mali’s military-led transitional government has announced that it has terminated all its military and defence cooperation treaties with France. The military junta is accusing France, which is Mali’s former colonial ruler of what they call “flagrant attacks” on its sovereignty. This has been a long time coming as tension between the two countries has been rising and still is...