The Daily Discourse

  The United Nations Secretary General and his High Commissioner for Human Rights has publicly denounced the coup d'état in Burkina Faso. This comes after a statement from the global organisation on Monday condemning the action of the country's armed forces and expressing concern at the whereabouts of President Roch Kabore. The United Nations has called for the swift return to constitu...

Let’s turn our focus now a story about residents taking on Eskom. The power utility lost an appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against a ruling in favour of two community associations that it must immediately restore full maximum electricity supply to residents. Eskom had decided to reduce power supply because the Lekwa and the Ngwathe local municipalities were over-using electricit...

  Those in the health sector are warning that making unrealistic New Year resolutions may not be good for your mental health. We always ask ourselves as to whether it’s a good thing to make New Year resolutions, but then if you do, what approach should one take? Also what level of mental health are we talking about? To help us understand, we are joined on the line by..   Guest: Nic...

 As it is the last Tuesday of the month, this programme is always devoted to answering questions that have been submitted to Bryan during the month. He picks out all those questions of a similar nature and deal with them on the last Tuesday of the month…… Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited 

A video of an Amathole district municipality councillor Nanziwe Rulashe being assaulted and dragged, kicking and screaming is circulating on social media. She can be seen screaming while other are standing around her watching the commotion. She has opened a case of assault after the  violent altercation at work. Let’s play some of the audio from the video…   Guest: Teris Ntu...

Family members of the late veteran actor, Patrick Shai say they are trying to come to terms with his death.  The 66-year-old Shai passed away at his Soweto home on Saturday morning. He starred in some of the SABC's best dramas including Yizo Yizo, Soul City, Bophelo ke Semphego and Generations.  He was also a gender-based activist and one of the founding members of the Free Film Makers o...

The situation in Mali is not getting better. This time around aid NGOs are warning that 7.5 million Malians – in need of humanitarian aid. They are pleading with the EU and their counterparts to exempt aid agencies from sanctions so that they can render humanitarian assistance. To tell us more on this and also the situation on the ground, we are joined via Skype from Mali’s capital Bam...

As you’ve heard a few weeks ago that the ANC in Limpopo is throwing its weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term. Today we thought to get their views on the spat between President Ramaphosa and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. How do they feel about the way things are unfolding and are they sticking to Ramaphosa as they candidate of choince? Guest: Mathope Tala – Regio...

Let’s touch base now with the National department of health. They held a press briefing over the weekend talking on different issues around Covid-19. One of the issues that health Minister Joe Phaahla touched on was that of reopening of the country’s activities like stadiums. Also reports of us entering the fifth wave which the minister indicated that it could be around May which is fl...

This coming Sunday will see some of South Africa’s musicians, artists and poets hosting a heritage festival in honour of Hugh Masekela. Masekela passed away on the 23rd of January in 2018 and it left many of us heartbroken knowing what he meant to us all as a country. We will be spending this hour speaking to some of the musicians who will be taking part to get first hand from them as to wha...

The executive mayor of Mangaung Metro yesterday (Thursday) marked 100 days in office and one of the things he mentioned was his plans to deal with water problems which he alluded to old infrastructure. Just this week he was threatened  with a total shutdown by disgruntled residents demanding service delivery. He now joins us on the line to talk about his plans of turning the metro around&hell...

Joburg Theatre is today (Friday) hosting the Fourth Isandlwana Lecture: The Musical. This is one of the most historical battles in South African history between the British and the Zulu Nation. The event took place on the 22 of January 1879 and South African young black artists are making sure that the history is never erased. To tell us more on the lecture and the significance of this history we...

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that the 2021 National Senior Certificate overall pass rate, with the progressed learners included, stands at 76-point four per cent. She says this is an improvement of zero-point-two percentage points from the pass rate achieved by the Class of 2020. She says the improvement comes despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Departmen...

Kgothatso Mphaka – Learner at KwamHlanga Secondary School. She achieved seven distinctions - Mpendulo Ndzoyiya – Learner at Gobinamba Senior Secondary School – He achieved seven distinctions

Yesterday (Wed) EFF leader Julius Malema vowed to continue pushing for all restaurants in South Africa to employ more South Africans than foreign nationals.  He visited some restaurants at the Mall of Africa in Johannesburg to go and investigate for himself saying this is the first step in making sure that 60 percent of South Africans are employed and 40 percent of foreign nationals must be c...

Our guest this morning is someone who is seasoned in the filed lifting small business and giving assistance where it’s needed. We speak to him at a time where businesses are closing down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many small businesses cannot survive even the slightest glitch. He now joins us on the line to talk about how he assists and what it is that business owners can do to overcome&h...

The situation at Tirelong Secondary School in Kroondal near Rustenburg turned into chaos when another group of learners were kidnapped allegedly by a group of people masquerading as parents. This is according to the North West department of education. The group reportedly arrived in two minibus taxis, a truck and a bakkie at Boons Mega Farm School on Tuesday night. To tell us more on this, we are...

The IEB matric results came out with a 98.39-percent pass rate as expected with many of those learners achieving high marks. Criticism is that tomorrow government will be releasing their results which are expected to be lower. This again takes us back to the debate of an education divide which leaves the under-resourced schools performing poorly. As a country, will we ever see equality within our...

The South African Local Government Association in the Western Cape held its Provincial Conference where they review the five years since the last local government elections where they look ahead to the new term under new leadership. Their conference ended yesterday and we thought to use the opportunity to look at SALGA and its functions in helping shape municipalities into giving best service to t...

Sazi Bongwe has been trending a lot in the both mainstream and social media. He achieved nine distinctions in his final matric exams, with an average of 95.9%. He is now heading to Harvard to further his studies. It’s surely not easy to have achieved that much. How did he do it and what was his motivation? He now joins us on the line to tell us all about it.   Guest: Sazi Bongwe - Forme...

Let’s wrap up this segment by talking to the Premier of the Northern Cape. This is the country’s largest province and surely can’t be easy to run. What are his views on education, economy, social uplifting of the population? Which direction is he driving the province?   Guest: Zamani Saul – Premier of the Northern Cape

Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, says he'll seek leave  appeal the decision of the High Court in Pretoria to declare the AARTO Act unconstitutional and invalid. Mbalula was addressing the media during the release of the 2021 festive season road fatality statistics. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) challenged the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act and...

  We end-off the special broadcast by talking about tourism in this province. One of the most popular sites in the Kimberley hole and the vast desert landscapes, wildlife and gemstones. What else is there to see in this province and what is its biggest selling point? To tell us more on this, we are joined by…. Guest: Sharon Lewis – CEO of Northern Cape Tourism

  Rooibos is no doubt one of South Africa’s most loved teas which is known worldwide. But how much do we know about Rooibos and how it’s harvested and when in terms of seasons? What makes it so popular and attractive to the world? Well, we are told that it all begins in January and to tell us more, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Marthane Swart - Secretariat for the SA...