The Daily Discourse

Bullying in schools has come under the spotlight once again after a grade 10 learner at Bisho High School committed suicide due to alleged victimization by other learners. Lathitha Nako allegedly swallowed pesticide and died in hospital last Wednesday. Parents and learners picketed outside the school on Monday demanding that the Department of Education take action. What policies are in place to de...

Political parties have until today to finish coalition talks. So we thought to use the opportunity to talk to the South African Local Government Association about how they will ensure that coalitions are managed to avoid disruptions. What lessons were learnt in recent years and what are they expecting this time around? To help us on this, we are joined on the line by.. Guest:   Lance Joel &nd...

Lynne du Toit has made South Africa proud by being recognised internationally out of seven CEOs of pharmaceutical companies from across the world. She has been singled out for her vision on what the future of cancer treatment in the country should look like. She joins us now on the line to talk about her achievement and also being a leader of an internationally recognised pharmaceutical company an...

Numerous times during the day a report is given on the markets which includes the Rand value. Most individuals don’t think that they are affected by this news. Bryan Hirsch is going to make sense of all of this and how it affects us…. Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

It has emerged that former journalist Edwin Ntshidi has been sworn-in as PR councillor for Action SA in the City of Johannesburg when he had been reporting on local government elections for talk radio station 702's Eyewitness News. He tendered his resignation on the 7th of November. This has raised concern about issues of ethics. The Press Code clearly states that journalists shall not be involved...

The Special Investigating Unit says it is on track to recovering monies involved in the PPE cases. They go on to say that they have filed at least 50 civil cases with the Special Tribunal, to the value of R6.9 billion. To give us a sense of where things are at the moment, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Kaizer Kganyago – Spokesperson for the Special Investigating Unit

The coalition between the ANC and ICOSA at Kannaland in the Little Karoo has come under fire. This, after concerns were raised about the mayor and deputy mayor's criminal records. During Kannaland's inaugural council meeting on Tuesday last week, ICOSA President Jeffrey Donson was re-elected mayor, the former Speaker Werner Meshoa, also from ICOSA, was elected deputy mayor and the ANC's Nicolaas V...

We speak now to Arnoux Maré Managing Director of Innovative Learning Solutions who is of the view that government’s crackdown on illegal foreign drivers has come a bit too late. He goes on to say that it’s high time that government reviewed its migration and license policies, especially in the transport sector. He also says that businesses need to take more responsibility for in...

Police minister Bheki Cele says majority of the two-thousand kidnapping cases reported to police between July and September this year, were hijacking related followed by robbery and rape-related incidents. There has been a spate of kidnappings in the country recently with the latest being that of the four Moti brothers who were successfully reunited with their family and the alleged kidnapping of...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has called on traditional leaders not to be complicit in the crimes against women and children. Traditional leaders are often criticized for running kangaroo courts which facilitate that victims of gender-based violence be paid compensation. KwaZulu-Natal government held an international Men's Day commemoration at Mbumbulu, South of Durban. Nonkululeko Hlophe r...

Brenda Mtambo is one of those artists who make it very difficult to choose a favourite track as all her songs are just divine. She now joins us in studio to talk about her journey and what she’s busy with lately….   Guest(Studio): Brenda Mtambo - Afro soul artist and award-winning vocalist

Today being Friday, many of us are looking for some freedom from work in order to recover and get some rest and forget a bit about work. But then you have those bosses who will call you beyond office hours when you really don’t want to hear about work and so on. Well Portugal has just made it illegal for bosses to call or text their employees beyond work hours. Is this something that can may...

The IEC yesterday (Thursday) released their political party funding report which revealed that the various funders of political parties. From the Oppenheimer family to the Patrice Motsepe’s donations which run into millions. This was for this year’s local government elections. These donations are revealed under the Section 9(3) of the Political Party Funding Act 6 of 2018 and its suppo...

As a regular listener of this show you will know how we’ve been focus a lot on the state of our municipalities and speaking to those running them. Well, yesterday (Thursday) the Human Sciences Research Council released their public officials skills and capacity study which was conducted between 2019 and 2021 across eight municipalities. One of the findings is that municipalities in rural are...

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID says it's investigating a discharge of firearm case, after a suspect was shot and injured, allegedly by police at a lodge in Muldersdrift outside Krugersdorp over the weekend. It's understood that the victim who was allegedly armed, was causing trouble with the lodge staff when police were called to assist. Video footage on social media, shows...

South African businesses are failing to meet regulatory targets for the employment of people with disabilities. That’s according to a study co-authored by Dr Armand Bam, who is Head of Social Impact at the University of Stellenbosch Business School. He goes on to say that Rather than focusing on legislative compliance and regulatory targets, employers need to re-think how they define inclusi...

As we are all trying to pull ourselves together after a hard period of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Employees Medical Scheme recently held a Mental Health Summit for the SAPS, also touching on other government departments. As we are about to wrap the year they would like to explain how people can utilise medical aid resources and some public sector services to ensure overall health and we...

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter got many people talking when he said the media should stop referring to load-shedding as blackout. Let’s take a listen to what he said and how he justifies the difference….  Guest:  Siphamandla Masimula – Secretary-general of the Independent Labour and Allied Workers Union

Franchising has become an attractive form of starting a business as the reasoning is that the sales are carried by the brand that is already established in the market. But experts are warning that it’s not as easy as it’s made to be. What is it then that one needs to look out for before considering buying into a franchise? Our guest has 10 things they’ve listed for you to know&he...

November being Men’s Health Awareness Month, we turn our focus on colon and prostate cancer. According to medical practitioners, the two cancers are the most common among males. To find out why and when is the right time for men to go for check-ups, we are joined on the line by… Guest:  Dr Gulzar Malik – Clinical and Radiation Oncologist

Latest research by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority and the South African Police Service has revealed that the country’s private security sector is increasing fast and reaching the level the official police force. Reasons differ as to why this is happening with some saying people have lost faith in the police while some attribute it to more wealthier communities opting to h...

We speak now to Ann Bernstein from the Centre for Development and Enterprises who says that localisation will not solve the country’s economic challenges. She goes on to say that the benefits of localisation policies are concentrated among a few firms. To discuss this further and what she would say the solutions are, she now joins us on the line.. Guest: Ann Bernstein - H ead of the Centre f...

 Hundreds of workers are facing a bleak future after being dismissed for engaging in an illegal strike at the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality in Mpumalanga. The stand-off started when workers accused some senior managers of corruption. The strike went on for three months affecting service delivery. Interventions by a number of stakeholders to try and resolve the matter were apparently unsucc...

Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke says the accounting and auditing industry needs a revamp. The sector came under fire several years ago following fraud and corruption scandals involving some of the big accounting firms. Maluleke has called on the industry to take responsibility for the wrongs and find ways to self-correct. She was addressing the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors' a...

For some positivity this morning we speak to Amonge Sinxoto about her latest achievement and what it means for her. She is a young social activist who has been chosen by Eco-Age to be part of The Renaissance Awards film and be a recipient of the prestigious Renaissance Award for Socially Just. What has she done to attract this award and what positive message is she spreading to young people? ...