The Daily Discourse

Former President Jacob Zuma will know his fate on Friday in relation to his urgent application for a stay of arrest. Judgment was reserved until the end of the week. Zuma's urgent application before the Pietermaritzburg High court ran over six hours with lengthy submissions from his lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu. His rescission application will be heard by the Constitutional Court next Monday. This...

Today we feature on Orthopedic surgeon, they are the doctors who specialize in the musculoskeletal system. Your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles that are so essential to movement and everyday life. Let’s get to understand what it is they do and also your chance to ask the relevant questions… Guest: Dr Lerato Nhlapo – Orthopedic Surgeon based at the Life H...

The Young Nurses Indaba trade Union says that many nurses are underworked as the Covid-19 numbers are on the increase in Gauteng province. One of the things they say is that one nurse is put over four ICU patients. To find out how bad the situation is, we are joined on the line by…..  Guest: Lerato Mthunzi – President of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union

Zimbabwe is today (Wednesday) starting to circulate a new 50 Zimbabwe dollar note. According to the central bank governor about 4-point-2 million dollars, worth of new notes would be injected immediately into the banking system, making it easier for Zimbabweans to use cash in day-to-day transactions. Zimbabwe reintroduced its own currency, the Zimbabwe dollar in June 2019, ending a decade of dolla...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa challenged the South African Communist Party to further advance the agenda of socialism in South Africa. The SACP was celebrating 100 years of existence, through a virtual rally. Ramaphosa went on to say that it is the role played by ANC allies like the SACP that saw the country emerge from the oppression of the country's citizens under the Apartheid government. He sa...

The Nquthu Municipality is back in the news again, this time around it’s because they have once again been placed under administration. Now if you may be following the news around this municipality, about two months ago Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, overturned a decision in March by the KwaZulu-Natal government to place the Inkatha Freedom...

We speak this morning to a brand specialist about how you can brand yourself in your career. Has that ever crossed your mind as to how your colleagues see you and how you carry yourself? Guest: Robyn Young – Personal leadership brand strategist at Brand Heart personal branding  

It was the last Tuesday of the month last week and Bryan was unable to engage with you, so today he will be dealing with questions that have come in during the month that are of a similar nature. But remember that this does not stop you from asking other financial questions.. GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Former President Jacob Zuma says last night addressed the media where he said that he was sentenced to 15 months jail by the Constitutional Court without trial. This comes after the Constitutional Court sentenced him to 15 months in for ignoring the apex court's order that he continue testifying before the state capture commission - despite his claims that commission chairperson, Justice Raymond Z...

South Africa has suffered another 333 COVID 19 deaths - taking the death toll to 61 thousand 840. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says the test positivity rate has top 30 percent - six times the rate at which the virus is said to be under control.  The NICD says 16 thousand 585 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded. Gauteng accounts for 57 percent of the new cases, foll...

Let’s tell you now about the #PovertyMustFallCampaign. It is an initiative for sustainable food production, farming and agricultural education in public schools and Mass job creation by the Khulamani Support Group. What they are saying through this campaign is that they want mobilize South Africans towards a common societal objective post 1994 and showing how economics and human dignity inte...

An expert on matters of local governance, has attributed poor performance in municipalities to a lack of skills and the appointment of officials that are not qualified enough to deal with financial matters. This is as the Auditor-General's report on the 2019-20 municipal audit outcomes shows that only 27 municipalities out of 257 countrywide, received clean audits. Irregular expenditure is said to...

Good news for consumers is that the Competition Commission's Guidelines for Competition in the country’s Automotive Aftermarket came into effect yesterday (Thursday). This means that you now can shop around for parts yourself without affecting your car’s warranty as was the practice for many years. To educate us more on this, we are joined on the line by.. Guest: Thembinkosi Bonakele &...

Legendary South African musician Steve Kekana has passed away. The 63 year old died at the Polokwane hospital this morning after a long illness. The artist and qualified advocate was known for his gospel as well as love songs both in English and Sesotho languages.  Born on 4 August 1958 in Zebediela in the then-Transvaal, Kekana recorded 40 albums in his music career. The sad part about us as...

Let’s touch base now with the Companies Tribunal. It is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry which was  established in terms of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008. It was set up to provide speedy resolutions of company disputes and operates nationally. To tell us more on what they do and how they can be approached and the type of disputes they deal with,  Guest: Adv. Ish...

We speak now to the National Secretary of the South African Leisure Tourism and Hospitality Association, they are an affiliate of Nafcoc. They issued a statement bringing to our attention the devastating effects that the lockdown is having on the township economy. The liquor and restaurant traders are the hardest hit which they say contributes to the unemployment rate the country is facing. To get...

Here is something that many South Africans have been waiting for, studying at university in your own language. Well, the University of KwaZulu-Natal is collaborating with local and international universities to come up with what they call the Baqonde project designed to develop African languages in higher education. To talk about what it is and how it came about, we are joined on the line by&helli...

Consumers say the current fragile economy is playing havoc with their quality of life and the new municipal tariff increases will make things even worse. Municipal services tariffs for electricity, water, sanitation, refuse removal and property rates for the 2021/2022 municipal financial year come into effect today (Thursday). Tshepo Phagane spoke to an elderly couple and the City of Johannesburg...

The Constitutional Court is today expected to hand down judgment in a case relating to President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2017 campaign for the ANC presidency. The court will hand down judgement on whether the president did indeed mislead Parliament in relation to donations made to the CR17 campaign. The other issue is whether the Public Protector has the scope to investigate the CR17 campaign. Guest: Pr...

Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke yesterday (Wed) revealed that the financial position of about a quarter of the 257 municipalities in the country is in a bad state. She says that the situation is so dire that there is doubt that they will be able to continue meeting their obligations in the near future. Guest: Natasha Soopal – Senior Executive for Public Sector and Enabling Competencies at t...

Health experts are calling on all provinces to prepare their healthcare facilities for the rapid spread of the Covid19 Delta variant. Health workers in Gauteng are already under heavy pressure as coronavirus patients fill available hospital beds. They warn that South Africa is yet to witness a rapid increase nationwide due to the transmissibility of the Delta variant. Let’s use this opportunity no...

The government of Eswatini has expressed concern about the on-going pro-democracy protests. The kingdom has also dismissed as false reports that King Mswati III has fled the country. It re-assured the nation that his majesty was in the country and working with government to advance the kingdom's goals. Protesters demand electoral reforms. And, schools and government institutions have been closed....

The Protection of Personal Information Act or POPI Act comes into effect from tomorrow (Thursday). The Act was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year, but organisations and other state organs which keep personal information were given a reprieve for a year to become compliant with the new law. Some legal analysts have welcomed the legislation saying it will go a long way towards sa...

The Constitutional Court is this morning expected to sentence former president Jacob Zuma’s for the defiance of two summons the Zondo commission issued against him. We take you live inside the court to hear what the judges have to say…… Guest: Mpumelelo Zikalala – Director at Zikalala Attorneys guest: Political Analyst Professor Lesiba Teffo