The Daily Discourse

This morning we feature Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh to get his thoughts on Youth Month. He’s been asking serious hard questions about government’s motive in commemorating the month. Let’s listen to a snippet from his YouTube channel where he was talking about youth unemployment …. Guest: Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh - Author, scholar and founder of the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience (SMWX), a digital, youth-centred...

South Africa's vulnerable LGBTQIA+ community believes it's under siege. Less than two months ago, the community spoke of their shock and fear, under the hashtag #JusticeForSpha after the murder of 34-year-old Siphamandla Khoza from KwaZulu-Natal. SABC reporter Jayed-Leigh Paulse sat down with the family of Sphamandla Khoza and members of the LGBTQIA+ community who shared their stories…. PKG-LGBTQI...

The Sol Plaatjie Municipality in Kimberley in the Northern Cape says that it's finalising the last installation work on its bulk water supply pipe line. The Municipality cut water supply to residents on Thursday. The water cut was to allow time for the replacement of air valves and to repair leaks around the city. Let’s find out now what the situation is on the ground as we welcome…. Guest: Regina...

The Delta corona-virus variant, first identified in India, is dominating new infections in South Africa. -- The Director of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Tulio de Oliveira was speaking during a virtual briefing with the Acting Health Minister and other experts, on the current status of cases across the country and the impact of the Delta variant. South Africa is the worst-hit countr...

South Africa will be on an Adjusted Alert Level Four of the national lockdown for the next fourteen days. All social gatherings including political, religious and cultural events are prohibited with the exception of funerals which will only be limited to 50 people. On the issue of the liquor trade, Ramaphosa says that a ban on the sale of alcohol will help ease the pressure placed on hospital serv...

After 30 long years of waiting, 108 claimants will return to District Six in the Cape Town City Bowl this week. One of the beneficiaries for the Phase Three development, 100 year-old Shariefa Khan celebrated her birthday in April. Sixty-thousand people were forcibly removed by the apartheid government as the area was declared a whites' only, 55 years ago. Tanya Krause reports... Guest: Zahrah Nord...

Exiting news for sports fans is that the SABC yesterday officially launched its 24-hour sports channel, which promises to bring you some exciting and compelling sports content via free-to-air broadcasts and online streaming. The Channel had a partial launch on the 15th of April and now available on various digital channels and to give us details on this, Guest: Merlin Naicker - Group Executive for...

The Human Sciences Research Council together with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development yesterday (Thursday) held a webinar to address the marginalisation of refugees, asylum seekers and foreign workers in the country. They were looking at how the country carries the foreign nationals on issues of vaccination and the economy under the current Covid-19 pandemic. How would they de...

Yesterday (Thursday) we received calls and text messages from teachers who were facing difficulties at some of the vaccination sides. Others say that they were told to come back the next day, while some were misled by fake news of vaccinations running out. Well. We invited the Department of Basic Education to get an understanding from them as to what is happening on the ground. Guest: Elijah Mhlan...

Wits University staff and students from the Faculty of Human Sciences are holding a five-day picket to highlight what they deem to be a crisis in the Gauteng health system. They say that the closure of the Charlotte Maxeke academic hospital and the treat of Covid-19 point to a deeper crisis. To tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Prof Ashraf Coovadia – Head of Paediatrics an...

The South African Reward Association says that it has noticed some good behaviour coming of corporates. Some executives are said to have held back their bonuses or increases during the lockdown to help staff members in need. What can we attribute this to and what does it change about the way executives are perceived? Guest: Yolanda Sedlmaier – Chartered Reward Specialist and Executive Committee me...

Member of the South African Municipal Workers Union workers in George yesterday (Wed) downed tools over ongoing disputes regarding the payment of Covid-19 danger pay. demanding that they be paid Covid-19 danger pay by June 30th for working during the hard lockdown last year. Let’s find out now from them about what they mean by danger pay as we welcome…. Guest: Dumisani Magagula – SAMWU’s Deputy Ge...

Yesterday (Wed) while reflecting on parole issues and the misconception it creates for the victims and their families, we received a call from Thabiso in Kroonstand who spoke about the person who raped his niece being released on parole. CLIP-THABISO-CALLER LINK: To get an understanding on how something like this can happen and the kind of criminals that were released under the latest Covid-19 par...

We focus today on a very spooky business of funerals. Under the current Covid-19 pandemic, the industry has had to go through a lot of adjustments either keeping to the number of people attending funerals or dealing with a corpse. How are they adjusting and also how are their packages affected since the business is modelled around what service they give to their clients? Guest: Unathi Saul – Co-fo...

This morning we take it slightly different on health issues. We get to understand how diagnosis work especially now under the current Covid-19 period where pressure is even higher for laboratories as results must come out quickly. Sometimes for either blood or Covid-19 come out positive the one time then later negative. What is causing all of that also what is it that we as the public should under...

As you may have heard throughout yesterday that the family of Leigh Matthews says that they are not interested in meeting their daughter’s killer, Donovan Moodley. The family received a message from the Department of Correctional Services for mediation ahead of a possible parole hearing of Moodley. Many would say that the Matthews family is correct in their reaction. Let’s look now at the why paro...

Members of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises were worried after being brief by Eskom’s management on the status of the Khusile Power Station. More than R140 billion is said to have been used to build the Station, this coming from the R161 billion that was budgeted for. Let’s get parliament’s impression on what Eskom is saying and also the controversy surrounding the power util...

President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday (Tuesday) announced that the Transnet Port Authority will be run independently. This was greeted as good news at the back of the announcement of a 51% SAA stake being given to a private entity. How should we interpret this and also, is the president taking the right direction towards privatisation? Will it attract the much-needed investment to the country? Guest...

We start off the show by speaking to Carol Paton who penned an opinion piece about how Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan managed to get his way around SAA. One of the things she points out about the airline is how many times it has been bailed out for the 20 years. Guest: Carol Paton – Editor at large for the Business Day

We go to Mbombela Municipality where small business was worried about the recent 7,8 per cent increase in electricity tariffs. Recently some residents didn’t have water which the municipality attributed to theft of electricity cables. Roads are also in a bad condition. What is happening Guest: Sibusiso Mathonsi - Executive Mayor of Mbombela Municipality Guest: Sam Ngubane – Head of Department in t...

We speak to Dr. Richie Achukwu who has done leadership training interventions for both the private and public sectors in South Africa and many countries around the world. He speaks to us this morning about the importance of good leadership. Also as individuals, how can we be good leaders in our own right? Guest: Dr. Richie Achukwu - Author, Top Executive & Leadership Coach, Leadership Trainer, Gro...

Bryan is today dealing with drawing up a financial plan. How easy is it to draw one and stick to it under the current circumstances? Bryan also comments on last week’s caller about legal judgements taken against them… GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

KZN Premier Sihle Zikala and MEC for Economic Development Ravi Pillay are today (Tuesday) handing over millions of rands worth of equipment to SMME’s in the province. This is part of their Operation Vula Fund initiative and to tell us more on it, we are joined on the line by…. Guest: Sihle Zikala – KZN Premier

When one goes back in time where we as children played in the street, one can’t help but feel sorry for the kids of today. An NPO called A Chance to Play South Africa and some concerned parents are advocating for children’s right to play and to make us understand why they would dedicate their time for something like this, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Cynthia Morrison – Director at NPO call...

South African companies are said to be under constant cyberattacks at the rate of 577 per hour. This puts the country as the third highest victim in the world. As far as the experts are concerned, why is this happening and what can businesses do to protect themselves? Guest: Maeson Maherry – CEO and co-founder of LAWtrust