The Daily Discourse

Dr Pali Lehohla has written an article where one of the questions he’s asking is: what Madiba would have thought today as President Cyril Ramaphosa stands before the Zondo Commission? In his article he’s making the point that South Africa is traveling a downward route with our eyes wide open. As far as he’s concerned, which direction is the ANC’s leadership driving the country and how worried shou...

Teacher union NAPTOSA has raised about the idea that all primary school learners should return. They also say that safety at schools is not being addressed by government. For more on their concerns, we are joined on the line by…. Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of Naptosa

***THANDI MODISE ON LEAVING THE COUNTRY THROUGH BOTSWANA*** CLIP-LEAVING-HOME Focus: As you’ve heard in that sound clip from the current speaker of parliament, Thandi Modise, followed by also a former parliamentary speaker, Max Sisulu and our first speaker under a democratic South Africa, Dr Frene Ginwala about their experiences. We now get a personal account from two former freedom fighters who l...

On our personal development feature we focus on developing your personal negotiation skills. Guest: Elmarie Pretorius – Managing owner of The Mindspa Institute

Today Bryan looks at why people rely on their families for financial support. What are some of the reasons behind this? GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

****Former late president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere addressing South Africa’s parliament under on the 16 October 1997, under Nelson Mandela’s presidency**** CLIP-NYERERE Guest: H.E Major General Gaudence Salim Milanzi – Tanzania’s High Commissioner to South Africa

CLIP-MOZ-OPENING As you’ve heard in that sound clip what the situation was like at the time ending that report is the late former President of Mozambique Samora Machel singing during a party gathering. Well in this hour we pay tribute to some of the frontline states who housed our liberation movements during the dark days of apartheid. We start with Mozambique that bore the brunt of the then apart...

Online fraud is said to have increased by 43% in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic began. This is revealed in a new global research by TransUnion. Their other study found that 37% of South African consumers recently became targets of COVID-19 related digital fraud. To find out how this happened and why South Africans became targets, we are joined on the line by.. Guest: Hans Zachar - Head of...

Tomorrow being a very historically significant day in South Africa, Prof Chitja Twala from the University of the Free State wrote an opinion piece about the role played by safe house during the hard days of apartheid. These are the houses where wanted comrades would hide while conducting operations from their mother bodies. Sadly some of the safe houses beyond our borders that housed freedom fight...

The City of Ekurhuleni talks to us now about issues of compliance when it comes to small businesses. Many people who lost their jobs are entering the informal market which also needs to comply with by-laws. To talk more on how the city is dealing with this issue, we are joined on the line by…. Guest: Cllr Doctor Xhakaza - MMC for Finance, Economic Development and Information Technology

Public Sector wage negotiations have officially broken down paving way for unions to declare a dispute. On Friday evening government and public sector unions deadlocked over the employer's proposal to increase salaries on condition that workers forfeit some of their current benefits. The offer was rejected by all public sector unions. A move by unions to declare dispute will allow negotiations to...

The PAC is celebrating its 62nd anniversary with a series of livestream webinars which started last night (25 April). The webinars under the theme ‘Carrying forward the torch lit in April 1959 by the PAC Martyrs’ to honour the road they travelled. Last night they kicked it off by discussing the topic of Decolonization and development of an African personality within the world context. Guest: Thand...

Lately intermittent fasting is praised by those who practice it as the best form of dieting. Many post before and after pictures on social media proving that it does deliver desired results. Dieticians are however warning that one has to also about the effects it may have on the metabolic health and what foods they need to it. To educate us on this subject, we are joined on the line by Guest: Omy...

Families of rape survivors say backlogs in the processing of DNA evidence samples are preventing justice from taking its course . Police management told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee recently that backlogs at the National Forensics Science Laboratory stood at over 173 000 cases. Guest: Gareth Newham-Director at the Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the ISS

We stay with issues at the Reserve Bank getting to understand how exactly it functions and who are the people behind it as we welcome... Guest: Ahmed Motiar (Author of ‘The Reserve Bank - a License to Steal Money from Citizens? How Money Is Created from Nothing for Dummies’

ANC veteran and businessman Tokyo Sexwale has lamented statements by the South African Reserve Bank and the National treasury wherein they dismiss his claims about a Heritage Fund, called the White Spiritual Boy Trust as a scam. Sexwale says the fund was meant to operate through central banks across all jurisdictions via the Bank of International Settlements. Let’s listen to what he said yesterday...

Business group Sakeliga says it will challenge Eskom to ensure reliable power supply to business. This follows reports that the power utility is threatening to shut power to several municipalities across the country who are struggling to meet their debt obligations. Guest: Piet le Roux - CEO of Afribusiness, Sakeliga

We wrap the show up by looking at the issue of debt and reckless lending. Sebastien Alexanderson who is CEO of the National Debt Advisors and he’s warning indebted consumers that the legislation meant to deal with reckless lending will not cover those who falsified information when applying for a loan. Guest: Sebastien Alexanderson - CEO of National Debt Advisors

Experts in the recruitment and professional market agree that South Africa is facing a skills shortage that forces them to recruit from outside the country. Xpatweb is a company that agrees with the nominated roles. The company runs an annual Critical Skills Survey and they were invited to present their findings to the various Departments compiling the draft Critical Skills List. To talk more on t...

Botswana, Somalia and South Sudan are said to continue to dominate with executions. This is according to Amnesty International’s latest 2020 Death Penalty Report. The human rights body says that the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t do enough to deter 18 countries, from carrying out executions last year. In the SADC region, Botswana is said to be the only country that was determined to execute people durin...

Today we about the business of technology. The business is called Bumba Technos and one of the things they do is helps small to large businesses use ICT technology solutions to meet their business requirements. Last year they bought Kasi Mobile, a township-based network provider and to tell us about their journey, we are joined on the line by…. Guest: Bongani Mkhwebane – MD of Bumba Technos and Di...

Dr Unathi Sonwabile Henama says South Africa is losing out on health tourism. He goes on to say that the pace of vaccination in South Africa has been slow because of the incompetence of the state. How then is this affecting tourism and as far as he’s concerned, what are the chances of a quick recovery? Guest: Dr Unathi Sonwabile Henama – Tourism lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology

Last week we’ve seen a high profile suicide which was attributed to depression. Then looking through social media, many people spoke about the seriousness of depression and how little we understand about it. What is that one thing that finally pushes one to commit suicide which some health experts attribute to a chemical imbalance? Well to help us understand this issue, we are joined on the line b...

***THIS INTERVIEW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COMPANIES TRIBUNAL** Let’s tell you now about the Companies Tribunal. They are an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry which was established in terms of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 to provide speedy resolution of company disputes. What do they do and what services do they provide for companies? Also which disputes have they been involved in...

Yesterday (Tuesday) Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu met with Vaal community which included the business sector. She gave them the assurance that government is committed to restoring the dilapidated infrastructure which contributed to the pollution of the Vaal Dam. To tell us more on this and also what sort of progress has there been since the pollution started, we...