The Daily Discourse

Good news for those in the innovative space is that applications have now opened for the Global Young Innovators Programme. It’s a new free programme offered to 60 of the best and brightest young innovators and entrepreneurs in South Africa and the UK to come together to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. To tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Margueritte Meyer B...

We speak now to Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, a brewer about her new methods of making beer. She has come up with ways of using plants and indigenous ingredients to develop beverages for local and international markets. She now joins us on the line to tell us more about her trade and how her new flavours are doing in the market….. Guest: Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela – Brew master

The Public Service Accountability Monitor has commended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s release of Performance contracts with his cabinet ministers. The contracts are meant to strengthen the capacity of the state and increase accountability. For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Jay Kruuse – Director at the Public Service Accountability Monitor

Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schäfer on Monday said that there is no evidence that people were excluded based on their race. This she said after receiving a report into Brackenfell High School function which was accused of being racist. The report which was commissioned by Schäfer revealed that the matric function was private event organised by parents of learners. Let’s look now at what to r...

Our health feature this morning focus on raising awareness around diabetes in our country. As we welcome… Guest: Dr Michael Klein- Medical Director at Boehringer Ingelheim Guest: Dr Sindeep Bhana specialist physician and endocrinologist

As we head to the festive season, the Department of Water and sanitation is concerned about public safety at dams around the country. There has been reports of drownings as the public is using these dams for recreational purposes and to talk more on this issue, we are joined on the line by… Guest: Sputnik Ratau – Spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has allocated one-billion rand to support subsistence farmers through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative. 75-thousand small scale farmers are expected to benefit from the initiative with farming input vouchers ranging from one to nine-thousand rand. This in a bid to assist these farmers whose production was disrupted due to...

ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule will appear before the party's Integrity Commission on Saturday. This was announced by party president, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the end of the ANC NEC meeting which started on Sunday. The three-day virtual meeting was also attended by both former party presidents, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. This is what Ramaphosa said on Magashule… CLIP-CYRIL-ACE LINK: To talk now...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has raided the offices of the National Lotteries Commission in Pretoria following allegations of corruption and maladministration involving top executives giving grants to close associates and friends. Let’s find out how the raid went as we welcome… Guest: Ndivhuwo Mafela – Spokesperson for the National Lotteries Commission Guest: Kaizer Kganyago – Spokesperson...

Zimbabwean police on Friday arrested former finance minister and top MDC opposition alliance official, Tendai Biti on charges of assaulting a Russian national last month. Biti, was freed on ZW$10 000 bail on Saturday after spending the night behind bars, amid complaints that the country’s police were acting on instruction from the ruling ZANU PF. MDC Alliance Spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere explains w...

Guest: Zazi Sibanyoni-Mugamb - President of the SA Cabin Crew Association Guest: Kgalalelo – SAA employee

We bring you the last of our series on the green economy and this time we focus on highlighting the various green economy diplomacy initiatives that the EU delegation in the country are currently supporting. These are in partnership with GreenCape and include a policy dialogue project focusing on green SMME recovery and post Covid-19 trade competitiveness. Guest: Ambassador Riina Kionka – EU Ambas...

We talk now to Dr Francesca Conradie, a principal investigator at the Clinical HIV Research Unit. She is calling for a renewed focus on TB testing in the country. She says that this will help find new TB cases that she says went missing during the Covid-19 lockdown. Reports indicate that South Africa’s TB programme took a severe knock during lockdown which has left many people undiagnosed. Guest:...

The Commission for Gender Equality last week welcomed a probe launched by the Department of Health into the forced sterilisation of HIV positive women at state hospitals. It was February when the Commission released its report with testimonies from some of the victims. Guest: Promise Mthembu – Co-founder of Her Rights Initiative and PHD candidate at UKZN School of Gender Studies

A showdown is looming between the Basic Education Department on the one hand and teacher organisations and students on the other, over the department's decision for matric learners to rewrite two exam papers after they were found to have been leaked. Teachers union - SADTU and student body COSAS are expected to head to court this week to seek an urgent interdict challenging the department's decisi...

We continue are series of interviews with Green Cape and today we focus on how the green economy offers solutions for service delivery at municipal level in the country. Guest: Reshmi Wolvers - Senior Energy Analyst at Green Cape

Let’s tell you now about this the Mulalo series of novels by Khathu Maestro. Mulalo the Politician is a novel about the life of a young woman in pursuit of a better life. She is facing challenges as she’s haunted by traumatic events from her childhood caused by a politician. Guest: Khathu Maestro - Author and inspirational speaker

Tiger Brands yesterday (Thursday) released their State of Nutrition in South Africa report which among other finding revealed that close to a fifth of South Africans have insufficient access to comprehensive and easy-to-understand nutrition education. The report goes on to say that often times, South Africans sacrifice the nutritional value of food in favour of taste and value for money. Guest: Ar...

Liquor traders were worried this week that government may put strict restrictions on the sale of alcohol. Well, sadly for them, their fears were confirmed by president Cyril Ramaphosa last night, but only in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro….. Guest: Lucky Ntimane - Convener of the Coalition of Liquor Traders

A Johannesburg woman is accusing the police of wrongful arrest and of adding to her trauma of being abused by her ex-husband. Avanti Naidoo says that her ex-husband had physically abused her for years and that she fears for her life despite having a protection order against him. She says he's now resorted to psychological abuse and had recently laid a false charge against her that resulted in her...

We close the show off with talking about the green economy. For those who are in this sector, Cape Green has some interesting finance initiatives like the Green Outcomes Fund, to encourage green SMMEs to apply for the funding by engaging with the Green Outcomes Fund Catalytic Finance Partners and to tell us more on this, Guest: Megan van Vlaanderen – Chief Financial Officer at Green Cape

On Monday we spoke to Tony Healy, a labour consultant about complaints by South African truck drivers that foreigners are being hired as drivers instead of locals. He then pointed to issues of skills shortage in the sector. Let’s listen to a snippet of the interview… CLIP-TONY-TRUCKS LINK: To take the discussion forward and look at some of the country’s labour laws to kind of make sense as to wher...

The South Africa Local Government Association is marking 20 years of democratic local government this coming Saturday on the 5th of December. One of the things they point out is how local government has transformed over the years, but as citizens, how should interpret this journey? Guest: Xolile George, CEO – CEO of the South African Local Government Association

This morning we feature a very unusual business that focuses on testing sexually transmitted diseases. It’s called Zinacare and offers accessible, convenient testing for sexually transmitted infections using a digital platform to provide tests for STIs directly to customers. To find out how the idea came about and since it’s a business of health testing, how did they take advantage of the outbreak...

Some labour unions in the public sector have threatened to take fight for a pay increase to the streets if the Labour Appeal Court rules against them. One of the unions the National Teachers Union says workers are prepared to explore all possible avenues to ensure that the wage agreement is implemented. This after the Labour Appeal Court reserved judgment yesterday on a public sector wage dispute....