The Daily Discourse

The Automobile Association has disputed a message on SANRAL's website that insists that the non-payment of e-tolls will result in motorists being unable to renew vehicle licence discs. Reports have surfaced that SANRAL is threatening that those with outstanding toll fees will need to settle in order for renewed licence disks to be issued. On the third of March last year my colleague Aldrin Sampear...

Last year when the ANC was celebrating its 108th birthday, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the mayor of the Sol Plaatje Municipality a tongue lashing over poor service delivery. Mayor Patrick Mabilo then responded by saying the persistent poor service is due to a lack of funds. Ramaphosa was left appalled during door-to-door campaigns ahead of the party's birthday celebrations saying the state of t...

In our personal development feature we focus on how social networking can improve personal development…. Guest: Tshepo Tabane – Life Coach

At New Year, individuals are expected to make New Year’s resolutions. We are now into a new tax year so is this not a good time to make new financial resolutions? GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

A researcher based in New York’s Columbia University has done some research wanting to find out why minibus taxis are so reckless on the road and why no amount of traffic fines can stop them. He then concludes by pointing the finger at the way the economics of the industry is structured where the owner sets a daily target for the driver. Bringing it to South Africa, is there a better way that the...

Staying with the local business theme, we turn our attention on measures taken by government to attract foreign investment. They have identified the Special Economic Zone Programme which have become internationally popular economic instrument intended to catalyze economic growth. Following this trend, our government introduced the SEZ Programme in what they say is a mechanism to attract foreign di...

Proudly South African is today starting its Buy Local Summit & Expo which ends on Wednesday the10th March. The expo which offers exposure to small start-up businesses as well as big corporations is spreading the on-going call to action for the public and private sectors to support locally manufactured products and to tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by… Guest: HOWARD GABRIELS - CHAI...

As we mark International Women’s Day today, we speak to one of the women in our country who has been in the hierarchy of leadership. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has been in the political realm for many years as Minister of Public Service and Administration and NEC member of the ruling party. Today she is board chair at Tiger Brands and talks to us about her role there and the advancement of women no...

Yesterday Transnet Board Chairperson Popo Molefe reacted with anger at reports of an attempted assassination of a Transnet employee who was testifying at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The unnamed witness has reportedly been receiving death threats for the past 18 months since testifying against the executives. Let’s get into the story now as we welcome…. Guest: Thanduxolo Jik...

Let’s get some inspiration now from Tim Hogins who is celebrating 10 years in business. From humble beginnings as a security guard to a successful entrepreneur running multiple businesses. Let’s not spoil it and allow him to tell us where it all started…. Guest(SKYPE): Tim Hogins - Chairman and CEO of Hogins Enterprises

Let’s tell you now about the Companies Tribunal is an which is an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry established in terms of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 to provide speedy resolution of company disputes. They will be holding a seminar in partnership with the UP’s Mercantile Law Department to look at legislative shortcomings in implementing their mandate and to tell us more on this,...

As you may have heard in the news a report by Statistics South Africa revealing that among the various population groups in the country, black children aged 0 – 17 were the least likely to stay with their biological father at home compared to their peers of other races. This was mentioned in their Children’s Education and Well-being in South Africa report which was conducted in 2018. To discuss th...

Today would have been Miriam Makeba’s 89th birthday. A special day not just for her foundation, but for the country as a whole as she was one of the artists who travelled the world singing and spreading the word against the atrocities of the then brutal apartheid system. Guest: Lindelani Makeba-Lee - great-grandson of Miriam Makeba

As more workers in the different sectors are losing their jobs, public sector unions on the other hand have unanimously demanded a 4% salary increase across the board. They tabled their demands at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council on Monday. Let’s find out now from the teacher’s union as to what their demands are as we welcome… Guest: Mugwena Maluleke – SADTU General Secretary

Monday the 8th of March marks International Women’s Day and many institutions are preparing for conferences and other platforms to highlight how far the world is in dealing with issues affecting women. The wage gap, lack of economic participation and representation in the boardroom are still major problems. We talk now to Nigerian business publication, Compatriot Magazine as they will be hosting t...

Gauteng Department of Economic Development in collaboration with its partners last week held a Virtual Gauteng SMME Summit aimed at assisting SMMEs in directing their businesses and finding sustainable solutions as they strive to recover from the impact the pandemic has had on their operations. To tell us more on this and SMME’s will benefit from this as many of them are tired of empty promises, w...

Tomorrow (Thursday) being World Obesity Day, we look at the health of an obese person what it is they can do to lose weight. The medical journals explain obesity, a disease characterized by the interaction of genetic, behavioural, metabolic and environmental factors. What is the main reason for obesity, is it the food or more to do with the biological side of things? Guest: Tessa van der Merwe – H...

Today we visit the Emfuleni Municipality where Gauteng Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Lebogang Maile appointed an administrator. The municipality was put under administration in 2018 following a R1-million irregular expenditure bill. It also owes Eskom R2.7-billion. To find out whether there is any progress under the current administrator and how far they are in settling thei...

A 25-year-old taxi passenger was allegedly raped by the driver and the conductor. The lady was allegedly raped at gunpoint in KwaZulu-Natal. She says she told Reaction Unit SA that she was too afraid to reveal that she is HIV-positive. For more on this story. Guest: Prem Balran – Spokesperson for Reaction Unit SA

Last week being the last Tuesday of February, we could not speak to Bryan due to a special broadcast. Well today he deals with questions that he received around annuitization and the impact on retirement schemes…… GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

The independent review panel, appointed by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thandi Modise, has found that prima facie evidence exists to institute removal proceedings against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Chaired by Justice Bess Nkabinde, alongside Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza and Advocate Johan de Waal, the panel had to investigate whether there is proof of incompetence or misconduct by M...

March is regarded as Human Rights Month mainly due to the Sharpeville massacre on the 21st of March 1960 where people’s rights were violated by the then apartheid regime. So today we kick off the month by looking at the state of human rights in our country. How much do we have to celebrate seeing the inequality in our country and poverty around us? Corruption in government dominates the news agend...

This morning we unpack the state of the province of KwaZulu-Natal with Premier Sihle Zikalala. As you may have heard on Friday during his address how he intends to turn the provinces economy with projects like edible oil plant at Richards Bay and clothing and textile special economic zones. The premier now joins us on the line to give us a sense of where he intends to start…. Guest: Sihle Zikalala...

eNCA has come under severe criticism from different quarters over their political reporter Lindsay Dentlinger’s conduct during her coverage of the Budget Speech. Video footage surfaced of her interviews with Freedom Front Plus leader, Pieter Groenewald, and the DA’s John Steenhuisen without their masks on, while she requested several Black political leaders, including UDM Chief Whip Nqabayomzi Kwa...

Meanwhile, the United Democratic Movement, UDM has sought relief from the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa ("BCCSA") regarding eNCA's alleged racist treatment of UDM Deputy President Nqabayomzi Kwankwa during the so called "mask incident". Guest: Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, Deputy President and Chief Whip of the United Democratic Movement, UDM