The Daily Discourse

The EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has dismissed an incident where members of his party are seeing pushing an eNCA female journalist away as a mere “touching” and “not harassment”. The journalist and cameraman were chased away from covering an EFF Clicks protest in Goodwood Mall in Cape Town on Monday morning. In light of this we though to speak to a colleague who has many years of experience in the field...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is collaborating with the SMME sector in the chemical and the agro-processing sector. They are particularly looking at women-led SMMEs. Let’s speak now to an entrepreneur who is involved in this sector as we welcome …. Guest: Patricia Mathivha – MD and owner of Vida Pharmaceuticals

As you’ve heard in the news since last night that Hhuman rights icon and former President Nelson Mandela's lawyer, George Bizos has died. The celebrated 91-year-old represented many struggle heroes including the Rivonia Trialists. Last night President Cyril Ramapahosa paid tribute to him…. Guest: Nick Wolpe - Founder and CEO of the Liliesleaf Trust Guest: Mosiua Lekota – Leader of the Congress of...

This morning we look at feet with a podiatrist talking about treating the foot, ankle, and connecting parts of the leg. How do we take care of our feet and prevent infections and injuries? GUEST: Nikita Sahadev – Podiatrist working in the private sector with special interest in diabetes and geriatrics. She is currently completing her PHD in diabetes reserach

We take a look back at water infrastructure that has been put in place by the Department since 1994. The idea is to showcase progress made to date in as far as water infrastructure is concerned. Guest: Leonardo Manus - Acting Deputy Director-General: National Water Resources Infrastructure Branch

South Africa's economy has plummeted by 51-percent in the second quarter of 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. According to Statistics South Africa the contraction is the fourth consecutive decline in quarterly GDP since the second quarter of 2019. Contributions to the contraction came from a decrease in manufacturing and mining production output as well as a decrease in the catering...

The Deputy Minister of Finance David Masondo says the main contributing factor to distressed municipalities is unfunded budgets. He says it’s about time that the leadership at municipal level is held accountable for poor financial management. Masondo was briefing the NCOP on government's interventions to change the current state of local government. He's added that large portions of the infrastruc...

Today being Tuesday, it’s time for our regular UIF feature where Tsiamo Molema addresses all your questions. Please remember to keep your questions very brief and listen on the radio for answers. GUEST: Tshiamo Molema – Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Commissioner’s Office

Minister for Small Business Development, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has rejected the apology issued by Clicks. She feels that they are missing the point. Guest: Khumbudzo Ntshavheni - Minister for Small Business Development

Last week cchairperson of South Africa's Commission on State Capture expressed his dismay and shock at the level of corruption around Personal Protective Equipment, while the country is still investigating allegation into state capture. He was speaking during the testimony of former ANC MP Vincent Smith whom the commission heard that he got money from BOSASA for his daughter's university fees disg...

last week we spoke to Musa Chamane who is waste campaigner at Groundworks and Simon Mbatha, national coordinator of the Waste Pickers Association about a number of issues polluting our environment. The conversation was started by listeners pointing out the illegal dumping that was happening in their areas. So in doing a follow-up discussion on the subject with Chamane and Mbatha, they pointed the...

The Democratic Alliance Federal Chairperson Helen Zille yesterday expressed satisfaction with the progress of the party's virtual policy conference that took place over the weekend. Yesterday (Sunday) the two hundred delegates dealt with the issue of economic inclusion. But as you may remember late last week that Gauteng Provincial Leader, John Moodey resigned saying he no longer felt at home in t...

On Wednesday while discussing the issue of farm killings, we received some calls about little attention being given to the abuse of farm workers. Guest: Shirami Shirinda – From the Farm Workers’ Rights

The problem of public servants doing business with the state has been spoken about for many years as it is viewed as one of the problems fueling corruption in government. Well yesterday (Wed) officials from the Department of Public Service and Administration briefed parliament about the harsh punishment that will be muted to those found guilty. Guest: Claude Naiker – National manager: Members Affa...

The Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, has confirmed that the U.I.F Commissioner has been placed on precautionary suspension along with the U.I.F's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Head of Supply Chain Management. He made the announcement during a media briefing to unpack the findings of the Auditor-General in relation to the COVI-D19 Relief Fund Audit. Guest: Thula...

The World Health Organisation says that by 2030 mental health will be the single largest global challenge we will face. So this morning on our health feature we thought to talk about bipolar, seasonal disorder and depression. How do we know the signs not only on us as individuals, but also the people we live with? GUEST: Prof Stoffel Grobler – Psychiatrist from Port Elizabeth

As you may have heard in the news on Monday that the Western Cape High Court has reviewed and set aside the sale of the Tafelberg property in the Cape Town suburb of Sea Point. This opens up the possibility of affordable housing within the CBD and does away with the old apartheid legacies around who should stay where. Well Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has we...

Section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act says that a child born to an unmarried couple automatically receives the mother's surname. Well this is now being challenged before the Constitutional Court by the Centre for Child Law hoping that fathers will be given the right to register the birth whether they are married to the mother or not. Guest: Anjuli Maistry – Attorney at the Centre fo...

Political parties that took part on the National Assembly's debate on the scourge of farm attacks and murders of farmers and farmworkers are calling for an end to these killings. However some political parties argued that the matter is being politicised Guest: Dr Chris de Kock – Independent crime and violence analyst

Today being Tuesday, it’s time for our regular UIF feature where Tsiamo Molema addresses all your questions. Please remember to keep your questions very brief and listen on the radio for answers. Also keep your voice notes short and to the point….. GUEST: Tshiamo Molema – Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Commissioner’s Office

Looking at how many companies are retrenching workers, one wonders what will eventually happen to the affected people? The latest is that Bidvest Bank has announced that it’s contemplating retrenchments to re-align operations as a response to challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. A survey by TransUnion has revealed that a vast majority of households are still struggling under the finan...

On the last Tuesday of every month Bryan normally deals with the various questions that have come in. So he didn’t do that last week and we thought let’s rather do it today. Good morning Bryan….. GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

The ANC National Executive Committee has endorsed the letter written by the President last week, denouncing any acts of corruption by officials deployed in government. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a consolidated report on the outcomes of the past weekend's NEC meeting during a virtual media briefing. Ahead of the meeting expectations were that we would see the camps play themselves out espe...

Today being the last day of August which we mark as Women’s Month, we thought to look back to some of the achievements with regards to women. Where are we in 2020 when it comes to bridging the wage gap, equality, leadership, GBV and economic emancipation? If the women of 1956 could look into 2020, would they be happy with where we are as women? Guest: Onyi Nwaneri - Human rights lawyer and Chief E...

Last week we received a couple of calls and voice notes about people who dump all sorts of waste in rivers and so on. Something the country has been battling with for many years as authorities don’t seem to be doing anything about it. Let’s take a listen to what was said by many of you…. CLIP-LITTER LINK: What could we say is the main reason behind this? Is it just a certain type of people who do...