The Daily Discourse

The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that Public Protector Advocate Busisiswe Mkhwebane is facing three counts of perjury and will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday. The NPA says it has taken the decision to prosecute after it carefully assessed the evidence the Hawks presented to it. The Hawks received summons last night. Guest: Karyn Maghn-Journalist News24

The build-up to 1994 was no doubt a very busy and troublesome period for the country. The political leadership on all sides were doing all they can to push bring stability to the country and getting the nation to be one and reconcile. We saw how Madiba lifted the Rugby World Cup trophy with Francois Pienaar in 1995 as South Africans cheered. But now commentators are starting to ask what happened t...

Today being Tuesday, it’s usually time for our regular UIF feature where Makhosonke Buthelezi addresses all your questions. But today we host Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on UIF and other labour related matters that have been in the public domain and troubling you…. GUEST: Thulas Nxesi – Minister of Employment and Labour

The Eastern Cape is again in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time around reports indicate that the province’s hospitals are not coping. The health staff are said to be overworked. Let’s listen to a snippet from a paramedic, patient and a doctor at one of the private hospitals in Buffalo City giving us their own experience… Guest: Dr Sibongile Zungu - HOD in the Eastern Cape Health Departm...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced further restrictions that will come into effect at midnight tonight across the country. This as the country experiences a second wave of coronavirus infections. Addressing the nation from the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the President says part of the new restrictions is the limitation on the number of people attending large gatherings to 100 people for indo...

Gift of the Givers has heeded the desperate call for help in the Eastern Cape. As you may have heard in the news over the past few weeks how that hospitals are not coping as health workers are overworked due to an increasing number of patients. Guest: Imtiaz Sooliman – Founder of Gift of the Givers

We talk now about how Covid-19 has changed the future of corporate real estate. We’ve seen during the lockdown how people worked from home and making companies go the route of remote working. To get an understanding of these changes and look ahead to what we can expect in the coming years. Also if I’m a business person in the corporate real estate, what must a brace myself for? Guest: John Jack -...

We turn our attention now to issues pertaining to youth on the African continent. They came together as a collective from six different countries across the continent calling on African Union Heads of State and Governments to urgently work with young people to address the systemic issues that have disempowered this generation. In their statement they say that they are stuck in a period of that the...

Focus: David Letsoalo has penned an article questions why a country like South Africa which accommodates all religions gives special attention to Christian holidays. He says this is also happening within the judiciary as courts also close on these days. He goes on to say that the country has zero regard for African spirituality despite this being an African country. He joins us now on the line to...

This morning we feature South Africa’s most celebrated cartoonist, Zapiro. We talk to him about his annual collection of cartoons throughout the year. This is one of those must have souvenirs that summarize all that we went through in 2020. This one is called the Do the Macorona and to tell us more…. Guest: Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro

Earthlife Africa yesterday (Thursday) planned to march through the Johannesburg CBD against climate change. They wanted to highlight how the world was running out of time to keep temperatures down. Scary as it sounds, are governments paying attention? Guest: Thabo Sibeko - Earthlife Africa's anti-Coal Campaigner

North West Premier Job Mokgoro has come under a lot of fire for his appointment of Mmoloki Cwaile as MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs. The provinces municipalities are not in a good state on the other hand there are allegations of collusion with companies that are always scoring lucrative construction contracts. Where is the newly appointed MEC going to sta...

A very worrying study by the University of Cape Town has found that some protective facial masks don’t meet the required safety standards. The scary part is that these are the masks worn by health practitioners. Let’s find out now about quality control as far as these masks are concerned. What scrutiny do they go through before they are given to the users? Should we also be worried about the ones...

Our regular UIF feature comes to you today as Makhosonke Buthelezi was not able to be with us on Tuesday. He’s here to 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: Makhosonke Buthelezi – Director of Communications and Marketing at UIF

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