The Daily Discourse

The Special Investigating Unit says it is concerned about the publication of leaked investigation reports by the different media houses. They are pointing mostly to the Covid-19 related corruption saying it misleads the public. But then the media being what it is, and serving the public’s right to know, where do we find the balance? Guest: Keizer Kganyago – Spokesperson for the Special Investigati...

Today (09 Nov) being World Adoption Day, we turn our focus why it’s important for people to adopt and raise awareness around the subject. Over the years reports indicated just how difficult the process of adopting is which somehow turns many people off. But then back in the days many orphans were raised by distant family members and neighbours. What has happened to that and how should we describe...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the unemployment issue worse as many people lost their jobs while young people never got the chance to improve their skills as the country was on lockdown most of this year. Well tech company Microsoft has granted Afrika Tikkun R2.5 million as part of its Global Skills Initiative. The company says that the initiative aims to bring new digital skills to underserved po...

As per your constant request for clarity regarding the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant, we have invited the South African Social Security Agency to answer all your questions. Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that government will be extending the special R350 COVID-19 grant by a further three months. He made the announcement when he delivered his economic recovery plan at a join...

Neither United States President nor the senior members of the Republican Party have officially conceded the Presidential race as Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made history on Saturday by winning both the popular vote and the Electoral College. The 77-year old Biden becomes the oldest person to win the Presidency while Harris becomes the first woman, black in this instance or otherwise, to...

Today (Monday) the SABC and Telkom enter into a channel carriage deal which will enable our audiences to stream the public broadcaster’s content on demand. Guest : Ian Plaatjies – SABC COO

Let’s tell you now a project focusing on people who are visually impaired. It’s an art programme based on the work of internationally acclaimed Willem Boshoff’s “The Blind Alphabet” which transcribes complex words into tangible objects to be experienced by the blind and translated to the sighted. Guest: Annali Dempsey – Curator of the UJ Art Gallery

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has seen a huge increase in applications for next year which put the number close to 500-thousand. Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande says that this is a major improvement from provinces that had extremely low applications in the past two years. To find what could be behind the increase and how NSFAS is handling it, we are joined on the line by… G...

US President Donald Trump appeared before the media last night as his grip on the White House appeared to slowly slip away, presenting a litany of grievances while he accused Democrats of trying to steal and rig the election. He promised a lot of litigation over unsubstantiated claims of fraud across multiple states, as Democratic rival Joe Biden urged calm and for every ballot to be counted. Let’...

The South African Police Services has told Parliament that nearly 400 corruption cases involving its members are being investigated by various law enforcement agencies. In its briefing to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, SAPS says transgressions are being committed by members across ranks from senior to junior levels. Lulama Matya reports.... Guest: Dr RGD Rajin – Former member of the SA...

The world is this morning watching developments in the USA where Trump's campaign has launched legal action in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, calling for vote counting to be halted. The campaign officials accuse Democrats of scheming to disenfranchise Republican voters. Eric Trump has told his father's supporters in Pennsylvania that the President is sending lawyers to challenge the count the...

This morning we deal with chronic wounds. According to medical journals, a chronic wound is one that has failed to progress through the phases of healing in an orderly and timely fashion and has shown no significant progress toward healing in 30 days. What is the common cause of a chronic wound and what makes it not heal? Guest: Sr Liezl Naude – Wound care Specialist at Eloquent Health and Wellnes...

In light of Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu hosting a women’s summit tomorrow (Thursday), we talk to some of the women in the sector about the progress they are making in the sector. The summit is aimed at unlocking the value chain to allow broader participation of women in both Human Settlements and Water & Sanitation projects and programmes. For more on this a...

Dr Kgosi Letlape who is the outgoing president of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), says that the standard of healthcare in public hospitals pre-1994 was better than what is currently experienced in the private sector today. He went on to talk about how expensive the private sector is and the impact it has on health practitioners. Dr Letlape now joins us on the line to share...

We take a look now at accuracy in the testing of Covid-19. Speed is of the essence around this period and we know how testing labs are overwhelmed. Well Wits University’s Centre for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research has come up with a solution that can speed up the testing process with precision and to educate us on this latest development. Guest: Professor Bavesh Kana – Head of the Centre of Excel...

Last week Bryan could not deal with the questions sent to him as we had to cross to one of the big court cases. Well today is your chance to ask him questions around your finances. But first let’s deal with the questions that have been submitted to him last month of a similar nature… GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Yesterday former chairperson at SAA Technical, Yakhe Kwinana really tested Justice Zondo’s patience at the Commission of inquiry into state capture. The chairperson kept reminding her that she is a professional why she kept claiming that she didn’t know things like contracts and so on. Let’s listen to some of the exchange that sort of dominated her testimony…. LINK: Having listened to that exchang...

With just a day to Election Day in the United States, critical swing states in the Midwest will be the focus for both campaigns as they try to drive their supporters to the polls. With just less than 24 hours to go in terms of campaign events, President Donald Trump spent Saturday criss-crossing the must-win State of Pennsylvania with Democratic Nominee Joe Biden close by in the State of Michigan....

For many years now all we’ve heard about the e-tolls was never in favour of motorists. The ANC government which by the way implemented these tolls kept promising to deal with them. Taking you back to everything that was said by government around e-toll will take the month. So for now let’s listen to this interview by Aldrin Sampier talking to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on the 3rd of March t...

This coming Thursday matric learners will be sitting for their exams. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the exams will be starting on the 5th of November and finish on the 15 of December 2020. But some questions are being raised as to what happens should a learner test positive for Covid-19 during the exams? Also what sort of measures are in place from the department to deal with something like this?...

John Steenhuisen is the Democratic Alliance's new leader. He emerged victorious at the party's virtual elective congress attended by over 2000 of the party's members this weekend. Steenhuisen's win appears to have been a forgone conclusion given the gap in support between him and the other contender KZN MPL Mbali Ntuli as Busi Chimombe reports… PKG-STEENHUISEN LINK: Is Steenhuisen the right man fo...

As we mark National Wills Week, very scary revelations are coming out regarding top international celebrities who died without drafting a will. Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman died without a will in place. Aretha Franklin died in 2018 without having submitted a will to her attorney. There are just so many high profile people who find themselves in this situation where they leave the family wi...

Let’s tell you now about the Urban Festival 2020. It is the first iteration of the event in South Africa that seeks to provide a virtual platform for engagement on a multitude of urban development ideas and perspectives. This year’s theme is all about Empowering the Civic and contends with how technology could be used to bridge gaps and enable development. Guest: Geoff Bickford - Programme Manager...

We are joined now by one of the party’s stalwarts, Ambassador Douglas Gibson who was the DA’s Chief whip in parliament… Guest: Ambassador Douglas Gibson

The DA will hold its virtual elective conference this weekend facing a number of challenges. This year alone the official opposition party has lost three provincial leaders with one saying it's no longer the party he joined twenty years ago. This was preceded by the exiting of some senior party leaders including Mmusi Maimane, Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip among others. The party has also lost...