The Daily Discourse

The EFF has threatened to heighten what it calls "militant protests" against former president F.W De Klerk, if the ANC and government continue to include him in public events. In a statement the De Klerk Foundation claims that the UN's classification of apartheid as a crime against humanity formed part of an agenda by the Soviet Union and the ANC along with its allies to stigmatize white South Afr...

The Federal Legal Commission of the DA has written to George Mayor, Melvin Naik, informing him that his membership with the party has ceased. The DA's constituency head for George, Geordin Hill-Lewis says Naik is no longer a member of the party. He was given 48 hours to resign as Mayor, which he refused to do. The action taken by the party comes after the DA caucus in George passed a motion of no...

Food security researchers are calling for change in regard to government’s policy on food security. They go on to say that the child support grant of R430 a month is insufficient to significantly impact malnutrition rates among South Africa’s children. This they said ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa State of the Nation Address calling on him to do something. Now that the president is done with h...

SABC is hosting the #CXOseries a quarterly event with the goal of establishing an exclusive network.

SABC is hosting the #CXOseries a quarterly event with the goal of establishing an exclusive network.

guest: Professor Natalie Shellack speaking about the paedriatic drug access

SABC is hosting the #CXOseries a quarterly event with the goal of establishing an exclusive network.

SABC is hosting the #CXOseries a quarterly event with the goal of establishing an exclusive network.

The City of Johannesburg has been in the news lately for all sorts of reasons. The highlight was when the ANC took over after Herman Mashaba. The DA has been making all sorts of accusations against them. Well this morning we host the Speaker, Nonceba Molwele about her role in restoring order and making sure that things run smoothly as politics seem to overshadow service delivery… GUEST: Nonceba Mo...

The Public Servants Association says it is concerned about the safety of Field Social Workers employed by the Department of Social Development in KwaZulu-Natal. This follows reports of 14 workers being hijacked while on duty over the past six months. Just how bad is the situation and what sort of engagements have they had with government so far? Guest: Mlungisi Ndlovu – PSA Provincial Manager at t...

We have seen and heard calls by some African countries for all African states who are signatories to the Rome Statute to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, ICC. Over the years the ICC, which is tasked with bringing to justice perpetrators of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, has been accused of political and regional bias, and of failing to achieve convictions in some...

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa took over the chairmanship of the African Union yesterday, where he committed to ensuring peace and security on the continent. Speaking during his inaugural speech, Ramaphosa said that that in May this year South Africa will convene an extraordinary summit on silencing the Guns and to assess the progress made to end conflicts. For a perspective on this, we...

Some residents of South Africa's mega township of Soweto are re-connecting themselves to the grid. This is after power utility Eskom cut them off in an effort to recoup the R18 billion electricity bill owed by the township. It has emerged some residents have formed vigilante groups to guard illegal electricity connections as Eskom faces a serious backlash from communities for the electricity cuts....

Time now for the Friday Wind Down where we profile prominent South Africans, to get to know more about who they are beyond their social standing in society. This morning we host one of the country's best-loved and most respected musicians, Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse. He is a legend with 50 years of musical accomplishment and history behind him. For more on the man, he now joins me in our SABC Auckland...

The OR Tambo School of Leadership is set to move a gear up in its political education offerings to ANC members and the public. The school was launched in April last year by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the realization that lack of political education is amongst the greatest need required to fulfil the ANC’s renewal agenda. For more on the school we are now joined on the line by Dr David Masondo, i...

The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation on Wednesday visited the Sebokeng and Rietspruit Waste Water Treatment, to assess progress made by the National Department of Water and Sanitation in eliminating the problem of the effluent that contaminates the Vaal River system works. The visit is a follow-up on the work of the previous portfolio committee of the fifth Parliament...

guest: Sazini Makamu - Engineer at Mintek

guest: Amanda Bossenger - Part of the Business Development Programme at Cotlands

guest: Nqobile Magwizi - Executive Director of Zim Is Open for Business

Dr Martin Wedig - German Federation Of International Mining and Mineral Resources will talk on the following

The Head of Anglo American Corporate Communications in South Africa, Pranill Ramchander

MEC for Limpopo Economic Development ,Environment and Tourism. Thabo Mokone