The Daily Discourse

guest: Nomfundo Mpuntsha - SA Women in Mining Association Member

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.

guest: Abdullah Nabhan - Senior Geologist for the Saudi Geological Survey

guest: Matthew Grant from AMCU & Advocate Hanlie van Vuuren from Solidarity

Guest: Mr Tumelo Gopane - Managing Director of ERWAT

guest: Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane - Minister Of Tourism

guest: Navin Singh - Director of Mandela Mining

guest: Dr Petrus De Kock - Head Of Research Brand South Africa

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.

It is through language people preserve their community’s history, customs and traditions and heritage. In South Africa there is a push to reclaim the Afrikaans language, which for many years has been associated with the language of the oppressor and Apartheid. This morning we will look at the role of radio in preserving language and the art of broadcasting in Afrikaans. Our focus will be on our si...

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guest: Lawyer Tshepho Mojapelo

guest: Popo Molefe - Transnet Chairperson

guest: PCSA's Dr Munyadziwa Kwinda & Advocate Ntsikelelo Sipeko

guest: Advocate Thabo Mokoena - Director General Department Of Mineral Resources

guest: onsulting Engineers SA, CESA President Sugen Pillay

Focus: Today’s wind down guest does not need an introduction. He is one of those whose music speaks for itself. He is a jazz legend and if you know music, you will identify him by his guitar. If I say it’s been 20 years since Painted Faces, who would you say it is? Guest: Selaelo Selota – Jazz musician

The International Monetary Fund says the weak performance of State Owned Enterprises coupled with ongoing government bailouts are hampering South Africa's economic growth. The IMF has called on the country's government to speed up reforms to revive the economy. GUEST: Chief economist of the Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt

On our Health Slot this Thursday we are discussing Gene Editing. It is the modification of DNA sequences in living cells. Would you consider it? Many feel that this is interfering with God's laboratory. Scientists feel that altering your DNA may minimize the risk of passing cancer. What are the medical benefits of gene editing? GUEST: Dr Pheiffer, a biohacker, currently practicing at anti-ageing a...

It's not a secret anymore that households are suffering. These days’ in-house brands are selling out in supermarkets. Along this line, the Momentum/Unisa Household Net Wealth Index has revealed that South African households' real net wealth declined by R237.0 billion in Q3 2019 compared to Q2 2019, while it was R133.7 billion less in Q3 2018. How should we interpret this? GUEST: Johann van Tonder...

With the negative news around the retail sector and job cuts, one may assume that things are not looking too good for business in general. Analysists are not helping either as they give negative projections. Stats SA on the other hand shows that retail trade sales increased by 3.1% in November 2019 compared with October 2019. How is the retail sector riding the wave and making it under the tough e...

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille says they will never again put the UDM's Mongameli Bobani in power in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro. Do Zille’s pronouncements not undermine the consultation process in the Nelson Mandela Bay, which was initiated by the DA Interim Leader with the UDM? Earlier on I spoke to UDM Leader, General Bantu Holomisa about how far the two parties are with their cons...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the tasks that lie ahead for South Africa's African diplomats as the country takes over the reins of the African Union next month. Speaking at the Africa Heads of Mission Conference at the Department of International Relations in Pretoria yesterday, Ramaphosa said that chairing the continental body will be a collective task entailing negotiation and consultat...

The North-West University is still closed today. This as the South African Union of students is intensifying calls for a national shutdown at public universities. Yesterday North-West University students were told to vacate the premises following outbreaks of violence… GUEST: Bafedile Moerane, SABC reporter in the North West GUEST: Sandile Dlamini, NEC Member of the South African Union of Students...