The Daily Discourse

In South Africa, the political party funding landscape is evolving as the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) released its annual report on political party funding. Overall, the DA and ANC attracted substantial contributions. Key legal developments include proposed increases to the private donation limit and disclosure threshold has been raised. Alongside this development, a call to crimina...

For our Municipal Watch feature this morning we try to get an understanding of what is actually happening with municipalities in the North West. This follows Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Cogta’s fact finding mission to find out why those municipalities are so rotten and performing poorly. For those of you who listen to this segment of the show will know how many of these municipalitie...

Across South Africa, schools are collecting and handling vast amounts of sensitive information of 12 million learners. This includes ID numbers and addresses to academic results and even parents’ financial details. This data should be protected with the highest levels of care. Some questions are being raised by school governing bodies about whether our current systems, particularly SA-SAMS a...

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe, looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025. Guest : Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

In South Africa, "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) is a fast-growing payment option for both online and in-store purchases, with popular providers including Payflex, Happy Days PayJustNow, and Float. It allows you to receive your items immediately while splitting the purchase cost into several interest-free installments. However, none of these platforms have been regulated and falling outside the Nation...

For our Citizens Corner this morning, we talk about vaping in schools and the dangers of this habit has on South Africa's youth. Professor Richard van Zyl-Smith who is a consultant pulmonologist at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital says that the proposed Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill of 2022 must regulate the usage of  vaping in schools. He was making submissions...

We are coming to you live again this morning from Melrose Arch in the north of Johannesburg for the second day of the M20 two-day summit. It ispart of the various summits related to the G20 brought together by Media Monitoring Africa and the South African Editors’ Forum. This is a platform to unpack the critical challenges affecting the media and information integrity ecosystems today. For t...

This morning, Bryan chat to us about how best to try and teach our children about good money habits.  Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited ( www.bhca.co.za )  

We are coming to you live this morning from Melrose Arch in the north of Johannesburg where the M20 two-day summit is taking place. It ispart of the various summits related to the G20 brought together by Media Monitoring Africa and the South African Editors’ Forum. This is a platform to unpack the critical challenges affecting the media and information integrity ecosystems today. To talk abo...

These past few months we've seen a lot of violence again from the taxi industry, either killing each other or e-hailing drivers. The news of the killing of Siyanda Mvelase at the Maponya Mall in Soweto saw Soweto residents take the law into their hands by burning a minibus taxi. Last week five people were killed in the Western Cape while nine were injured in taxi-related violence. As South African...

We go back to the Makana Municipality in the Eastern Cape’s Makhanda formerly known as Grahamstown. This time around the municipality is fighting issues of what they say is land invasions. Residents are protesting against what they say is the slow pace of housing developments, the municipality on the other hand feels that residents just want to build informal settlements on land they have in...

For our Citizens Corner this morning, we talk part two about public calls being made for the death penalty to return in South Africa. Why is the call for the return of the death penalty question relevant now? Also as a country and the sort of past we come from, how should we approach the question of the death penalty? Two weeks ago, we did a panel discussion to look at this issue in an effort to b...

  As part of our Women’s Month coverage, the Electoral Commission is celebrating Women Championing Democracy: Paving the Way to the 2026 Local Government Elections. Earlier this week (Wednesday), the IEC hosted a special event to honour and reflect on the role of women in strengthening democracy. We will unpack various areas that impact women’s participation in electoral processes...

Ncesh Nonxishi is a Johannesburg-based composer and singer-songwriter born and raised in Mdantsane and Ntabozuko in the Eastern Cape. Traversing themes of sex, friendship, power, history and the South African political landscape, her music is influenced by songs from her childhood, isiXhosa folk music, church hymns, pop, R&B and jazz. Ncesh Nonxishi,’s debut album Apho Kungenje was relea...

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe, looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025.   Guest : Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

South Africa remains at the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic, with over 7.8 million people living with HIV/AIDS. While it boasts one of the largest public health response programmes in the world, access to critical care still remains a challenge in remote parts of South Africa.  Our next guest speaks to the realities of HIV care in South Africa: the challenges, the opportunities, and the...

ACSA has invested R861 million in capital projects this year, reaffirming their commitment to modern & world-class airports. Our next guest will unpack the organization's infrastructure strategy to build airports of the future and the importance of financial responsibility. We are joined by…. Guest:  Mr. Charles Shilowa - Group Executive for Capital Infrastructure & Asset Manag...

We are joined now in studio by Bongekile Macupe who is deputy politics editor at News24. She recently presented her Reuters Institute fellowship project at the Frontline Club in London looking at what's it means to be a black African women in South Africa’s newsrooms. She spoke to 10 black African women journalists with years of experience in the newsroom who shared their stories with her an...

Today being the last Tuesday of the month, Bryan deals with all the questions of a similar nature that he received during the month. He then responds to them while also taking any new questions you may have as the segment progresses. He now joins us in studio Guest(Studio): Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited ( www.bhca.co.za )

Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever who is Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at Wits has called on South Africans to take action to end the high level of corruption and financial mismanagement in the country. He was speaking at a symposium setup by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in memory of whistleblower and former senior Gauteng Health Department official Ba...

Non-aeronautical revenue reached 49% of ACSA’s total revenue. This reflects the diversification business and financial resilience of the organization overall. This diversification also supports ACSA's long-term strategy: Innovate, Grow and Sustain. To tell us more about how this milestone has improved the passenger experience and stakeholder value, we are joined by…. Guest (OB): Ms. L...

At the start of Women's Month, our next guest was honoured with the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Conference. This award is in recognition of her decades-long contributions to women’s rights, youth development, and philanthropic leadership across Africa. Through her work at the African Women's Development Fund, it tells a bold story about the power, resilience a...

Traditional leaders are wrapping up their three-day meeting today (Thursday) in Boksburg where they are reviewing the progress made in ensuring rural development, social cohesion and land matters, among others. The 2025 Traditional Leaders Imbizo is the gathering of the different royal houses and structures where they also meet with those in political office. So for today we are talking about the...

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe, looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025 . Guest: Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

We turn our attention to the residential property market. Despite the financial challenges facing most South Africans, 83.32% of tenants are in good standing as of the end Q1 2025. This is really good news given South Africa’s spiralling unemployment figures, and the exponential costs of living. Residential rentals are growing - 40% of South Africans rent their homes.  This figure is li...