The Daily Discourse

Time now for our regular Tuesday feature the Global Perspective, where we profile countries around the globe. This morning we profile the Republic of Ireland, an island in the British Isles located west of Great Britain, which is known for its physical beauty, with vast areas of unspoilt wilderness and breathtaking sceneries of romantic ruins… GUEST: Paula Molloy, Deputy Head of Mission at the Emb...

Planning to Invest or are you currently in the process of Investing? Well this morning we are going to look at the first step in making an investment plan for the future and what steps should be taken to an organised investment plan? GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Yesterday (Monday) saw mass looting around Johannesburg where not only foreign owned business, but also locally owned. Some of the areas that were targeted were Tembisa, Melvern and the Jeppe area. What image does this portray for the country? To get an understanding on the impact of looting from a business perspective, GUEST: Joan Warburton-McBride – CEO of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce an...

Time now for our regular Monday feature; Legally Speaking, this morning we are in conversation with Andiswa Gowa, an Occupational Therapist at Andiswa Gowa Practice and Sinolwazi Mahlaba, an Attorney at Simi Healthcare Solutions, a Public service in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Both Companies were founded by Andiswa and specialize in Medical legal cases pertaining to personal injuries. GUEST: Andiswa Go...

We talk to the Road Accident Fund to remind you our listener and the public in general about how to approach the Road Accident Fund and what the new changes of directly claiming mean. For many years lawyers defrauded the fund millions of rands as they gave very little to victims. Since the changes how has the public been dealing with the fund? GUEST: Advocate Khathu Magadani, Promotions and Activa...

As we enter Heritage Month, we turn our focus on the Khoi and San community. They started off celebration this weekend with a programme they call “cultural reawakening” themed “from Coloured to Khoi”. They go on to say that they would like to restore themselves as a nation from being named coloured to reclaim their Khoi and San ancestry. GUEST: Christian Martin – A Khoi-San activist and ANC MPL in...

Mzwanele Nyhontso was elected president of the Pan Africanist Congress at the party’s national elective conference this past weekend in Bloemfontein. But as expected with the PAC, another faction is disputing his presidency saying the conference was illegal. Narius Moloto who was not part of the conference is reportedly one of the people saying the conference was illegal. To get an understanding f...

The chairperson of the Information Regulator, Advocate Pansy Tlakula says they are considering joining an application as friends of the courts to review the public protector's report on Bosasa donations, citing that privacy laws may have been breached during the investigation. GUEST: Advocate Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Information Regulator

This Friday morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the International Convention Centre in East London, where the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is hosting member states from African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Radio Communication conference. The main objective of the meeting will be to consider and adopt...

FOCUS: This Friday morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the International Convention Centre in East London, where the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is hosting member states from African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Radio Communication conference. The main objective of the meeting will be to consider an...

: This Friday morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the International Convention Centre in East London, where the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is hosting member states from African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Radio Communication conference. GUEST: Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane

This Friday morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the International Convention Centre in East London, where the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is hosting member states from African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Radio Communication conference. Guest: Mr Kilyobas Binga, the Director, Radio Monitoring and Su...

This Friday morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the International Convention Centre in East London, where the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is hosting member states from African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Radio Communication conference. John Omo has been elected the new Secretary General of the Afri...

Yesterday Cosatu briefed the media on the outcomes of their three day Central Executive Committee meeting where they spoke about a number of things. One of those was how they plan to deal with the issue of retrenchments. Now you may be aware that we have been doing a series of interviews around the issue of employment. Let’s engage Cosatu now to hear how they plan to fight retrenchments seeing tha...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, In Fourways, Johannesburg, where the United Nations Women, is urging all partners to "Step it Up for Gender Equality" to advance women's empowerment with and through the news media. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by UN Member States in September 2015 is a universal roadmap fo...

We continue our weekly and final discussion with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), which is celebrating 20 years since its inception. This morning we are in conversation with Mr Tsietsi Maselwa, the legal executive manager of the National Lotteries Commission to talk to us about Legislation and other legal issues pertaining to the Commission. GUEST: Mr Tsietsi Maselwa, the legal executive m...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, In Fourways, Johannesburg, where the United Nations Women, is urging all partners to "Step it Up for Gender Equality" to advance women's empowerment with and through the news media. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by UN Member States in September 2015 is a universal roadmap fo...

We are now in conversation with Kevin Harris, an independent South African filmmaker, to talk about his 2018 documentary "Remember Khotso House, Aluta Continua, which is a compelling two part documentary reflecting on the life's journey of the South African Council of Churches in its fight against apartheid through the 1980s and 90s. For more Kevin Harris now joins me here at the Indaba Hotel, In...

This Saturday, the 31st of August, will mark exactly 31 years since the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches, Khotso House, in central Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups. The bombing took place a year after a blast at the House of trade union federation COSATU. This morning we will look at the role played the Church and religious leaders in supporting, a...

The 28th World Economic Forum on Africa is taking place in Cape Town, from the fourth until the sixth of September. Under the theme, Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Forum is expected to address the African Union's Agenda 2063 regional strategic priorities such as a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development and an in...

It has been seven years since striking miners at Marikana were shot down and 34 killed by police. It is regarded as the worst episode of state repression and violence in democratic South Africa. Despite the recommendations by the Farlam Commission for further investigations and prosecutions, as well as compensation to the families of those who were killed and the injured, little progress has been...

There has been a lot of speculation surrounding the death of Gavin Watson, Bosasa CEO now known as African Global Operations. He died on Monday near the OR Tambo International Airport East of Johannesburg. Taking calls on his death, some people mentioned that he was an antiapartheid activist. This then raised the question of how he damaged his reputation as many of us remember him more from being...

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has unveiled a 75-page economic rescue plan for South Africa. Yesterday the National Treasury released a blue print policy document aimed at boosting economic growth by 2 to 3% and creating one-million additional jobs. But is this plan really feasible? GUEST: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science at Wits GUEST: Dr Azar Jammine,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged G7 leaders to support Africa’s development. During his address at the G7 meeting in France, Ramaphosa pushed for infrastructure development on the continent. This is nothing new, seeing how African leaders come back empty handed from these summit. Do we really need support from G7 countries? And will the needs of Africa ever be heard by these G7 leaders or it’s...

What Influence did France have in Africa? During the Colonial period in Africa, the British and the French colonized more than 95% of the continent. It's understood that the British colonized twenty-two African states while the French colonized twenty. This morning we will look at the Influence France has had on the African continent and why are former colonies in Africa so important to France? GU...