The Daily Discourse

Sugar giant Tongaat Hulett has suspended trading on the JSE. Tongaat asked that its listings be suspended because of accounting irregularities. The company delayed the release of its financial results amid a review of its financial practices. Tongaat Hulett warned last month that its financial results could take a R4.5-billion hit. So what does it mean when a company suspends trading on the JSE? G...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be picketing together with the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) this morning at all the country's major airports to protest against a myriad of issues at SAA and the South African Airways Technical (SAAT). This includes the recent resignation of the CEO Vuyani Jarana. GUEST: Zazi Ntshibanyoni - President Of South African c...

Time now for our regular Tuesday slot; Talking Finance with Bryan Hirsch. With all the discussions last week about the Reserve Bank, Bryan will touch on discussion around being financially healthy and the steps you need to take to improve this situation. GUEST (In studio): Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Five ANC members have been sworn in as members of Parliament. They fill the vacancies left by cabinet members who did not make it back into President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet. Meanwhile, another two former ministers, Jeff Radebe and Siyabonga Cwele, have resigned their seats in the National Assembly. Their resignations follow on four other former members of the executive who had done so last week...

After visiting some churches in South Africa, I have come to realize that there are differences between the way an African church conducts its church service from that of the white. In terms of time, The African church spends roughly about 2-3 hours, depending on the pastor's message while white church spends 1hr- 1hr.30 minutes. In terms of outfits or uniforms, members of the African Church appea...

Time for our regular Monday feature Legally Speaking. This morning we continue our conversation with Rakgadi Phosa, a Partner at Gildenhuys Malatji Attorneys about: What legal recourse do you have when it comes to accident claims, medical negligence or misdiagnosis. This as our discussion on medical negligence had a lot of interaction and we still had so much more issues to explore around the topi...

FOCUS: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse protesters setting up barricades in Khartoum, over the weekend. At least one person was killed in the northern district of Bahari according to doctors aligned to the opposition. Campaigners called for ongoing civil disobedience from Sunday to make it as difficult as possible for the military to govern Sudan. The call co...

Liberian President George Weah is facing widespread discontent over high food and fuel prices and government corruption as his administration struggles to contain a deepening economic crisis. Opposition supporters are taking to the streets today for the first time since the former soccer star won elections 18 months ago. Since his first bid for the presidency in 2005, Weah, who grew up in a slum i...

Judgment in the formal bail application of 19-year-old Forest High School learner in Turffontein, is expected to be handed down today in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court. The Grade 11 learner faces one murder charge and two of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing three fellow learners - one of whom died. He fled the scene and police later arrested him in Dobsonville, Soweto. The learner's at...

There’s no denying that the youth is SA’s future and as South Africa marks youth Day on the 16th June, issues of unemployment remain a major issue amongst many others. Today on The Talking Point we ask, how can the youth of SA be the change that South Africa wants to see? Guest 1. Luyolo Mphithi, Federal DA Youth Leader. 2. Ndumiso Mokako, ANCYL NEC member 3 .Phuti Peter Keetse, President of the E...

Time now for our Friday Wind Down feature, where we profile high achievers in their respective fields. People who are seen as role models, leaders and overachievers! This profile is personality interview where we focus on key aspects of our guest's remarkable journey. Joining me for our first profile is KZN born, Musa E. Zulu, who is a published author, artist, poet and motivational speaker. Musa'...

What are black professionals worth? We are now in conversation with Fikile Moya, who is an independent journalist and a former editor of The Mercury and The Witness. Fikile says many black professionals across sectors live with the reality that they are forever second-guessed, whether they come from so-called bush colleges or speak "with an accent". He further states that black professionals in ge...

The constitutionality of South Africa's surveillance law was being challenged at the High Court in Pretoria, yesterday. The outcome of the case will have important implications for citizens' privacy - and the ability of journalists to do their work without hindrance. For more on this we are now joined on the line by Professor Jane Duncan, the head of the Department of Journalism, Film and Televisi...

AB de Villiers approached Proteas captain Faf du Plessis and coach Ottis Gibson the day before the South African squad was to be announced, where he offered to come out of retirement for the World Cup. This morning we will look at the fall-out from the AB de Villiers saga… Guest: SABC deputy Sports Editor Janet Whitton

We are now in conversation with Zazi Nsibanyoni; President of the South African Cabin Crew Association (sacca), the association is planning to stage a march next week calling for South African Airways CEO Vuyani Jarana to remain at the helm of the national carrier. Jarana announced his resignation at the weekend, stating that he was unable to turn around the national airline due to inconsistency i...

The symposium is expected to draw around 200 active participants and is pitched as a highly interactive and robust engagement using a symposium setting. Participants will be drawn from partnering universities, industry, neighboring municipalities and other relevant stakeholders deemed necessary Guest: Puven Akkiah-Intergrated Development Plan Manager

As a rapidly growing urban environment, the city of Durban currently finds itself operating within the complexities of cross cutting challenges. Faced with rapid urbanization, the intensification of economic, social, political and cultural changes, environmental unsustainability and resource insecurity – there is a need for increased attention to respond to the pressures and tensions around water,...

Time now for our Business feature, this morning we are looking at the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into effect on the 30th of May this year. This at a time when the global trade regime is under attack. After being ratified by the required minimum 22 nations, all the member states of the African Union (AU) are now legally bound to allow African goods...

Opposition parties in Lesotho are planning to file a motion of no confidence against the country's Prime Minister Tom Thabane. A successful motion could lead to Thabane leaving office or the collapse of his coalition government and fresh elections. The calls for a no-confidence vote come amid divisions within Thabane's party, the All Basotho Convention, ABC, which have tilted the country's already...

The main aim of this symposium is to identify opportunities for innovation and learning and broaden the space for sub- thematic consideration for the securitization of water and energy, water and food security, water and climate change, water and public health – all within an urban nexus framework Guest: Dr Mpilo Ngubane - Acting Deputy City Manager for Corporate & HR at Ethekwini Municipality.

Is there a disjuncture between the ANC party and the ANC government when it comes to policy Implementation? This question comes in the wake of the ANC's economic transformation head, Enoch Godongwana, who has contradicted party secretary-general Ace Magashule on the ANC's stance on the mandate of the central bank. Magashule told the media at a post Lekgotla briefing in Pretoria that the ruling par...

There is rising diplomatic tensions between Kenya and Somalia over political and economic interests, this in wake of the two East African countries maritime dispute. In a diplomatic letter sent to Somalia in May, Kenya threatened to use force if Somali citizens continued to obstruct or destroy the fence it is building along the two countries' border. The Kenya government has also made the decision...

We recently launched a new feature “Water is Life”. We did so cognizant of the fact that South Africa is a water scarce country and guided by research on the ever so present threat of global warming. This feature therefore looks at the role of water boards in water collection, preservation and distribution. We also look at service delivery at these water utilities - their ability to connect South...

South Africa’s unemployment rate is estimated to be at 28% with over 50% of black youth unemployed and not likely to secure decent jobs in the near future. This is clearly a crisis and over the past two decades, government in its various economic policy documents and more recently in the ruling party’s elections manifesto, promised hundreds of thousands of jobs. However, it has not materialised wi...

The country has since the beginning of this year, experienced 184 farm attacks in which twenty people were killed. This, according to Civil Rights organisation, Afriforum. AfriForum's head of Community Safety, Ian Cameron says according to their statistics the highest number of farm attacks, fifty one (51) were in Gauteng followed by North West with twenty eight (28) and Limpopo twenty seven (27)....