The Daily Discourse

Malawians will be heading to the polls on May 21 to elect a new President, plus new representatives in the country's national assembly and local government councillors. 2019 will also mark the 25 years of multiparty politics in Malawi since the one-party regime presided by Hastings Kamuzu Banda came to an end in 1994. How ready are Malawians for these elections? GUEST: Mr Undule Mwakasungula – Mal...

It has become a trend to read about students who are violent towards teachers or their fellow classmates. What needs to be done to put this sort of behaviour to an end? Today we ask, should we start introducing other methods of discipline is schools? GUEST: Mugwena Maluleke – General Secretary at the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu)

FOCUS: This morning we are going to discuss (Topic has yet to be sent by his office) GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

We are now in conversation with Ulrich Roux, who is the founder and managing director of Ulrich Roux & Associates. He has written to the new Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi, urging her to make a decision on whether to charge Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma‚ accused of plotting to poison her estranged husband‚ former president Jacob Zuma. GUEST: Ulrich Roux, who is the founder and ma...

This morning we are in conversation with the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) to look at the plight of the taxi the Industry. From taxi recapitalization, petrol hikes VS fares hikes, subsidization of the Industry, pressure on taxi drivers and targets and behavior on our roads. Minibus taxis, which are considered as one of the most available and most affordable forms of public transpor...

Ten people have been confirmed dead after numerous structural collapses in the eThekwini municipality, which includes Durban as a result of persistent thunderstorms. Majority of the incidents are reported to have occurred in Chatsworth, Queensburgh, Overport and Newlands. GUEST: Lennox Mabaso, the provincial spokesperson for the co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) in KwaZulu Na...

Torrential rains have caused several deaths and traffic chaos, leading to the closure of major roads. We have also seen mudslides on several popular routes in and around the city of Durban. A severe weather warning still remains in place for this afternoon. GUEST: Rob Byrne

Why South Africans are prone to falling for charlatans in the church? Why are South Africans - like millions of people across the world, susceptible to religious abuse? Professor Dion Forster, from Stellenbosch University says one possible reason is that faith continues to play a very significant role in the country. For more on this we are now joined on the line by Professor Dion Forster, Head of...

There is a growing prevalence of heroin use in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Nelson Mandela Bay and Durban, as well as in smaller cities and towns, this according to research from The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime. Simone Haysom, a senior analyst from the organisation says heroin is the first drug of choice in several places but the national scale and significance of...

With this book we look at the importance of flourishing and the importance of valuing your mental real estate and myths around multi-tasking…. GUEST: Thabang Tlaka – Author of “Focus and Flourish” and Author

Drought support in excess of R40 million has been allocated to farmers in the Western Cape for the months of March and April. The Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape has been providing livestock farmers with vouchers to buy fodder throughout the drought. During the second round of the summer Provincial Disaster Risk Assessment, conducted earlier in March, it was determined that monthly s...

You can never get through any city in SA without encountering beggars at traffic lights. They wander the streets, asking for money, others frail or freezing as they try to keep warm in the winter months. We are starting to also see more women and children as well. Today on The Talking Point we ask, has begging become a lucrative business? GUEST: Siphiwe Mngomezulu - Author and a founder/director o...

Time now for our regular Friday feature the Music Wind Down. Today we profile local songstress Titi Luzipho, who was born and bred in the windy city Port Elizabeth. Titi Luzipho, a jazz sensation started singing at the tender age of 5. She now joins us in our Auckland Park studios, to speak to us about her single “Being Woman”, a beautiful song on the beauty and hardships of being a woman. The sin...

Many times we talk about strengthening relationships between mother and daughter and father and son. Today we look at, what conversations should dads be having with their teen daughters? Are you having the right conversations with your teenage daughter, do you know what’s happening in her life? Her body and mind? Today we ask, what kind of conversations should dads be having with their teen daught...

It’s the Easter weekend and many people are traveling to see their family, others are coming together to cook feast meals and enjoy the spirit of togetherness but for some this is a time of sadness and loneliness and this may lead to depression. Some have no family; others have family in different countries and can’t afford to travel at this time. Today we look at loneliness that could possibly le...

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is making a friendly call to all international travellers who will be visiting South Africa during the Easter holidays, or returning to South Africa after the holidays, to comply with the country’s import requirements for agricultural and related regulated products/ articles. This in preventing and minimizing the potential risk of introd...

The Easter weekend officially starts this morning and ends on Monday, the twenty-second of April. Traffic officials will be out in their numbers this Easter weekend to ensure safety on our roads, as part of their Easter Safety Campaign. The Easter weekend carnage on South African roads has for many years been steadily increasing, this morning we are in conversation with the Automobile Association,...

Mining could contribute much more to South Africa with less government interference; this is the key thrust of the latest report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). The report argues that it is through the business of mining - exploiting the country’s rich and largely untapped mineral resources - rather than by meeting onerous empowerment and other obligations that the sector will be capab...

April is a notoriously difficult month for SMEs given all the public holidays - lower productivity, reduced banking hours and pressures to keep the payroll running smoothly. For entrepreneurs trying to manage cash flow crises, invoice financing may be the solution. A new South African Fintech company offers this in record time. GUEST: Daniel Goldberg, Fintech founder, Ceo and co-founder of Bridgem...

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) say the agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater means that the upcoming wage negotiations in the platinum sector will be more constructive and for the betterment of the lives of its members and non-members on the mine. This after an end to the five month wage strike was announced. As part of the agreement, AMCU has committed to signing a 2018...

Education is important-there's no denying that fact. That's the common perception, at least. But there have been famously successful people who stand as exceptions to the rule, the likes of billionaire Bill Gates (who dropped out of Harvard University), Apple's Steve Jobs (who dropped out of college after six months), The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American aviation pioneers, al...

Who remembers Zola Budd? A former female track and field's distance runner...Do you remember how the barefooted prodigy smashed world records? In 1984, at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice broke the world 5000m record. However, because of South Africa's isolation from International sporting events at the time, Budd could not be awarded the title of world record holder. She eventually...

Just a few weeks before the May 8 elections, South Africa is grappling with service delivery protests which have been spreading across the country since the now infamous Alex Shutdown. Are political parties instigating violence through these protests? GUEST: Ralph Mathekga, who is a political analyst and author of When Zuma Goes and Ramaphosa's Turn.

We must stay clear of rejoicing over Sudan's supposed revolution, this according to Journalist Ray Mwareya. He says there is a new, dubious phenomenon sweeping across Africa's politics - army generals, pretending to defect or switch sides at the 11th hour of a people's revolt, and then suddenly grabbing the outcome - and throttling the result. Mwareya says Sudan's Omar al-Bashir's dramatic topplin...

SA elections are nearing and many sectors are relying on these elections to change the face of many sectors. The business sector is critical in SA and today we look at how will the 2019 elections impact the business sector? GUEST: Busisiwe Mavuso, who is the chief operations officer (COO) of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA)