The Daily Discourse

We are now in conversation with Moses Dlamini, Spokesperson for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), to discuss the independent oversight body's constitutional mandate. As most of you may know IPID's mandate is to conduct independent and impartial investigations of specified criminality committed by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Municipal Police Services (M...

ANC members on portfolio committee on communications accused of deliberately delaying the process to appoint new SABC board members The DA on parliament's communications portfolio committee has questioned the legal grounds for the ANC's proposal that the remaining four members vacate their positions so that a completely new SABC board can be found. The ANC said that the remaining board must be dis...

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) has taken the Ingonyama Trust to court to force the Trust to pay back millions of rands it has unlawfully collected in rent for nearly a decade from occupiers under Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini. CASAC has accused the Ingonyama Trust of acting in an unlawful manner by coercing people to sign illegal 40-year lease agreements...

Why haven't we been able to find a solution to the Kashmir conflict so far? We now look at the worrying tensions between India and Pakistan following the atrocious attacks and escalating tit-for-tat aggression in Kashmir. Last month the dispute escalated after a suicide bombing killed 41 Indian soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. The conflict over the Himalayan region of Kashmir has gone on f...

There’s a circular reportedly from the Department of health doing the rounds, stating that foreign nationals need to pay for healthcare at public hospitals GUEST: Abigail Dawson, Spokesperson for the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) guest: Phephelaphi Dube - Constitutional law expert

Time now for our other regular Friday feature the "Friday Music Wind Down", this morning the spotlight is on Mzansi's Bass Queen, singer and bass guitarist, Tebogo Patience Sedumedi better known as "Aus Tebza". The music star has performed with the likes of Kelly Khumalo, Wanda Baloyi, Swazi Dlamini and most notably the late HHP. She first released her first album "make a Difference" in 2016. This...

Time now for our regular Friday feature Men Talk, today we will continue last week’s discussion on why men cheat - Both married and unmarried men. As stated previously I understand that women also cheat but this is our Men Talk feature so the main focus is on men, but we will also touch on why women cheat too. GUEST: Fredrick Mamabolo, who is a Productivity Coach, Speaker and Corporate strategist.

A tweet by Medical Doctor Sibongile Tito, show a picture of a stack of forms with medical evidence of injuries sustained by patients who opened cases of sexual and physical assault with the South African Police Service, awaiting collection by SAPS from one of our state hospitals has sparked outrage, on how authorities deal with such case. Some of the medical evidence date back to 2018, meaning the...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promo...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promo...

The Taxi industry needs urgent transformation, yet is missing from political party manifestos, this according to Ralph Mathekga, a senior researcher at the University of the Western Cape's Centre for Humanities Research. As our cities grow and become more sophisticated with renewed transportation networks, Ralph Mathekga says the minibus taxis will soon be shunned as outdated and that this will on...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promo...

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promo...

"People don't really know who Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was and the values he stood for", that was a comment made by one of our regular listeners Sbu in Dobsonville. Last month SACP's Solly Mapaila came under fire for his claims that one of the founders of the PAC, Robert Sobukwe, received preferential treatment during his incarceration on Robben Island. Mapaila has since apologized for his comment...

In a recent article, Mamphela Ramphele the co-founder of ReimagineSA says failure to systematically "heal the wounds of our ugly past" as enjoined by the Preamble of our Constitution, has left us with a social culture that tolerates violations of the rights of other human beings. She continues to say that State capture, gender-based violence, failure to invest in talent development for 80% of the...

Yesterday the Limpopo education department expressed shock at the gruesome video on the brutal murder of 27 year old Thoriso Themane. Themane was reportedly at a park in Flora Park suburb when he was beaten up by a group of youngsters. The group of young people who carried this act are said to be in a gang. Gangsterism in South African townships is a common occurrence. Post-apartheid South Africa...

Following the minister of finance, Tito Mboweni, delivery of his maiden budget speech, groupings forming part of the Care Work project noted with great disappointment the absence of a commitment to do the same for NPO workers in the social welfare services sector. They pointed to the Eastern Cape as just one example of the widespread payment of subsidies to the sector that is below the minimum wag...

Is South Africa nurturing a culture of no consequences for wrongdoing in our Institutions of higher learning? We are now in conversation with City Press Editor-in-Chief, Mondli Makhanya, who seems to think so. Makhanya says since the start of the #FeesMustFall campaign, we have valorized thuggery and portrayed hooligans as revolutionaries and tolerate and normalize extremism. He says there has to...

How does Psychology get decolonized? In the aftermath of the apartheid era, psychologists are working to make psychology more relevant to the vast majority of South Africans. Last week a colloquium on Decolonizing Psychology is being hosted on the University of the Western Cape (UWC) campus. For South African psychologist Saths Cooper, PhD, president of the International Union of Psychological Sci...

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule says the African National Congress upholds the principle of innocent until proven guilty with regards to the respective cases of party spokespersons Pule Mabe and Zizi Kodwa. Yesterday the party confirmed that Mabe and Kodwa have agreed to step aside amid allegations of sexual harassment and rape respectively. GUEST: ANC NEC member, S’dumo Dlamini

Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term as Nigeria's president. The opposition is challenging the result. Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015 promising to defeat extremist group Boko Haram and also to curb corruption in the country. Shortly after taking office, Buhari declared Boko Haram "technically defeated". This morning we will examine if Buhari has lived up to this pledge. guest: NIXON KATE...

Yesterday we looked at access to Justice for the poor, this morning we will continue with this theme by looking at access to health care for disadvantaged groups in South Africa. We will look at issues of affordability and availability to quality health care and how the health sector should address such inequalities GUEST: Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi GUEST: Mark Heywood, Senior Researcher...

Yesterday the state capture inquiry heard how then-acting Eskom boss Matshela Koko leaked critical information on internal programmes to people aligned to the controversial Gupta family. Testifying at the inquiry, the parastatal’s board chairman Jabu Mabuza described emails found on Koko’s computer, in which he sent confidential information to known Gupta associate Salim Essa. GUEST: Matshela Koko

As we prepare for the end of the tax year it is a good time to recap on ways to save for retirement. Today our discussion is about the build-up. GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

While South Africa has made significant strides in improving access to justice for its citizens, poverty remains an impediment to the access of justice for a number of people. Many people do not know the law and do not exercise their rights due to poverty-related lack of education and ignorance. This morning we will look at the "Access to Justice for the Poor". We will also discuss if the criminal...