The Daily Discourse

For several decades, collective bargaining arrangements between trade unions and employers have operated on the majoritarian system. This simply means that where a trade union had more than 50% membership within a company or workplace, it had exclusive organizational rights such as access to company premises to meet with members, represent members, stop-order facilities for members’ subscriptions...

The Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has denied reports that task team investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal raided the Willowfountain home of Minister Zweli Mkhize. Ministry Spokesperson, Musa Zondi says the raid was aimed at a security guard at Mkhize's home, who has since been arrested according to reports. The operation formed part of an investigation into...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former central bank Governor, Tito Mboweni as finance minister. President Ramaphosa made the announcement yesterday. Former Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene had resigned over discrepancies in his accounts of meetings with the controversial Gupta family and his conflict of interest regarding his son. Does Tito Mboweni inspire confidence as finance minister? GU...

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has announced a partnership with lobby group AfriForum. This cooperation aims to promote agriculture and ensure food security in the country. Both parties are strongly opposed to the expropriation of land without compensation. For more we are now joined on the line by... GUEST: Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum.

Time now for our African Perspective feature, today the spotlight is on Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe and one of the largest nation in Africa by area. Algeria has been battered by violence over the past half-century. After a century of rule by France, Algeria became independent in 1962. For more on the country we are now joined on the line by Unisa's Professor Touhami Mokrani, from...

We now analyze the current challenges faced in the South Africa's public transport sector and explore possible solution to overcome these challenges. We will also focus on the concerns about the impact a possible shutdown of Metrorail's services, what Impact this could have on commuters, the local economy, and road network. Joining us for this discussion is Ryan Ravens, CEO of Accelerate Cape Town...

American Teacher of the Year Sydney Chaffee is a National Board Certified Teacher with a passion for helping diverse learners grow through authentic, relevant, interdisciplinary curricula. Chaffee believes that education is an essential tool to work towards social justice. She is an avid supporter of incorporating social justice into her teaching and encourages active collaboration and participati...

At the recent Economic Forum session of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Construction Economics and Management, Dr Zweli Mkhize spoke about implementing a Municipal Recovery Programme working with the National Treasury as well as provincial government. He also spoke of the interventions the department is affecting and the Back2Basics programme. GUEST : Honorable, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Mini...

The recent announcement of the new mining charter has highlighted a number of BEE changes including providing the community with 10% equity or the equity equivalent. The intention behind supporting the community with funds that go towards the upliftment and employment opportunities is commendable, but is it realistic? This is a question raised by Janine Espin. Janine Espin, MD at EDS Holdings feel...

Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape has officially been renamed to Makhanda. In June this year, Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa announced a name change for Grahamstown in the Government Gazette. There have been 332 objections to the name change. Minister Mthethwa made a final determination on the name change last week Tuesday. For more on this, we are now joined on the line by the chief sub...

Time now for our regular Friday Music Wind Down feature. Today we profile Swaziland born singer Nomzamo Dlamini, popularly known by her fans as Zamo. Zamo fell in love with music at the tender age of six. She joins us now in studio to tell us more about her musical journey and of course her latest project. GUEST (In studio): Swaziland born singer Nomzamo Dlamini

As part of our Heritage as Africans we talk about the importance of getting our basics right in terms of nurturing future generations. What then happens when generations of men abdicate this important role? Can some of the social ills be attributed to this lack of mentoring? How important is it, for African boys to me mentored into manhood? What form should this process take? Culturally speaking –...

Professor Cyril Nhlanhla Mbatha of Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership says some of the problems associated with the failure of South Africa's land reform projects are linked to limited market access for emerging Black farmers. Professor Mbatha says these problems will not go away unless they are systematically reviewed and replaced with workable strategies. He now joins us on the line...

Appeals for help spread through social media following businessman SkinnySbu’s tweet where he said “HONESTLY I feel like giving up now - I've used all I have, sold my car to save the business…Things are not as fancy. I'M TIRED, I'M DRAINED, I'M JUST HERE” This morning we ask: As we encourage people to be entrepreneurs, are we also being realistic to the challenges and struggles that come with entr...

According to Howard Feldman News24 columnist, speaker, and corporate workshop facilitator , Women in corporate South African have it tough. Black women more so. The double whammy of misogyny and racism (both probably more covert than overt) often places them in a more difficult position, says, a weekly Feldman notes that black women have it tough in walking the line between remaining true to their...

Today is World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day. Teachers Day is held annually on the fifth of October. Since its set up in 1994, the day celebrates the marking of the “teaching in Freedom" in 1996. In commemoration of this day we will look at the role of teacher unions in South Africa when it comes to issues pertaining to teachers. Are teaching unions in touch with the need...

In an article he penned on how we can unlock Tourism as a key to unlocking economic growth, Sango Ntsaluba executive chairman of Amabubesi Investments (Pty) Limited says if we are deliberate in our efforts in taking advantage of the growing tourism wave, we need to start decentralizing tourism attractions to areas like Sharpeville in the Vaal, Egazini in Grahamstown (recently termed Makhanda) and...

Professor Nomboniso Gasa is of the view that State Capture goes much deeper and wider than these and affects the very quality of South African life and social fabric. It affected the capacity of departments to meet their obligations. GUEST: Nomboniso Gasa is adjunct professor of public law and a senior research associate at the Centre for Law and Society at the University of Cape Town. Her work fo...

On the 8th December 2008, The President of the South African Youth Chamber of Commerce (SAYCC), Mr Thapelo Maleke launched the Young Women-in-Business Forum (YWBF) with an intention to accelerate the participation of Young Women in our country's economy. He envisioned a platform to connect, inspire and support influential Young Women Entrepreneurs who wanted to use business to create a values-driv...

Guest: Mr. Phila Mahaye, Chairperson: Westville Business Chamber

Namibia's president has called for a change to the country's constitution to allow the government to expropriate land and re-distribute it. President Hage Geingob was speaking during a land conference in Windhoek. He has vowed to push ahead with land redistribution. He has also denied allegations that the land conference outcome has been predetermined. Take a listen… NAMIBIA LAND And that is Namib...

Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba says the shortage of medicine at provincial health facilities is a disaster. She has blamed a new distribution system, introduced by the National Department of Health... MEDICINE SHORTAGE LIMPOPO And that is Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba. For more on this we are now joined on the line by Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi... GUEST: Dr Anban Pillay, Dep...

South Africa will host the Jobs Summit on 4 and 5 October 2018 as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2018 State of the Nation Address. The president highlighted that jobs, especially for the youth, will be at the centre of the 2018 national agenda. This morning we get input from two youth organisations, to get a perspective from them, what do they expect to come out, are they optimistic...

As the 2019 national election draws closer, service-delivery protests are increasing in local communities in a context of high joblessness, crime, a lack of economic growth and the rising cost of food and daily necessities. The CSDA tries to answer the question of “What influences political party preferences of South African voters in the run up to the 2019 elections? “ in a new nationally represe...

The ANC can no longer count on Cosatu to win elections, this according to Professor Steven Friedman, a professor of Political Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Professor Friedman says this isn't because its alliance partner; Cosatu, won't organize votes for the ANC but because it can't. For more on this he now joins me on the line.... GUEST: Professor Steven Friedman, a professor of Polit...