The Daily Discourse

Guest: Mr Mxolisi Kaunda – MEC for transport, community Safety and Liaison (KZN)

On Tuesday last week‚ Zingiswa Losi became the first woman president of trade union federation Cosatu after she was nominated for the post unopposed. She joins us this morning to articulate her vision and also to talk about the struggles faced by the working class. Guest: Zingiswa Losi, President of Cosatu

In the lead up to Shaka Day this morning we commemorate Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly known as Shaka Zulu, who was a great Zulu king and conqueror. King Shaka's Day celebrations which were scheduled for this past Sunday (23 Sept 18) were been postponed following the death of Prince Butho, one of King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu's sons. The event will now be held on September 29. Joining me f...

Former Reserve Bank governor, Professor Tito Mboweni caused an uproar on social media after speaking English during an interview on an SABC radio station Munghana Lonene. People on Twitter were angry that Mr Mboweni, who is Tsonga speaking, spoke English on a radio station that caters for people who speak Xitsonga. Tito Mboweni has since threatened to quit Twitter saying that it is an abuse platfo...

Time now for our regular Friday feature the Friday Music Wind Down. Today we profile the Umkhumbane Jazz Ensemble. This is a musical Jazz group from Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, formed out of musical influences of 'Umkhumbane Settlement', known as Cato Manor. Some of the band members join me now, here at the Durban ICC… GUESTS AT DURBAN ICC STUDIO: GUEST: Bheki Luthuli - Who is a popular Trumpeter

guest: Nosihle dlamini

guest: Thulani nzama - head of business support for tourism and market unit for the ethekwini municipality

Priven has the most amazing story of going from a car guard earning R50 a day, ten years ago, to now being worth 4.8 Billion Rand. His story has spread hope far and wide across the world - he joins us this morning to share his success story. GUEST (JHB studio): Priven Reddy, CEO of Kagiso Interactive States

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created anxiety over job loss; workers fear they will be replaced by the rise of artificial intelligence. Will human beings be replaced by robots and computers which can perform many human jobs? Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution a source of personal concern? The impact of this Revolution will undoubtedly be substantial, but whether it's largely positive or ne...

The Moerane Commission's report has found that more of the political killings in KwaZulu-Natal are mostly within each party and are linked to tenders. Premier Willies Mchunu released the report in the provincial Legislature in Pietermaritzburg yesterday. The Commission investigated the underlying causes of political related killings in KwaZulu-Natal since 2011. Premier Mchunu says collective effor...

GUEST: We speak to Connie Ferguson, a South African award winning actress, producer and entrepreneur best known for her roles of Karabo Moroka in Generations, Dr. Lerato Molefe in Soul City, Marang Lebone in The Wild, Mavis Mabaso in Rockville and Harriet Khoza in The Queen. She was the first South African actress to launch a fragrance line in 2008, and currently has a body care line for men and w...

Should Chapter 9 institutions merge for efficiency? We are now in conversation with Advocate Aubrey Sedupane, who is an admitted advocate of the high court, who says Chapter 9 institutions are too fragmented to make the desired impact, which is to see the achievement of human rights and unity. GUEST: Advocate Aubrey Sedupane, who is an admitted advocate of the high court

guest: gugu bengu

guest: Thabisile mthethwa

We are now in conversation with Elinor Sisulu, who is a Zimbabwean-born South African writer and human rights activist. She is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe (1977 – 1980); the United Nations Institute for Economic Planning and Development (IDEP) in Dakar, Senegal (1981) and the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands (1985) She worked as an academic researcher in the Minis...

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba met his Lesotho counterpart, Tsukutla Au, to discuss introducing free movement between the countries. The meeting saw an announcement of sweeping changes to be introduced ahead of the festive season and beyond. To elaborate further on the new Travel changes, we are now joined on the line by... GUEST: Rika Anker, who is the Head of Ports of Entry at the Departmen...

The ANC is not on trial at the commission of inquiry into state capture, this according to the ANC's head of the presidency at Luthuli House, Zizi Kodwa. He says the ANC has never condoned corruption and sees the Commission as an opportunity to send a clear message to the country that corruption has no place in our democratic order. For more on this, he now joins us on the line… GUEST: Zizi Kodwa,...

guest: andile ngcobo - farm manager at tusokuhle farming pty ltd

Time now for our Youth Employment feature, we now speak to co-founder and chief executive of SweepSouth, Aisha Pandor who says the youth need to create businesses that would impact on unemployment, access to quality education and social cohesion, in order to improve the country. Ms Pandor was speaking at the Africa Travel Summit, which took place in Langa, Cape Town, last week. According to Stats...

GUEST: Mr Vivien Reddy, the CEO of Edison Power Group. He is one of the speakers at the Business Fair and he will be talking about "The art of running a profitable and sustainable business". Reddy will do the interview at 10h45 to unpack about the topic

In 2011 we witnessed the Arab Spring in several countries of the Middle East. This saw the masses rise up against dictatorships and repressive regimes in their struggles for democracy. Long before and during the uprisings, workers and their trade unions played a major role in this struggle. Today as we know, other than Tunisia, those struggles for democracy was defeated and setback with repression...

GUEST: Musa Makahunga - president of durban chamber of commerce and industry

Four Eskom power plants have fewer than 10 days of coal. Is load shedding eminent? For more, we now speak to Eskom's Spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe GUEST: Eskom's Spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe

South Africans come off second best as politicians play havoc with coalitions", this according to Dr Joleen Steyn Kotze, a senior research specialist in Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery at the Human Science Research Council. Coalitions have proven to be volatile and unstable, most notably in Nelson Mandela Bay. Dr Kotze says it is a serious state of affairs, if political parties cannot w...

guest: Sindi shangane - programme director for durban business dari fasion show