The Daily Discourse

Electricity costs in South Africa remain a huge challenge. The Government is hard at work to find a solution and through the Integrated Resource Plan have put forward suggestions on how tariffs can be managed better in the future. Some energy experts have called for the introduction of new players in the energy sector. This morning we are in conversation with SENER, a global engineering and constr...

Does South Africa's current policy frustration with land reform warrant a constitutional amendment to allow for expropriation of land without compensation? We speak to political analysts, Ralph Mathekga who says no, and that South Africa should avoid amending its constitution whenever they run into policy difficulties. He now joins us on the line to elaborate on the true cost of changing the Const...

The challenges facing countries with developing economies can be staggering and South Africa is no exception. Current solutions are no longer adequate to meet the multi-dimensional social, technological and economic challenges. In this context, does Science hold the answers to unprecedented opportunities for rapid social progress and what values should support its development? GUEST: Dr Molapo Qho...

After releasing his fifth album, Vusi Nova joins us to talk about his musical career. He has done numerous collaborations with a number of musicians and opened for a number of international artists that have both shaped and inspired him throughout his career. GUEST: Vusi Nova, South African Afro-Soul singer

According to a recruitment expert, men need to be more involved at home to ensure women are more included in workplace and in general economic growth. He went on to say” The unemployment statistics have not deterred job-hungry women, 50% more women actively searching for job, compared to their male counterparts. With two out of three (Lulaway) job seekers (66%) being females, it is clear that ther...

According to the available data, approximately 11.6 out of every 100 000 people across all age groups in South Africa commit suicide. However, the risk of suicide is at its highest among individuals between the ages of 15 and 24. Guest: Charity Mkone - Clinical Psychologist with SADAG

The South African Police Service this week held a Crime Detection Conference. On Wednesday, General Khehla Sithole revealed that the SAPS plans to establish a crime detection academy, as police intensify crime fighting efforts in response to criminal networks reigning terror. GUEST: Lieutenant General Lebeoana Tsumane – Head of Crime Detection in the SAPS

Anti-apartheid activist, Stephanie Kemp joins us now in studio today to discuss her autobiography; "The making of An Afrikaner Revolutionary in the South African Liberation Struggle". The autobiography speaks about the beginnings of her life in Steynsburg, in the Karroo, where she grew up in a conservative white Afrikaner family. Stephanie became resistant to Afrikaans and subsequently refused to...

According to Corruption Watch, It is important that those incentives are linked to successful enforcement/conclusion of cases and that there be mechanisms in place to prevent any abuse of such an incentive scheme. GUEST: Leanne Govindsamy - Head of Corruption Watch’s legal and investigation unit

The judicial commission of Inquiry into allegations of state capture is scheduled to continue in Parktown, Johannesburg, today. Several people implicated in testimonies by former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor and former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas have applied to cross-examine them. Meanwhile Zuma's lawyers say they have not made the request as they believe Zuma has not been criminally implicated...

Recently the Seed Academy reveals the State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa after surveying more than 1000 entrepreneurs across the county. The results indicate that entrepreneurs are not thriving and dramatically more needs to be done to improve SA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. What other revelations came from the survey? What GUEST: Donna Rachelson, CEO of Seed Academy

Mamphela Ramphele, the co-founder of ReimagineSA, has written an article on how to "Spring cleaning our democratic institutions". In the article she speaks about the growing consensus in our society that our social ills can only be tackled in a sustainable way by creating an environment that promotes greater consciousness about who we are as citizens and our right to demand ethical leadership at t...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said future Sino-African cooperation should focus on young people. A trade facilitation initiative to increase imports from Africa was also on the cards, including 50 000 government scholarships and 50 000 training opportunities for seminars and workshops. How will the ‘proposed’ programmes and initiatives benefit Africa, and what exactly are they? Do they speak to...

"A third of Nigerians want to emigrate‚ but not to South Africa", this according to research by Afrobarometer. The pan-African research network found that 30 percent want to seek greener pastures on other shores. For more we are now joined on the line by... GUEST: Sibusiso Nkomo, Afrobarometer Communications Coordinator for Southern Africa Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

In recent months we've had a spate of labour disputes that ended up in the Constitutional Court where employers found themselves on the losing side. Similarly, trade union NEHAWU has issued several media statements expression their dissatisfaction with employers of state bodies. In today's show we take a closer look at employers’ behaviour and assess whether indeed there is a trend of them defying...

We now shift our focus to the 12th Annual Smart Procurement World Indaba. The event focuses on the role procurement and supply chain management can play in times where economic growth is slow and legislative initiatives have impacted procurement, which normally takes place in three cities, namely Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. For more on the Smart Procurement World Indaba, we are joined on t...

South Africa has officially entered a technical recession. The country's economy experienced its first technical recession since 2009, after gross domestic product contracted 0.7 percent in the second quarter. So what does this recession entail for ordinary citizens? To answer this we are now joined on the line by... GUEST: Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist at Econometrix

***We start feature with National Anthem of Rwanda*** Songs: Massamba Arihehe Rwanda is a land-locked country located in the central part of Africa. Many times when we speak of Rwanda, it’s in regards to the genocide, where from April through June 1994, the U.N. estimates that 800,000 Rwandans were brutally slaughtered by fellow citizens in a state-led genocide targeting the Tutsi ethnic group. Bu...

We now in conversation with the Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation, which has been leading the fight against horrific scandals of housing fraud and evictions in South Africa. The Foundation say housing fraud is being perpetrated by syndicates which include four major banks, estate agents and others involved in property development… GUEST: King Sibiya of the Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation

The Democratic Alliance claims the Gauteng provincial government has received 200 new claims for compensation from families of Life Esidimeni patients. DA Gauteng health spokesperson Jack Bloom says the new claims were revealed by Thabo Masebe‚ premier David Makhura's spokesperson‚ at a meeting last week of the Gauteng Legislature's Oversight Committee on the Premier's Office and Legislature... GU...

Two regional structures of the ANC in the North West, say the decision to disband the party's provincial executive committee was a pre-determined move by the national leadership. Both the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati and Kenneth Kaunda regions believe the decision was influenced by factional tendencies. The party's national leadership disbanded the PEC last week after a special NEC meeting in Cape To...

The crippling financial woes at the SABC are set to cause a jobs bloodbath that will see more than 800 employees retrenched this according to reports by the Sunday World newspaper. For clarity on the matter we are now joined on the line by... GUEST: Neo Momodu, the SABC's Group Executive of corporate affairs and marketing

Speaking on Sunday at the annual commemoration for police officers who died on duty – Minister of Police, Bheki Cele said killing a police officer should become a “crime against the state and should be equal to treason”. What do you make of this – do you agree with him? GUEST: Richard Mamabolo, Popcru national spokesperson

International reports are suggesting that the crisis in Cameroon and particularly in the Southern Cameroon’s Ambazonia has worsened. The country’s leader of the Ambazonian Governing Council Dr. Cho Ayaba is currently visiting South Africa to meet with compatriots in a series of conferences and gatherings in Johannesburg and Cape Town to create awareness about the injustices that are taking place i...

The ANCYL recently held a national executive committee meeting to assess preparations and state of readiness for the national congress. The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) announced that it will hold its 26th National Congress to elect new leadership from 18 to 21 October at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. ANCYL treasurer-general Reggie Nkabinde and KwaZulu-Natal ANCYL provincia...