The Daily Discourse

How far is the strategy on radical economic transformation (RET)? On The Talking Point, this morning we will examine the ANC's radical economic transformation goals, the concept of and terminology around radical economic transformation, which some say died out with former president Jacob Zuma's administration. But Zuma has always emphasized that radical economic transformation is government policy...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says elections will go ahead as planned on 30 July, despite an attempt on his life this weekend. Forty-one people were injured in a blast at a rally in the city of Bulawayo, which occurred close to Mnangagwa as he was leaving the stage. The vote is the first since Robert Mugabe was ousted as president. For the latest on the current political tensions in Zimb...

With the discussion, we aim to understand: -Is there a pressure that men face to conform to a pre conceived idea of what masculinity is? -Amidst rapid social and economic change, why is it that our men still feel the need to hold on to an idea of Masculinity? -Is it a safe place to go, as things change, it remains familiar? Kabelo Chabalala - Columnist for the Star and Founder of The Young Men Mov...

In 2013 Caribbean Heads of Governments established the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) with a mandate to prepare the case for reparatory justice for the region’s indigenous and African descendant communities who are the victims of Crimes against Humanity (CAH) in the forms of genocide, slavery, slave trading, and racial apartheid. The Caricom Reparations Justice Program (CRJP) recognizes the...

The National Health Insurance Bill has been gazetted. Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi was releasing details on the NHI Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill, yesterday in Pretoria. Dr Motsoaledi says the first amendment in the medical schemes bill is to abolish co-payments, which means that the full cost of care should be charged to medical schemes. Meanwhile, the Free Market Foundation...

Rebecca Davis & Haji Mohamed Dawjee recently penned an article in the Daily Maverick titled: Lut's People: The struggle to be gay & Muslim in South Africa. In their article they ask: How do gay South African Muslims negotiate the seemingly irreconcilable divide between their sexual orientation and their religion? Zakaryiya says “When I was a small innocent child, I was unable to coin the phrase "g...

Every year, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean. With global production of plastic increasing exponentially, the amount of plastic finding its way into the ocean is likely to get much bigger. Bits of plastic that gets thrown into the ocean or swept downstream out to sea, either sinks or is picked up by currents. Much of it is eventually carried into one of five massive ocean...

Profit Share Partners is about more than disruptive funding. This company is forging the way for a new movement; one that will enable the stepping stones for small businesses to become sustainable, empowered and solutions driven. For more, we are now joined in studio by... Guest: Andrew Maren, who is the CEO of Profit Share Partners…

While the same barriers persist for women in the workplace, 2018 may be the year social awareness and legislation catalyzes a big shift. So says Sarah Babb from the University of Stellenbosch. She explains the glass cliff and says - Often, when a disaster or dramatic company restructuring occurs, a woman or person representative of a minority group is very publicly promoted to a senior leadership...

Nathi Nkomzwayo – Chairman of Enterprise at Ilembe in Durban

Guest: Dr Laura Brewer – Senior employment specialist at te International Labour Organisation

Guest: Maura Feddersen, Economist with PwC's Strategy

Guest: Dr Thembinkosi Mhlongo -Deputy Executive Secretary for regional integration ADC Secretariat and Ereck Chakauya – Network Manager at the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences

Guest: Prof Frans Viljoen, our Director at the Centre for Human Rights

Guests: Thapelo Mohapi – General Secretary of Abahlali Basemjondolo Movement of South Africa and Musa Gwebani – Co-Head of Programmes: Social Justice Coalition.

Guest: Dumisani Ndubane lives in Tembisa, on the east end of Johannesburg. Along with his articles on Xitsonga culture, Dumisani also helped build Electrical Engineering pages on Wikiversity – a study aid as he earned his degree. He is now employed as an electrical engineer.

Guest: Ms Mmampei Chaba – Chief Director for Multilateral Cooperation and Africa at the department of science and technology

Guest: Ms Mmampei Chaba – Chief Director for Multilateral Cooperation and Africa at the department of science and technology

Guest: Vakele Richard Mbalukwana - APOR Chairperson

Time now for the African Perspective, as customary on a Tuesday we profile an African country, today the spotlight is on Ethiopia. Ethiopia, which is nestled in the volatile Horn of Africa region, is Africa's oldest independent country and is the second largest in terms of population. Ethiopia is surrounded by Sudan and South Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east, and Eritrea...

Our society lacks moral standing as long as we deprive children of capability development, this according to Social philosopher and Chairman of Read to Rise, Athol Williams. He argues that South Africa’s schooling system has structured our society to deliver inequality into the future, and based on this structure, we can pick out today who the winners and losers are going to be. To tell us more ab...

Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane says the conclusions of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report into the Vrede dairy project scandal is nothing, but whitewash on corruption. Maimane says Mkhwebane's report into the controversial Estina Dairy farm in Vrede, Free State, is an embarrassing cop-out as it attempts to explain the failure to hold to account the political principals who des...

Financial services group Liberty Life says its probe into the company's data breach is at an advanced stage. The company maintains none of its clients has lost money as a result of the breach. In text messages this weekend, Liberty told clients an external party's gained unauthorized access to its information. Hackers alerted the company to potential vulnerabilities in its systems, and are now dem...

VUCA: volatility, uncertainly, complexity and ambiguity is a challenging and intricate imperative. The quality of leadership, be it self-leadership, organisational leadership, entrepreneurial leadership is dependent on remaining calm and centred in a higher purpose with inner clarity in order to be appropriately responsive to your external context. This morning we unpack what it takes to lead in a...

EFF leader, Julius Malema, has launched a tirade against South Africans of Indian descent - claiming that many Indian people are racist. Malema was addressing a Youth Day event in Klerksdorp in the North West. The EFF leader argued strongly for black people to uplift themselves in the spirit of Black Consciousness. Malema then went on to defend EFF Chief Whip, Floyd Shivambu's recent verbal attack...