The Daily Discourse

Time now for our Youth Unemployment feature. Today we look at the Serious Social Investing Conference in association with Tshikululu Social Investments, current underway at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. The Conference is aimed at driving real socio-economic transformation in both the public and private sectors, to enriching and uplifts poor and rural communities across the country. This year, the...

The Christians of South Africa (COSA) says South Africa needs to put laws in place to regulate the retirement age for political offices. The law seeks to avoid "sleepists" and "irrational" thinkers in Parliament. COSA says Parliament like any other sectors is so important and often requires high levels of physical and mental ability... GUEST: Pastor Derick Mosoana, Leader of the Christians of Sout...

In December last year, the ANC adopted a policy favouring land expropriation without compensation. The issue is being discussed in parliament and increasingly South Africans are polarized around traditional Apartheid social interests including white commercial farmers, traditional leaders, parties claiming to represent landless black people etc. However, not much attention has been given to workin...

We now shift our focus to Biotechnology, a burgeoning business sector, across the fields of science, healthcare, and food, that is making a profound impact in food security and health care, with the development of new drought tolerant crops and vaccines for HIV and other viral agents. The BIO Africa Convention which is set to take place this August, at the International Convention Centre, in Durba...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says criminals should not be given the responsibility to keep South Africa safe. The DA's written Parliamentary question to the Police minister has revealed that 27 police officers working at Crime Intelligence had criminal records. Twenty of them have committed traffic-related offences and the other seven serious offences. GUEST: DA's Shadow Deputy Minister of Police,...

Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee wants specialized police units to deal with Taxi violence and cash-in-transit heists. Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee wants specialized police units to be brought on board to tackle the escalating taxi violence and cash-in-transit heists. Committee chairperson Francois Beukman says more crime intelligence assets should be allocated to dealing with hi...

South Africa has failed to improve on its overall competitiveness. This is according to the latest Institute of Management Development (IMD)‘s World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). In the rankings released by the 2018 Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), South Africa remained rooted at 53 out of the 63 countries surveyed by the IMD. In 2017 South Africa...

As this is the last Tuesday of the month, we will be dealing with questions that have come in during the month through my radio line, that are of a similar nature. We will also take calls and SMS’s on General Financial questions on this day. 1. How do I calculate how much life assurance I need? 2. I have received a letter from my insurance company informing me that my RA is falling due. I am still...

The phenomenon of women murdered by their intimate partners, Gender based violence, violence during protests, in schools, politically motivated killings, taxi violence, are we a society that is running out of empathy? What is at the heart the violence and the breakdown of the moral fibre in society? Are fractured families and the breakdown in the family unit a cause? How can this be addressed? Gue...

Businesses or Companies face all kinds of risks, some of which can cause serious loss of profits or even bankruptcy. Research suggests that cyber incidents remain a top threat for South African businesses. Other business threats that have emerged are namely climate change and loss of reputation or brand value. GUESTS: Christopher Palm, who is the Chief Risk Advisor at the Institute of Risk Managem...

Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation said on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation that despite the deepened levels of political stability and security on the African Continent, our region continues to be plagued by pockets of instability and conflict, which impedes the prospects of future stability, prosperity, in...

The 20th BRICS Summit will be taking place from the 25th to the 27th of July 2018. South Africa will be chairing BRICS for 2018. But before that, will be the South Africa will be hosting top scholars from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa for the 10th BRICS Academic Forum to take part in arguably the most important debate in the developing world today – how are we going to solve urgent...

Government has instituted a special council on Sate Owned Enterprises (SOE's) to ensure that these enterprises return to their envisaged developmental mandates and to financial profitability. SOE's have been plagued by numerous irregularities and instances of alleged mis-governance. In the wake of this announcement, talks of merging or consolidated government departments into existing ministries,...

guest: Dr Frank Aswani

guest: Miss Lola Castro - regional director in southern africa and india ocean states regional bureau guest: Claude Jibidar

INTERVIEW WITH: UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office representative, Anne Githuku-Shongwe Her office is responsible for women's empowerment and gender equality in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia as well as South Africa, where the office is based. • UN Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030 • Cost of reacting to gender-based violence • Investment in reducing gender-based violence...

guest : Simbarashe Mhuriro - founder & oxygen africa

The late ANC veteran and Contralesa Chief, Mhlabunzima Maphumulo has been awarded with the Order of Luthuli in Gold for his exceptional contribution to conflict resolution and resistance against injustice and oppression. Mhlabunzima Maphumulo who was chief of the Maphumulo at Table Mountain, was assassinated, during the height of political violence in the midlands in 1991. He was dubbed the "peace...

Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, says an external service provider, Pamoja PTY LTD, to conduct an impact study into the proposal to move Parliament to Pretoria. The proposed move has been on the cards for a number of years. Mbete was delivering Parliament's budget in the National Assembly. The service provider will conduct a 6-month socio-economic and impact study commencing this mo...

Agricultural Ecosystems: Building & Strengthening Agricultural Capacity & Food Security, and also Farming for the future

Time now for our Small Business feature. Today we speak to an inspirational and trail blazing, 43-Year-old former educator - turned successful multi award winning businesswoman, Nomfundo Mcoyi. She was recently awarded the "Lioness of Africa Award", during a glittering affair in central London this past Saturday. This award was in honour of her contribution in empowering and uplifting disadvantage...

Parents, not politicians, must run South Africa’s schools’ is the title of the first edition of Free FACTS from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a report that exposes the extent to which the State-run school system is stunting the development of South Africa’s children, especially black pupils. Citing IRR research showing that ‘when communities control schools, results improve’, the report m...

The Auditor-General, Kimi Makwetu's report has revealed that irregular expenditure in the country's municipalities has increased from 16-point-two-billion-rand to 28-point-three-billion-rand, up by 75 per cent. He released the shocking figures in Parliament. Makwetu says the Eastern Cape is topping the list of defaulting provinces with 13-point-five-billion-rand, followed by the North West and Gau...

Time now for our Youth Employment feature. As per usual on a Wednesday, we discuss all things pertaining to you the youth. Now, Statistics South Africa say there is a growing concern over the number of young people without jobs in the country. According to StatsSA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey for 2018, the country's unemployment rate has remained unchanged at 26.7%, since the end of 2017. While...

Society is fast redefining how it views business and what it can do to make the world a better place, solving pressing problems while also making money. A balance between profit and purpose. But how can this balance be achieved? What active role should business play? Guest: Mr Bonang Mohale, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa