The Daily Discourse

Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane delivered his inaugural State of the Province Address (SOPA) for the seventh administration last week, at the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in Bhisho, outlining the government's priorities for the term. We discuss with him some of the major points entailed in his address pertaining to service delivery and overall development of the Eastern Cape Pr...

Today we visit the Mohokare Municipality in the Free State as they are in the news for allegations of fraud and corruption. There’s also reports of non-payment of salaries, water problems which communities say has led to high cases of diarrhoea. Workers are also not happy with the appointment of the acting municipal manager questioning his qualifications. To find out how the municipality fin...

This past Monday the UN marked three years since the start of the Russia/Ukraine war. At the UN General Assembly, European countries sought to introduce amendments overconcerns that the text neither mentioned Russia’s aggression nor proposed a resolution to the conflict in line with the UN Charter. However, the amendments either didn’t receive enough votes for passa...

Farming isn’t just about growing food for our guests this morning, it’s also about growing communities too. We are joined this morning by female and young farmers who’ll share their stories of hope, hard work, and the power of community. Ourguests not only created opportunities for themselves but are also creating jobs, offering training, and investing in comm...

Guest: McIntosh Polela - Head of Corporate Communication at the Road Accident Fund We end the show now by talking to the Road Accident Fund explaining their claim process. As you may know by now that you can go straight to the Fund and by-pass lawyers as so many people fell victim to unscrupulous legal practitioners. To educate us on how the process works and what you as member...

We spend the final hour by chatting to the national Police Minister Senzo Mchunu about the state of our policing. Recently he spoke about wanting to introduce bodycams for the police. The police force has faced a lot of criticism and praise at the same time from members of the public. Praise when they deal swiftly with criminals and criticism when they are implicated in acts of corruption. Ministe...

Today being the last Tuesday of the month, Bryan deals with all the questions he received of a similar nature. He the spends this hour responding to them. But remember that you are more than welcome to still send any financial related questions you may still have. He now joins us on the line... Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited  

It was very sad last week Wednesday when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana decided last minute to postpone his budget speech to the 12th of March. Many industries were looking forward to hearing what he was going to say. One of those is the SMME sector which is said to be drowning in debt. Luncedo Mtwentwe is the managing director of Vantage Advisory and he says that...

Guest: Elzabe Rockman, MEC Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs

Guest: Sechaba, Executive Chairman Setsong Tea Crafters

Guest: Zibu Sithole – Author of our new book reading entitled The Thing with Zola We have a new book starting today entitled The Thing with Zola. It is described by book reviewers as is a humorous and sexy beach read about a young woman navigating the working world, family politics and an unexpected office romance, all while trying to figure out her place in a country tha...

Guest: Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa, Professor 

Guest: Ravi Pillay - Member of the Gordon Institute of Business Science faculty Ravi Pillay is a member of the Gordon Institute of Business Science and he wrote a couple of articles on issues of food safetey. He points out how contamination takes place in the food supply chain that can leave a very devastating effect on consumers. The outbreak of listeriosis was a classic example of this. Our...

Guest: Layla Mpho Mokoena known as Chayuta - Ghanaian-based Afro-R&B musician Taking us to the weekend is Chayuta, daughter of former Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena. She lives in Ghana with her mother where the media in that country refers to her as “Princess of Afrobeats” and “Sweetheart of Ghana”. What did she do to get such accolades and what would she say m...

One of our listeners from Giyani by the name Loward called into the open line about two weeks ago talking about water problems in the Giyani area which falls under the Mopani District Municipality. Some of the things he was pointing to is claims of corruption around the borehole project which he says not been completed. Let's take a listen to what he had to say… Guest : Diro Mashimbyi - Com...

We are featuring the Legal Practice Council after we had a caller (Themba from Tsakane) shared their experience where the lawyer who was meant to represent them before the CCMA failed to represent them. In light of this, we reached out to our next guest to help us advise members of the public on the basic precautions that they can take to avoid bad experiences with legal practitioners. Our next gu...

As we edge closer to the Budget Speech 2025, many citizens are expecting that Minister Enoch Godongwana’s speech to be focused on economic growth, debt containment and hopefully avoid substantial taxes increases. We take a moment unpack the effect that austerity measures has had on public spending. While government released a circular on austerity measures back in August 2023, the budget cut...

The latest figures of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey has shown that unemployment stands at 31, 9%. This is the second quarter where unemployment has declined (0,2%). According to the survey, 8 million South Africans are unemployed. This 3, 1 million more people than a decade ago. Statistics South Africa released the fourth quarter findings for 2024 yesterday, on the eve of the Budget Speech. Wh...

February sees the launch of Women20 South Africa, an official engagement group of the Group of 20. This is part of  the G20 which we are presiding over this year. It's aim is to promote gender equality and women's economic empowerment. To tell us more on this and also talk about how different it is to all the other women's forums we have seen over the years, we are joined… Guest: Prof...

Ahead of tomorrow’s Budget Speech, Bryan gives us a brief update on what we can expect. Our wish list and talking about the last opportunity to make use of saving tax by contributing to a retirement annuity. He will also look at the tax free savings for pensioners who have never made use of the R550000 lump sum which they can take at retirement or retrenchment tax free. Guest:  Bryan Hi...

Guest: Abraham Vosloo – Northern Cape MEC for Education Last week we received a call from Tumisang in Taung saying that children in her area are not going to school because the Northern Cape Education Department did not pay for the food programme and text books. We then approached the Provincial Department of Education and they assured us that all is sorted.   

Guest: Dr Gilad Isaacs - Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Justice (attended and spoke at the conference) Focus: International government organizations, economists, former heads of state and the clergy held a high-level dialogue under the theme: “Tax Justice and Solidarity: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Common Home” hosted at the Vatican. ...

Focus: President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the African Union’s 38th ordinary session of heads of state and government where he said that he is very happy with the outcomes of voting. The AU has a new chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf who is Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister. The summit comes at a time where the continent is facing conflict in the DRC and Sudan...

Our next guest hails from South Coast of Durban who burst onto the music scene with the hit: Ngam'thanda Umuntu of his debut album, Language of Love back in 2015. In the past year on Spotify, his music has been streamed 1,27 million times and amassed 296 000 listeners. Besides being centrestage, he has written songs alongside Zahara, Robbie Malinga, Naima Kay, Oskido and many more. Today, he joins...

We take a moment to speak to members of our communities that lead exhibitions and climb some of the highest mountains in the world to raise awareness on social justice issues facing the nation. However, leading these missions take a toll on your body, mind and test your limits. How do they navigate these dangers? How do they  We ask our next guests how they turn their inspriration to a hobby...