The Daily Discourse

Brenda Gace joins today to talk about how to manage your Income needs in retirement especially under the current economic conditions… Guest: Brendan Gace – Head of Anchor Capital Private Clients  

The month of April this year is very special and significant for us as South Africans as it marks 30 years of the beginning of our democracy where black people voted for the first time in 1994. Unfortunately the atmosphere is no longer as exciting and vibrant due to how people feel on the ground. High unemployment, service delivery, access to good education and unfulfilled promises from the dawn o...

  Focus: One of South Africa’s internationally acclaimed musicians, Billy Monama got in touch with the producers of the show complaining what he says are injustices they face from the South African Music Rights Association over the issue of royalties. He goes on to say that they claim to sponsor shows, but never pay them for performances. Monama now joins us to tell us more.....   Guest: Billy Mon...

Today’s Friday Wind Down comes with a twist, instead of an hour we are afforded 30 minutes this Easter Friday to get to know our guest better. We are easing into the weekend with one of South Africa’s prolific jazz musician, who cut his musical teeth within the jazz industry in Nyanga East Township, Cape Town, South Africa, where he was born and raised. He later moved to Johannesburg in 1995 Herbi...

Focus: Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s most distinguished pianist, was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. This year marks not only his 90th birthday but also the start of a world tour. Christine Lucia has studied Ibrahim’s work and published research articles about him and his work. She joins us this morning to share why writing and sharing about this music legend has been a great part of her l...

We are joined now from Australia by Dr Kathleen Smithers from the Charles Sturt University. She has penned an article criticising the tourists visiting schools in Zimbabwe. She finds that this is very disruptive and also because these tourists upload the pictures they take with learners without their permission. She goes on to say that the pictures also paint a very negative image of the African c...

Municipal Watch: Rural land dispute: Mamahule Focus: On the 15th of March, we received a call from one of our listeners by the name Shadi who called in about her community in Mamahule being threatened with an eviction that was going to see their properties being demolished. She painted a very bleak picture that sounded very bad. Guest: Ambrose Mogashoa – Representing Mamahule Community on Service...

As South Africa approaches the significant moment with the upcoming elections, it pushes us to question the relationship between religion and politics within the nation's current social landscape. The fusion of these two spheres has been a subject of debate, raising fundamental questions about governance, morality, and societal cohesion. Against the backdrop of South Africa's diverse religious lan...

This morning on our Citizen’s Corner we take a look at how election polls work. We often hear in the news how certain parties are doing as we build-up to an election or hoe a certain political party leader is doing as the race intensifies. But then, what are these polls and how do they work? How credible are they and what should we look at when reading them? Also how do they influence the voter? ...

The latest Edelman SA Trust Barometer has revealed that South Africans trust their peers, technology and private business than the media and government. The research looks back to the past 24 years and which institution has been trusted the most including during the Covid-19 period. The report further highlights that in a year where half the global population can vote in new leaders, the acceptanc...

Today being the last Tuesday of the month, Bryan will be dealing with all the questions he received of a similar nature. But remember that you are more than welcome to ask him any other questions that are financially related.  Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley; Associates (Pty) Limited 

    Focus : In commemoration of 30 years of democracy in South Africa, we take a closer look at the journey of women's rights since the end of apartheid. Join us as we examine the progress made, the challenges faced, and the current state of affairs regarding women's rights in the country. From the pivotal role of women in the struggle against apartheid to the ongoing efforts to address gender-bas...

Often on our programmes many of you our listeners ask about the delay in investigating private sector corruption compared to government department. The reported suicide of former disgraced CEO of Steinhoff, Marcus Jooste has raised so many questions reminding us also of Bosasa CEO, Gavin Watson and mining magnate, Brett Kebble. The three of them died under a cloud of controversy with them being in...

Last week Monday we had a discussion on racism in the workplace. This followed incidents of racism at the Curro independent school network with all sorts of allegations of racial name-calling. We then invited four guests to talk about solutions for dealing with racism in the workplace. We had Terry Oakley-Smith - MD  of Diversi-T, Dr Joy Owen from the University of the Free State, Dr Shahieda Jans...

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation, the National Empowerment Fund and the Export Credit Insurance Corporation hosted the second Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference at the Sandton International Convention Centre on 20 March 2024. The objective of the Black Industrialists (BIs) Programme is to increase the participat...

Makhosazana Masango, known as Azana, is a rising South African singer and songwriter. Azana first gained recognition for featuring on Sun-EL Musician's song "Uhuru" in 2019. Her debut album, "Ingoma," released in 2020, was highly successful and received critical acclaim. Azana's music is a blend of Afro-pop, soul, and R&B, with themes of love, spirituality, and personal growth. Despite her sho...

We continue our series where we bring you leaders of the various parties to talk about their manifestos and the changes they would like to bring should they win the 2024 elections. Earlier in the month of March, President of the Pan Africanist Congress Mzwanele Nyhontso delivered the party’s manifesto at the Orlando Communal Area in Soweto under the theme of going back to the beliefs of the party’...

Today we mark the Sharpeville Massacre, which is now called Human Rights Day under an election year that falls on the 30th year of our democracy. Sadly though the sentiment on the ground is very heart-breaking as many people don’t have water, proper housing, access to education and other basic rights enshrined in the constitution. Let’s remind ourselves of some of the problems South Africans are f...

It’s that time on a Wednesday where we speak to the IEC about all things elections. Since we’ve started the series with the electoral body, we have been receiving questions still about the three ballots and how they are going to work. This week they’ve also been encouraging eligible voters who will not be at their voting stations on voting day, to make an application with them (IEC) to vote at any...

Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Grant Thornton has published its 2024 Women In Business Report, which highlights gender diversity in senior management among the world's mid-market businesses, exposing barriers and identifying action for change, which just also happened to coincide with International Women's Day, which was commemorated on the 8th of March.  Guest: Dr Sylvia Sathekge - Chief Information Offic...

Staying with women issues, this time in the workplace, let’s tell you now about an awareness initiative to remove menopause stigma in the workplace and why it’s important.  Liberty Two Degrees (L2D) in partnership with Business Engage and Life Healthcare have partnered in what they say is an effort foster a workplace environment of empathy and support.  Guest: Colleen Larson - Chief Executive at B...

This morning Bryan will be clearing up any confusion that he may have caused in last week’s programme on The Two Pot System. There is an opportunity for investors who may have never received the benefit of up to R550000 through either retrenchment or retirement. He now joins us in studio to explain…. Guest(Studio): Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley; Associates (Pty) Limited

We end the show by speaking to Pranish Desai from Good Governance Africa. They have just released their Good Governance Index report for 2024 which provides a holistic overview of the state of local governance in the country. This time around, the report features several critical additions which he says includes the introduction of a scoring and ranking system for district municipalities, as well...

The University of the Western Cape has come up with an innovative way of giving first-hand life experience to their foundation phase teaching students. They go on to say that this is a way to expose the first-year students to the social background of their future learners, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, while sensitising them to the complexity of the teaching profession.   Gues...

The past few weeks has seen incidents of racism play out at the Curro independent school network. There were allegations of an Indian teacher calling a learner a monkey while in another incident, a teacher called a fellow colleague also a monkey. Some of the incidents took place last year and this year. All the institution did was either suspend or dismiss the perpetrators. But is this good enough...