The Daily Discourse

Tomorrow (Tuesday) President Cyril Ramaphosa will be hosting the second Presidential Summit on Gender-based Violence and Femicide. The first summit in 2018 was in response to the 24 demands submitted by the #TheTotalShutdown Intersectional Woman’s Movement. So ahead of this summit, we thought to take a critical look at GBV summits through the eyes of male gender activists. Seeing that men are most...

country, advising them to avoid Sandton and large gatherings. Cyril Ramaphosa, the country's president, issued a statement assuring the public that there was no imminent threat of a terror attack, and he mentioned that US intelligence failed to communicate with the country's intelligence. However, reports emerged over the weekend that possible meetings between the two countries intelligence servic...

The South African Democratic Teacher’s Union is calling on Eskom to suspend load-shedding in an effort to protect the integrity of the 2022 matric exams which are starting today (Monday). The Department of Basic Education did try, but Eskom said that it was simply impossible to do that as schools and exam centres within communities and not possible to isolate. To get SADTU’s views on this issue, ...

Guest: Mariette Liefferink - Chief Executive Officer of the Federation for Sustainable Environment Guest: Willem Meintjies - Manager of the Engineering and Geohazards Unit at the Council of Geosciences

Guest: Javu Baloyi – Spokesperson for the Commission for Gender Equality

Last week, the Moroccan government blasted South Africa for their continued support for the independence of Western Sahara. President Cyril Ramaphosa offered his government's "unapologetic" backing for the partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Western Sahara during a state visit. President Ramaphosa joined President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana in an official letter with...

 Last week Friday, Retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke was speaking at a fundraising function organised by the South African National Editors Forum where he spoke of the state of the country. He described how government has failed the people on the ground and in the process betrayed the struggle against apartheid. He goes on to say that they have failed to empower the masses. For a persp...

Guest (studio): Dr Mpoti Seboka - Rheumatologist Guest (studio): Pontso Moiloa - The Lupus Drive Guest (studio): Nande Matanzima - Lupus survivor Focus: Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system attacks healthy tissue instead.  

Guest (OB): Danga Mughogho - Programme Manager: Well-Governed Cities at SA Cities Network   Focus: Cities are spaces where people come together to share experiences, engage social interactions and to shape new systems. They are places of social, economic and political opportunities. In South Africa, two-thirds of the population live in urban areas and cities are central to development. Cities have...

Guest: Sithole Mbanga - CEO of the SA Cities Network   Focus: Throughout the month of October, the United Nations Habitat has commemorated Urban Month in a bid to raise awareness on building sustainable city development. Around the world, events are being held to address the challenges facing cities and the SA Cities Network’s Urban Festival is one of the recognized events on the global calendar....

Guest (OB): Lindiwe Kwele: CEO of Gauteng Partnership Fund Focus: Gauteng Partnership Fund is the lead partner of the 2022 Urban Festival. The SACN and GPF share a common objective of facilitating and enabling urban development and transformation in South African cities, focusing on advancing inclusive and sustainable human settlements. The GPF’s mandate was expanded from implementing social and a...

Guest (studio): Solly Phetoe – Deputy General Secretary of COSATU   Focus: Finance Minister, Enoch Godogwana will table the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement this afternoon. We thought to use this opportunity to speak to Cosatu to get an understanding of what they would like to hear from the finance minister as they are part of unions demanding a wage increase from government..    

Guest : Thembi Nkadimeng - Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs   Focus: This morning, the South African Cities Network (SACN) celebrates its 20th anniversary as the custodian of South Africa’s urban story and research. To commemorate this occasion, it will host The Urban Festival under the theme: Transforming Cities Through Research & Practice. The three-day festi...

Focus: The private healthcare industry very much like other industries experiencing an evolution to how it conducts business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sector finds itself confronted with evolving patient needs and having to embrace and explore the ‘next-generation’ healthcare system that is patient-centric that co-creates value with the patient in collaboration with all actors in the entir...

 As it is the last Tuesday of the month, this hour of the programme is always devoted to answering questions that have been submitted toBryan during the month. He will pick out all those questions of a similar nature and deal with them. Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Yesterday, the Minister of Transport along with investigative and road management bodies held a media briefing on the outcome of investigations into Driving Licensing and Testing Centers that have been implicated in corruption. During the briefing, it was announced that eighty-six arrests were made for fraud and theft during joint operations by the RTMC, the Hawks, the South African Revenue Servic...

The Lotus Gardens, Atteridgeville and Saulsville Civic Association is threatening a shutdown against the City of Tshwane wanting to install prepaid electric metres in their townships. They claim that the City is bullying and harassing those residents who don’t want these meters installed. The City on the other hand say that this is part of getting residents to pay for their outstanding bills which...

In the social media era, public forums have been become a platform where individuals and companies are being held accountable for overstepping acceptable social norms. The practice of cancel culture is problematic because of the way in which the people behind these public platforms cancels people, rendering them cut off from society, as a punishment for what they have said or done. This falls into...

 We speak now to Professor Tumai Murombo from Wits. He recently held a lecture questioning the validity of the National Water Act 32 of 1998. This Act has been praised as a ground-breaking law setting a global standard for countries that seek to transform their environmental laws and water governance regimes. But Professor Murombe points out something very interesting about how this Act is actuall...

Focus: SANPARKS has worked alongside scientists and ecologists to address low animal population numbers within its national parks. The Kruger National Park has partnered with Endangered Wildlife Trust in rehabilitating animal populations on the endangered species list and preventing the excintion of Carnivores such as hyenas, leopards and lions in southern Africa. One of the species in focus is th...

 Our next guest hails from Bushbuckridge and made his break into the industry 30 years ago. He has become a legendary Tsonga disco artist and has worked alongside the late Robbie Malinga, Carlos, Pensele and Avelin Modlana. He is inspired by Peta Teanet, the late Paul Ndlovu and Papa Penny. Guest: Dr. Chris Mkhonto - Musician

There is a misconception on the Kruger National Park's capacity to look after more elephants and the challenges the park would face when it comes to conserving biodiversity or water availability for the rest of the park's ecosystem. Our next guests will shed light on the best practices surrounding managing and predicting changes within the populations at the park. Guest: Danie Pienaar - Head of Co...

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization commemorated World Trauma Day and emphasizes the importance of saving and protecting human life. The COVID-19 pandemic not only heightened our awareness on mental health but shed a spotlight of our predisposition towards pre-existing trauma that we have not dealt with as a society. In the next few weeks, we pause and reflect on how we can gain the t...

According to our next guest, the measures that have included in the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill would limit the freedom of speech and criminalize protected speech. She also argues that the measures within the bill do not follow the guidelines of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Bill is currently before Parli...