The Daily Discourse

Youth leaders in Uganda’s National Resistance Movement have endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as their preferred candidate for the 2026 elections. But reports indicate that another section of the youth are endorsing his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Some commentators feel that this won’t make difference whether the father or son stays in power is the control will still be in the same family....

 Last week, we discussed the importance of language equity when it comes to the use of our indigenous languages. One of the areas where language inequity still exists is in the publication of children’s books. Only 2% of commercial publishing is produced in local languages. Academics have argued that representation and resonance is an important tool in the literacy and learning journey. Educationa...

Focus: According to medical journals, tuberculosis (TB) is a respiratory disease whereby infectious bacteria attacks the lungs at first and spreads further to other parts of the body. South Africa has the eight highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis in the world and forms part of the 95% disease burden, globally. While local experts acknowledge that more funding is being allocated to TB-related f...

Samsung recently celebrated the graduation of the third cohort of 18 graduates from its Apprentice Factory Internship Programme, otherwise known as the App Factory. The App Factory is in partnership with the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct. Here to tell us more about it is Hlubi Shivanda, who is Director for Business Innovation Group and Corporate Affairs at Samsung. Guest: Hlubi Shivanda...

 Christian Martin describes himself as a Khoi and San activist. He has brought to our attention how the country’s Employment Equity is excluding his community. He has sent us an ad of a post proof of a post for the Commission on Khoi-San Matters, but ironically it excludes them from applying. Christian Martin now joins us on the line to talk about this issue and the possible legal action they may...

What is the turnaround strategy? Amathole District Municipality comes under thespotlight as the Hawks raided their offices over the weekend. The municipality has been marred in controversy over theyears with allegations of corruption, mismanagement, unhappiness from the workers and the list goes on. They were also in the news when a video of councillor Nanziwe Rulashe was dragged out by security p...

Bryan is taking us through the do's and don't ofstarting your financial journey. He now joins us in studio to educate us on the subject…   Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

This morning, Lionel will be dealing having the right mind-set to bring in financial abundance… Guest: Lionel Makokotlela - Founder of Financial Wise Corner

Treasury on SRD Grants This morning, community organizations are taking tothe streets to march for the social distress grant to be converted to a basic income grant. A memorandum of demands will be handed over to officials which include the conversion on the SRD grant to a basic income grant. This protest will be taking place outside National Treasury ahead of the medium-term budget policy stateme...

Today marks the day slain anti-apartheid activist, Ashley Kriel was born. He is described by many as very brave and one of the most influential and feared activists in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape. A member of Mkhoto Wesizwe, he was killed by the then South African police in what is described as very brutal as they wanted to make sure that he’s dead. This happened on the 9th of July...

Over the weekend, there was outrage surrounding labour equity at one the country's biggest pharmaceutical retailers: Dischem. In a leaked letter, CEO Ivan Saltzmann outlined the company's intent to have a moratorium on employment and promotion of staff at management level. The company sought to address transformation as their employment equity profile had fallen short in a review dating back in Se...

The Department of Human Settlements will be using this convening to seek solutions in response to the challenges of informality and what it means to upgrade informal settlements. To discuss this further, we are joined now by... Guest: Mmamoloko Kubayi - Department of Human Settlements

 We are coming to you live this morning from the CSIR in Pretoria where the Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi is hosting the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif. The department says that this is part of the Global Action Plan Framework on Informal Settlements and Slums aimed at accelerating Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda. To discuss this furthe...

 Earlier this week, Parliament’s Portfolio for Home Affairs adopted the Electoral Amendment Bill despite objections to the draft legislation. After a second session of public submissions, civil society organizations believe that their concerns have not been included in the adopted Bill and may create a constitutional crisis before the 2024 elections. As a result, a collective group has launched a...

 In two weeks’ time, Finance Minister Enoch Godogwana will be tabling the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. One of the key agenda items is the zero-rating of grocery items to alleviate the rise in the cost of food. Currently, only 21 basic food items are exempt from value-added tax and this list was last reviewed back in 2018. Whilst the opposition parties put the National Treasury under pressu...

Our next guest is a neo-soul artist fusing art with activism. With influences including Prince, Laura Mvula, D’Angelo, Ntozake Shange and Janelle Monáe, Moonga wraps his diverse palette into a sound that incorporates R&B, funk, soul, hip hop, rock, and electronic styles. What captures audiences' ears are Moonga's poignant lyricism, emotive melodies, textured interiority, and authentic social a...

With the casualties continuing to rise in Russia’s months-long invasion of Ukraine, reporters in the field face a daily tightrope walk between getting the story and potentially getting killed. At least 14 journalists have already died in the conflict, which broke out when Russian troops invaded Ukraine back in February. For women in the field, there are additional factors to grapple with, not the...

As the world is fast moving to the direction of the fourth Industrial Revolution which has changed so many things that affect our daily lives. Looking for a job these days has become so complicated, as it is depended on technology. It’s on this background that the Tshwane University of Technology will be hosting a National Dialogue on the Future of Work dedicated to addressing the most pressing an...

CEO: Prasheen Maharaj- Sandhock Austral Shipyards 

The Department of Transport commemorates World Maritime Day as an opportunity to create awareness about maritime in the country, particularly in the communities that do not have access to maritime activities. Schools children living within landlocked provinces are targeted through a maritime career exhibition through which the department and its stakeholders promotes career opportunities in mariti...

Focus: South Africa has a notably growing boat-building and manufacturing component sector that can be used as a learning base to adopt new technologies and ensure minimal carbon footprint as part of climate change mitigation strategies. To tell us more about the maritime value chain and what opportunities are available to business   Guest: Lindani Ntshangase

Guest: Debby Owen

Our next guest is committed to building an umbrella body for independent candidates wanting to run for the 2024 elections. Contrary to reports that this party would become the black caucus currently exiting en-masse from the DA, he wants to build a centrist and non-racial party with new faces that will energize voters. He is set to target 5,4 million voters and elect community leaders from the len...

 It has been reported that there is approximately R81 billion in unclaimed benefits which relate to retirement funds, insurance, and investments. This morning, Bryan continues on the issue of unclaimed benefits from last week and brings in an expert who can deal with some of the direct questions you may have… Guest(Studio): Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) L...

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has denied allegations of milking the National Skills Funds. This comes at the back of a news report by the Sunday Independent which claims that millions of rands are “disappearing” unaccounted for in his department. He also denied reports that he is fighting tooth and nail to keep a report highlighting this as confidential. Guest: Ishmael Mnisi – Spokesper...