The Daily Discourse

 We kick the show off by talking about the Babita Deokaran's murder case. Last week the case against her alleged killers was postponed to the 24th of August for further investigations. The six men charged with her murder made their first appearance before the Johannesburg High Court last week Friday. Deokaran was a senior Financial official at the Gauteng Department of Health and a witness in a nu...

 As part of reviving the township economy, the National Contraction Incubator is establishing a branch in Dobsonville – Soweto, to host a mentorship programme for emerging businesses within the Built Environment space, contractors, emerging manufacturers (green buildings manufacturers) and Built Environment professionals. One of the things they are highlighting is the lack of business development...

Growing up, our next guest would get inspired by varying musical genres – from classical music to neo-soul to RnB. Today, he is a Grammy award-winning musician and contributed as a writer for the Best Global Album, Twice As Tall by Burna Boy. His latest EP, In the Beginning was the End, received critical acclaim as a new artist to watch by Apple Music. He has written for a new generation of artist...

The African National Congress gears up for its policy conference that starts this evening. Ahead of this conference, the ruling party still envisions itself as a leader of society. However, the scandals and in-fighting has shown that its policy imperatives are not at the forefront of its agenda. As a result, the society they claim to serve has barely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic are fighti...

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has visited the Republic of the Congo and Uganda on his second leg of an African tour. The bilateral visit is aimed at strengthening Moscow’s ties with a continent that has refused to join Western condemnation and sanctions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. African countries have a tangled legacy of relations with the West and the former Soviet Union. Ma...

Focus: Earlier this month, informal traders in the de Villiers trading precinct (Johannesburg CBD) were prohibited from selling their goods as JMPD officers were sent by the MMC of Economic Development to shut down operations indefinitely. This is despite the 2013 Constitutional Court ruling in which Operation “Clean Sweep” was in violation of the informal trader’s right to trade and make a liveli...

South Africa will join the globe as it commemorates World Breastfeeding Week 2022 under the theme: “Step Up For Breastfeeding: Educate and Support”. Held in the first week of August, the Department of Health commemorates this week as part of its public health mandate to raise awareness of the value of breastfeeding to expecting and new mothers whilst also developing measures to safeguard breastfee...

#Trek4Mandela is an annual summit to Mount Kilamanjaro to honour the legacy of the late former statesman, Nelson Mandela. The milestone summit of Trek4Mandela is taking place this morning and will be led by renowned South African adventurer, Sibusiso Vilane. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the initial climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. In the past decade, 300 local and international climbers to h...

Last week we received a call from a pastor in KZN explaining the difficulty they are facing as a community in digging for bodies under mud caused by the floods in April. He is describing a horrific situation where they’ve even found bodies of children. One of the other things he spoke about was lack of support from the government. To tell us more about this, Guest: Mfundisi Shabane - Community Lea...

According to medical journals, cataracts is a medical condition whereby clouding takes the form of film and affects the possibility to see clearly through the lens of the eye. This diminishes the quality of vision and worsens as a person gets older. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cited cataract surgeries as amongst the most cost-effective health interventions of our times. However, catara...

The Department of Higher Education Training (DHET) will host the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges and Industry Partnerships Summit at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 27 – 28 July 2022. The Ministerial summit provides an opportunity for the DHET and its partners in government, industry to share best practices on integrating the sector. Guest: Dr. Bl...

There has been mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last night to the nation on solutions to deal with the current energy crisis. This follows his visit and consultations with relevant stakeholders and energy experts. He announced a range of measures aimed at turning the situation around. The SMME sector has welcomed the move and to get their reaction, we are joined on the line b...

Gautrain has opened their Sandton to OR Tambo for fans that would like to welcome home Banyana Banyana after winning the Women's African Cup of Nations can get a free ride to the airport on the Gautrain.  Guest: Tlago Ramalepa - Senior Manager for Reputation at the Gautrain Management Agency

As Banyana Banyana return victorious into the country this morning, calls have intensified for them to be paid the same incentives as their male counterparts after their stunning win of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco. The team just landed this morning and to find out what the mood is like at the OR Tambo International Airport this morning, we are joined on the line by… Gue...

Also at the airport this morning is Khule Masemola, mother of Regal Ngobeni, one of the three goal keepers for Banyana Banyan, she also just graduated as a teacher Guest: Khule Masemola – Mother of Regal Ngobeni

We speak now to Adv Tseliso Thipanyane who is chair of the South African Institute for Responsive and Accountable Governance has issued a statement expressing their concern on what they call anti-African sentiment. They also talk about how leaders of different groups and their leader are using rhetoric to cause division and hate in society. Xenophobic attacks in South Africa have indeed given the...

 President Cyril Ramaphosa last night (Sunday) said thag he was impressed with the newly-elected chairperson Sboniso Duma’s statement that he will not be purging anybody after the conference. As is the trend in the ANC’s elective conferences, some leaders were removed before their terms came to an end. There were concerns over the weekend that Sihle Zikalala may be removed as premier following his...

This week, Indlulamithi Scenarios Trust will be reflecting on the current condition of the country over the past year. Indlulamithi Day will also unpack the role of social compacts in the development of the country by answering the following questions: 1. What is the state and future of South Africa social compact(s)? 2. What are the options, or impediments and processes for compacting? 3. What fr...

In two weeks time, the Baphiring Traditional Authority in partnership with the HRH Princess Lerato M Foundation will be launching a new psychosocial centre in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality (Mabaalstad, North West).The centre is aimed at making mental health services and support groups accessible to communities. The centre has a dedicated team that will be supported by psychologists, pastoral...

Feet in the tradition and head in the future, our next guest is the new indie voice of Soweto. With their first EP (UBaba), the four musicians get their inspiration from the rich musical heritage of South African soil. The band consists of four musicians who hail from Soweto: Singer/Flautist - Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, Guitarist - Lerato Lichaba, Drummer - Xolani Mtshali, and Bassist - Simangaliso Dlami...

 Last month we had a call from one of our listeners by the name, Sando, who alerted us to a scam involving the selling of RDP houses by someone calling himself Mlungisi Mabaso, City of Johannesburg’s MMC for housing. We then contacted the real Mlungisi Mabaso who promised to deal with the scammer. So today he is back to tell us what has since happened and just how big this scam is. Also what is th...

The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South Africa has revealed that it’s not all doom and gloom for the country’s entrepreneurship sector. Even though South Africa is said to be one of the toughest countries in the world to be an entrepreneur, the report by the Stellenbosch Business School in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and SEDA revealed some positive results one of...

 Kenya's Deputy President, William Ruto, says he is best suited to solve his country's high cost of living. Speaking exclusively to SABC's Sarah Kimani in Nairobi, Ruto says if elected president in next months; general elections, he will decisively deal with corruption, and invest in agriculture and manufacturing, to tackle the country's ongoing economic crisis. Ruto, who has since fallen out with...

On Tuesday, the Eastern Cape’s Department of Socialheld a Social Sector summit around the impact of child poverty and malnutrition in the province. This is a problem that has been persisting for many years with NGOs doing all they can to assist. The department says that it disburses more than R370- million to non-profit organizations each financial year, but this does not seem to make a difference...

Yesterday, we had a caller from Durban who spoke tous about taxi associations targeting lift clubs in the Durban region. Listeners also sent messages that confirmed that there is an operation called “Tlhokomela” and passengers of the lift clubs in townships are being thrown out of the vehicles. Today, we get a response from the taxi industry and what it is that commuters can do when they are being...