The Daily Discourse

The North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Premier, Finance, Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs is currently conducting a special oversight visit on the North West Housing Corporation’s cross border properties in Gauteng, the Free State and the Northern Cape. The objective of the special oversight visits is to investigate and validate the state an...

Let’s hear now from the border authorities about how they are implementing ways to eradicate several challenges currently experienced within the border management environment due to the existing fragmented model and provide a single authority to oversee all forms of border management control. Last month, the Department of Home Affairs announced its first deployment of officials during their budget...

Focus: Last month, we had a discussion about corporal punishment and whether teachers are being adequately sanctioned for beating children. Many of our listeners shared varied opinions on where we should draw the line on adequate substitute for what they called an ill-disciplined generation of learners. Today, we wanted to hear from teachers about the pressures they face in the classroom surroundi...

Afriforum launched a new neighbourhood watch to address criminality within communities last month. In Musina, it is addressing community safety and has been working alongside SAPS on patrol operations. However, this work has also drawn the attention of government officials after a video surfaced on social media claiming that Afriforum had taken over border management. SANDF released a statement th...

Police Minister Bheki Cele together with national police commissioner General Fannie Masemola are scheduled to visit the shebeen where 15 people were shot and killed in Soweto yesterday (Sunday) morning. This is a brutal reminder of a recent incident where 21 young people died in a tavern in Enyobening in the Eastern Cape. Calls are now being made for shebeens and taverns to be closed early and th...

 Chairperson of the Commission on Khoi-San Matters,Professor Nico Botha, says they are happy that the Khoi-San people are finally recognised in the National House of Traditional Leaders after protracted delays. He says the commission is now working on all claims lodged from the Khoi- San who want recognition. The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act Three of 2019 ensures that the Khoi-San leade...

 Our next guest was born and raised in the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. While studying a Theatre and Performance degree at the University of Cape Town, she met the band members who would become what we know as FreshlyGround. In 2019, she changed her artist brand and became known as the One Who Sings - which was inspired by the isiXhosa phrase: lo uculayo. What you may not kn...

Yesterday the international news was dominated by the stepping down of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He bowed down to from ministers to quit, but wants to stay in No 10 until the party chooses his replacement. His leadership has been criticized over recent months, including over the Partygate scandal and his fine for breaking his own lockdown laws. These developments raises a lot of questi...

Focus: President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated that children and teenagers are not permitted to enter drinking establishments such as bars or taverns. He was speaking at the symbolic funeral yesterday for the 21 young people who lost their lives at the Enyobeni Tavern in the Eastern Cape last month. One of the things he emphasised on is going back to how communities used to raise their children….

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he wishes the best but is prepared for the worst over the row between his country and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. DR Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the Congolese M23 rebels and recently halted all trade and co-operation agreements. Rwanda denies the allegations. President Kagame held talks with his Congolese counterpart, President Félix Tshisekedi...

Earlier this week, the price of petrol increased by 2-rand-37-cents per litre, diesel increased by 2-rand-30-cents per litre and the price of illuminating paraffin increased by 1-rand-66-cents per litre. Calls have been mounting for a shutdown in protest of the high cost of fuel, hikes in repo rate and inflation rate. This is as the government confirms that the fuel levy subsidy will not continue...

The Presidential Climate Commission says that it welcomes the acceptance of the Just Transition Framework by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Valli Moosa who is the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission said that addressing climate change requires significant and unprecedented transformations across all sectors of the economy, with opportunities and challenges. To t...

The EFF yesterday (Tuesday) issued a statement on the latest regarding an Ad Hoc Committee that was set up to investigate the living and working conditions of farmworkers. What they are bringing to our attention what has been discovered so far since the public hearings started. The evidence given by some of the farmworkers is said to be horrible. They are calling for more farmworkers to come forwa...

In the state capture commission of inquiry’s fifth report released a fortnight ago, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo called for a special commission of inquiry to probe the Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa).This is despite the extensive evidence heard before the Commission about the rot at the state rail service. Chief Justice Zondo devoted more than 200 pages of his fifth report to the...

Focus: yoga instructor. She’s talking to us about the health benefits of yoga. When one looks up the word ‘yoga’, there are so many descriptions of what it is. The most common one is that it is an ancient practice that involves physical poses, concentration, and deep breathing. What exactly does it bring when it comes to our health? To help us understand, Guest: Bafikile Sedibe- Choreographer, Dan...

The IDC has embarked on a campaign to raise its profile, create awareness around its funding activities, business support services as well as its humanitarian interventions. To tell us more on this and what it is that the public should know about their campaign       Guest: Alton Solomon – Head of Client Growth Catalyst and Listed Equity at the IDC

 The water situation affecting communities under the Ugu District Municipality is said to be getting worse. The residents are threatening to protest until the water crisis is sorted. On the other hand, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikala has been meeting with the communities to try and convince them that he is dealing with the situation. To get an understand of what is going on and what seems to be...

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced fuel increases tomorrow (Wednesday). The price of petrol will increase by 2-rand-37-cents per litre, diesel is set to increase by 2-rand-30-cents per litre and the price of illuminating paraffin will increase by 1-rand-66-cents per litre. One of the sectors that economists are worried about is the taxi industry. Let’s get their view now to h...

This morning Bryan is dealing with an issue that many of us wish we practiced when we were still younger and starting to work: How does one save for retirement? Well, he now joins us in the studio to educate us on this subject…   Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

 The South African Reserve Bank’s latest mortgage lending data has confirmed there has been a sharp decline in the value of new mortgage loans granted. In the last quarter of 2021, the rise in inflation has played a role and repo rate hikes have impacted residential properties the hardest. Before we get bogged down by the technical terms, let's begin by unpacking the importance of a mortgage when...

This week, we commemorate the first anniversary of the July Unrest that took place in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng. The unrest claimed 340 lives and destroyed R50 billion of the economy. We saw expert panel reports showing the security cluster was unprepared, political factions mobilizing thousands to loot and racial tensions boil over. As we patiently wait for the SA Human Rights Commission investi...

Let’s end the show now by talking to Dr Momi Metsing who is chairperson of the Society for Educational Psychology of South Africa. She took part in a discussing yesterday (Sunday) hosted by Azapo entitled: ‘The Enyobeni tavern tragedy: Substance abuse, values and the role of the family in society’. One of the things she raised is how moral decay is consuming communities and the continued substance...

Over the weekend, the Eswatini government announced that the Editor of the Swaziland News would be deemed a terrorist in accordance with the Suppression of Terrorism Act. Our next guest has been covering the winter revolution and using his online news publication to encourage citizens to protest against the Kingdom. He joins us now to unpack what this declaration means for media freedom in that co...

As peace talk continue between Ethiopia and Tigray, commentators are already casting doubt that there will ever be a way forward. Last week Ethiopia's ruling party said that it wants the African Union in partnership with the USA to mediate to end the war with Tigrayan forces. On the other hand the Tigray People's Liberation Front, says that it does not trust the AU and wants Kenya to mediate. For...

Guest: Ottilia Maunganidze , Head of Special Projects at the Institute of Security Studies Guest: Sello Gatang, CEO of Nelson Mandela Foundation