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Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural dive... more
FAQs about The Daily Discourse:How many episodes does The Daily Discourse have?The podcast currently has 7,314 episodes available.
February 11, 2021SMME TALK: The business of magazinesWe speak now to someone who is in the business of magazines. Mosa Malebo is the founder of a lifestyle magazine called Laurian. She’s talks to us now about her journey and what lead her to magazines seeing how the media industry is taking a beating…. Guest: Mosa Malebo – Founder of Laurian Magazine...more12minPlay
February 11, 2021Thinking Point: What the nation expects from the SONAThis year's State of the Nation Address will be quite subdued and even a solemn affair. And it will be held at a fraction of the cost of previous years. South Africans are hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic as many have lost their jobs and are hoping for some good news from the President this evening. Let’s listen to what they had to say…..CLIP-EXPECTATIONSLINK: For a perspective on what we should expect and also looking at Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, we are joined on the line by….Guest: Mighti Jamie – Political and social commentator Guest: Prof Lesiba Tefo – Political Analyst at Unisa...more26minPlay
February 10, 2021Health Talk: ‘Understanding importance of vaccinesOn our health feature today we focus on the importance of vaccines and the value they add against outbreak, viruses and so on. This stems from the worries people have regarding vaccinating against Covid-19. We speak now to an expert in the field to educate us about the importance of taking the vaccine… Guest: Professor Jeffrey Mphahlele – Vice President for Research at the South African Medical Research Council...more45minPlay
February 10, 2021Whatever happened to Steinhoff?We speak now to Tshepo Matseba - MD of Reputation 1st about an article he penned asking what happened to Steinhoff. He feels that our justice system is not balanced as it focuses on chasing people with minor offences while ignoring the corruption at Steinhoff. Guest: Tshepo Matseba - MD of Reputation 1st and a seasoned Marketing and Communication Director...more11minPlay
February 10, 2021Budget shortfall in KZN school Transport means more than 100-thousand learners won’t go to schoolThe Transport Department in KZN is facing a budget shortfall which is likely to affect 100-thousand learners who won’t be able to go to school. The department says it’s unable to provide for all the learners who need the service. To find out what happened and how they are hoping to fix the problem, Guest: Dr Vusumuzi Nzama – Head of Department in the KZN Department of Education...more28minPlay
February 10, 2021Thinking point – New efforts in chasing after maintenance defaultersIn an effort to ease dependency on social grants, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services are coming up with new ways of chasing after child maintenance defaulters. They will start using registered cellphone and telephone numbers, company registrations, credit profiles and so on. So basically if you are one of those who chose to run, just know that you can’t hide anymore. To understand how the new approach is going to work, we are joined on the line by…Guest: Josephine Peta – Senior Legal Admin Officer at the Department of Justice...more10minPlay
February 09, 2021Municipal Watch: Mokgalakwena has new mayorWe start off our new feature on municipalities by focusing on the the troubled Mogalakwena local municipality in Mokopane, Limpopo. They announced a new mayor yesterday, the sixth in less than ten years. Frans Mokwele was elected as the new mayor during a virtual council sitting. He replaces the fired mayor Andrina Matsemela. The municipality has been marred by financial mismanagement, corruption, tender irregularities and political instability due to infighting among ANC councillors. Let’s find out now how the municipality reached this point and what are the new mayor’s plans as we welcome…Guest: Frans Mokwele – Newly appointed mayor of the Mogalakwena Local MunicipalityGuest: Basikopo Makamu – MEC for Corporative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in Limpopo Guest: Mohlatso Selomo – Mogalakwena Residents Association...more47minPlay
February 09, 2021Personal development with Zipho SikhakhaneToday in our personal development feature we focus resetting your goals in a changing personal and work environment….Guest: Zipho Sikhakhane – Global speaker, business strategist and CEO of EMZ Advisory...more19minPlay
February 09, 2021Personal Finance with Bryan HirschThis morning Bryan discussing some of the golden rules of investments. What is it that people should know before even putting their money down?GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited...more29minPlay
February 09, 2021Thinking point – ‘Private companies access to railway linesFor many years private business have been calling on government to allow them access to the rail infrastructure. James Holley, who is Chief Executive of independent rail operator Traxtion’s says that giving third-party operators access to the rail network would not only enable more efficient freight movements within the country, but unlock potential new export markets by providing capacity to freight goods to ports and the rest of the continent. Let’s get his views now and also find out how his call is being received so far….Guest: James Holley - Chief Executive of Traxtion, an independent rail operator...more8minPlay
FAQs about The Daily Discourse:How many episodes does The Daily Discourse have?The podcast currently has 7,314 episodes available.