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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 7,322 episodes available.
August 26, 2020Health Talk: ‘DermatologyIn our health talk today we look at skin conditions. Eczema, acne, shingles and vitiligo and some of the common conditions many people deal with. GUEST: Dr Nomphelo Gantsho - Dermatologist FC Derm (SA) and Executive Committee Member: SA Society for Dermatological Surgery...more48minPlay
August 26, 2020Women in Construction**This feature is brought to you by the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation**Focus: On our weekly feature with the Department Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation we profile the board chairperson of the Rand Water Board looking at her being one of a few chairpersons in a male dominated sector…Advocate Faith Hashatse - Board Chairperson of Rand Water Board Guest:...more24minPlay
August 26, 2020Petition: Judgment against Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice MtetwaWatching developments across our neighbor where Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s lead counsel Beatrice Mtetwa was refused entry to consult with him on Monday. Another development is that the Zimbabwean Magistrates’ Court has moved to disqualify Mtetwa from continuing as defence legal counsel for Chinono. Chinono has also been denied bail for the third time. Well, a long list of non-governmental organizations and individuals have signed a petition against the judgement by the court and to talk about this, Guest: Muleya Mwananyanda - Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa...more16minPlay
August 26, 2020THINKING POINT: Zero limit of alcohol on the roadTransport Minister Fikile Mbalula has issued a stern warning to South African motorists who drink and drive - saying amendments to the law will bite them hard. The minister has called for a review of alcohol laws in light of crashes and arrests involving drunk drivers since South Africa entered level two of the lockdown. Mbalula says his department submitted the National Road Traffic Amendment Bill to Parliament and it will be signed in to law by December. Let’s listen to what he said yesterday…CLIP-MBALULA-ALCOHOL-LIMITLINK: Let’s hear now from the people who are in the frontline of our roads as we welcome…Guest: Adv Makhosini Msibi – CEO of the Road Traffic Management Corporation -...more27minPlay
August 26, 2020ZONDO-COMMISSIONVictorian Guest House owner, Frederick Hendrik Coetzee has confirmed that he hosted former Minister Nomvula Mokonyane's 40th birthday party in 2003 and paid for by Bosasa. Coetzee was testifying at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry yesterday. Let’s listen to what Coetzee had to say…CLIP-COETZEEANC-NWCFocus: Legally embattled former eThekwini Mayor, Zandile Gumede will top the discussion during a special ANC National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to take place this weekend. The meeting comes on the heels of that of the National Working Committee this week. The NWC is not pleased with the ANC in Kwa-Zulu Natal deploying Gumede to the provincial legislature. This is what Jessie Duarte, ANC Deputy Secretary General had to say…CLIP-JESSIELINK: Meanwhile, former mayoral committee member in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Andile Lungisa is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to be investigated. Let’s join the dotted lines with our political reporter….Guest: Samkelo Maseko – SABC Political reporter...more10minPlay
August 25, 2020UIF QUESTIONS ANSWEREDToday being Tuesday, it’s time for our regular UIF feature where Tsiamo Molema addresses all your questions. Please remember to keep your questions very brief and listen on the radio for answers. Also keep your voice notes short and to the point…..GUEST: Tshiamo Molema – Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Commissioner’s Office...more52minPlay
August 25, 2020Search for a new Auditor GeneralThe Ad hoc committee on the Appointment of the Auditor General says it has finalised interviewing candidates for the position of the new Auditor General. The candidates were quizzed about how they are going to tackle rampant corruption, ensure quality reports as well as main the independence of the office. Kimi Makwetu the outgoing AG has managed to expose all manner of corruption especially in the municipalities. The difficult task about this is what sort of candidate can continue to carry on where he left off? Let’s speak now to the Ad hoc committee to find out what it is they are looking for in these candidates and also what their concerns are seeing that these are very big shoes to fill? How will they ensure that they get a fearless person?Guest: Sisisi Tolashe – Chairperson of the Ad hoc committee on the Appointment of the Auditor General...more12minPlay
August 25, 2020Talking Finance with Bryan HirschBryan asks a very interesting scary question this morning: Why are those South Africans who have retired, struggling, and how can they change this?Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited...more23minPlay
August 25, 2020THINKING POINT: Private school asking for Covid-19 relief fundIndependent schools are said to be appealing to government for COVID-19 relief funding. This they say is because many parents have not been paying school fees. Are they justified to be asking government for a bailout seeing that they are private? Guest: Mandla Mthembu – Chairperson of the National Alliance of Independent Schools Association...more7minPlay
August 24, 2020National Shelter Movement calling for fundingThe National Shelter Movement has written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Department of Women and The Department of Social Development calling on them to urgently address the underfunding of shelters. Many abused women take refuge at these shelters and to find out what sort of impact the lack of funding is having on them, Guest: Advocate Bernadine Bachar – Director of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children as well as chairperson of the Western Cape's Women's Shelter MovementGuest: Tamara Mathebula-Chairperson Gender Commission...more43minPlay
FAQs about The Daily Discourse:How many episodes does The Daily Discourse have?The podcast currently has 7,322 episodes available.