The Daily Discourse

Since we are now in the fourth industrial revolution, we look at Telehealth and its background. According to medical journals, it involves the use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver health care outside of traditional health-care facilities. Where is it being used the most?

GUEST: Dr Musa Mayayise – Cardiologist

The Public Servants Association in KwaZulu-Natal has raised its disappointment with the president saying he did not accommodate frontline workers in a form of incentive and so on. Let’s take this moment no to understand what it is exactly they are disappointed about and what would they have liked the president to do for them as we welcome….

Guest: Mlungisi Ndlovu - KZN manager for the Public Servants Association

Guest: Sports Medical Doctor Dr Ntlopi Mogoru

The concern now is how these municipalities are going to handle the money seeing the poor track record many of them are holding when it comes to service delivery and the management of funds. We speak now to the union concerned to get their views and find out if they are worried?…

Guest: Koena Ramatlou - Samwu secretary general

TransUnion has been conducting a weekly survey on how South African consumers have been impacted by COVID-19. One of the scary facts it has revealed is that almost 8 out of 10 (79%) have had their household income negatively impacted. What should we read into this and message is it sending?

Guest: Lee Naik - Regional president of TransUnion Africa

We are joined now on the line by political analyst Xolani Dube. He has put forward a couple of arguments against the president’s stimulus package. One of the questions he’s asking is around the existing inequalities where the stimulus package will obviously benefit those who have already and leave the poor with nothing. Let’s engage him now to hear his thoughts..
Guest: Xolani Dube, a senior researcher at Xubera Institute for Research and Development in KZN

There has been mostly positive reaction to President Ramaphosa’s stimulus package. The President announced a 500 billion rand relief package, coming from different sources. Let’s get a perspective now from Business Leadership SA as we welcome….

GUEST: Busisiwe Mavuso – CEO of Business Leadership SA

Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellows Daniel Ndima and Dineo Lioma have developed a ground-breaking testing kit called qPCR for Covid_19 that provides results in just 65 minutes, through their company CapeBio.

Guest: Daniel Ndima - CEO at CapeBio Technologies and an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellow and a scientist

The Social Security Agency (SASSA) has sought to explain their reasons for changing the dates of social grant payments - saying they're aiming to avoid crowding at pay sites - and to protect the vulnerable from potentially being exposed to the coronavirus. As of May, persons with disabilities and the elderly will be paid their grants on the 4th of the month - and all other grants will be paid from the 6th of the month. For an understanding on this and also what you need to know about possible problems you may encounter…

Guest: Busisiwe Memela – Khambula - Chief Executive Officer. Of SASSA

The SA Reserve Bank has cut the repo rate by another 100 basis points, or one percentage point. This brings SA's repo rate to 4.25% in less than a month. Is this good news or bad news for consumers’ savings and investments?

GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited