The Daily Discourse

Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza will this coming Saturday handing over title deeds to beneficiaries of the Qhubekani-Mnqobokazi and Makhasa community trusts. This follows a resolution by the inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform on 21 February 2020, that title deeds should be handed over to land claim beneficiaries in cases where land had been released by the state. Let’s use this opportunity now to get an understanding on how the process works and what conditions the recipients must meet. Also are they allowed to lease the land and so on?

Guest: Mrs Nomfundo Nhloko-Gobodo – Land claims commissioner

According to a report by GroundUp, 659 pupils from Mahumani Secondary School in Giyani municipality, Limpopo are using one toilet and that Grade 12 learners are crammed in grade 11 classrooms because storm winds took the roofs off four grade 12 classrooms last year in November. What is going on in Limpopo and what is it that’s making it impossible for the department there to solve the school problems?

Guest: Bernard Chiguvare / GroundUp (tbc)

Guest: Zanele Modise, Equal Education Limpopo Junior Organiser.

Yesterday (Tuesday), various stakeholders hosted an illicit trade dialogue in Sandton. The illicit trade in tobacco, especially cigarettes, costs South Africa’s economy billions of rands annually through loss of tax revenue. According to the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the estimated loss through the illegal cigarette trade for the 2015/16 financial year was R6 billion. Why is it such a big problem to solve as we’ve heard about it for so many years? What are the challenges in dealing with it?

Guest: Chad Thomas. CEO at IRS Forensic Investigations

Today we look at the South African state of the economy which reflects the state of the social economic status of the country which is reflected by the high rate of unemployment and poverty amongst the historically marginalized. Izak Khomo highlights some of the points of direction in which the country is goin:

GUEST: Izak Khomo – Presenter/Producer of Spotlight Africa at Channel Africa

In his 2020 budget speech announced that the zero-duty threshold on transfer duty for properties has increased to the R1 million mark. Welcoming news for the property sector. The previous zero-transfer duty threshold, in force since 2017, was R900 000.

GUEST: Francois Viruli – Property Economist and lecturer in Urban Economics, Property Development and Portfolio Management at UCT in the School of Construction Economics and management

As we continue the discussion around personal investment, the focus with this interview is around the tools that make it as easy as possible for clients to invest. Specifically, we’re looking at Nedbank’s Electronic OptimumPlus and Electronic 12 Month Fixed Deposit accounts and how they are enabling a consumer investment culture.

Guest: Sisandile Cikido – Nedbank’s Head of Retail Investments
GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Stock markets around the world fell sharply with share values marking the worst day since the financial crisis of 2008. What does all of this mean for South Africa?

Guest: Maudi Lentsoane, CEO Lehumo Investments

On our Legally Speaking feature we spoke to the Justice Department about the issue of parole and the harm caused by parolees to the public. This follows comments made by Police Minister Bheki Cele at the funeral service of murdered eight-year old Tazne Van Wyk at Elsies River on the Cape Flats. President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier visited the family of Van Wyk and undertook to review the parole system. Today we bring you a perspective from the side of Correctional Services as to what their duty is to parolees. How do they manage and monitor them? Also as far as they are concerned, where are the loopholes?

GUEST: Singabakho Nxumalo – Spokesperson for Correctional Services

In our on-going conversation around the issue of apartheid economic crimes, we got different views where some believe the chapter should be closed so we can all move on, while others believe the matter needs to be dealt with. Last week we spoke to the SA History Archives who took the South African Reserve Bank to court in a bid to force them to the release apartheid era records. Today be bring you a perspective from someone who wrote extensively about the inner dealings of the South African Reserve Bank and how it operated and also whether they should be forced to release the records…

Guest: Ahmed Motiar (Author of ‘The Reserve Bank - a License to Steal Money from Citizens? How Money Is Created from Nothing for Dummies’)

Since South Africa took over chairmanship of the African Union, there has been calls from different quarters for Pretoria to change and enforce issues like human rights, political reforms and economic advancement. One of the institutions that held discussions on South Africa’s chairmanship is the Human Sciences Research Council. They held a session on strategies to ensure South Africa's chairmanship is successful.

GUEST: Liesl Louw-Vaudran – Senior Research consultant at the Institute for Security Studies