The Daily Discourse

We continue our round up of the provincial education departments to find out how the registration processes are going. Today we visit Gauteng and the North West Province….

GUEST: Steve Mabona – Spokesperson for the Gauteng Education Department

We wrap up our focus on the islands around the Indian Ocean, this time focusing on the Swahili Islands. What are they all about and what is it about their history that stands out?

GUEST: Izak Khomo – Presenter/Producer for Spotlight Africa and Channel Africa

We speak now to Sophie Mokoena, SABC foreign desk editor about the latest developments in Lesotho where parliamentarians had a fist fight during a debate over new regulations around the wool and mohair trade. In Namibia opposition parties are crying foul after incumbent President Hage Geingob was re-elected for a second term with a reduced majority. And in Sudan former president Omar Al Bashir is said to be facing a possible death sentence for his role in the 1989 military coup that removed Sudan’s democratically elected government of Sadid Al Mahdi from power.

Guest: Sophie Mokoena – SABC’s foreign desk editor

As the year comes to an end, our focus is on your new plans for the year 2020.

Guest: Brendan Gace, Head of Anchor Capital, Private Clients

We visit some of the provinces to hear how the registrations are progressing as Gauteng is still battling to place some of the grade 1 and 8 learners in different schools.

GUEST: Howard Ndaba – Spokesperson

We visit some of the provinces to hear how the registrations are progressing as Gauteng is still battling to place some of the grade 1 and 8 learners in different schools.

GUEST: Dr Ray

Economists are expecting the country’s economic growth data for the rest of the year to be disappointing. Some of the tell signs they are pointing to is the retail sales, rising unemployment and slow wage growth. We can we look forward to seeing that we are already in a festive mood?

Guest: Dr. Azar Jammine – Chief Economist at Econometrix

In our legally speaking feature this morning we look at the legal recourse of a men falsely accused of rape. Where does one start seeing that just an accusation around this issue is enough to damage a person’s reputation?

GUEST: Prof Stephen Tuson – Practising Attorney and Adjunct Professor at the Wits Law Clinic

As government is looking to explore the energy resources, environmentalists are watching all the developments. Recently in KZN, ocean conservation groups halted, for now, multinational oil and gas exploration venture off the province’s coast, saying that it would open the floodgates for further oil drilling before there was a proper evaluation of potentially catastrophic environmental damage. To get an understanding on this and what the main concerns are

GUEST: Janet Solomon – Heading the campaign for OCEANS NOT OIL

Police Minister Bheki Cele last week announced a six-month national firearms amnesty which will begin yesterday (Sunday). More than 42 000 guns were recovered, along with 450 000 rounds of ammunition in the last amnesty period. How should we interpret these amnesty periods and how do they help get guns off the wrong hands?

GUEST: Sarah