The Daily Discourse

Time now for our regular Friday Feature the Friday Wind Down. In the spotlight this morning is the Deputy Secretary General of the ANC, Jessie Duarte. Ms Duarte is the former South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, former provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women. She was once a banned person, a political detainee, Chief Operations Officer in the Presidency and previously the National Spokesperson for the ANC, and member of the ANC NEC. Jessie Duarte was elected Deputy Secretary General at the 54th National Conference in 2017. For more on her social and political life, she now joins me in studio…

GUEST : Jessie Duarte, ANC Deputy Secretary General

Dumping liquid waste at landfills will soon be made illegal in South Africa. The government will this morning (23/08/19) implement a new waste legislation banning all liquid waste from landfill - signaling a massive shift in South African waste legislation. This morning we will examine how this new waste legislation places significant importance on the effective management of such waste by waste producers and the waste industry alike...

GUEST: Jason McNeil, Chief Operating Officer at Interwaste

The African Centre for the Study of the US was hosting a talk by Rory Verrett who is founder and managing partner of Protégé Search. His talk is entitled American entrepreneurs of color: Lessons an d strategies for expansion. What lessons are he highlighting in this talk and what can South Africans lean from the American entrepreneur of colour?

GUEST: Rory Verrett - Founder and managing partner of Protégé Search

As the Inkatha Freedom Party is getting ready for their national elective conference which starts today (Friday), all eyes are on the emergence of the party’s Former national chairperson Ziba Jiyane who recently joined the party after 14 years since his removal. The party will be replacing Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi who led the party since its inception in 1975. To get some inside into what to expect,

GUEST: Mkhuleko Hlengwa – National Spokesperson for the IFP and also Member of Parliament

This morning we are in conversation with IEC Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo, about the new law that political parties and donors must disclose donations above a threshold to the Electoral Commission. We want to discuss how far the commission is in implementing the Political Party Funding Act

GUEST: IEC Chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo

We continue our weekly discussion with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), which is celebrating 20 years since its existence. This morning we are in conversation with Ms Xolile Ntuli, the Chief Financial Officer of the National Lotteries Commission board, about how the NLC achieves and maintains clean audit and the impact of the work of the NLC in the communities…

GUEST: Ms Xolile Ntuli, the Chief Financial Officer of the National Lotteries Commission board…

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from Diepkloof Comprehensive Welfare Centre, 13141 Marthinus Smuts Drive, Soweto in Johannesburg. We are here for the Sonke and SAfm dialogue on "The Role of Local Government in Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence". This morning we will engage with a range of speakers from government and civil society organisations about how we can end gender-based violence in our homes, communities, churches, schools, on our streets and in our villages and cities by working together with all spheres of government…

GUESTS:

1. Ms Steve Letsike is a well-known activist, not only within the LGBTQI+ sector, but also on issues of feminism, human rights and social justice.

2. Ms Chiedza Chagutah, who works as the programme manager for Hlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa a local intermediary grantmaker

3. Mr Patrick Godana, who is Sonke's Eastern Cape Provincial Manager

4. Ms Nonhlanhla Mokwena, who is the Deputy Chief responsible for Gender Based-Violence Programmes at the Centre for Communication Impact (CCI).

5. Ms Thusani Mulaudzi, who is Head of Strategy and Relations in Group Strategy, Policy, and Relations for the City of Johannesburg
6. Pearl Moabelo - dept of social development
7. Mbuyiselo Botha - commission for gender equality
8. Ms Anna Sithole - deputy director national department of social development

For some time government has been calling for input from the private sector and individuals to assist the country on issues of job creation. And yes, if you listen to the news, some have heeded government’s call. Individuals have also come forward with suggestions to try and assist. One of those is Mpho Muthubi who is a social entrepreneur has written an open letter to the president with suggestions that he believes with advance employment in the country. However he says his letter fell on deaf ears. He has since sent it to the SAfm team and to talk us through it, he now joins us on the line…

GUEST: Mpho Muthubi – Social entrepreneur and commentator

This week on Workers on Wednesday we discuss the problem of sexual harassment at the workplace. Many women workers are regularly subjected to this unsavoury and oppressive form of behaviour by their male colleagues, especially those who are in higher positions to them. Because of high unemployment, many women are also forced into sexual relations with their employers in order to obtain and keep their jobs. How widespread is the problem of sexual harassment at the workplace and what can we do to eradicate it?

1. GUEST: Ms Patricia Appolis, National Gender Co-ordinator of the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWUGUEST: Ms Chriscy Blouws, Attorney from the Women's Legal Centre in Cape Town

Former members of the SABC interim board say they stand by their decision to award a 185-million rand tender to the company that scored the second-highest. The board is now under fire from the Special Investigating Unit which found that they acted irregularly in awarding the tender. The SIU says the interim board failed to give sufficient reasons why they chose the second bidder instead of considering other options. In their report, the SIU wants them to be declared delinquent and for the money lost to the SABC to be recovered. Khanyisile Kweyama, Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Mathatha Tsedu, Krish Naidoo and John Matisonn held a media briefing in Sandton, Johannesburg yesterday to outline their plan of action…

GUEST: Krish Naidoo, former member of the SABC interim board