The Daily Discourse

What are your rights when stopped or arrested by a Traffic Officer in South Africa? Many of you may recall a viral video of a woman being restrained by a male JMPD officer. The video, which was widely shared on social media, was taken at the Douglasdale police station several weeks ago. The video shows a woman who had allegedly failed a breathalyzer test which led to her arrest by the JMPD. The video raised questions about the protocol of drunken driving enforcement and how prosecution of drunken drivers’ work, so this morning on our Legally Speaking feature we will look at what your rights and responsibilities are as a motorist in South Africa

GUEST: Howard Dembovsky, chair of the Justice Project South Africa

Last week Friday was a day dominated by major political stories with former president Jacob Zuma deciding to withdraw from the commission of inquiry in state capture. While that was happening, the Public Protector ruled against the current president Cyril Ramaphosa that he misled parliament over a R500 000 donations for his election campaign. Since both leaders are high ranking members of the ANC, where does it leave the party when it comes to issues of factionalism? And since Ramaphosa is a sitting president, where does it leave us as a nation?

GUEST: Xolani Dube - senior researcher at Xubera Institute for Research and Development in KZN

South African economists are expecting the Reserve Bank to cut repo rate by 25 basis points. But why is the repo rate so significant to us as ordinary citizens? To answer this and more, we our now Joined on in studio by our SABC Senior Economics reporter, Tshepo Mongoai, to give us the latest economic outlook in the country

GUEST: SABC Senior Economics reporter, Tshepo Mongoai

One of the biggest tests of the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since coming to power in April last year was the question of Sidama, a zonal administration under the Southern Regional State which is opting for establishing itself separate regional state. Sidama is currently part of the multi-ethnic Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, which is represented in the country's ruling coalition by the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement. The Sidama, who make up about 5 percent of Ethiopia's 105 million people and are the largest of more than half a dozen ethnic groups in the Southern Nations region, say they will declare their own region today (18/07/2019) unless granted a referendum. This morning we are in conversation with Izak Khomo, Who is Channel Africa's Producer for a show known as Spotlight on Africa. He says we could witness a similar situation here in South Africa…

GUEST: Izak Khomo, Who is Channel Africa's Producer for a show known as Spotlight on Africa

The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) national council say former president Jacob Zuma is a liar, this follows Zuma's allegations against the MKMVA's national chairperson, Siphiwe Nyanda, and Ngoako Ramatlhodi. Earlier on I spoke to ANC Veterans League president, Snuki Zikalala about the allegations Zuma made the state capture inquiry..

Tensions flared on former President Jacob Zuma's second day on the stand in the State Capture Inquiry. Zuma's lawyer, Thabani Masuku, raised concerns over what he said was the way in which Commission's evidence leader, Paul Pretorius, was questioning his client. Masuku says that the current process of cross-examining the former President is in breach of the Commission's rules…

GUEST: Ms Phephelaphi Dube, who is an Independent Constitutional law expert

The Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the Independent Electoral Commission's decision to deregister Black First Land First as a political party. The IEC today ruled in favour of an appeal lodged by the Freedom Front Plus that the BLFs exclusion of membership based on race was contrary to the Electoral Act. The Commission had originally approved the BLF's 2016 registration on the basis that its constitution did not exclude white people from the party's membership. In a statement, the IEC says subsequent admissions by the BLF in its response to the appeal have however clarified Black First Land First’s exclusionary policy...

GUEST: BLF leader, Andile Mngxitama

Former president Jacob Zuma says he has been provoked into spilling the beans about intelligence information that he has. Yesterday he told the State Capture Inquiry that there were numerous efforts over the years to assassinate his character. Meanwhile, Zuma claims that his children have suffered greatly as a result of the lies told about their father. He says numerous efforts over the years to assassinate his character have affected his children's livelihood…

GUEST: Edward Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma

Last week many of our Safm listeners who use prepaid electricity complained about the rising costs if electricity in the country. Some of you complained about how you do not get value for your money when purchasing electricity vouchers. So we have invited an Eskom representative to give us comprehensive information about how prepaid electricity works, and we will also look at Illegal Connections and Ghost Vending, which has proven costly and problematic for Power utility Eskom

GUEST: Daphne Mokwena, Senior manager for Customer Services at Eskom

Former president Jacob Zuma is set to appear before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture this morning. The commission recently confirmed that it had received a written undertaking from Zuma through his attorneys that he will appear before it from this morning until July the 19th. Loyalists to Jacob Zuma are reportedly mobilizing in their numbers and have gathered outside the venue where the commission sits in Parktown, Johannesburg…

GUEST: Mzwandile Mbeje, SABC Senior reporter