The Daily Discourse

What are Markets, the all share price index, and indices? Such complex technical economic words are frequently used, not only in economic analyses and policy documents, but also in the general news media, such us our own market update. To better understand these economic jargon and yardsticks of economic performance we are now joined in studio by SABC Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba

GUEST Nompumelelo Siziba, who is an SABC Economics reporter

Workers and their trade unions in South Africa and all over the world will be celebrating Mayday or Workers' Day this today. This morning we will be in conversation with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) to discuss the plight of workers. From issues around better working conditions for workers, demands for the end of labour brokering and issues of the insourcing of workers and other challenges faced by workers and their unions…
GUEST: Bheki Ntshalintshali, General Secretary for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

There are 8 days to go until the General Election, so we decided to profile South Africa for our African Perspective feature. South Africa has one of the continent's biggest and most developed economies. Up until 1994 the country as many of you would know was ruled by a white minority government, which enforced a separation of races with its policy called apartheid. For more on the country we are now joined on the line by...

GUEST: Dr Petrus de Kock, General Manager for Research at Brand South Africa

This morning we continue our conversation on the role of the Office of the Ombud for Financial Services Providers. We are going to discuss some of the most common banking complaints received by the Ombudsman for Banking Services, such as fraud-related disputes, illegal debit orders, credit card problems, issues with Internet banking, cellphone banking or any other issues related to the sector. We will discuss the process one should follow when a bank client has a complaint about a bank product or service....

GUEST: Naresh Tulsie, the Ombud for Financial Services Providers

As this is the last Tuesday of the month, we will be dealing with questions that have come in during the month that are of a similar nature. Whether it is questions about your retirement plan, Investment portfolio or any other financial related questions…

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

Journalist Ranjeni Munusamy recently posted on Twitter that I quote: "The Switch of SASSA payments to the South African Post Office are a fiasco. My mother's card was scammed and when reported it, found out there is widespread duplication of cards in Northern KwaZulu Natal. The Post Office staff says they can't do anything and SASSA says it’s not their problem", close quote. To respond to this issue,

GUEST: Paseka Letsatsi, Spokesperson for the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA)

Leftists, Rightists, Communists, Socialists, Capitalists. You have all heard about these different political ideologies. This morning we will explore the leftist ideology in South Africa and examine whether this ideology is credible and appealing. The term Left, in politics, is the portion of the political spectrum associated in general with the doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. So should South Africa relook its leftists political alignment, this as we see a rise in right-wing politics all across the world? Such a rise is evident with the election victory of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, in Brazil. Additionally, far-right parties made the most significant gains in Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Estonia, winning 5 percent more in vote shares. U.S Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, noted for its anti-establishment and anti-illegal immigration rhetoric, was characterized as that of a right-wing populist. Leftist political figure Hillary Clinton was left dumbfounded by her 2016 election defeat at the hands of Trump.
GUEST: Faith Abiodun – Director of the International Relations Council at the African Leadership Academy

South Africans have been dealing with debit order scams for a few years now and they still continue to happen. The R99 debit has always been the main and major problem but others are higher. What is the way forward when it comes to these illegal debit order scams?

GUEST: Walter Volker, Chief Executive Officer of the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA)

Universities normally groom students for the workplace and as leaders but are they grooming students into entrepreneurs? This morning we will look at Entrepreneurship education and how can universities help reduce unemployment?

GUEST: Emmanuel Sir Bonoko, an award winning entrepreneur and Founder of EBonoko Holdings and EBonoko Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and AfriForum are currently in the Equality Court this morning to argue for and against whether the display of the old South African flag constitutes hate speech. AfriForum insists that the display of the flag does not in any way constitute hate speech...

GUEST: Ernst Roets, deputy CEO of AfriForum