The Daily Discourse

ANC members on portfolio committee on communications accused of deliberately delaying the process to appoint new SABC board members
The DA on parliament's communications portfolio committee has questioned the legal grounds for the ANC's proposal that the remaining four members vacate their positions so that a completely new SABC board can be found. The ANC said that the remaining board must be dissolved and an interim board be appointed. The ANC has the majority on the committee - which has put on hold the shortlisting of the 24 candidates for a new board at the cash strapped public broadcaster. DA Spokesperson on Communications Phumzile Van Damme says she believes the ruling party was never interested in filling the board vacancies at the public broadcaster

GUEST: Chairperson of the portfolio committee on communications, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC) has taken the Ingonyama Trust to court to force the Trust to pay back millions of rands it has unlawfully collected in rent for nearly a decade from occupiers under Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini. CASAC has accused the Ingonyama Trust of acting in an unlawful manner by coercing people to sign illegal 40-year lease agreements.

GUEST: Mr Lawson Naidoo - Who is the Executive Secretary at the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)

Why haven't we been able to find a solution to the Kashmir conflict so far? We now look at the worrying tensions between India and Pakistan following the atrocious attacks and escalating tit-for-tat aggression in Kashmir. Last month the dispute escalated after a suicide bombing killed 41 Indian soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. The conflict over the Himalayan region of Kashmir has gone on for more than 70 years.

GUEST: Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue

There’s a circular reportedly from the Department of health doing the rounds, stating that foreign nationals need to pay for healthcare at public hospitals

GUEST: Abigail Dawson, Spokesperson for the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
guest: Phephelaphi Dube - Constitutional law expert

Time now for our other regular Friday feature the "Friday Music Wind Down", this morning the spotlight is on Mzansi's Bass Queen, singer and bass guitarist, Tebogo Patience Sedumedi better known as "Aus Tebza". The music star has performed with the likes of Kelly Khumalo, Wanda Baloyi, Swazi Dlamini and most notably the late HHP. She first released her first album "make a Difference" in 2016. This evening she is having her own one women show at Afrobru in Maboneng, Johannesburg.

GUEST: Mzansi's Bass Queen, singer and bass guitarist, Tebogo Patience Sedumedi better known as "Aus Tebza"

Time now for our regular Friday feature Men Talk, today we will continue last week’s discussion on why men cheat - Both married and unmarried men. As stated previously I understand that women also cheat but this is our Men Talk feature so the main focus is on men, but we will also touch on why women cheat too.

GUEST: Fredrick Mamabolo, who is a Productivity Coach, Speaker and Corporate strategist.

A tweet by Medical Doctor Sibongile Tito, show a picture of a stack of forms with medical evidence of injuries sustained by patients who opened cases of sexual and physical assault with the South African Police Service, awaiting collection by SAPS from one of our state hospitals has sparked outrage, on how authorities deal with such case. Some of the medical evidence date back to 2018, meaning the cases are still stagnant and have yet to be investigated. A consultant at Nalane for Reproductive Justice, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng says "this is in itself violence".

GUEST: Consultant at Nalane for Reproductive Justice, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promote strong relationship between government and private sector regarding developments, challenges, opportunities and transformation in the sector.

Guest: : Transport Minister Dr Blade Nzimande

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, where Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande will host a two-day Maritime Transport Sector Dialogue. Maritime stakeholders from government and the private sector, organized labour, shipping industry, business community and academia will participate in the dialogue, which Intends to promote strong relationship between government and private sector regarding developments, challenges, opportunities and transformation in the sector.

Guest: Kgomotso Selokane, Chairperson of the South African Maritime Business Forum

The Taxi industry needs urgent transformation, yet is missing from political party manifestos, this according to Ralph Mathekga, a senior researcher at the University of the Western Cape's Centre for Humanities Research. As our cities grow and become more sophisticated with renewed transportation networks, Ralph Mathekga says the minibus taxis will soon be shunned as outdated and that this will only intensify violence in the industry.

GUEST: Ralph Mathekga, who is a senior researcher at the University of the Western Cape's Centre for Humanities Research, and author of When Zuma Goes and Ramaphosa's Turn.