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Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural dive... more
FAQs about The Daily Discourse:How many episodes does The Daily Discourse have?The podcast currently has 7,685 episodes available.
November 15, 2018Right2Know calls for scrapping of Joburg Protest FeesOn Friday the Right2Know Gauteng will march to the Joburg Mayor’s office and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) offices to call for a scrapping of the Joburg Protest Fees, and an end to the City’s unlawful protest practices.GUEST: Murray Hunter, Right2Know’s spokesperson...more13minPlay
November 15, 2018Does the policy of cadre deployment mean automatically Loyalty ahead of competence?The ANC has expressed its disappointment at the criticism that former Public Enterprises minister Barbara Hogan has levelled against its deployment policy. In her submission to the Zondo Commission on State Capture, Hogan accused the ANC of interfering in the appointment of board members of state-owned enterprises and questioned the relevance of the governing party's deployment committee. Speaking to me earlier in the week about what constitutes an effective board; Advocate Paul Hoffman stressed that Cadres, who are members of the ANC Are About 1 Million From About 57 Million citizens in the country. He continued to say if you are given a job because of your loyalty to the party, no matter how suitable you are, you are going to be, then you are going to be in a conflict of interest situation, every time what promotes the revolution is in contrast with the constitution. GUEST: Advocate Paul Hoffman, a Director of Accountability Now GUEST: Zizi Kodwa – African National Congress(ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) member and head of presidency...more25minPlay
November 15, 2018Examining candidates for the new National Director of Public Prosecutions positionThe interviews for a new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) are underway at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a panel, led by Minister Jeff Radebe, to shortlist and interview candidates and makes three recommendations to him. The process to interview candidates for the position has been set down for three days and will conclude this Friday. For more on this we are now joined on the line by Phephelaphi Dube, Director at the Centre for Constitutional Rights, GUEST: Ms Phephelaphi Dube, Director at the Centre for Constitutional Rights...more20minPlay
November 14, 2018How can culture meet the world of work halfway?This week Mfanozelwe Shozi joined Stephen Grootes on Sunrise to discuss issues around Sexual harassment in the workplace. During the interview, he mentioned “"people should remove their traditional caps in a workplace and behave according to policy demands and stop using their culture as an excuse because different rules apply in a work environment" So he is back, on the Talking Point now to discuss whether should we be going so far as to detach ourselves from our culture, to maintain 'civility' or a 'Status quo' of a western standard of what is considered professional? GUEST: Mfanozelwe Shozi – Former chairperson of Commission for Gender Equality & a panel member of the SABC sexual harassment commission...more23minPlay
November 14, 2018BBC Earth's Dynasties -The Chimps episodeRosie Thomas, one of few females in this very distinct field, she's worked on multi-award winning series', bringing a female flair to a much dominated male career. Rosie has over 13 years of experience and some of her best work can be seen on the new series of BBC Earth's Dynasties. She has spent the last 4 years on location in east Senegal, filming a single group of chimpanzees in a remote part of the country, directing producing the 'Chimps episode'. She joins us now to share with us more about what are some interesting facts she has learnt about these Chimpanzees from Senegal. GUEST: Rosie Thomas, female Producer of Dynasties (Chimpanzee episode)...more11minPlay
November 14, 2018“Workers on Wednesday” - The Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party – Is this the genuine working class alternative?Since the huge voter turnout in the 1994 national elections we’ve seen a steady decline, with millions of South Africans becoming disillusioned and not participating in elections every five years. However, a new far-left party has successfully registered recently and will participate in the 2019 elections. It is the NUMSA initiated Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP) that came about when the union adopted a few ground-breaking political resolutions at its special congress in December 2013. It’s been nearly five years since the “NUMSA Moment” and in today’s show we assess what the SRWP is all about and its prospects in next year’s elections.guest: Phakamile Hlubi -Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party...more21minPlay
November 14, 2018Dagga, Culture, Spirituality and the Colonial Law in AfricaThe Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA) in the College of Law at the University of South Africa (UNISA) hosted a Community Indaba/Conference yesterday under the theme: Dagga, Culture, Spirituality and the Colonial Law in Africa” The purpose of this Community Indaba on Dagga was to unearth the wealth of community knowledge, formal knowledge and to discover a holistic view based on the recent South African Constitutional Court judgment on decriminalization and the private use of cannabis/dagga in South Africa.GUEST : Mr David Letsoalo -Acting Head of the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA) will conduct the interview...more26minPlay
November 14, 2018Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has resignedHome Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned from his post. Opposition parties say his resignation as minister was long overdue. Meanwhile the ANC has praised Gigaba for putting the country and the party above his own personal interests. For more on this we are now joined on the line by political analyst, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, who saw this coming…GUEST: Mpumelelo Mkhabela, political analyst with the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa....more19minPlay
November 13, 2018Climate Change Indaba; Efforts in insuring industrial energy efficiencyGuest: Victor Manavhela acting director at NCPC (National Cleaner Production Centre)...more15minPlay
November 13, 2018AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE - PROFILING BURUNDITime now for our regular Tuesday feature; the African Perspective, where we profile different countries on the African continent. Today the spotlight is on Burundi, one of the world's poorest nations, which is still struggling to emerge from a 12-year, ethnic-based civil war. Since gain independence in 1962 the country has been plagued by tension between the usually-dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority.GUEST: Alidi Icuburundi, who is the Leader of Burundian refugees In South Africa....more22minPlay
FAQs about The Daily Discourse:How many episodes does The Daily Discourse have?The podcast currently has 7,685 episodes available.