The Daily Discourse

Born and raised in Port Elizabeth, Mandisi is a Trumpeter, Vocalist and Composer who emerged from the University of Cape Town with a BMus Honors Degree in Jazz Studies in 2005. He is a versatile musician is also an educator, arranger and producer not only in Jazz but Western Classical and African Indigenous Music. He has played with some of the country's top musicians over the years. He recently released his debut album titled "Somandla" to critical acclaim. He is the guest we are featuring on our musical feature.

GUEST: Mandisi Dyantyis - Musician

Bongi Gwala speaking to Nada Wotshela, GE SABC Radio about the launch of the campaign "16 Days of Violence against Women and Children" campaign.

Men are not known for being good communicators. As many wives know, men generally don’t like to have a conversation. Most men often want to wait until they know the right thing to say, or when things go wrong to say. Is it that men don’t know what to Say? Do many men feel that prayer equals weakness?

GUEST: Pastor George Nkosifikile, Founder and Leader of Men in Prayer SA

ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu says President Cyril Ramaphosa did not intentionally mislead Parliament nor was he forced into correcting his statement, with regards to a Bosasa payment, that benefitted Ramaphosa's CR17 ANC presidential campaign. Mr Mthembu reiterated his support for President Ramaphosa during a press briefing yesterday. For more on this, he now joins me on the line...

GUEST: ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu

Trade Union Cosatu has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest Cabinet reshuffle but say they are unhappy with certain aspects of the cabinet reshuffle.

GUEST: Cosatu spokesperson, Sizwe Pamla

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new changes to his cabinet. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will head up the communications ministry, as well as oversee the department of telecommunications. Nomvula Mokonyane, who was the minister of communications, is now the minister of Environmental Affairs and former minister of telecommunications, Siyabonga Cwele is the new minister of Home Affairs. The replacements in cabinet were for Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa - who passed away and Malusi Gigaba who resigned as Home Affairs Minister.

GUEST: Political Economist, Moeletsi Mbeki

Today the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) in partnership with organisations such as the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), University of Free State (Centre for Gender and African Studies) and the Department of Sports Arts, Culture and Recreation: Language services (Dept. SACR) launch a first of its kind booklet comprising of gender terminology in Sesotho. The gender terminology project aims to mainstream gender equality through ‘the indigenising gender sensitive terminology in all 11 South African official languages’. According to them, the new language terminology will be used to raise awareness, empower people on gender related matters and contribute to a better understanding of sexual gender identity and expressions and all forms of gender discrimination.

GUEST: Pinkie Sobahle, Commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality

South Africa’s based Technology Company IN2IT Technologies has made it to the finalists of the Ernest and Young World Entrepreneur Award - Exceptional Category. This is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. IN2IT is pitted against many global technology companies. In 2016 IN2IT Technologies ranked 62nd among the world's most progressive 501 managed service providers (MSPs). The top MSP 501 companies ranked included organisations from around the world and from diverse technology and business backgrounds.

GUEST: Saurhab Kumar, is the CEO of IN2IT technologies

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu says fruitless and wasteful expenditure increased by 200% from the previous year to R2.5 billion. The Auditor-General was releasing the 2017/2018 audit results of the country's national and provincial departments as well as SOEs, during a media briefing in Parliament yesterday. He also says irregular expenditure remains high at R51 billion.

GUEST: Auditor-General, Kimi Makwetu, who is in our SABC Parliamentary studios

The ANC will hold a press conference at One-O'clock today to respond to attack's on Public Enterprise Minister, Pravin Gordhan, attacks on the State Capture Commission and recently the attacks leveled against the media.

GUEST: Zizi Kodwa, the ANC's head of the presidency at Luthuli House