The Daily Discourse

Power utility Eskom recently announced that it would be expanding its load shedding plan to eight stages, allowing for up to 8 000 MW to be shed from the national grid. It previously had four stages that allowed for up 4 000 MW to be cut. This morning we attempt to understand what alternative ways exist in the energy sector for South Africa?

GUEST: Laura Caetano, Energy and Environmental Analyst at Frost & Sullivan

Every year nearly 700000 high school students write the Matric examination in South Africa. In recent years about 70% of them pass annually. Only 18% of matriculants manage to access tertiary education. That means that over 500000 matriculants become part of South Africa’s labour market annually while at the same time over 40% of the adult working population is unemployed and the economy is in recession and shedding jobs.

GUESTS: Noncedo Madubedube & Professor Rasigan Maharaj

The Government is scrapping experience as a requirement for entry-level jobs. The Department of Public Service and Administration is currently reviewing regulations for all entry-level posts in the public service.

GUEST: ANC Youth League National Executive Committee member, Ndumiso Mokako

20 November every year is celebrated as World Children's Day. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has urged world leaders to protect the rights and welfare of children across the world. UNICEF says children have their rights denied every day and their aim is to build a world where every child has the right to basic human needs such as freedom, food, water, shelter and education.

GUEST: Mathlodi Makwetla – Childs rights commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission

The next six months will determine the relevance of the Democratic Alliance for the future beyond the next election. Every time the DA calls for the ANC to be brought under the 50% mark, it probably terrifies more of the party's traditional supporters than advances the party in new constituencies, according to former party leader and executive chairman of Resolve Communications, Tony Leon.

GUEST: Tony Leon, former DA leader and executive chairman of Resolve Communications.

The Copyright Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament in May 2017 to amend the Copyright Act of 1978 and its earlier amendments. On Friday the Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has adopted reports on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers Protection Amendment Bill which seek to establish and protect the rights of creators and copyright owner.

GUEST: Dr Nicol Faasen, Is the Legal Affairs Chairperson for the Publishers Association of South Africa, PASA

Former Cape Town mayor and DA member Patricia de Lille announced the launch of a new political party over the weekend. This after her resignation from the party. In the same breath, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has also launched its own political party, the Socialist Revolutionary Workers' Party. Is it time for an electoral system that balances representivity with accountability and is it time for South Africans to be able to vote for individual members of the national or provincial legislatures?

GUEST: Political analyst, Dr Dale McKinley

Time now for our regular Friday Music feature the Friday Music Wind Down. Today the spot light is on Moonlight, a musical project initiated by Phillip Mabote, in order to bring together diversified sounds and different artists with different musical and cultural background to entertain and bring awareness to social good and social-ills.

GUEST: Phillip Mabote, who is a former stage actor and a poet, classical guitar player, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger

What does your car as a man say about you? What message are you conveying by driving the car you drive? Cars from Asia, primarily Japan, are said to represent a man relationship with women that hinges on a defined role, while a man who drives truck is inherently community minded and enjoys being part of something bigger than himself. A man who drives a SUV is a take-charge man and man who drives a convertible is never too hassled by a committed relationship or thoughts of the long-term beyond this weekend.

GUEST: Fredrick Mamabolo - Productivity and life Coach, Speaker and Corporate strategist

The Water Research Commission, in partnership with the Green Youth Network, hosted a Youth in Water Innovation Summit. The Summit aimed to unlock the innovation and entrepreneurial potential of South Africans in the innovation/technology space. The Water Research Commission believes the youth, and young professionals, should start paying attention to research and technology solutions based on current topical issues within the water and sanitation sector such as Climate Change, Water Quality, Water and Big Data, and the Water Energy Food Nexus and Sanitation which underpin the engagement that the Summit aims to drive.

Guest: Khosi Jonas, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Water Research Commission