The Daily Discourse

Political parties are not private entities that can do as they wish in the management of their internal affairs, this according to political analyst, Mpumelelo Mkhabela. Last week the Western Cape High Court found that the DA violated its own constitution in terminating Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille's party membership. Mkhabela says the judgment entrenches in our constitutional democracy the importance of constitutional conduct by leaders of political parties and also how parties must comply with their own constitutions....

GUEST: Mpumelelo Mkhabela, who is a political analyst with the Department of Political Sciences at the University of South Africa.

The Steinhoff saga, possibly the biggest case of corporate fraud in South African business history, has dominated financial and general news since the company’s share price collapsed on 5 December 2017. According to the University Of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) the overall aim of this mini case study is not to further discredit Steinhoff or any specific individuals, but rather to distil business lessons that might alert people to new Steinhoff’s in the making. With the research, the business school reflected on real-life business cases and to extract general lessons to be learnt. We find out this morning, what has come out of the research?

GUEST: Prof Mias de Klerk - Professor of leadership and organizational behaviour at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), and co-author of a research study on Steinhoff

Time now for our regular Friday feature "The Wind Down". As per usual on a Friday we end of on a 'high note'. Today we profile Bekezela Bothwell Nkomo, a Zimbabwean-born singer and guitarist, based in Johannesburg. Nkomo, who goes by his first name Bekezela, in 2010, while doing a part-time job working as a waiter in Sandton, composed his hit song "bekezela", a song about a long distant relationship due to circumstances out of his control. For more, we are now joined in the studio by Bekezela...

GUEST: Bekezela

Are South African men are homophobic? In recent months we have seen a spate of discrimination and violence against the LGBT community and uproar on social media over the Film and Publication Board's reclassification of the controversial movie Inxeba: The Wound, calling it an act of homophobic censorship. And in 2017, a report by the South African Institute of Race Relations, revealed how the Eastern Cape is the most homophobic province in the country. On our Men Talk feature this morning, we ask the question whether South African men are homophobic. Joining me on the line for this discussion is Jodi Williams; who states that our failure to intensify the fight against deep-seated homophobia will have detrimental consequences for the future of queers...

GUEST: Jodi Williams, who is a Communication and Advocacy Officer at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation

The South African Savings Institute (SASI), launched its traditional Savings Month Campaign at The Venue, in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on Wednesday (27 June 2018). The theme for this year's National Savings Month, which runs for the month of July, is "Employer Assisted Saving". Savings Month was designed to remind consumers to strive towards financial freedom and cultivate a culture of saving. For more on this we are now joined on the line by International Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur and Acting CEO of the South African Savings Institute, Gerald Mwandiambira....

GUEST: Gerald Mwandiambira, an International Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur and Acting CEO of the South African Savings Institute

Which language should be used to teach initial literacy? Recently, there has been a lot of debate and discussion about this question, since children In South Africa, come from a variety of language backgrounds, thus many factors need to be considered before making a decision. Today we will speak to Molteno, Institute for Language and Literacy, about their Breakthrough to Literacy programme, a mother-tongue literacy course, for learning to read and write the aural and oral language skills the child brings into the classroom from home. For more, we now speak to....

GUEST: Masennya Dikotla, the CEO of the Molteno, Institute for Language and Literacy

Civil society group Right2Know is set to launch "SPOOKED", a new report on surveillance of journalists in South Africa. This latest R2K report which will be released on the fourth of July, looks at a range of case studies of journalists who appear to have been spied on, to unpack what happened, how it happened, and which parties appear to be responsible. For more on this we are now joined by....

GUEST: Murray Hunter, who is a researcher and organizer for the Right2Know Campaign

Mining unions are calling for amendments to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), after yet another death at the Khomanani shaft at Sibanye-Stillwater's Driefontein operations. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is also calling for urgent intervention, saying the current spate of deaths at Sibanye-Stillwater is a crime against humanity and that the act must be changed so that mine bosses can be prosecuted. The death toll at Sibanye-Stillwater's operations this year alone stands at over 20, close to half of the fatalities in the entire mining industry. To tell us more, we are joined on the line by….

GUEST: AMCU President, Joseph Mathunjwa

Helen Zille's recent article From the Inside: What is Racism? Has sparked heated debate on social media, with black South Africans taking to Facebook and Twitter, to state that Helen Zille has no right to decide what racism is and what's not. Zille says "this is a very difficult and vexing question to answer, but perhaps the application of the 3D test will shed some light on this highly emotive and divisive issue"
GUEST: Western Cape Premier Helen Zille

There has been widespread debate on social media around the issue of "slay queens", "blessers" and prostitution. In a viral video shared on social media, under the hash tag "#DoYouBoo", actress Koketso Mothuping, who was inspired by the recent conversations, called on people to stop judging women who prostitute themselves. Koketso Mothuping says the objective of the “DoYouBoo” campaign is to tackle the taboo issues women and men in Africa are faced with but hardly discuss. For more on this campaign, she now joins me in studio....

GUEST (In studio): Koketso Mothuping, who is an actress and founder of #DoYouBoo campaign