The Daily Discourse

On our Living with it feature today we speak to someone who lost a lung due TB. Even though they have been cured of the disease, how is everyday life like for them and how severe was the TB which led to her losing a lung?

Guest: Bernice Morotlolo – TB survivor who lives with one lung due to the disease

December is the birth month of Robert Sobukwe, iconic leader of the Pan African Congress who would have turned 93 last week. He has been honoured by different institutions to mark his birth month. We use this opportunity to talk about whether his ideologies would still be relevant today and also look at what it is that young people can learn from what he stood for…..

Guests: Professor Sipho Shabalala – Retired Professor and member of the Pan African Congress in KZN – He joined the PAC in the 60’s

As the country is facing a water crisis and experts coming up with different solutions, how then do they take what is coming out of this conference and apply it solving the problem?

Guest: Nomvula Mokonyane- minister of water and sanitation

Over the years we have been discussing issues of poverty on the African continent and what the reasons behind it. Aid keeps pouring in, but the poverty continues. An article written by Yves Engler, a Canadian writer and political activist is pointing the finger at Canadian firms. He says that the world economic system sucks more out of the continent than it puts in.
Guest: Prof Mammo Muchie - Research Chair in Innovation Studies Faculty of Economics and Finance at Tshwane University of Technology

Many of our cities are very old with an ageing infrastructure most of it collapsing. How do we save it by bringing young minds who may come up with innovative ideas?
Guest: Thami Hlongwane- acting CE at umngeni water and sanitation

The Department of Water and Sanitation in conjunction with the Water Research Commission is today hosting the Water Infrastructure Investment Summit which is aimed at promoting investment in all aspects of water infrastructure. As far as they are concerned, where is the starting point?
Guest: Dr Snowie khoza- executive chair person of BIGEN group
Guest: Sfiso Mkhize- director general in the department of water and sanitation

With 9.3 million mainly young people unemployed, South Africa’s labour market is dysfunctional and benefitting only a few in skilled jobs. Chris Hatting is of the view that “fixing the labour market is critical as the supply of workers vastly exceeds existing demand to hire them”.

Guest: Chris Hattingh, researcher at the Free Market Foundation

We hear from the Finland delegation that is currently visiting South Africa with the aim of establishing relations with our educators and health professionals. They will tell us more about what they’ve been doing on teacher education and on learning environments.

Guests (studio): Ms Roseanna Avento, Coordinator for Global and Transnational Education at the University of Eastern Finland

Mr. Markku Saarelainen, Development Manager at the University of Eastern Finland

Often members of the public get very angry at anyone who is showing sympathy to those who are in prison. The feeling is that they deserve to be in there as they committed crimes. Well the International Association for Human Values in partnership with the Art of Living Foundation have implemented the Prison S.M.A.R.T programme in South Africa which they say is aimed at making a life transforming difference in the lives of all people within the criminal justice system. What is it exactly and how is it used to better the lives of those who are in prison?

Guest(Studio): Veron Sirkissoon - One of the volunteers and course facilitator for the Prison SMART programme

South Africa’s Afrikaner community – what kind of country they envisaged post ’94? And what is their contribution now in moving South Africa forward? ‘Tapping into minds and hearts of the Afrikaner community in South Africa’.

Guest (studio): Dr Dan Roodt, Afrikaner Author and Activist, he is also Director of Praag (Pro-Afrikaanse Aksiegroep)