The Daily Discourse

Our guest says that she was treated badly at work and other places because of her disability. She believes that it is hard for people with disabilities in the workplace and she says that the media also contributes to the stigma of mentally ill people and that she was bullied at work. What would she say are some of the reasons behind the discrimination and when will we see people with disabilities treated equally 23 years into our democracy?

Guest: Shellique Carby-Bird – Activist on disability issues who used to live with autism

We establish the facts……..

Last week, Saudi Arabia announced that it will now allow women to drive. In a royal decree signed by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the order said it will be effective immediately but the rollout will take months.

Guest on the line (Saudi Arabia): Layan Damanhouri, Reporter for Saudi Gazette

This morning on ‘Living with it’ we speak to someone who lives with haemophilia. It is a rare condition that affects the blood's ability to clot. What is it like to live with it and what sort of challenges is one faced with?

Guest: Cobus Visser – Has been living with Haemophilia since birth

On our friday wind down feature today we focus on the music of Didi M who is a singer and a poet.

The Chartered Institute of Government Finance, Audit & Risk Officers, will be hosting their annual conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre next month. The event brings together Senior Municipal personnel, Councillors and Government Finance, Performance, Audit & Risk Officials in the Public Sector. What do the delegates take with them when they go back to their offices?

Last week Thursday (21st September) was Kwame Nkrumah’s birthday which is marked as a public holiday in Ghana. He is being praised as a visionary and one of the great leaders Africa has ever produced. Deputy Chair of the African Union (AU), Kwesi Quartey says Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's name would live forever because his ideas and teachings remain very much alive and relevant. What was is it that makes him stand out as a great African leader?

Guest: Pusch Commey – Editor of the New African Magazine and founder of Real African Writers page

Our guest this morning is asking why does South Africa experience a decline in strike action during economic downturn? The Deaprtment of Labour in its 2016 Industrial Action Report has calculated that on average, South Africa lost a collective 2.5 million working days annually due to strike action between 2005 and 2015. What can we read into the decline?

Guest: Aadil Patel - Head of Employment Practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s

A lot has been said about the state of public health care in the Eastern Cape over the past few years. However in recent years, the province has made giant strides in turning things around.

Guest: Dr Thobile Mbengashe, Eastern Cape Health HOD

Dr Mathole Motshekga explains why we should celebrate Matriarchy as an African cultural heritage. According to him, during the ancient times, the African society was a matriarchal society based on gender equality, but that through the destruction of the African past, identity, culture and religion, the spiritual philosophy and cosmology of the African people has been lost.

guest: Dr Mathole Motshekga

What are the historical and methodological basis of the existence of these concepts? We examine how these concepts have shaped and reshaped societies in different ways over the years. Our guest argues that in South Africa the discourse has been with us since the birth of the liberation movements.

Guest: Leslie Dikeni, Researcher & Author of Habitat and Struggle: The Case of the Kruger Park in South Africa (he coedited, with William Gumede, Poverty of Ideas: The Retreat of Intellectuals in New Democracies)