The Daily Discourse

We speak to Sizakele Marutlulle who is described as a disruptive thinker, cultural creative, business architect and speaker with experience across various sectors and geographies. Sizakele is currently rolling out a study that examines issues of diversity, identity, stigma and choice as it relates to the life experiences of Black Female Professionals who are childfree.

We look at the US current state of affairs with Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti and assess why African Americans still fare worse than any other ethnic group in the US and most people across the world.

We look at the US current state of affairs with Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti and assess why African Americans still fare worse than any other ethnic group in the US and most people across the world.

Last week the African Financial Group hosted a delegation from the Italian Region of Emilia Romagna where issues of investment were discussed. The seminar was seeking to facilitate business linkages and investment with local small businesses, cooperatives and black industrialists between organisations in Africa and Italy. Why is Italy showing interest in Africa and what is it that local business can gain out of this?

We often hear stories about how companies may refuse to employ people with disabilities or sometimes it is the person themselves who can’t fit into the particular sector they have studied for. The question then arises over whether institutions cater for people with disabilities? Well Shell Downstream SA together with the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority and Old Mutual Financial Services teamed up together and came up with learning opportunity specifically created for people with disabilities. What exactly does it entail?

As we are in the middle of winter, experts say that this is the time where we get hungrier due to cooler temperature. Let’s use this opportunity now to understand why do we get hungrier in winter than in summer?

We investigate the extent to which the “African” in African Studies is concealed or revealed. Our guest is of the view that African Studies remains a colonised space rife with misrepresentation, homogenisation and essentialising about Africa. What do we need to do to decolonise African Studies? Call us and share your thoughts…..

Focus: Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, says constructive partnerships need to be built between the government and the corporate sector, as the corporate sector has a role to play in development. The minister was speaking at the Sasol Inzalo Foundation graduation ceremony where more than a hundred science and engineering students graduated. But then we hear about the increasing problem of unemployed graduates, how then would partnerships of this sort help with the problem and could it be the permanent solution moving forward?
Guest: Dr Phethiwe Matutu – Chief Director Human Capital development
Guest: Dr Mapitso Molefe - Director of the Sasol Inzalo Foundation.

We dissect the objectives of the Kuhluka Movement. The movement was established by Josina Machel (she was motivated by a personal incident of abuse that she endured late last year at the hands of her partner at the time). Kuhluka seeks to find a platform that prevents abuse of women by bringing custodians of culture together to find ways that interrogate harmful practices and traditions, and questions the behaviours that foster an environment that tolerates violence towards women.

As part of Youth Month last week, Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication held a dialogue on violence where young women raised their voices against the treatment of rape victims. One of them said women who report such crimes are often victimised afterwards. Since this is not a new issue that is being raised by these young women, why then is sexual violence it still a huge problem in society?

Guest: Tshepiso Maleswena, #IAmOneInThree student activist and

Guest: Thakane Mashala, Rise Young Women’s Club/Rise member