The Daily Discourse

Focus: Extraordinary Professor, Henning Melber dispels the myths about Africa’s rising middle class, he argues that if we are serious about the need for social change and transformation, we should be as serious about class analysis.

Guest on the line (Germany): Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria

Focus: For many years governments around the world have been trying to deal with the problem of illegal brewing. The strange thing about this is that it has a high demand while impacting on formal manufacturers, government revenue and people’s health. Some experts say Tax stamps are becoming more widely used by governments to deal with this problem. How exactly do they achieve success and what are they?

Guest: Kyle Parker - CEO of PageMark Africa

South Africa made international headlines over the xenophobia attacks which brought a lot of shame on the country. Government came up with various initiatives aimed at teaching South Africans to embrace other nation’s cultures. On a day like this, have we learnt how to embrace and not to discriminate against our fellow Africans and what will it take?

South Africa is said to have an incredibly rich biodiversity, third after Brazil and Indonesia. It is also the only country to contain entire floral kingdom which is said to provide a wide range of products and services for both commercial and subsistence purposes. To celebrate International Biodiversity Day, the South African National Biodiversity Institute has come up with different educational programmes that may also attract young people and highlight the importance of this field…

As we continue to celebrate Africa Month in different aspects, this morning we get to understand what the African Peer Review Mechanism is all about. The APRM was initiated in 2002 and established in 2003 by the African Union in the framework of the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The objectives of the APRM are primarily to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth just to name a few. Since its inception, what has it achieved and how do African leaders work with it?

Today we discuss “Childhood Stress’ – signs to look out for and tips on how to manage it”

We turn our focus on colon cancer trying to understand what it’s all about and also assess some of the symptoms associated with it and find out what is involved in treating it?

As the American race to the White House seems to be between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, we turn our focus on Clinton’s political trail. In his latest book entitled “The Global Hillary”, Dr Dinesh Sharma asks whether Clinton can advance American leadership and women's development worldwide?

We learn more about Civics Academy (due to be officially launched today) a new online education initiative that aims to strengthen democratic values and inspire active citizenship among the youth.

Prospects for a post Mugabe era. The principal argument that our guest advances this morning is that there have been human rights abuses under President Mugabe’s presidency and the task of addressing the country’s traumatic past can be effectively executed through the mechanism of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). But can it work in Zim? What can Zimbabweans learn from other countries about accounting for past injustices?