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The Talking Point

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

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Friday Wind Down with Gemma Fassie

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2025/03/28

Our Friday Wind Down guest today is Gemma Fassie, a Cape Town rising star blending nostalgic melodies with modern flair. With a unique sonic identity, Gemma's music resonates with audiences worldwide. From her debut single "Best Life" to her EP "After Hours", hits like "I'm Fine" and "17:28", we'll unpack her musical journey, inspirations, and latest releases. Join us as we delve into her creative process, exploring the intersection of music, artistry, and personal growth. What drives her passion

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37:42

MUNICIPAL WATCH: KZN dealing with floods

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2025/03/27

Since we are broadcasting from KZN, we thought to talk to them about their handling of natural disasters. We’ve seen over the years how floods ravage the province and their inability to prevent deaths every rainy season. So we’ve invited the KZN Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional affairs to find out how they work with municipalities in dealing with disasters and to discuss this, we are joined by... Guest: Senzelwe Mzila - Spokesperson for the KZN Department of

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Boost for tourism

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2025/03/27

We turn our attention now to the tourism sector. Durban has always been one of the best sunny destination for many ordinary South Africans who even travel as far as Limpopo. What will this new development do to boost the much needed numbers for the city? To talk to us on the tourism side of things and why people should still consider Durban as the holiday destination of choice, we are joined by.. Guest: Durban Tourism Deputy Head

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25:30

Launch of Westown Square

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2025/03/27

Guest: Cllr Cyril Xaba – Executive Mayor of the eThekwini Municipality In an effort to attract more tourists to KZN, Durban Tourism thought to strategically launch a new offering just ahead of the Easter holidays. Today they are launching the Westown Square, a multi-million-rand catalytic development in Shongweni, west of Durban. This is part of their campaign which they say showcases Durban’s diverse attractions, from world-class shopping malls and vibrant market scenes to breathtaking

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41:11

Corruption in School Feeding: A betrayal of Trust

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2025/03/27

Corruption in South Africa's National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is robbing vulnerable children of their future. Meant to provide meals to 9 million learners across all nine provinces, the programme is marred by corruption, mismanagement & neglect. Malnutrition, poor academic performance, stunted development & increased dropout rates are just a few devastating consequences. The impact is felt nationwide, with each province facing unique challenges in implementing the programme. How

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12:58

What does this mean for the property business?

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2025/03/27

Guest: Carlos Correia – CEO of Fundamentum Property Wherever there is new development in an area, it usually translate to good news for the property market. And to tell us the spin-offs for the property sector in this area, we are joined by...

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13:27

Innovators and the challenges they overcame

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2025/03/26

We turn our attention now to scientific innovation where we speak to those operating in this space. What sort of challenges did they face and what their innovations are all about. Let’s welcome now... Guest: Sibongile Nkala - Innovator Guest: Lina Maphanga - Innovator

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11:54

Women in Technology Innovation Programme

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2025/03/26

Guest: Dr. Anitha Ramsuran, Manager Innovation for Inclusive Development at the Technology Innovation Agency Let’s go back now to issues of technology and gender transformation especially how that will be achieved through the Women in Technology Innovation Programme. Let’s welcome now...

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12:30

Technology Innovation Agency launching its Women in...

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2025/03/26

Guest: Loyiso Tyira – Board chairperson at the Technology Innovation Agency We are coming to you live from the NH Johannesburg Hotel in Sandton where the Technology Innovation Agency is launching its Women in Technology Innovation Programme. The idea is to celebrate the contribution women are making in building the transforming society through technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. To help us understand why such an innovation is important and how it can attract young people into the

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G20 series with Lerato Tsebe

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2025/03/26

Guest: Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025.

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21:32

Human Rights Month

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2025/03/26

In this interview, we wanted to close off Human Rights month in South Africa by talking about our responsibilities that go along with the Bill of Rights. We wanted have this discussion to encourage our listeners why it is still important to remain active citizens who positively influence communities. Through the month, many of listeners have been despondent on the realization of human rights and focused on how human rights has failed communities. Our next guest is a retired Justice of the

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43:43

Personal Finance with Bryan Hirsch

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2025/03/25

Today being the last Tuesday of the month, we take all of your personal finance questions. Sandy joins us now to engage with you on how to build a strong foundation for your personal finance and the 10 essential keypoints for financial success. We are joined by… Guest: Sandy van der Zanden - Partner at Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

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32:15

Comparing Ibrahim Traore to Thomas Sankara

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2025/03/25

So many of you have been calling the show commenting on what Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore is doing in turning the country around. He has been compared to his late predecessor, Thomas Sankara who was assassinated in 1987 after being in power for only four years. He managed to turn that country around by opening up education to all including women, vaccinating millions of people, cutting government spending, planting 10-million trees, reducing cars used by cabinet ministers all in four years

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34:45

Low conviction rate in child abuse is a cause for...

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2025/03/24

A new report by the Teddy Bear Foundation has brought into focus the alarmingly low conviction rates of child abuse cases in South Africa. In the report, only 4% of over 5000 child abuse cases result in convictions. In this hour, we unpack the report and ask if specialized courts are proving an effective intervention to safeguard children's rights Guest: Dr Shaheda Omar - Executive Director of the TeddyBear Foundation Guest: Joan van Niekerk - Child Rights Activist

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37:54

Worry over decline of youth participation in our...

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2025/03/24

Last week the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC hosted a dialogue at the Nelson Mandela University aimed at finding out why young people are not interested in voting. The dialogue themed: ‘Strengthening democracy though youth participation’, featured academics, the IEC and young people to get them to share their views on how the youth can realise their importance in active participation in democracy. What could we say are some of the factors making young people feel disgruntled to a

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30:04

Producing our mineral resources: beneficiation Diamonds

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2025/03/19

Last week during the openline, several listeners shared their dissatisfaction surrounding how the country’s inability to process its mineral resources. In a mineral rich country like South Africa, its important for us to build our capacity to process its own minerals. Only 30% of natural resources are processed in southern African. The G20 presidency is looking to secure local agreement with G20 members to bolster capacity for minerals and energy extractions. Our team discovered that there is

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Municipal Watch: How National Treasury allocates...

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2025/03/19

R2,95 trillion has been allocated to the nine provinces and 257 municipalities over the medium term expenditure (up to March 2028). This announcement was made during last week's Budget Speech tabled by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana. The Minister also highlighted that National Treasury will be issuing grant funding to municipalities based on performance and reward functional municipalities. This is a measure forms part of their commitment to to improve revenue generation, efficiency, and

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18:27

NAFCOC celebrates 60 years of existence

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2025/03/19

Guest: Gilbert Musina, President of NAFCOC The National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry, NAFCOC is this year marking 60 years of existence. They pride themselves as being Africa’s oldest and largest chamber of commerce with great names like Richard Maponya and Dr Sam Matsuenyane at the helm to name a few. Speaking to the current leadership, how do they describe the chamber today and achievement would they say makes them proud? To talk to us on this, we are joined

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G20 series with Lerato Tsebe

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2025/03/19

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025. Guest: Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

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45:33

Citizens Corner: A day in the life of a social worker

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2025/03/19

Guest: Bruce Collins - Social work supervisor at the Tshwane Regional office (Worked in the substance abuse unit since 1991) Guest: Nokuthula Maseko - Social work supervisor in Gauteng office of the Department of Social Development Tuesday ,18th of March marked World Social Work Day. For Citizens Corner we thought to pay homage to social workers and the work they do. They are the people who have to mediate when families are fighting, reconciling young children involved in criminal activity back to

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