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Lebanese army destroys Syrian detention centre

The Lebanese Armed forces have demolished about 20 Syrian refugee shelters, contending that they did not comply with long-existing hosing codes, Human Rights Watch said. On line is Human Rights Watch Acting Director, Middle East and North Africa Lama Fakih

5 Jul 2019 10AM 7 min

MSF condemns air raid on Tripoli detention centre

A deadly air raid on a migrant detention centre in Tripoli Libya has left at least 44 people killed and over 130 wounded. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have condemned the raid and believes more could have been done to avoid the tragedy. On line is Doctors Without Borders Senior Humanitarian…

4 Jul 2019 10AM 9 min

Annual survey on philanthropic funding

Many South Africans organisations and individuals are giving significantly more philanthropic funding to local universities. However, the majority of funding goes to more research-intensive, historically advantaged universities. The challenge is how understand and address this discrepancy. On line is Executive Director of Inyathelo Nazeeman Mohamed.

4 Jul 2019 10AM 13 min

Can Saudi Arabia & Iran bring peace to the Middle East

Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have rarely been worse. In the history of relations between the two countries, there have been regular shifts between the countries. So, can the two countries make peace and bring stability to the Middle East. On line…

3 Jul 2019 11AM 14 min

Weekly Africa Report

In this week's Africa report, we look at the West African bloc leaders call for greater structural reforms after they stepped up efforts for the introduction of a shared currency. The bloc said they have adopted ECO as the name of the planned currency. Elsewhere, Somalia protested formally to Kenya…

3 Jul 2019 10AM 13 min

SA can learn from Brazil to tackle hidden hunger

South Africa faces a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the other. This condition is known as “hidden hunger” and South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle “hidden hunger”. On line is Postdoctoral Research Fellow,…

3 Jul 2019 10AM 7 min

Trump and Iran, are there any winners?

After Iran short down a US drone that allegedly entered Iran's airspace, Donald Trump signed new sanctions against Iran on June 12, including supreme leader Ali Khomanei. Trump had earlier revealed that the US was 10 minutes away from striking back at Iran. So where will this all lead up…

2 Jul 2019 4AM 11 min

Report shows South Africans prone to bribery

About 68 percent of South Africans are willing to pay a bribe if asked to. That is according to a new bribery survey released by by the Ethics Institute. The large focus was on the private sector corruption. On line is Senior Manager for Organisation at Ethics Institute Kris Dobie

1 Jul 2019 10AM 10 min

South African sisters go to UN over Saudi detention

Two South African sisters who were imprisoned in Saudi Arabia have described their ordeal and said they have launched a complaint to the United Nations. The two, who had been held from 2015 to 2018, gave testimony at the UN Human Rights Council meeting Geneva. On line is one of…

28 Jun 2019 11AM 20 min

Media Hit Parade

We are back with our Weekly Media Hit with Acumen Media co-founder and Director Tonya Khoury.

28 Jun 2019 10AM 14 min

UWC in Golden Age Universities Ranking 2019

As higher education experience an age of enlightenment worldwide, the University of the Western Cape has been at the forefront of that story following its inclusion in the Golden Age Universities Ranking 2019. And on line is UWC Communication Manager Gasant Abader.

27 Jun 2019 10AM 10 min

Auditor Generals report reveals corrupt municipalities

According to latest Auditors General's report released on Wednesday, twelve municipalities in Western Cape have clean audits. Of the 257 municipalities countrywide, only 18 managed a clean audit. On line is Chief Executive at OUTA Wayne Duvanage.

27 Jun 2019 10AM 7 min

Weekly Africa Report

We are back with our weekly Africa report were we look at the current situation in Ethiopia and Congo DR. A coup attempt in Ethiopia has saw the killing of army chief Seare Mekonnen as well as four of former military officials. In DRC, at least 160 people have killed…

26 Jun 2019 10AM 14 min

Ramzy Baroud launches book in Kenya

Palestinian author and columnist Ramzy Baroud is in Kenya on an African tour promoting his latest book. Baroud has been writing about the Middle East for over 20 years. He now joins us on line

26 Jun 2019 1AM 22 min

Profile: Dr Samah Sabr

Dr Samah Sabr is a Palestinian Jerusalamite Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist and Writer. Since 2016, ,she has been Chair of the Mental Health Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health and has written columns about the psychological consequences of the Israeli occupation in Palestinian since 2000. Dr Sabr is currently toueing South…

25 Jun 2019 11AM 24 min

World weekly economic report

We continue with our weekly economic report and this week we look at Trump's continued economic strangulation of Iran. Tensions have peaked after Trump accused Iran of sabotage. Across the continent, Zimbabwean government have abolished the long used multi-currency and made the local currency the only legal tender. On the…

25 Jun 2019 10AM 13 min

Kushner proposes “deal of the century”

Bahrain is set to host the so called “Peace to Prosperity” workshop to discuss what the US described as an economic part of President Donald Trump's “deal of the century”, his proposal for solving the Israel continued suppression of Palestine. On line is Palestinian journalist and former lecturer at Princeton…

24 Jun 2019 11AM 13 min

US sanctions under discussion at Solidarity

The South- South Solidarity hosted a round table discussion and reflected on the US sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and Zimbabwe. Drive time producer Ibrahim Kangwa Chibwe was in attendance and spoke to some of the delegates.

24 Jun 2019 10AM 15 min

Tribute to Dr Shaukat Thoban

The founding father of Islamic Movements in South Africa Dr Shauket Thokan passed away yesterday. Dr Thokan was the pioneer of many of the national organisations in South Africa including Muslim Youth Movement, SANZAF as just some of them. Paying tribute to the late is Zeinoul Cajee, Awqaf SA CEO,…

21 Jun 2019 11AM 28 min

Economics: SONA

With growth contracting faster than economists had predicted at -3.2 percent, business is now looking to president Ramaphosa's State of Nation Address today for indications of stimulus measures and plans to yank the economy from doldrums. On line is Senior Research Fellow, Economic Development at University of Pretoria Dr Jason…

20 Jun 2019 11AM 8 min