Drivetime

Police brutality in Kenya as tensions rises before next year's election

Another brutal crackdown on protests in Kenya resulted in at least three fatalities on Monday. This has been coming for several weeks, ever since the opposition launched its weekly demonstrations against the country’s electoral commission, and raises serious questions about Kenya’s ability to hold a peaceful vote next year. Guest:…

24 May 2016 10AM 11 min

The inconsistencies of the Syrian Peace talks

With bombs hitting hospitals, doctors and rescue workers killed, civilians starving, scores of dead and injured as the day progresses – the statistics of Syria’s unending war are making a nonsense of an already fragile truce and destroying the slim hopes that peace talks will yield any real results. The…

24 May 2016 10AM 8 min

How Israel ‘transfers’ land from Palestinians to settlers

An article written by Professor Kamel Hawwash which state that... “Israel as a state and those organisations set up to increase the population of Jews living in the occupied Palestinian territories together use a combination of laws, forgeries, deceptions and outright brute force to take over Palestinian property to increase…

23 May 2016 11AM 17 min

SA transformation project is failing poor majority

For underprivileged South Africans, transformation has not yielded the desirable outcomes as promised. It is a long way to go but according to Brian Mahlangu they remain stuck in the trap of poverty, inequality, unemployment, high dependency ratio, racism, corruption and homelessness. Needless to say the longer it takes South…

23 May 2016 10AM 15 min

Refugee welcome Index reveals South Africa is less welcoming

South Africa is one of the least welcoming countries in the world when it comes to offering refuge to people fleeing war and persecution. Amnesty International released their first Refugee Welcome Index, which ranks countries according to the percentage of people surveyed who said they would welcome refugees into their…

23 May 2016 10AM 15 min

6 reasons why the NPA is appealing the Spy Tapes ruling

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling that corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma be reinstated. National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams said the appeal would be lodged with the Supreme Court of Appeal today. To give some clarity on…

23 May 2016 10AM 6 min

Face to Face with Hasan Essop

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

20 May 2016 11AM 18 min

Why the EFF cannot save South Africa from poverty

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

20 May 2016 10AM 17 min

A new project urges government to step up on Domestic Violence

the National Shelter Movement (NSM) of South Africa and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) today launched a new project titled Southern Africa Enhancing State Responsiveness to Gender-Based Violence: Paying the True Costs. This initiative aims to keep the spotlight squarely focused on domestic violence in South Africa (SA) and how…

20 May 2016 10AM 12 min

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

16 May 2016 10AM 13 min

Face to face – Omar Barghouti

Despite having lived in Israel for 22 years with no criminal record of any kind, Omar Barghouti (above) was this week denied the right to traveloutside the country. As one of the pioneers of the increasingly powerful movement to impose boycotts, sanctions and divestment measures (BDS) on Israel, Barghouti, an…

13 May 2016 11AM 18 min

Free Book Friday with Patrick Flanery – I am no-one

Our guest today is the author of the book titled I Am No One. This fiction novel explores the tenuous link between fear and paranoia in our modern lives; a world of surveillance and self-censorship, where privacy no longer exists and our freedoms are inexorably eroded. The main character Jeremy…

13 May 2016 10AM 14 min

High Court to go ahead with the largest ever class action case against 32 mining

This morning, the High Court approved that a class action suit go ahead against 32 gold mining companies in South Africa. This decision is historic, and allows for the largest ever class action lawsuit in the country, as well as on the continent, to proceed. Bongani Nkala and 55 Others…

13 May 2016 10AM 8 min

SABC radio stations to play 90% local music starting today

In an effort to ensure that local content reflecting the diversity of South African cultures is prioritised, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it will play 90% local music across its 18 radio stations from Thursday. Local artists have long called for the percentage of South African music on…

12 May 2016 10AM 12 min

The US Presidential elections

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

11 May 2016 6PM 20 min

Brazil senate votes for Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

11 May 2016 6PM 11 min

Part of the Middle East and North Africa may become uninhabitable due to climate

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia shows that vast swaths of the Middle East and North Africa will become uninhabitable by 2050. The region is home to about 500-million people. Average daily temperatures regularly exceed 40°C. This is hotter…

11 May 2016 10AM 11 min

Racism Dialogue – media panel discussion

The racism dialogue held in Pretoria today hosted by the Human Sciences research council forms part of a series of dialogues that will delve deeper into the issue of race in South Africa. According to the HSRC There is much unfinished business in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the past year,…

11 May 2016 10AM 7 min

Minister may redirect Cape Town’s unspent grant allocations

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is embroiled in a grant-allocations spending spat with the City of Cape Town and has accused the metro of being a serial offender. The Treasury has given the Department of Human Settlements the go-ahead to rescind municipalities’ grant allocations and to redirect them to provincial…

11 May 2016 10AM 4 min

Gillian Schutte chats to us about Mabel Jansen

Gillian Schutte‚ the woman who exposed Judge Mabel Jansen’s alleged racist utterances‚ said she made her comments public “to expose the thinking of a person who is directly in charge of passing judgment on people whom she perceives as monsters and victims – dehumanised.” Guest: Gillian Schutte Position: Documentary filmmaker,…

10 May 2016 10AM 12 min