Drivetime

DA's manifesto Launch

At one of the DA’s biggest rallies to date, the party on Saturday released a 60-page 2016 local government manifesto document entitled “Change that moves South Africa forward again”. All through the document there are text boxes with examples of municipalities where the DA has managed to make a particular…

26 Apr 2016 10AM 9 min

South Africa and Iran Trade agreement

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…

25 Apr 2016 6PM 8 min

SA First forum upcoming pickets across Cape Town

South Africa First Forum is planning a series of pickets over the Peninsula in support of the nationwide call to action on the 27th April. According to their charter the SA first forum is committed to democracy, non-racialism, non-sexism and freedom. They are deeply concerned at the direction in which…

25 Apr 2016 10AM 10 min

Face to Face with Albie Sachs

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…

22 Apr 2016 11AM 29 min

Education Minister's budget speech, no way for free tertiary education

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…

22 Apr 2016 10AM 9 min

Wouter Basson loses his latest court bid with HPCSA

Apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Wouter Basson was back in the Pretoria High Court today in his drawn-out battle to keep practising as a medical doctor. But Basson lost his legal bid for the recusal of the professional conduct committee members who found him guilty of unethical conduct. The Judge ruled…

21 Apr 2016 10PM 4 min

The Dunoon protests, the politics of inequality

In Dunoon two-thirds of the approximately 14,400 households live in backyard shacks or informal settlements. These residents are referred to as backyarders, people who live in the yards of other people’s homes. They usually live in shacks, and they pay rent. In March 2016 protests broke out over the lack…

21 Apr 2016 10AM 7 min

How victims are silenced at an institutional level

The Anti-rape protests at Rhodes University (RU) continued on Wednesday morning with hundreds of students and some support staff gathered at the drama department on Prince Alfred road inside the University campus. Earlier, reports confirmed that a number of students were shot at by the Grahamstown South African Police Service…

21 Apr 2016 10AM 7 min

Zuma reports back on the Arms deal

The Seriti commission of inquiry into the 1999 arms deal found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the Cabinet of the day or any government official, President Jacob Zuma said today as he released its report four months after receiving it. In a live televised address, the president…

21 Apr 2016 10AM 13 min

A third way for Zimbabwe

On Monday Zimbabwe celebrated it's 36th year of independence, days after one of the largest protests against President Robert Mugabe. Tumultuous times are reigning in Zimbabwe as Zimbabweans face a multitude of challenging issues in their day to day lives. A third way for politics and leadership seems to be…

20 Apr 2016 10AM 13 min

The AU – Where to from here

Elected at the January 2016 African Union (AU) summit, the 15 new members of the AU Peace and Security Council started their work at the beginning of April. In the face of many challenges, what real impact can they have on peace and security in Africa? Meanwhile, new elections for…

20 Apr 2016 10AM 10 min

The Rhodes University Reference List

A “reference list” that was released making public the names of alleged rapists at Rhodes University in Grahamstown on Sunday has led to protests by students against a system they believe is guilty of protecting rapists. Currently, student protesters at Rhodes University (RU) are disrupting lectures and uniting to reform…

20 Apr 2016 10AM 10 min

The Babushka's of Chernobyl

April 2016 marks 30 years since the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor No. 4 exploded. The resulting fire lasted 10 days, releasing 400 times as much radiation as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hundreds of thousands of residents were forcibly evacuated…

19 Apr 2016 11AM 14 min

The migrant situation in Greece

The United Nations and several rights groups have raised concerns about the EU-Turkey deal, calling it inhumane. We Now speak to Ketty from the UNHCR to give us an update on what is happening in Greece and how things have trangressed... Guest: Ketty KEHAYIOYLOU Position: Greece spokesperson for UNHCR

19 Apr 2016 10AM 6 min

What South Africa needs to lift investor confidence

In light of the high unemployment, inequality and poverty that we face in South Africa and the questionable value of our economy, rumoured to be unappealing to investors, it is clear that policy changes and better strategies need to be implemented. Thabang Motsohi tells us what he thinks these policy…

19 Apr 2016 10AM 10 min

Rivals for the JSE

Africa’s largest stock exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa, is about to get some competition on its own turf. ZAR X, self-described as “a low-cost, simple and convenient trading platform that empowers ordinary South Africans with shareholdership opportunities,” was granted a conditional license by regulators to start trading…

19 Apr 2016 10AM 14 min

How did the Western Cape Government violate the Constitution on Tafelberg

The Western Cape provincial government has been taken to court to halt the controversial sale of the Tafelberg School site. The applicants in the case include Reclaim the City, which campaigns for affordable housing, trustees of the organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi, former and current residents of Sea Point and a resident…

18 Apr 2016 4PM 13 min

Saudi Arabia reclaims its islands from Egypt

Shock and disgruntlement has been expressed regarding the deal reached between Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following the king's visit to Egypt. Egyptian opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, have complained that Sisi has unconstitutionally ceded Egyptian territory and done so in exchange for a “fistful…

18 Apr 2016 11AM 19 min

Dilma Rousseff get's impeached

Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and is almost certain to be forced from office months before the nation hosts the Olympics. The final tally was 367 votes cast in favour of impeachment, versus 137…

18 Apr 2016 10AM 8 min

ANC Manifesto Launch has a dry turn out

The ANC kicked off its local government election campaign on Saturday in what will rank as one its most poorly attended Manifesto launch events in recent history. The launch was held in Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth where the party is in an intense battle to retain the local…

18 Apr 2016 10AM 9 min