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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 wit. The show has its own distinct local and global flavour and was nominated for the MTN Awards in 2014 and the Liberty Life Awards in 2016. The 5.10pm interview on Drivetime is its in-depth highlight and has covered stories in over 100 countries. During the show listener participation is encouraged via WhatsApp and SMS.
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3,995 Episodes
2092 – 2112

Nuclear procurement deal

Last year cabinet approved the start of the nuclear procurement programme, clearing the way for the Department of Energy to call for proposals to provide SA nuclear power without first doing a cost-benefit analysis. The programme is controversial as several independent studies have found that the cost of new nuclear…
22 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

SAIRR suspects rogue state security forces in HSF robbery

The South Afrian Institute of Race Relations released a statement today in support of the Helen Suzman Foundation after a robbery at the Foundation's offices on Sunday. the Foundation's offices were raided in an armed apartheid military-style operation on Sunday afternoon and the intruders, a woman and two men, made…
22 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

Brussels explosion update

Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing an estimated 13 people in what Belgian a public broadcaster called a suicide attack, and a further blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards. The Belga agency said shots were fired and there were shouts in Arabic…
22 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

Isango Ensemble adaptation of Jonny Steinberg's a Man of Good Hope

Based on Jonny Steinberg’s book, the piece follows a young Somalian refugee heading to South Africa to seek new opportunities. Steinberg's book is an extraordinary odyssey of a child/young man and his journey through Africa ending in the USA as a refugee. However, it is much more than one man’s…
18 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

The political crisis in Brazil

Lula da Silva has been sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff in Brazil, deepening a political crisis as protests against the appointment entering a second day. Clashes briefly erupted in the capital Brasilia after Lula - a former president - was sworn in to the role in…
18 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

Momodou Malcolm Jallow from the European Network Against Racism speaks to us a

More than two decades since Apartheid ended, there are still deep divisions in the South African society. Anti Racism Network of South Africa (ARNSA), supported by the Ahmed Kathrada and Nelson Mandela foundations aims to confront racism and encourage South Africans to speak out against it. The insititute for Justice…
17 Mar 2016 11AM 16 min

Cuban literacy programme

Time now for our Salaam media update... Guest: Azhar Vadi Position: Founder, Salaamedia
17 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

Pierre de Vos on the unconstitutional nature of the Gupta's influence

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…
17 Mar 2016 10AM 8 min

The DA lays charges against Zuma and Gupta for Corruption

DA leader Mmusi Maimane and the party’s finance spokesman David Maynier today laid criminal charges at the Cape Town police station against members of the Gupta family in terms of section 4 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act. Today in Parliament as President Jacob Zuma faced MP's…
17 Mar 2016 10AM 4 min

Iran's government denies Human rights violations

Iran on Wednesday rejected as biased and political the latest United Nations report on human rights in the Islamic republic. In 2015, executions in the country were at "the highest rate in over two decades," with at least 966 put to death, the UN's top expert on human rights in…
16 Mar 2016 11AM 18 min

The Gupta's Influence in South Africa

The Sunday Times recently reported that Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas was offered his boss's job by the Guptas. In exchange they wanted him to push for the approval of the nuclear procurement programme and clear certain men from the top echelons of the Treasury. Yesterday Vytjie Mentor also…
16 Mar 2016 10AM 5 min

SAHRC on anti-racism week and their anti-racism focus

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says most of the complaints it has processed in its existence dealt with administrative issues and equality. The Chapter 9 Institution is marking this anniversary with a two-day conference in Midrand, Johannesburg, which began on Monday. The SAHRC has had its hands full…
16 Mar 2016 10AM 11 min

DA'S stance on the release of Janusz Walus

Last Week he North Gauteng High Court on ordered that Janusz Walus, the assassin of Chris Hani, be freed on parole and given bail conditions. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael Masutha had previously turned down Walus’s request for parole citing the gravity of his crime, which nearly plunged…
16 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min

Supreme Court dismisses the state's appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the state’s appeal against a high court ruling that government’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was inconsistent with its constitutional duties. When Bashir entered South Africa last June for an African Union summit, the SA Litigation Centre approached the high court…
15 Mar 2016 10AM 8 min

HRW urges parlaiment to act on delivering education to the disabled

The government’s inaction on inclusive education is keeping many children with disabilities out of school. Civil society representatives urged the Portfolio Committee to exercise its legislative and oversight functions to speed up the process of implementing Education to disabled children. All organizations represented there delivered an unequivocal message that national…
15 Mar 2016 10AM 4 min

The syrian conflict, five years on

As Syria's war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the five-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its victims is failing to match and reflect the scale and seriousness of the humanitarian tragedy. Coming on the heels of the fifth anniversary of Syria's war,…
15 Mar 2016 6AM 19 min

Time of the Writer Literary festival

Held under the theme of “Decolonising the book”, organisers of this year’s Time of the Writer festival concede that the actual process of decolonising the book is not going to be easy. The festival will move across to townships and other communities as an attempt to include more people than…
14 Mar 2016 10AM 10 min

ISIS leak reveals no South Africans on the list

An ISIS whistleblower has leaked a list of names of people that were recruited by ISIS. The documents include names, addresses, family contacts and other personal information of these ISIS recruits. But no South Africans were found on the list. Here to help us make sense of this is... Guest:…
14 Mar 2016 10AM 6 min
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