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Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) is a registered international, non-profit peace organization. HWPL is committed to community development through volunteer outreach, women advocacy, and cultural and religious exchange through International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) and youth engagement through International Peace Youth Group (IPYG). For we are joined…

8 Feb 2016 9AM 11 min

Mandla Mandela embraces Islam and weds over the weekend

The grandson of former president Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile ‘Mandla’ Mandela announced his marriage to Muslim bride, Rabia Clarke on Sunday. The marriage, which took place on Saturday in Cape Town, is the fourth for Mandela, whose heritage is isiXhosa and who currently serves as the traditional chief of Mveso…

8 Feb 2016 9AM 6 min

Corruption Watch Joins EFF, DA in Nkandla ConCourt Case

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…

7 Feb 2016 5PM 9 min

Impassioned plea by Bilal Bassiouni

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…

7 Feb 2016 5PM 8 min

Hijab-wearing women react to Bosnia court ban

Hijabs are no longer welcome in judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid suspicion of religiously motivated bias, according to a recent conclusion reached by the country's High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council. Lawyers, prosecutors and others employed in judicial institutions can no longer wear the hijab to work. Whether…

4 Feb 2016 10AM 15 min

Human Rights Watch Report : A Year of Reckoning on Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekee

Last week, an independent panel released a much-anticipated report on sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers and United Nations staff of the very people they are meant to be protecting. Reports of egregious abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, including the rape of children, prompted the investigation. In…

4 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

Special Guest – Nick Turse

Investigative journalist and author, Nick Turse, is currently on tour in South Africa to speak on the themes covered in his book Tomorrow’s Battlefield: US Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa (AMEC: 2015). Turse will speak in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The tour will include a series of…

4 Feb 2016 4AM 15 min

Syrian Peace Talks in Trouble

Syria's main opposition bloc has given warning that attacks by government forces in Aleppo province could stand in the way of the peace talks under way in the Swiss city of Geneva. The Syrian government launched a major offensive from the north of Aleppo and captured several strategically important towns…

3 Feb 2016 10AM 13 min

Former Muslim Views Editor passes away

Mr AA Kays, Editor of books of Sheigh Abubaker Najaar and Pioneer of Muslim community media, passed away in Johannesburg yesterday. Joining us online now to pay tribute to Mr Kays, we are joined online by... Guest: Farid Sayed Position: Editor, Muslim Views

3 Feb 2016 9AM 10 min

Zuma offers to #PayBackTheMoney... Why now?

President Jacob Zuma has proposed an end to the drawn-out legal controversy regarding the public protector’s. March 2014 report on Nkandla: 'Secure in Comfort', the Presidency said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The question though remains... why now? Guest: Ralph Mathekga Position: Political Analyst

3 Feb 2016 9AM 11 min

Political parties respond to Zuma offering to #PayBackTheMoney

VOC Reporter, Nailah Cornelissen spoke to political parties to hear their views on President Zuma's solution to the Nkandla saga.

3 Feb 2016 9AM 6 min

Syrian Peace Talks in Trouble part 2

Syria's main opposition bloc has given warning that attacks by government forces in Aleppo province could stand in the way of the peace talks under way in the Swiss city of Geneva. The Syrian government launched a major offensive from the north of Aleppo and captured several strategically important towns…

3 Feb 2016 4AM 7 min

ANC in trouble ahead of Municipal Elections

Political analysts say the presence of the African National Congress (ANC)'s top six in the Western Cape is an indication that Luthuli House is seriously concerned about a breakdown in leadership in the province. Last week, the National Working Committee directed provincial chairperson Marius Fransman to step aside while the…

2 Feb 2016 10AM 12 min

Has the African Union let the people of Burundi down?

African solutions to African problems is the mantra, but when it came to trying to sort out the situation in Burundi, heads of state have pulled back from taking decisive action. In December the African Union's Peace and Security Council was unequivocal in its condemnation of the violence in Burundi…

2 Feb 2016 9AM 13 min

Will Zika virus affect global tourism?

With World Health Organisation declaring the Zika virus a public health emergency, questions have been raised about the affects the virus would have on tourism to the region. To give us her perspective, we are joined by... Guest: Kim Koen Position: General Manager, Association of South African Travel Agents

2 Feb 2016 9AM 5 min

The HSF's Intervention in the Matter of Al-Bashir

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) is an amicus curiae in the matter of the Minister of Justice and 11 Others and the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC). They argue that South Africa had a constitutional duty to arrest Sudan’s President Al-Bashir during his visit to South Africa last year. The…

1 Feb 2016 9AM 7 min

Gareth Cliff wins lawsuit against MNet

Johannesburg High Court judge Caroline Nicholls on Friday found that it was “disingenuous” of M-Net to deny that an agreement existed between Idols judge Gareth Cliff and the broadcaster. Cliff had this week asked the court to order M-Net to reinstate him as Idols judge or pay him R25-million in…

29 Jan 2016 9AM 10 min

Cape Town Big Walk Entries Open

The entries for this years edition of the Cape Town Big Walk will be opening this weekend and to tell us more, we are joined online by... Guest: Dr Ilyaas Parker Position: Convernor, Cape Town Big Walk

29 Jan 2016 9AM 7 min

Muslims And The Modern State : What's The Big Problem ?

The biggest political news from the Muslim World remains the self- declared Caliphate based in parts of Syria and Iraq. This presents itself as the restoration of a very ancient form of government. Once again , it seems , Muslims are looking to the past , not the future …

28 Jan 2016 10AM 22 min

Corruption Perceptions Index 2015

Transparency International’s authoritative Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 released yesterday shows South Africa’s score of 44 on the index remains unchanged from 2014, while the rank has shifted favourably from 67th to 61st, indicating that perceptions around the extent of corruption in South Africa are stabilising somewhat. For more on this…

28 Jan 2016 9AM 7 min