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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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The Role of Parliaments in Preventing & Ending Statelessness

MPs and staff from more than 30 parliaments and parliamentary assemblies will be meeting at Parliament to identify measures they can implement to combat statelessness, which deprives many people of basic rights but which can be solved with relatively simple changes to laws and practices. The conference, which takes place…
26 Nov 2015 9AM 4 min

Al Imdaad in Greece

Al Imdaad Foundation is hard at work in Greece services refugees from war torn regions in the Middle East. Joining us with an update from Greece is... Guest: Qari Ziyaad Patel
25 Nov 2015 10AM 5 min

Bangladesh Executions: Justice, Revenge or Politics?

The execution of two Bangladeshi opposition leaders for war crimes appears to have cowed rivals of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but critics said her success comes at the cost of free discourse and the calm is likely to be short-lived. Political analysts and opposition leaders warned that the executions sent…
25 Nov 2015 10AM 17 min

Afrobarometer’s 2015 Survey Data SA's Leadership & Government Performance

Tuesday marked the release of Afrobarometer’s 2015 survey data on South Africa’s leadership and government performance, which tracks the attitudes and perceptions of citizens in 37 African countries. This will be the first release of Afrobarometer data on South Africa since 2011. The data shows the correlation between the approval…
25 Nov 2015 9AM 7 min

Tourism and Terrorism

The recent attack by terrorists affiliated to ISIS in Paris, the subsequent police sieges in Brussels, the shooting down of a Russian commercial airliner over Egypt and the Mali hotel attack have left tourism experts to ask: What now constitutes a safe tourist destination? Guest: Professor Melville Saayman Position: Director…
25 Nov 2015 9AM 6 min

GOTG Makes Contact With SA Mans Captors

Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has made contact with the group that took South African Stephen McGown and Swede Johan Gustafsson hostage four years ago. The two were abducted in Mali by al-Qaeda on November 25 2011. Wednesday will mark exactly four years since the pair was taken hostage…
25 Nov 2015 9AM 8 min

SA Doccie Wins Big at International Emmy's

The South African documentary Miners Shot Down which looks at the Marikana killings in 2012, has won top honours at the International Emmy Awards. It picked up an Emmy for Best Documentary at a ceremony in New York last night. Directed by Rehad Desai, the hard-hitting documentary tells the story…
24 Nov 2015 10AM 5 min

Is SA Immune To Terrorist Attacks?

The past two weeks have brought radicalised terrorist activities right back into the spotlight following the horrific terror attacks on Mali, Cameroon, Paris, and Beirut killing over 200 people. This has once again raised some questions about how safe we really are in SA and also whether or not SA…
24 Nov 2015 10AM 16 min

COSATU Re-elects Leadership

The majority of delegates at the Cosatu National Conference have opted to support the status quo as its national office bearers, minus Zwelinzima Vavi, cling on to leadership for another three years. The odd one out was Vavi who opted not to appeal his expulsion from Cosatu at this conference…
24 Nov 2015 9AM 10 min

Mail and Guardian - Investigative Report

It’s has been reported that President Jacob Zuma met with Western Cape gang bosses in 2011, in a bid to wrestle the province away from the Democratic Alliance (DA). The Mail and Guardian newspaper, in an exclusive investigative report says according to its sources, the meeting saw the underworld figures promise to rally their…
23 Nov 2015 9AM 7 min

COSATU 12th Annual Congress

The Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) will hold its 12th National Congress this week where it will among other things elect new leaders. The trade union federation has over the last few years been marred by infighting and divisions between those who support Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini and former…
23 Nov 2015 9AM 9 min

Face to Face With Yusuf Cassim

Today, we are Face to Face with Yusuf Cassim.... He became the SRC President at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2012 following a historic win at the institution by the DA Students Organisation (DASO). Yusuf has served as the DA Youth Federal Chairperson since 2013. In 2014 he was…
20 Nov 2015 10AM 20 min

Tributes Continue to Pour In for the Late Jonah Lomu

One of the finest rugby players to have graced the game and a favourite son of New Zealand,Jonah Lomu, died unexpectedly overnight at the age of 40. The former All Blacks winger, whose imposing physique and often brutal running game provoked in opponents equal amounts of admiration and fear, had…
19 Nov 2015 10AM 6 min

ISIL & the Illusion of a Clash of Civilisations

France has been struck a second time this year by terrorism, but this time political reactions are vastly different from the national unity that had followed the attacks on Charlie Hebdo in January. While opposition party leaders had shown restraint in their criticism and mostly rallied behind President Francois Hollande…
19 Nov 2015 10AM 17 min

Visually Impaired Learners Being Left in the Dark

Blind and partially sighted learners are failed by the education system – not accessing the tools they need such as braille textbooks, trained teachers and many other unique, but critical support measures. This according to Section 27's latest report entitled, “Left in the dark.” To unpack this, we are joined…
19 Nov 2015 9AM 10 min

Zuma's last Q&A in Parliament for 2015

President Jacob Zuma is set to appear in the National Assembly this afternoon for his final question and answer session of the year. Zuma’s engagements with Members of Parliament (MPs) this year have been marked by tense confrontations and calls from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for him to pay…
19 Nov 2015 9AM 5 min

Nigeria Market Bombings

At least 32 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a blast at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola. The explosion occurred at a fruit and vegetable market beside a main road in the Jimeta area of Adamawa's state capital on Tuesday night. There was…
18 Nov 2015 9AM 9 min

"I am NOT praying for Paris" - Professor Farid Essak

Local Muslim academic, Professor Farid Esack, said he was "sickened" by the expectation that he has to condemn those involved in the attacks in Paris. Esack took to Facebook over the weekend to voice his rage at the expectation that Muslims were expected to be apologetic when such attacks take…
18 Nov 2015 9AM 13 min
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