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Opposition parties take Nkandla report to court

The EFF wants to take legal action against President Jacob Zuma, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi and the Cabinet for what it said was a legal breach of the Constitution regarding the Nkandla matter.

31 May 2015 10PM 7 min

Freed activist Mohamed Soltan arrives home in US

Freed activist Mohamed Soltan, who was on hunger strike for more than 400 days in protest against his detention in Egypt, has arrived in his home country, the US. Soltan, a 27-year-old US-Egyptian dual citizen and human rights activist, was arrested in September 2013 when police was searching for his…

31 May 2015 10PM 9 min

US mass surveillance powers expire

A little over a week ago, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and several other senators critical of National Security Agency spying staged a dramatic Senate filibuster. As a result, the Senate was unable to pass legislation extending three provisions of the Patriot Act, including one that the NSA has invoked to…

31 May 2015 10PM 19 min

New visa laws kick in

New visa regulations have officially taken effect this morning amid concerns that tourism could be severely affected. As of today, children traveling in and out of South Africa will be required to present unabridged birth certificates at airports across the country. Tourism groups have warned the new rules could have harming…

31 May 2015 10PM 12 min

14th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace

The 14th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace is kicking off tomorrow. Hosted by Unisa Institute of Social & Health Sciences & Medical Research Council, the symposium has over 60 international delegates that will be in attendance as they explore key issues of peace and violence around…

29 May 2015 7AM 8 min

Dror Felier visits

An activist for Palestinian solidarity, Dror is Israeli born, but barred from visiting Israel, is a member of parliament in Sweden, and a leading campaigner and coordinator of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to Gaza. He is our special guest this afternoon and joins us now in studio…

28 May 2015 10PM 21 min

ISIS khutbah

Imams in mosques across the country de;ivered a ‘national unified’ khutbah focused on ISIS today. The talks where all focused on encouraging Muslims to be wary of recruitment activities of the group in South Africa. This development comes after various Muslim organisations and scholars from across South Africa met recently…

28 May 2015 10PM 6 min

fbf-This One Time

Its Friday, which means another book is up for grabs. Today's featured author is Alex Van Tonder. Some of you may know her for her blog but she makes a big jump from blogger to author in her debut novel, This One Time. If I could explain the book, I…

28 May 2015 10PM 10 min

First Non Profit Educational Centre in Gaza

The 1st non-profit educational center in Gaza is set to be established. Entitled 'The Voice of Gaza project' will seek to help students who meet the criteria and are financially challenged become more familiar with the English language, give them the needed tools to become writers and give them the…

28 May 2015 10AM 7 min

Zuma - president or clown

President Jacob Zuma had parliament and South Africa in stitches yesterday. In reply to questions from opposition parties, Zuma dodged criticism for the Nkandla report and even done an imitation of DA leader, Mmusi Maimane. The reply, or 'performance' rather, has come under criticism from opposition parties who are labelling…

28 May 2015 10AM 7 min

FreeAJCampaign scoops major PR award

The campaign to secure the release of Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Abdullah Elshamy has won a major PR Award. The SABRE Awards EMEA, organized by leading PR publication The Holmes Report, gave the #FreeAJStaff campaign a Gold Award for issues management at their annual ceremony in London…

28 May 2015 8AM 6 min

Journalists manhandled in JHB

Two journalists were manhandled in JHB and this has prompted Sanef to take the issue further. Drivetime producer, Zahrah Isaacs spoke to SANEF Chairperson, Adriaan Basson about this earlier today…

28 May 2015 8AM 5 min

Modi's tricky trip to China

Its been a year since Narendra Modi became India's PM. In his election campaign, he made many promises under the slogan 'Good days are coming'. One of which was to improve relations with neighbouring countries. This week saw him conclude a 3 day visit to China. Online to discuss is…

28 May 2015 7AM 20 min

Scandal hits FIFA

Several Fifa officials, including vice-president Jeffrey Webb, have been arrested on suspicion of corruption in dawn raids at a Zurich hotel. The members of world football's governing body were held by Swiss police at the US Department of Justice's request. They are suspected of having received millions of US dollars…

27 May 2015 10AM 10 min

How Netanyahu & Cameron have moved their governments further to the right

Many comparisons are often made between British PM David Cameron and Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu. Both are controversial, both have been re-elected and both continue to move their goverments further to the right. This is exactly what Ahmad Nafi has written about in his latest piece on Middle East Monitor…

27 May 2015 10AM 19 min

Let The Change Be Artists Stop By

Le t The Change Be is a Dubai based Muslim music and Arts Organisation first established in UK in 1997 by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and is now headed by his daughter, Hasana Islam and her husband. Their focus is to build bridges through artistic expression and the need for…

26 May 2015 1PM 19 min

Journalism in Africa

As we keep the focus on Africa Day, VOC News editor Tasneem Adams asks how journalists should be writing about Africa. How do we find the middle ground between Afro-pessimists and Afro-optimists. She spoke to award winning journalist Mzilikazi Wa Afrika who is the chairperson of the Forum for African…

25 May 2015 11AM 7 min

significance of Africa

Earlier today, Drivetime producer chat to political and social activist, Jay Naidoo about the significance of Africa and whether there is still a reason to celebrate it. Have a listen…

25 May 2015 10AM 11 min

Africa Day Readings

Throughout the day you may have heard the readings by VOC producers about Islam in Africa. We continue with this clip read by Drivetime producer, Zahrah Isaacs, about the story of Abu Bakr II.

25 May 2015 10AM 6 min

“A Feathers Tale

What better way to celebrate Africa Day than to look at young literary talent from the continent.  For the next few minutes, we are going to be chatting to one of South Africa’s youngest authors, 11-year-old Ammaarah Wadee. Now Ammaarah launched her first book at the Kingsmead Book Fair over…

25 May 2015 10AM 4 min