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Raising The Bar

Raising the Bar is Songezo Zibi’s first book and seeks to provide a thorough, accurate analysis on the different issues preventing South Africa from moving forward. Zibi’s writing explores aspects of South African society by identifying challenges to the country’s development and examining possible solutions which would manage and eliminate…

6 Mar 2015 5AM 10 min

Netanyahu's speech to Congress

Tehran has called the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the US Congress on Iran's nuclear talks deceitful and a desperate attempt to impose an irrational agenda. In his speech to Congress, Netanyahu said that the world must stand together to stop Iran from gaining access to a…

4 Mar 2015 5AM 23 min

Cosatu

It appears Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has survived any new action being taken against him for now, following a possible decision by the federation’s central executive committee (CEC) to hold an extraordinary meeting to deal with him. The possibility of a special CEC was discussed on Tuesday by the…

4 Mar 2015 5AM 6 min

New Expropriation Bill is unconstitutional and economically disastrous

The Expropriation Bill of 2015 (the Bill) has fi nally been released by the Department of Public Works. The minister, Thulas Nxesi, wants it pushed through Parliament before year end. However, the 2015 Bill is just as unconstitutional as its 2008 and 2013 predecessors. Crucially, the Bill still seeks to…

4 Mar 2015 5AM 7 min

Nigeria's Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State

Nigerian group, Boko Haram, has released a video that purportedly shows members beheading two men, its first online posting using the advanced graphics and editing techniques associated with Islamic State. The film, released on Monday, opens with two men on their knees, their hands tied behind their backs, and a…

4 Mar 2015 5AM 8 min

Numsa affiliates pressure Cosatu

Seven affiliates assigned to the Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) have called on the federation to postpone today’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting at which an application to have a new metalworkers union brought into the fold will be tabled. The unions are campaigning for Numsa’s expulsion to…

3 Mar 2015 9AM 5 min

Netanyahu

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…

3 Mar 2015 4AM 8 min

Boris Nemtsov killing

The shocking murder of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, literally in sight of the Kremlin, clearly marks the beginning of a new era in Russian politics and Russia watching alike. And it is unlikely to be pretty. Who killed Nemtsov, who was behind it? At this stage, I have absolutely no…

3 Mar 2015 4AM 19 min

Medupi finally produces first power

The first power was produced out of Medupi’s unit 6 on Monday at 11:03, making it the first of the Medupi power station’s six units to be synchronised, according to Eskom. Synchronisation, or first power, is the process whereby the generator in the unit is electrically connected to the national…

3 Mar 2015 4AM 7 min

Cape Town Fire: what to expect after

Earlier today, Table Mountain National Park Integrated Fire Manager Phillip Prins said that the blaze spreading around Cape Town’s south peninsula is likely to continue for much of the week, depending on the weather conditions. The area under threat stretches from Hout Bay to Muizenberg and at least 3 000…

3 Mar 2015 4AM 7 min

Children of struggle stalwarts back IAW

Israeli Apartheid Week is a series of international events aimed at raising awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The children and relatives of anti-apartheid stalwarts, veterans and icons have come out in support of the…

2 Mar 2015 9AM 7 min

SA should expel all Israeli spies.

For the past week and years to come, people will always be talking about the Spy Cables. But as info trickles our from Al Jazeera and The Guardian, questions still remain. The mos important one is who jacked the docs? No one knows yet. We do know that they’re heavy…

2 Mar 2015 9AM 11 min

Spy cables

All this week and for weeks to come, people will be talking about the spy cables. As more and more information surfaces and exposes the underworld of espionage, we need to ask and assess what this means for SA as a whole and what to expect in the future.

27 Feb 2015 6AM 9 min

Design Indaba

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…

27 Feb 2015 5AM 8 min

Why did Zayn Adams die poor?

On Monday we paid tribute to the late Zayn Adams and many of the listeners shared their condolences with us as well. However, was these small gestures enough in respect to how much of his life Zayn contributed not only to his art, but to Cape Town as a whole?…

26 Feb 2015 6AM 9 min

Budget 2015 and state owned enterprises

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…

26 Feb 2015 6AM 7 min

Budget clip 2

Before we analyze the budget speech, we now play you a clip of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's speech.

25 Feb 2015 8AM 4 min

Budget Speech

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is facing his biggest baptism of fire yet as delivers his maiden National Budget speech today. As the country desperately needs him to plug the gap between national spending and revenue as well as South Africa’s unsustainable debt trend, we all wait to hear what he…

25 Feb 2015 8AM 19 min

What the spy cables leak could mean for SA

South Africa’s government is scrambling to deal with the fallout of the worst intelligence leak in its two-decade democratic history. The country is coming to terms with its new status as “the El Dorado of espionage”, in the words of an intelligence officer, after hundreds of dossiers, files and cables…

25 Feb 2015 8AM 9 min

Budget clip 1

Before we analyze the budget speech, we now play you a clip of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's speech.

25 Feb 2015 8AM 5 min