Drivetime

MPS & Ramaphosa

All eyes are again on Parliament today as Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa meets with Mps for an extended plenary session after last week's chaos. While the meeting was planned some time ago to thrash out long-standing grievances, Thursday's events, which saw riot police entering the National Assembly for the first…

18 Nov 2014 9AM 9 min

SA Students Assoc In Support of Egyptian Students Conference

Several SA students assocations held a conference at IPSA last night in support of the Egyptian students. Drivetime producer, Zahrah Isaacs was in attendance. She joins us now in studio for more…

18 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Dr Mads Gilbert

Last week we covered the story of how Norwegian physician, humanitarian and activist, Dr Mads Gilbert has been banned from entering Gaza. The ban, imposed by Israel, is due to the 'security risk' Mads supposedly is. We now have him on air to hear his views on this…

17 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Muslim Views November Issue

It's that time of the month again where we check in with Muslim Views to find out what we can expect in this month's issue. Online from Muslim Views is…

17 Nov 2014 9AM 8 min

Nobel Peace Summit Moved To Rome

The Nobel Peace Laureates Summit, which was initially scheduled to take place in South Africa, has been relocated to Rome. Drivetime Producer, Zahrah Isaacs, joins us now in studio with more…

17 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

National Cathedral Holds First Jumuah

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…

16 Nov 2014 5PM 19 min

Whats Trending with Zahrah

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…

16 Nov 2014 5PM 8 min

Whats Trending with Zahrah

Whats Trending sees VOC Drivetime producer Zahrah Isaacs giving us a daily update about what is happening in the world of twitter. Shes in studio now to tell us what's trending, whats hot and whats not in the world of Twitter.

14 Nov 2014 10AM 5 min

White Widow: dead or alive?

Confusion is mounting over the fate of the ‘White Widow’, a British female terrorist suspect on the international wanted list. News agency says Samantha Lewthwaite was shot dead fighting alongside Kiev forces. However, Kiev denies this. Lewthwaite, 30, was allegedly gunned down two weeks ago near the eastern Ukrainian town…

14 Nov 2014 10AM 8 min

Brothers In Love and War

Twin brothers. Two futures. One destiny. Abraham and Constand Viljoen were identical twins who took starkly different paths in life. One was a deeply religious man, who opposed apartheid; the other was a man of war, who became head of the SADF. But together they would play a crucial role…

14 Nov 2014 9AM 18 min

Pandemonium in Parliament

Thursday 13th November will surely go down as one of the most inglorious days in the history of South Africa’s democratic parliament. After almost seven hours of ultimately futile filibustering from opposition parties, the National Assembly adopted the report which essentially exonerates President Jacob Zuma from wrongdoing over Nkandla. If…

14 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

ANC Analysis

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…

13 Nov 2014 10AM 15 min

Kathrada Foundation co-hosts Yasser Arafat photo exhibition

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will today co-host an exhibition of 86 rare photographs of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The event will be held at the National Museum of Cultural History (149 Visagie Street) in Pretoria at 7pm. The exhibition will mark the 10th anniversary of Arafat’s death. It also commemorates…

13 Nov 2014 9AM 3 min

Constitutional Crisis over Nkandla?

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…

13 Nov 2014 9AM 8 min

Cellc vs Disgruntled customer

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…

13 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Woolworths and the BDS campaign

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…

12 Nov 2014 5PM 6 min

What's trending on Drivetime

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…

12 Nov 2014 10AM 10 min

Is Ahmadinejad making a comeback?

Former Iranian president appears to be keeping his name in the public and trying to forge new alliances for his political comeback. Ahmadinejad has been relatively quiet since the ascendance of the moderate Rouhani, however, many media outlets have reported on his desire to make a comeback. According to Amir…

12 Nov 2014 10AM 16 min

UK Muslims take Shedule 7 Terror law to Supreme Court

Controversial anti-terrorism powers which are being widely used to harass and gather intelligence on Muslims travelling to and from the UK are being challenged by several human rights organisations in a case to be heard by the Supreme Court today. Online to explain what exactly this law is and why…

12 Nov 2014 9AM 13 min

SA and its growing asylum seekers

South Africa was ranked as one of the most sought after places in the world - with regards to asylum seekers. Synergy Global Consulting senior consultant Hilton Jhonson speaks to intern reporter Nishta Sookdiyal for more on this

12 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min