Drivetime

ISIS Tortured Kobani Child Hostages

Kurdish children from the Syrian city of Kobani were tortured and abused while detained by Islamic State (also known as ISIS). Four children gave detailed accounts of the suffering they endured while held for four months with about 100 other children. The children, aged 14 to 16, were among 153…

5 Nov 2014 10AM 17 min

ICC says Israel guilty of 'war crimes' in Mavi Marmara incident

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Israel is guilty of "war crimes" in the Mavi Marmara raid, which nine Turkish activists were killed by Israeli commandos, Turkey's IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced yesterday. The ICC opened a preliminary examination into the events surrounding the 2010 Israel Navy raid on a…

5 Nov 2014 9AM 6 min

Maties brothers develop mobile solution to aid in the fight against Ebola

Two brothers and Stellenbosch University (SU) graduates and engineers, Malan and Philip Joubert , have developed a mobile solution to assist in the fight against Ebola. The app is currently being used by the non-profit organisation More Than Me in Monrovia, Liberia. The Malan brothers recently moved to Silicon Valley…

5 Nov 2014 9AM 9 min

March for Al Aqsa

Al Quds Foundation and The Muslim Judicial Council held a march today in aid of the Hand Off Al Aqsa campaign. The march started at Keizersgracht Street in District Six and lasted from 11:30 am until 1 pm. VOC journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs was in attendance. She joins us now in…

5 Nov 2014 9AM 3 min

Whats Trending

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…

4 Nov 2014 5PM 11 min

Israel pushes forward with East Jerusalem building

Plans made by the Israeli government to build 500 new illegal settler homes in East Jerusalem has been called 'unfortunate' by several countries including the US. The response came after a panel of the Israeli interior ministry gave approval on yesterday for the new homes in Ramat Shlomo, a neighbourhood…

4 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Ukraine's crisis deepens amongst rebel vote

Ukraine's president is to chair a crisis meeting of security chiefs, after a rebel-held vote that he said jeopardised "the entire peace process". Petro Poroshenko proposed scrapping a law, agreed under the 5 September truce deal, which gives special status to the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk areas. Under the truce,…

4 Nov 2014 9AM 1 min

Social media and the passing of Senzo Meyiwa

Bafana Bafana & Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa has been trending on social media, with thousands all around the world sending their condolences and even as fights ensue about the costs of his funeral. Nonetheless, there has also been a lighter side to his passing as South Africans created the #NotSenzosDad hashtag which shows…

4 Nov 2014 9AM 9 min

COSAS briefing at Woolworths HQ

Members of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) held a press briefing outside Woolworths Headquarters in the city today with regards to Woolsworths sale of Israeli goods. VOC journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs was in attendance…

4 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Riots force reinstatement of Zambian official

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 Nov 2014 5PM 16 min

Whats Trending

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 Nov 2014 5PM 9 min

Ahmed Kathrada celebrated in new film

A documentary feature film which celebrated the life of Ahmed Kathrada premiered in Durban last night . The film, entitled Ahmed Kathrada: A Man For All Seasons, produced by Anant Singh, follows Mr. Kathrada on his extraordinary life journey as an activist, a Rivonia trialist, a prisoner on Robben Island…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Burkina Faso: Uprising or military coup?

The resignation of President Blaise Compaore two days ago, has flung Burkina Faso into uncertainty. He was forced to step down as mass protests aimed at thwarting his bid to change the constitution to extend his rule, continued. With no head of state,  the army has selected Lt-Col Isaac Zida…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 7 min

Load shedding: The Eskom crisis

Four major cities in South Africa have suffered power cuts due to a huge loss in output after a coal storage silo collapsed. Yesterday, blackouts were reported in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and could run through the whole week, the state-owned power supplier…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 9 min

Tshabalala awaits ruling

The Western Cape High Court today ruled on Parliament's communications committee's inquiry into SABC chairperson Ellen Tshabalala's academic qualifications.Tshabalala obtained the interim interdict on 23 October, halting the inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications.The announcement was made during a meeting of Parliament's portfolio committee on communications, which…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Whats Trending

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…

2 Nov 2014 5PM 6 min

Advocate Pikoli

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…

2 Nov 2014 5PM 17 min

Euro Mid releases Gaza report

Israel violated international law according to a report released yesterday that investigated the use of human shields during Israel’s 2014 onslaught of the Gaza Strip.  The report, published by the Geneva-based Euro-Mid human rights observer, says that the Israeli army broke international law on at least six occasions in the…

31 Oct 2014 11AM 13 min

Shami Chakrabarti

Friday’s is our book review segment and we usually put the spotlight on local authors, but today we have a very special guest. Shami Chakrabarti, the author of On Liberty is in SA. Shami is the director of Liberty, the British civil liberties advocacy organisation. As director, she has campaigned against anti-terrorist measures…

31 Oct 2014 10AM 14 min

Nkandla committee absolves JZ from wrongdoing

Well it seems the ANC parliamentary committee is sticking to its guns on their ‘Number 1’, saying there was no money to be paid back to the state as President Zuma had not unduly benefited from the R246-million upgrades to his Nkandla home. And of course, South Africans are not happy…

31 Oct 2014 10AM 7 min