Drivetime

Whats Trending with Bonga Dlulane

Whats Trending sees VOC Drivetime producer Bonga Dlulane giving us a daily update about what is happening in the world of twitter. To tell us what social media is talking about Bonga Dlulane is here…

14 May 2014 10AM 8 min

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday for his conviction on two counts of bribery in the Holyland corruption case. In March, Olmert was found guilty of accepting bribes when he served as mayor of Jerusalem, in exchange for helping the developers of…

14 May 2014 10AM 14 min

SA Media Bias

Twenty years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections, which brought Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) to power.Today, under President Jacob Zuma, the ANC has just won its fifth consecutive term - but it did so with a reduced margin. The party has blamed a lot of its…

14 May 2014 10AM 10 min

What's trending with Bonga Dlulane

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 May 2014 11AM 9 min

Exchange for Bokom Haram detained members

The group behind the kidnapping of over 230 school girls has reportedly requested a trade of with the Nigerian government. In video released the group says it will release the girls in exchange for Bokom Haram detained members. Oxford based Dr Anthony Akinola says one legacy of disunity bequeathed to…

13 May 2014 11AM 20 min

"The old will die and the young will forget"- David Ben-Gurion

One of the most widely repeated quotes attributed to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, in which he dismisses Palestinian preexistence in what became Israel: “The old will die and the young will forget”. Three generations of refugees later, the Palestinians have not forgotten. Media Review Network has released a…

13 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Panel Discussion on SA land

Urban land is of symbolic significance in South Africa because it is land that people of colour were historically denied access to. But the historically privileged still own, occupy and enjoy the best urban land. The question is, why hasn’t our government been able to unlock well-located land in urban…

13 May 2014 10AM 21 min

A student team from the UCT

A student team from the University of Cape Town won People’s Choice Award at the Global Social Venture Competition with their low-cost fire detection device for shacks. The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC), which is held annually at the University of California, Berkeley in the US  is the world’s pre-eminent…

12 May 2014 11AM 5 min

South Africa's fifth democratic elections

South Africa's fifth democratic elections are done and dusted. Even though parties such as the DA and EFF campaigned relentlessly an ANC victory was predicted by many as a given. In her opinion piece on Al-Jazeera Athambile Masola columist, teacher and a PhD candidate at Wits University and Mandela-Rhodes Scholar…

12 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Democracy Now

New details have emerged about the FBI’s efforts to turn Muslim Americans living abroad into government informants. An exposé in Mother Jones magazine chronicles the story of an American named named Naji Mansour who was living in Kenya. After he refused to become an informant, he saw his life, and…

12 May 2014 10AM 22 min

Lindiwe Mazibuko

Lindiwe Mazibuko on Saturday dropped a huge bomb by announcing she is quitting active politics and her 3 year position as DA parliamentary leader to go study in Harvard. Fresh from the election campaign trail Mazibuko surprised many including leader Helen Zille with her announcement. The news have been met…

12 May 2014 10AM 13 min

President Jacob Zuma should underscore his commitment to media freedom

With elections behind him, South African President Jacob Zuma should underscore his commitment to media freedom by calling for a thorough legal review of legislation that could restrict reporters' access to sensitive public information. The International Press Institute (IPI) said as the ANC led government comfortably retained power with a…

9 May 2014 11AM 15 min

Youth Participation

The so called “youth vote” has been dubbed as a pivotal one in these elections. Young people in South Africa make up the majority of the population and their voting patterns are crucial to political parties. VOC producer Bonga Dlulane spoke to Rhodes lecture Dr Nomalanga Mkhize about youth turn…

9 May 2014 10AM 9 min

The ANC secured a massive victory this elections

Almost all voting districts votes are in and the African National Congress has secured a massive victory in these elections. The won 8 out 9 provinces with the Democratic Alliance retaining the Western Cape with a convincing majority. New comers Economic Freedom Fighters amassing an impressive 1 million votes so…

9 May 2014 10AM 9 min

VOC Roving reporter Andriques Che Petersen

VOC Roving reporter Andriques Che Petersen has been around Cape Town trying to get a sense of how people feel about the elections. He joins us now

8 May 2014 11AM 6 min

Radio Islam's Faizel Patel

We now cross live to the Johannesburg results centre to Radio Islam's Faizel Patel to give an in indication how things are there…

8 May 2014 10AM 2 min

Electorate Code of Conduct Observer Commission Ryland Fisher

We now have on line one of the delegates from the Electorate Code of Conduct Observer Commission Ryland Fisher to chat to us about his take on how things are going so far

8 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Elections Package

The country is abuzz with activity as results of the 5th democratic are coming in. VOC Reporter Raeesha Isaacs spoke to Marius Fransman ANC premier candidate in the province and Cape

8 May 2014 10AM 5 min

Whats trending with Bonga Dlulane

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…

6 May 2014 11AM 15 min

VOA ELECTIONS SA

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…

6 May 2014 11AM 5 min