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Plans for Modern Complex on Holy Prophet (SAW) Birth Place

Fresh plans are being drawn up to erect a modern complex on the site of what scholars of Islam contend is the birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed as part of a sweeping multi-billion-dollar redevelopment of the pilgrimage city of Mecca that has allegedly already ravaged many sacred sites and structures…

25 Feb 2014 10AM 20 min

Al-Imdaad Foundation

The Al-Imdaad Foundation will be going a humanitarian mission to assist Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp and also at other centres where Syrian and Palestinian refugees are housed. The team will also be assisting at other Al-Imdaad projects such as the Al-Imdaad medical centre, disability centre. This comes…

25 Feb 2014 9AM 14 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…

24 Feb 2014 10AM 7 min

DA and EFF election manifesto's

South Africa's official opposition the Democratic Alliance and political new comer the Economic Freedom Fighters launched their election manifesto's over the weekend. While both documents were different they focused on one key point: creating permanent jobs. Online from University of the Western Cape is Keith Gottschalk from the faculty of…

24 Feb 2014 9AM 13 min

Islamic Relief South Africa

Islamic Relief South Africa is invloved with the Pick and Pay Cycle tour. To tell us what this means we have online Zeenat Patel Kaskar who is the Institutional Fundraiser in SA…

24 Feb 2014 9AM 8 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…

21 Feb 2014 10AM 5 min

Zille last State of the Province address

Today premier Helen Zille gave her last state of the province address of her first term as premier of the Western Cape. The address details plans the WC government aims to deal with challenges and strides made by this administration. VOC reporter Andriques Che Petersen attended the address and compiled…

21 Feb 2014 9AM 16 min

Why the Arabs Hate the West

The Film Club invites you to the screening of Why the Arabs Hate the West which is in light of former US President, George W. Bush jnr’s outburst, that ‘They Hate our way of life”, meaning the Muslim World,  director of the media programme at the Gulf Research Centre, Dubai,…

21 Feb 2014 9AM 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…

20 Feb 2014 10AM 7 min

Gunmen from Nigeria's Boko Haram group

Gunmen from Nigeria's Boko Haram group attacked the north-eastern town of Bama on Wednesday, allegedly opening fire on a school, shooting or burning to death 47 people and trashing the palace of a traditional ruler, officials and witnesses said.The death toll was confirmed by Lawal Tanko, the police commissioner for…

20 Feb 2014 10AM 17 min

Democracy NOW

On Monday, Democracy Now! spoke to human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja upon her release from prison by the Bahraini government after nearly a year behind bars. Democracy NOW reports…

20 Feb 2014 9AM 19 min

Medical Marijuana

The Medical Innovation Bill, a bill to legalize Cannabis in South Africa for medical, economic and industrial purposes, was introduced in parliament yesterday. The bill was submitted by Member of Parliament, Mario GR Oriani-Ambrosini from the Inkatha Freedom Party. The Medical Innovation Bill aims to make provision for innovations in…

20 Feb 2014 9AM 6 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…

19 Feb 2014 10AM 7 min

Violent clashes in Kiev

Violent clashes in Kiev continued for a second day on Wednesday as Ukrainian riot police battled anti-government protesters occupying a central square in the capital amid the worst crisis the country has faced since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. At least 25 people were reported to have been…

19 Feb 2014 10AM 20 min

Palestinian feedback

Pro-Palestinian activists and film enthusiasts have came together to organise a local film festival, which casts the spotlight on the ongoing Palestinian occupation. The 'Eye on Palestine Boycott Barcode 729' film festival took place from the over the weekend at Masjidur Rawbie in Portlands, Mitchells Plain. The film festival, organised by…

19 Feb 2014 9AM 11 min

The National Prosecuting Authority

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) wants Oscar Pistorius's murder trial to be watched worldwide live on television, saying it will show the world how, and that, South Africa's justice system works. However the defence team is opposing the application. This comes after a number of new channels filed an application bid…

19 Feb 2014 9AM 13 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…

18 Feb 2014 10AM 7 min

Victoria Brittain is in South Africa

Journalist, activist and author Victoria Brittain is in South Africa on the tour of her book Shadow Lives: The Fogotten Women of War on Terror. This book reveals the unseen side of the war on terror: its impact on the wives and families of men incarcerated in Guantanamo, or in…

18 Feb 2014 10AM 21 min

SA's press Ranking: 42nd

South Africa's press is ranked 42 and as such freer than that of the US at 46, Italy at 49 and Japan at 59 in the World Press Freedom Index 2014 – from Reporters Without Borders. The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom…

18 Feb 2014 9AM 12 min

VOA news: Protest in Thailand

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…

18 Feb 2014 9AM 5 min