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Lessons from the Kunduz Hospital Airstrike in Afghanistan

Last year on On 3 October 2015, a United States Air Force gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre operated by Doctors Without Borders in the city of Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan. MSF condemned the incident, saying all warring parties had been notified of the hospital's location ahead of time, and that the airstrike was…

30 May 2016 6PM 10 min

Decolonising economics

Earlier in the year Ihsaan Bassier, a graduate student in economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was on our Breakfast show to discuss the need to “decolonize” the teaching of undergraduate economics at UCT. Economics in South African universities is currently taught in the manner and methods of…

30 May 2016 10AM 9 min

SA's UN vote against Press Freedom

Last week, South Africa was one of eight countries in the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations that voted to deny the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) observer status at the United Nations (UN). South Africa voted against accreditation along with countries like China and Russia who are not known…

29 May 2016 10PM 8 min

National Public Broadcaster in USA downplaying the war in Yemen

National Public Radio or NPR as you may or may not know is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States of America. Liberals and left-leaning individuals in the U.S. trust…

29 May 2016 6PM 14 min

The SAIRR files a petition to halt Zuma from signing the Land Expropriation Bill

Parlaiment approved the Expropriation Bill once again yesterday after it was amended. The bill would allow state expropriations of land to redress racial disparities in land ownership. The bill, in the works since 2008, will enable the state to pay for land at a value determined by a government adjudicator…

27 May 2016 10AM 8 min

South Africa's Foetal Alcohol Syndrome problem

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) - the umbrella term used to describe a spectrum of conditions of which FAS is the most extreme - prevalence rate of 6.42 percent (64 per 1,000) among children in Grade 1. We are now joined by Aisha Vadwalla to tell us more about this…

27 May 2016 10AM 11 min

The life and times of Cissie Gool

Cissie (Zainunnisa) Goal was for many years a street name in Hatton Estate, an 'Indian' suburb on the Cape Flats. It was only in 1994, when Nelson Mandela, in a pre-election speech paid tribute to her, that she jumped off the street sign and assumed life. It has however, remained…

26 May 2016 11AM 14 min

An Introduction to Black's First, Land First movement

Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) member Andile Mngxitama’s Blacks First Land First (BFL) movement has made their “revolutionary call” after the party’s founding last year. The ‘blacks only’ party has called for all black people who want freedom when they launched on May 14 in Orlando West, Soweto. Two of…

26 May 2016 10AM 11 min

The History of Islam in Africa

The history of Islam in Africa... Guest: Suleman Dangor Position: Professor Emeritus UKZN

25 May 2016 11AM 19 min

Kumi Naidoo on the Five biggest challenges facing Africa

Africa Day celebrates the day when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union (AU), was formed in 1963. It acknowledges the progress that we, as Africans, have made, while reflecting upon the common challenges we face in a global environment. To help us understand some…

25 May 2016 10AM 15 min

Mahmood Abbas in South Africa

According to information released by South African Presidency Jacob Zuma hosted Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas today as he arrives in the country on a working visit. In a statement issued by the Presidency Zuma is meeting Abbas to hold bilateral discussions. The two presidents would be expected to “discuss a…

25 May 2016 10AM 8 min

Removal of Borders Across Africa

During the outbreak of xenophobic violence across KwaZulu Natal, some of the activists who tried to stop the attacks were threatened with violence or attacked online. Today we speak to Bandile Mdlalosi about her experiences and why she is part of a movement to remove borders across Africa... Guest: Bandile…

25 May 2016 10AM 11 min

Police brutality in Kenya as tensions rises before next year's election

Another brutal crackdown on protests in Kenya resulted in at least three fatalities on Monday. This has been coming for several weeks, ever since the opposition launched its weekly demonstrations against the country’s electoral commission, and raises serious questions about Kenya’s ability to hold a peaceful vote next year. Guest:…

24 May 2016 10AM 11 min

The inconsistencies of the Syrian Peace talks

With bombs hitting hospitals, doctors and rescue workers killed, civilians starving, scores of dead and injured as the day progresses – the statistics of Syria’s unending war are making a nonsense of an already fragile truce and destroying the slim hopes that peace talks will yield any real results. The…

24 May 2016 10AM 8 min

How Israel ‘transfers’ land from Palestinians to settlers

An article written by Professor Kamel Hawwash which state that... “Israel as a state and those organisations set up to increase the population of Jews living in the occupied Palestinian territories together use a combination of laws, forgeries, deceptions and outright brute force to take over Palestinian property to increase…

23 May 2016 11AM 17 min

SA transformation project is failing poor majority

For underprivileged South Africans, transformation has not yielded the desirable outcomes as promised. It is a long way to go but according to Brian Mahlangu they remain stuck in the trap of poverty, inequality, unemployment, high dependency ratio, racism, corruption and homelessness. Needless to say the longer it takes South…

23 May 2016 10AM 15 min

Refugee welcome Index reveals South Africa is less welcoming

South Africa is one of the least welcoming countries in the world when it comes to offering refuge to people fleeing war and persecution. Amnesty International released their first Refugee Welcome Index, which ranks countries according to the percentage of people surveyed who said they would welcome refugees into their…

23 May 2016 10AM 15 min

6 reasons why the NPA is appealing the Spy Tapes ruling

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling that corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma be reinstated. National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams said the appeal would be lodged with the Supreme Court of Appeal today. To give some clarity on…

23 May 2016 10AM 6 min

Face to Face with Hasan Essop

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 May 2016 11AM 18 min

Why the EFF cannot save South Africa from poverty