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A new project urges government to step up on Domestic Violence

the National Shelter Movement (NSM) of South Africa and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) today launched a new project titled Southern Africa Enhancing State Responsiveness to Gender-Based Violence: Paying the True Costs. This initiative aims to keep the spotlight squarely focused on domestic violence in South Africa (SA) and how…

20 May 2016 10AM 12 min

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

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 May 2016 10AM 13 min

Face to face – Omar Barghouti

Despite having lived in Israel for 22 years with no criminal record of any kind, Omar Barghouti (above) was this week denied the right to traveloutside the country. As one of the pioneers of the increasingly powerful movement to impose boycotts, sanctions and divestment measures (BDS) on Israel, Barghouti, an…

13 May 2016 11AM 18 min

Free Book Friday with Patrick Flanery – I am no-one

Our guest today is the author of the book titled I Am No One. This fiction novel explores the tenuous link between fear and paranoia in our modern lives; a world of surveillance and self-censorship, where privacy no longer exists and our freedoms are inexorably eroded. The main character Jeremy…

13 May 2016 10AM 14 min

High Court to go ahead with the largest ever class action case against 32 mining

This morning, the High Court approved that a class action suit go ahead against 32 gold mining companies in South Africa. This decision is historic, and allows for the largest ever class action lawsuit in the country, as well as on the continent, to proceed. Bongani Nkala and 55 Others…

13 May 2016 10AM 8 min

SABC radio stations to play 90% local music starting today

In an effort to ensure that local content reflecting the diversity of South African cultures is prioritised, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it will play 90% local music across its 18 radio stations from Thursday. Local artists have long called for the percentage of South African music on…

12 May 2016 10AM 12 min

The US Presidential elections

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…

11 May 2016 6PM 20 min

Brazil senate votes for Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

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…

11 May 2016 6PM 11 min

Part of the Middle East and North Africa may become uninhabitable due to climate

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia shows that vast swaths of the Middle East and North Africa will become uninhabitable by 2050. The region is home to about 500-million people. Average daily temperatures regularly exceed 40°C. This is hotter…

11 May 2016 10AM 11 min

Racism Dialogue – media panel discussion

The racism dialogue held in Pretoria today hosted by the Human Sciences research council forms part of a series of dialogues that will delve deeper into the issue of race in South Africa. According to the HSRC There is much unfinished business in post-apartheid South Africa. Over the past year,…

11 May 2016 10AM 7 min

Minister may redirect Cape Town’s unspent grant allocations

Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is embroiled in a grant-allocations spending spat with the City of Cape Town and has accused the metro of being a serial offender. The Treasury has given the Department of Human Settlements the go-ahead to rescind municipalities’ grant allocations and to redirect them to provincial…

11 May 2016 10AM 4 min

Gillian Schutte chats to us about Mabel Jansen

Gillian Schutte‚ the woman who exposed Judge Mabel Jansen’s alleged racist utterances‚ said she made her comments public “to expose the thinking of a person who is directly in charge of passing judgment on people whom she perceives as monsters and victims – dehumanised.” Guest: Gillian Schutte Position: Documentary filmmaker,…

10 May 2016 10AM 12 min

The black Lawyers Association calls for Mable to be removed from her post

The Black Lawyers Association has called on North Gauteng High Court Judge Mabel Jansen to resign in the light of racist comments she allegedly made on Facebook. Screenshots of a conversation between Jansen and activist and film-maker Gillian Schutte were posted on social media on Sunday. Jansen allegedly says that…

10 May 2016 10AM 5 min

The World Economic forum starts tomorrow in Rwanda

The continent’s business elite are heading to Rwanda today for the World Economic Forum Africa (WEFA) meeting that starts tomorrow. Delegates from government and business are expected to discuss how to grow Africa’s economy and improve education. While growth on the continent in the past decade has created more opportunities…

10 May 2016 10AM 4 min

Unemployment statistics – the highest since 2008

South Africa's unemployment numbers accelerated sharply in the first three months of this year to 26.7% from 24.5% last year according to Statistics SA data. This means that 5.7-million people who are actively looking for jobs are unable to find any. The economy is shedding jobs as companies struggle to…

10 May 2016 10AM 9 min

Sadiq Khan – London's Muslim Mayor

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…

9 May 2016 6PM 15 min

Rouhani’s incomplete victory in Iran’s parliamentary elections

Iran’s new parliament has many new faces and, for the first time, more women members than clergymen. But with no clear victor after the 28 April completion of Iran’s parliamentary elections. Guest: Ali Vaez Position: Senior Iran Analyst for ICG

9 May 2016 11AM 20 min

Khartoum's students protest for heritage sites

Student protestors in Sudan are outraged after claims emerged that the University of Khartoum's historic premises on the Nile Avenue have been sold off to private developers. The claims are as yet unverified, but reports suggest that the spot where the university’s heritage buildings have stood since 1902 will become…

9 May 2016 10AM 14 min

Media transformation in Cape Town

Following the settlement between Alide Dasnois and Independent News Media, there has been much outcry from the public about which party was in the wrong. The Right to know campaign was picketing outside the court this morning before the settlement was announced. The organisation says that the case of Dasnois…

9 May 2016 10AM 6 min

Alida Diasnois opts for a settlement in her case with Indedependet News Media

Independent Media and former Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois reached a settlement in the Labour Court this morning. Dasnois sued the company for R4 million in the Labour Court alleging discrimination, unfair dismissal, breach of contract‚ she also argued that the company intended to punish her for publishing material contrary…

9 May 2016 10AM 10 min