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The problem with Pakistan's foreign policy

Guest: Tom Hussain Position: Asia-Pacific Editor of The World Weekly

15 Feb 2016 10AM 19 min

Former Israeli PM starts prison sentence

Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, has begun serving his prison sentence, making him the first Israeli head of government to go to prison. Olmert will enter Ma’asiyahu prison near Tel Aviv on Monday to start serving a 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice. To discuss the…

15 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

How will possible Parly move affect CT economy

During President Zuma's State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday night, President Jacob Zuma said the cost of maintaining two capitals, a legislative capital in Cape Town and an administrative one in Pretoria, was too high. It means duplicating houses and cars for ministers and their deputies, and covering…

15 Feb 2016 9AM 7 min

Face to Face

Guest : Ryland Fisher Position : Editor , journalist , coulmnist , author , senior manager and executive

12 Feb 2016 10AM 23 min

Daily Vox - weekly update

Guest : Benazir Cassiem Position : Sub Editor, Daily Vox

12 Feb 2016 9AM 7 min

COPE SONA Walk Out

As President Jacob Zuma began delivering his State of the Nation address last night , he was disrupted by Cope Leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Lekota said Zuma admitted to the nation in the Constitutional Court that he had broken his oath of office. Lekota was then asked to leave the chamber…

12 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

Zuma's U-Turn on Nkandla

In an extraordinary string of concessions, President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday that he accepted not only that the public protector’s findings against him in the Nkandla scandal were binding, but that the police minister’s conflicting report on the subject was meaningless.Zuma also placed no reliance…

10 Feb 2016 9AM 15 min

US Presidential Elections - Trump and Sanders win big in New Hampshire

Voters in New Hampshire delivered a resounding rebuke to the US political establishment on Tuesday, with strong wins for leftwing Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican outsider Donald Trump in the second major test of the 2016 presidential race. The Vermont senator’s victory over Hillary Clinton will give him much needed…

10 Feb 2016 9AM 9 min

District 6 , 50 years on...

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 Feb 2016 5PM 13 min

Nkandla Con Court Saga

The Constitutional Court is today hearing whether President Jacob Zuma must pay back the money over Nkandla, if he broke the law by disregarding the Public Protector and how far advocate Thuli Madonsela’s powers extend. The Economic Freedom Fighters and the Democratic Alliance have approached the court in an attempt…

9 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

Nkandla Con Court Saga Continue...

Online now to help us make sense of what the Constitutional Court case and its proceedures are all about, we are joined by... Guest: Phephalaphi Dube Position: Legal Officer, Centre for Constitutional Rights

9 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

Muslim Judicial Council to host historic symposium on the life of Said Nursi

The Muslim Judicial Council will be hosting a symposium of the life of of Badee uz Zamaan Said Nursi. The symposium will aim to bring awareness of the life and contributions of Said Nursi and the legacy he has left behind. Joining us online now is... Guest: Hamza B. Oztas…

9 Feb 2016 9AM 20 min

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) is a registered international, non-profit peace organization. HWPL is committed to community development through volunteer outreach, women advocacy, and cultural and religious exchange through International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) and youth engagement through International Peace Youth Group (IPYG). For we are joined…

8 Feb 2016 9AM 11 min

Mandla Mandela embraces Islam and weds over the weekend

The grandson of former president Nelson Mandela, Nkosi Zwelivelile ‘Mandla’ Mandela announced his marriage to Muslim bride, Rabia Clarke on Sunday. The marriage, which took place on Saturday in Cape Town, is the fourth for Mandela, whose heritage is isiXhosa and who currently serves as the traditional chief of Mveso…

8 Feb 2016 9AM 6 min

Corruption Watch Joins EFF, DA in Nkandla ConCourt Case

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…

7 Feb 2016 5PM 9 min

Impassioned plea by Bilal Bassiouni

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…

7 Feb 2016 5PM 8 min

Hijab-wearing women react to Bosnia court ban

Hijabs are no longer welcome in judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid suspicion of religiously motivated bias, according to a recent conclusion reached by the country's High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council. Lawyers, prosecutors and others employed in judicial institutions can no longer wear the hijab to work. Whether…

4 Feb 2016 10AM 15 min

Human Rights Watch Report : A Year of Reckoning on Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekee

Last week, an independent panel released a much-anticipated report on sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers and United Nations staff of the very people they are meant to be protecting. Reports of egregious abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, including the rape of children, prompted the investigation. In…

4 Feb 2016 9AM 8 min

Special Guest – Nick Turse

Investigative journalist and author, Nick Turse, is currently on tour in South Africa to speak on the themes covered in his book Tomorrow’s Battlefield: US Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa (AMEC: 2015). Turse will speak in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The tour will include a series of…

4 Feb 2016 4AM 15 min

Syrian Peace Talks in Trouble

Syria's main opposition bloc has given warning that attacks by government forces in Aleppo province could stand in the way of the peace talks under way in the Swiss city of Geneva. The Syrian government launched a major offensive from the north of Aleppo and captured several strategically important towns…

3 Feb 2016 10AM 13 min