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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 wit. The show has its own distinct local and global flavour and was nominated for the MTN Awards in 2014 and the Liberty Life Awards in 2016. The 5.10pm interview on Drivetime is its in-depth highlight and has covered stories in over 100 countries. During the show listener participation is encouraged via WhatsApp and SMS.
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3,995 Episodes
2320 – 2340

Supreme Court Reserves Judgement in Oscar Appeal

Judgment has been reserved in the appeal against Oscar Pistorius’ culpable homicide conviction, which means he could find out his fate in days or even weeks. A full bench, led by Judge President Lex Mpati, heard the case at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein today. Pistorius, who…
3 Nov 2015 10AM 4 min

Turkish Elections

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June. With almost all ballots counted, the AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%. The pro-Kurdish HDP crossed the 10% threshold needed to claim…
2 Nov 2015 10AM 19 min

Egypt Plane Crash

Russian airliner Metrojet says Saturday’s plane crash in Egypt, which killed all 224 people on board, was not caused by technical problems or pilot error.The flight from the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg broke up over the Sinai peninsula. Guest: David Soucie Position: Aviation Expert and…
2 Nov 2015 9AM 8 min

Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer realeased after 14 years

Shaker Aamer, whose detention at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba attracted the attention of human rights lawyers, political leaders and rock stars, was freed on Friday after more than 13 years in captivity. To find out more, we are joined online by... Guest: Massoud Shadjareh Position: Chairperson, Islamic Human…
1 Nov 2015 10PM 10 min

Turkish Elections

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June. With almost all ballots counted, the AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%. The pro-Kurdish HDP crossed the 10% threshold needed to claim…
1 Nov 2015 10PM 19 min

Face to Face – Faiz Jacobs

Today, we are Face to Face with Faiz Jacobs... Faiz Jacobs was elected to the ANC Provincial Executive at the eighth elective provincial conference in June this year…
30 Oct 2015 11AM 20 min

Secret to peace in Palestine - Daoud Kuttab

Much has been said about the intention by Israel to divide Masjidul Aqsa to accommodate both Muslim and Jewish worshippers. Saudi Arabia and Jordan has however warned that this move could spark a religious war. With much speculation on the way forward, our next guest has suggested the secret to…
29 Oct 2015 11AM 19 min

Egyptian Parliamentary Elections 2015

Egyptians returned to polling places to vote Tuesday in run-off elections for more than 200 parliamentary seats where no clear winner emerged in first-round elections last week. Only about 26 percent of eligible voters turned out last week for round one of Egypt's first parliamentary elections in three years. Guest:…
28 Oct 2015 11AM 23 min

UK Academics join BDS Movement

Hundreds of university professors in the United Kingdom say they will halt all cooperation with Israeli schools in an effort to draw attention to Israel's violations of international law. In a statement released on Tuesday, 343 UK academics announced that they would no longer accept invitations to visit Israeli academic…
28 Oct 2015 10AM 8 min

Genocide in Myanmar

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered what amounts to "strong evidence" of a genocide coordinated by the Myanmar government against the Rohingya people, according to an assessment by Yale University Law School. The Lowenstein Clinic spent eight months assessing evidence from Myanmar, including documents and testimony provided by Al Jazeera…
28 Oct 2015 10AM 16 min

Islamists, secularists and old regime elites in Tunisia

This article analyses the confrontations and compromises for domination of the political arena and its rules that are going on in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution between the Islamists of Ennahda party and the networks of so-called secularists and old regime elites – in particular, Nidaa Tounes. On the contrary…
27 Oct 2015 11AM 18 min

Ahmed Timol Inquest Papers Released

The 44th anniversary of Ahmed Timol’s death in detention too place earlier today. The commemorative event saw the inquest documents into his death, officially being made available to the public. The event took place at Johannesburg Central Police Station, in the very building from where supposedly, “he plunged ten storeys…
27 Oct 2015 10AM 7 min

Afghan-Pakistan Earthquake

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and has been felt in a large area from northern India to Pakistan with scores of people killed across the region. The US Geological Survey put the epicentre of Monday's quake near Jarm in Afghanistan's northeast, 250km from the capital Kabul…
27 Oct 2015 10AM 5 min

Human Rights Watch visit to Tripoli's al-Hadba prison

In a private meeting with Human Rights Watch researchers at Tripoli's al-Hadba prison, the jailed son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Al Saadi Gaddafi. During the visit, Gaddafi told researchers of how he had been held in solitary confinement and suffered due process violations during pretrial detention. The meeting…
26 Oct 2015 11AM 20 min

Economic Implecations of 0% fee increase

While students across the country celebrated the announcement by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, that there would be 0% fee ioncrease for 2016, questions have been rasied as to how government would make up the balance of the funds required. To try and make sense of this, we are joined…
26 Oct 2015 11AM 11 min

Economic Implications of 0% fee increase

While students across the country celebrated the announcement by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, that there would be 0% fee increase for 2016, questions have been raised as to how government would make up the balance of the funds required. Guest: Dawie Roodt Position: Director and Chief Economist at Efficient…
26 Oct 2015 10AM 11 min

Feed Back from World Halaal Tourism Summit

VOC News Editor, Tasneem Adams, last week attended the World Halaal Tourism Summit in Abu Dhabi. The aim of the summit was to promote the Halaal Tourism industry globally.
25 Oct 2015 6PM 9 min
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