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Tunisia museum attack – analysis

Yesterday we were watching the Tunisian museum attack unfolding on our timelines and it seems today Tunisian authorities have named the two gunmen involved in the killing of 19 people. One of the assailants was known to the intelligence service. Officials identified the attackers as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui…

19 Mar 2015 6AM 11 min

Zille vs Cape Times

Western Cape government is stopping all subscriptions to the Cape Times because it is wasteful and fruitless to pay money for a paper that offers no value. The back-story to this move, it seems, lies in DA leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s latest weekly party missive in which…

18 Mar 2015 9AM 7 min

Dem Now Insert

Yesterday we chat to Miko Peled about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress. We cross now to a Democracy Now special episode with Noam Chomsky pre Netanyahu's Speech.

18 Mar 2015 8AM 17 min

UCT Rhodes debate – UCT management

The debate around the Cecil John Rhodes statue at UCT has become a major taking point this past week, following protests and an open dialogue on campus. Some UCT students have called for the removal of the statue, which they believe is a symbol of white colonialism and the oppression…

18 Mar 2015 5AM 10 min

Zuma survives another no-confidence vote

It was another day of drama in Parliament yesterday as the DA’s motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma was defeated in the National Assembly. The ANC used its majority to keep him in power. 113 MP’s voted yes, 221 voted no and 8 abstained. The vote followed a…

18 Mar 2015 5AM 6 min

Israeli elections – MRN response

With more than 99 percent of the votes tallied, Israel’s incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears poised to retain his office and form the next government. Though the final campaign polls showed Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party trailing behind the centre-left Zionist Union, Likud gained 30 seats, six more than its…

18 Mar 2015 5AM 10 min

Israeli Elections

Four years ago this week people across Syria began marching peacefully to demand democratic reforms. The country they sought to improve literally no longer exists. In death, destruction, refugees and sheer horror, Syria’s war outstrips any other of this century. That it has faded from public attention reflects not an easing of…

17 Mar 2015 9AM 12 min

Gaza Report

A Gaza war medical report was launched at Wits University last night. Entitled No Safe Place: a report from an independent medical fact-finding mission to Gaza 2014, this is one of the first reports on the events of Operation Protective Edge, written by eight renowned international medical experts. Investigating the…

17 Mar 2015 9AM 19 min

Muslim Views: March Edition

It's that time of the month again where Muslim Views joins us on air to tell us what we can expect in this month's edition. Online is…

17 Mar 2015 9AM 8 min

SA journo travelled to Syria

A few weeks ago, SA journo, Yazeed Kamaldien travelled to Syria. He wrote several pieces that featured both in the Cape Argus and his personal blog, which focused on Kobane and the harsh conditions Syrians live in.

16 Mar 2015 10AM 13 min

SA journo travelled to Syria

A few weeks ago, SA journo, Yazeed Kamaldien travelled to Syria. He wrote several pieces that featured both in the Cape Argus and his personal blog, which focused on Kobane and the harsh conditions Syrians live in. He joins us now online to discuss…

16 Mar 2015 8AM 13 min

DA to challenge use of police in Parliament

The DA appeared in the Western Cape High Court today to challenge the legislation which allows for the arrest and removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly. The DA filed papers in the Western Cape High Court following the removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from…

16 Mar 2015 8AM 6 min

Protests in Tunisia

The promise of the Arab Spring has not been fulfilled in most of the countries that became caught up in the revolutionary fervour of 2011. But Tunisia, where it all began, was – and still is – the standout case. Power changed hands relatively smoothly after the exit of long-term…

16 Mar 2015 8AM 21 min

Collins Chabane: A man of many talents

Yesterday morning South Africa awoke, not to the latest scandal in the Sunday papers, but to the tragic death of Collins Chabane. As minister of Public Service and Administration, Chabane had kept a relatively low profile. But in his previous role of Minister of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, he was…

16 Mar 2015 8AM 5 min

I'm Not Your Weekend Special

The story of Brenda “MaBrrr” Nokuzola Fassie is not one that belongs to her exclusively. It is a story that exists in South Africa’s collective memory and is often best told by those willing to not forget it. Since stepping into the mainstream in the early 1980s, the legend of…

16 Mar 2015 7AM 8 min

Oscar appeal struck off

An application by Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers to be granted leave to review Judge Thokozile Masipa’s decision to allow the State to appeal the culpable homicide conviction has been dismissed in the South Gauteng High Court. Online to give help us discuss this is…

16 Mar 2015 7AM 7 min

international Day of Protest against Saudi on 14 March 2015

The Universal Justice Network has launched an event which calls for protests against Saudi which will see demonstrations on 14 March 2015 in cities across the globe. The event is designed to draw attention to the little publicised persecution faced by thousands of political prisoners imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for…

13 Mar 2015 7AM 9 min

Eskom boss and trio suspended

Tshediso Matona, the chief executive of South Africa's power utility Eskom, and three other senior executives have been suspended to allow for an inquiry into the operations of the utility. Eskom, which provides virtually all the electricity in Africa's most developed economy, is facing a funding crunch as it races…

12 Mar 2015 9AM 7 min

Aid agencies slam UN Security Council over Syria

More than 20 international aid organisations have sharply criticised the United Nations Security Council, saying it has failed to implement three resolutions passed last year seeking to boost humanitarian assistance to Syrian civilians. The 21 aid groups say the resolutions have been "ignored or undermined by the parties to the…

12 Mar 2015 9AM 18 min

Sanef & NGO's signal jamming application postponed

An application by Sanef and several NGO's who are working together to fight for media freedom in light of the signal jamming at Sona 2015, has been postponed. This is the second time this has happened for this particular case. Will this issue be addressed or is this just a…

11 Mar 2015 8AM 10 min