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25 years since Mandela's release

25 years ago today, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison in the Western Cape and made his way to City Hall in Cape Town to deliver his iconic speech from the balcony of the building. He was imprisoned for 27 years. Looking back at this momentous occasion in…

11 Feb 2015 5AM 15 min

Chapel Hill Shooting

After three American Muslims were gunned down "execution style" by an anti-Islam gunman in Chapel Hill, outraged people took to social media to express their opinions. The incident took place at a condominium complex near the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, at 5 p.m. EST. However, the lack of…

11 Feb 2015 5AM 18 min

Ukrain Crisis

The Ukraine crisis is almost a year old and Russia is winning. The separatists in eastern Ukraine are gaining ground and Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, shows no signs of backing down in the face of Western economic sanctions. Unsurprisingly, a growing chorus of voices in the United States is…

10 Feb 2015 9AM 19 min

ConCourt hears party funding case

The organisation called My Vote Counts this morning told the Constitutional Court that South Africans have a right to know who is funding their political parties. It has requested the court to ask judges to force Parliament to bring in laws that would compel parties to explain where they get…

10 Feb 2015 7AM 7 min

UCT research aims to play role in consolidating peace in Northern Uganda

Research by the University of Cape Town has explored the potential for local communities in Uganda to have greater participation in conflict resolution in future. In his study, UCT PhD graduate Samson Barrigye focuses on the role of ordinary citizens in peacemaking and conflict resolution, and advocates for more bottom-up…

10 Feb 2015 7AM 10 min

Tribute to Andre Brink

Tributes are pouring in for renowned author, Andre Brink. The 79-year-old novelist, playright and academic died on a plane to Cape Town over the weekend after reportedly developing a blood clot. Brink was a key figure in an Afrikaans literary movement in the 1960s along with Ingrid Jonker and Breyten…

9 Feb 2015 9AM 9 min

Mining indaba to kick off in CT

The exodus of people from the mining financial and investment capitals of the cold northern hemisphere to Cape Town’s balmy summer climate is already under way, and will become something of a flood as the week continues. They are all headed to the Investing in African Mining Indaba whcic kicked…

9 Feb 2015 9AM 12 min

Jordan executes prisoners after ISIL murder of pilot

Jordan hanged two Iraqi prisoners today including a female in response to an Islamic State video showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive by the group. Islamic State had demanded the release of the woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, in exchange for a Japanese hostage whom it later beheaded. Sentenced to…

5 Feb 2015 5AM 14 min

SA an attractive destination for terrorism funding networks

Claims that South Africa has become a hotbed for terrorist organisations have again raised eyebrows. According to the latest Global Terrorism Index, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, South Africa ranks in the top 50 countries where terrorist activity took place. Werksmans Attorneys in Johannesburg addressed some of…

5 Feb 2015 4AM 6 min

Kashmir day of solidarity

Kashmir Day is being observed in Pakistan to express solidarity with people of occupied Kashmir. Pakistan observes Kashmir Day every year on February 5 against Indian oppression in occupied valley. To chat about the significance of this day is Salman Khan, the founder of the South African Kashmir Action Group…

5 Feb 2015 4AM 14 min

Leila Khaled exclusive

Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled will be jetting into South Africa tomorrow for her week long speaking tour with BDS South Africa. Most of us know Leila Khaled as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and more infamously, as an airline hijacker during 1969 and…

5 Feb 2015 4AM 18 min

Lesotho elections]

So there we have it: another coalition government in Lesotho, and yet another term for Pakalitha Mosisili. But before his victory gets the full democratic whitewash, let’s remember who started all this trouble in the first place. These are the words of Simon Allison in his latest piece on the…

4 Feb 2015 7AM 9 min

Zuma to face fresh motion of no confidence

President Jacob Zuma is set to face a fresh motion of no confidence in his leadership, this time from the Democratic Alliance (DA). DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane gave notice of the move soon after Agang SA withdrew its own motion of no confidence. Maimane wants the house to agree…

4 Feb 2015 7AM 4 min

GOTG loads supplies for Malawi

The World Food Program reports it is scaling up its humanitarian operations in Malawi, where more than 600,000 people are suffering from the worst flooding to hit the country in 15 years. The flooding has killed more than 200 people. Locally, the Gift of the Givers has started loading its first batch…

4 Feb 2015 5AM 8 min

Top UN court delivers Balkan genocide verdicts

The UN's highest court yesterday ruled that Serbia did not commit genocide against Croats during the Balkan wars of the early 1990s. Serbia was accused of ethnic cleansing as a "form of genocide" at the time, leading to large numbers of Croats being displaced, killed or tortured and their property…

4 Feb 2015 5AM 19 min

To chat about this further is Laura Wells, a journalist in Istanbul Turkey.

Japanese journalist killed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended his policy toward terrorism, after two Japanese hostages were killed by the Islamic State group. During a long day of parliamentary debate, Abe parried numerous questions about his handling of the hostage crisis, which came to a grisly end with…

4 Feb 2015 4AM 20 min

De Klerk Boulevard renaming debate

The renaming of Table Bay Boulevard after former president FW de Klerk has been a hot topic in recent weeks, more so after a city council sitting last week passed the decision. The move has been fiercely opposed in some quarters, particularly by the ANC here in the Western Cape…

4 Feb 2015 4AM 9 min

Leila Khaled SA tour

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…

3 Feb 2015 5PM 6 min

Element Investment wins PMR Africa awards

It’s been a busy awards season for corporate companies and Element Investment Managers also creamed up some awards at the recent PMR Africa awards, which honours homegrown companies and organizations. Element Investment Manager’s executive chairman Dr Anwah Nagia joins us now…

3 Feb 2015 4AM 10 min

Dramat's reinstatement still on hold

Hawks boss Anwa Dramat will continue his wait to find out whether he is allowed to return to work or not after the High Court in Pretoria reserved judgment in an application to compel the police to reinstate him.  The Helen Suzman Foundation won an application two weeks ago to…

3 Feb 2015 4AM 12 min