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Millions rally for Charlie Hebdo victims

Millions rally for Charlie Hebdo victims

13 Jan 2015 6AM 10 min

Mawlid week kicks off

Since the early days of Islam in the Cape, traditions and teachings from our Muslim forefathers have been passed down to future generations and remain entrenched in Cape Malay society today. One of these popular traditions is the annual Moulood or Mawlid celebrations; a time for Muslims to come together…

13 Jan 2015 6AM 22 min

International Israeli Apartheid Week campaign

The 11th annual international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will be held in South Africa between the 2nd-8th March 2015. IAW is an annual international series of events (including rallies, lectures, cultural performances, music shows, films and workshops) that raises awareness of Israel's apartheid policies against indigenous Palestinians.

12 Jan 2015 6AM 6 min

Baga massacre

If you thought 17 dead in Paris was bad enough for one week, you were wrong. In Nigeria, more than 2,000 people are feared dead after Boko Haram launched its deadliest-ever attack on a strategic north-eastern town. But where are the solidarity marches, the passionate editorials and the international condemnations?…

12 Jan 2015 6AM 7 min

Mauritius

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 Jan 2015 7AM 15 min

Eskom begins load shedding again

The state-owned power utility is running on empty after forking out billions of rands to power up the grid with costly diesel. The only options appear to be a government bailout – in the form of a cash injection – or further guarantees, or severe load shedding. As the utility…

9 Jan 2015 5AM 5 min

Cairo to Cape Challenge

Today Ivan Zimmerman starts his adventure to travel Cairo to Cape on a bicycle. The journey is expected to last four months and cover 12,000 kms through ten countries. Many are calling him crazy but he has a cause in mind: One can of food for every kilo he travels…

9 Jan 2015 5AM 9 min

ANC bash

Yesterday I chat to both the ANC and the DA about the big ANC 103 birthday bash happening at the Cape Town Stadium. As we see the city starting to be abuzz for the event, I now speak to political economist, Siya Biniza about the politics behind the party…

9 Jan 2015 5AM 9 min

Sri Lanka elections

Millions of Sri Lankans have voted in a tightly fought presidential election, as incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa faces a former ally who has promised to root out corruption and political decay. Around 15 million people are eligible to vote in s election, as Rajapaksa faces Maithripala Sirisena, a former Health…

8 Jan 2015 4AM 25 min

ANC birthday bash kicks off

Africa’s oldest liberation movement, the African National Congress, turns 103 old today. The party is celebrating the big birthday bash from today until Saturday. January 8, the actual birth date of the ANC, when several ANC regions would send delegations to participate in the cutting of the cake. On Friday,…

8 Jan 2015 4AM 7 min

NC birthday bash: DA perspective

NC birthday bash: DA perspective As we know, in politics, things never go down without a hitch or two. While the city starts to buzz ahead of the ANC 103 birthday bash, the event is not without bickering as we see the ANC's Gwede Mantashe condemning the DA-run city for…

7 Jan 2015 5PM 6 min

MJC condemns Charlie Hebdo attack

Adding to the international outcry regarding the attack at Charlie Hebdo HQ, Moulana Igsaan Hendricks offers the MJC statement on the recent Paris massacre.

7 Jan 2015 5PM 4 min

Middle East now home to world's largest number of refugees

Today, a new UN report found that the Middle East and North Africa now hosts the world’s largest number of refugees. The conflict in Syria meant the region edged ahead of Asia and the Pacific to become the world’s largest provider of sanctuary to displaced people. The report also found…

7 Jan 2015 5AM 21 min

Charlie Hebdo attack

At least 11 people have been killed and 5 injured in a shooting incident at the Paris office of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The attack is allegedly in response to the latest post sent by the Charlie Hebdo Twitter account was a picture of the Isis group leader, Abu…

7 Jan 2015 5AM 15 min

Bangladesh attack

Two activists from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party have been shot dead in clashes with ruling party supporters after their leader called for protests on the first anniversary of elections her party boycotted. Monday's clashes came as BNP's leader Khaleda Zia remains confined to her office in the capital…

5 Jan 2015 5PM 18 min

Palestine joins ICC

Israel has begun implementing economic sanctions against the Palestinians and is looking at ways to prosecute senior Palestinians for war crimes in the United States and elsewhere in response to Palestinian steps to join the International Criminal Court. The Palestinians delivered to UN headquarters in New York on Friday documents…

5 Jan 2015 5PM 16 min

Islamia

VOC Journalist, Mubeen Banderker spoke to COO of Islamia College, Sheikh Sadullah Khan after the Islamia matric class of 2014 received a 99% pass rate. We now take a listen to what he had to say.

5 Jan 2015 5PM 5 min

James Fowley execution

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…

5 Jan 2015 9AM 6 min

Human rights clamp down in Bahrain

In October we spoke to Maryam Alkhawaja, the Co-Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights. She is the sister of Zainab al-Khawaja, Bahraini activist and participant in the Bahrain uprising, whose charges violate freedom of speech, including those that criminalize any criticism of the monarch or state institutions

5 Jan 2015 9AM 17 min

Pallo Jordan

Staying with fake qualifications now as we look at an interview Shafiq had with Gareth Van Onselen, the journalist who broke the story of Pallo Jordan's fake qualifications. With threats and bribes in the mix, it definitely made for front page news…

2 Jan 2015 9AM 16 min