Drivetime

COSAS briefing at Woolworths HQ

Members of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) held a press briefing outside Woolworths Headquarters in the city today with regards to Woolsworths sale of Israeli goods. VOC journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs was in attendance…

4 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Riots force reinstatement of Zambian official

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 Nov 2014 5PM 16 min

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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…

3 Nov 2014 5PM 9 min

Ahmed Kathrada celebrated in new film

A documentary feature film which celebrated the life of Ahmed Kathrada premiered in Durban last night . The film, entitled Ahmed Kathrada: A Man For All Seasons, produced by Anant Singh, follows Mr. Kathrada on his extraordinary life journey as an activist, a Rivonia trialist, a prisoner on Robben Island…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 5 min

Burkina Faso: Uprising or military coup?

The resignation of President Blaise Compaore two days ago, has flung Burkina Faso into uncertainty. He was forced to step down as mass protests aimed at thwarting his bid to change the constitution to extend his rule, continued. With no head of state,  the army has selected Lt-Col Isaac Zida…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 7 min

Load shedding: The Eskom crisis

Four major cities in South Africa have suffered power cuts due to a huge loss in output after a coal storage silo collapsed. Yesterday, blackouts were reported in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic capital, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and could run through the whole week, the state-owned power supplier…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 9 min

Tshabalala awaits ruling

The Western Cape High Court today ruled on Parliament's communications committee's inquiry into SABC chairperson Ellen Tshabalala's academic qualifications.Tshabalala obtained the interim interdict on 23 October, halting the inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications.The announcement was made during a meeting of Parliament's portfolio committee on communications, which…

3 Nov 2014 9AM 4 min

Whats Trending

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…

2 Nov 2014 5PM 6 min

Advocate Pikoli

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…

2 Nov 2014 5PM 17 min

Euro Mid releases Gaza report

Israel violated international law according to a report released yesterday that investigated the use of human shields during Israel’s 2014 onslaught of the Gaza Strip.  The report, published by the Geneva-based Euro-Mid human rights observer, says that the Israeli army broke international law on at least six occasions in the…

31 Oct 2014 11AM 13 min

Shami Chakrabarti

Friday’s is our book review segment and we usually put the spotlight on local authors, but today we have a very special guest. Shami Chakrabarti, the author of On Liberty is in SA. Shami is the director of Liberty, the British civil liberties advocacy organisation. As director, she has campaigned against anti-terrorist measures…

31 Oct 2014 10AM 14 min

Nkandla committee absolves JZ from wrongdoing

Well it seems the ANC parliamentary committee is sticking to its guns on their ‘Number 1’, saying there was no money to be paid back to the state as President Zuma had not unduly benefited from the R246-million upgrades to his Nkandla home. And of course, South Africans are not happy…

31 Oct 2014 10AM 7 min

Meeting of Minds in Tehran

Academics, activists, journalists and writers gathered in Tehran for a conference to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza, Islam’s relations with the West as well as the rise of ISIS and those behind the latest terrorist group. How did this ‘meeting of minds’ navigate the problems in the Middle East today?…

30 Oct 2014 11AM 18 min

Oxfam releases report on inequality in South Africa

International human rights organisation Oxfam has released a new report which states that the gap between rich and poor is growing ever wider and is undermining poverty eradication in South Africa. This report delves into the causes of the inequality crisis and looks at the concrete solutions that can overcome it.

30 Oct 2014 10AM 10 min

ANC addresses media on gun campaign

Gun laws in South Africa are being debated in light of the senseless killing of Senzo Meyiwa and the public are asking serious questions about the severity of crime in this country. The ANC briefed the media in Parliament on its gun control campaign today. Our reporter Andriques Petersen has…

30 Oct 2014 10AM 4 min

Violence around Masjidul Aqsa

Clashes erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem today after a gunman on a motorcycle shot and seriously wounded a far-right rabbi yesterday. Israel announced it was shutting down the al-Aqsa mosque following yesterday’s shooting of Yehuda Glick. Neither Jewish nor Muslim worshippers would be allowed…

29 Oct 2014 10PM 8 min

Gift of the Givers book launch

here was a packed house at the Gift of the Givers warehouse in Athlone last night for the launch of the aid agency’s first book, written by myself. Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Giver’s: A Mercy to All details the humanitarian relief organisation’s many challenging missions locally and…

29 Oct 2014 11AM 9 min

Human rights activists under clampdown in Bahrain

Human rights groups are urging Bahrain to drop all criminal charges against prominent human rights activists Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja and release them as the charges violate their right to free expression. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights issued their statements on Sunday also…

29 Oct 2014 11AM 16 min

Zambian president Michael Sata dies

Zambian President Michael Sata, who was nicknamed "King Cobra" for his fiery comebacks and larger-than-life personality, has died. He was 77. Sata had traveled to London for unspecified medical treatment last week, and died at a hospital there last night. Officials did not disclose a cause of death.What legacy does…

29 Oct 2014 10AM 10 min

Cosatu and Numsa battle

There’s been some interesting developments on our political front, with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) announcing on Monday that it is severing ties with the ANC, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and COSATU, the trade union federation. There has been a long-simmering ideological battle in…

28 Oct 2014 10PM 11 min