Drivetime

Gaza ANC Perspective

There are growing calls from all over the world for the Israeli Ambassador to be expelled and the SA Ambassador in Tel Aviv to be recalled. At the same time, pickets are stepping up around the country. Online we have the African National Congress to hear their perspective on the…

10 Jul 2014 10AM 6 min

SANDU under fire

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 Jul 2014 9AM 3 min

Muslim Views Misconception

Muslim Views caused quite a stir with its February edition which had a feature on Muslim charities failing to disclose information in public interest. One of the charities mentioned was Muslim Hands, who at the time, did not respond to the survey. But now recently, a vicious pamphlet about Muslim…

1 Jul 2014 9AM 6 min

Peace Activist: Sahar M Vardi

Sahar Vardi is an outspoken peace activist from Jerusalem who bravely started protesting against Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people at a very young age.She has served three prison sentences for her refusal to be conscripted into Israel's military service. She is one of the Shministim – Israeli teenagers who…

30 Jun 2014 10AM 20 min

Stellenbosch Rector Dies

Professor Russel Botman, rector and vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University, has been hailed as an inspiration following news of his death. Professor Hayman Russel Botman died in his sleep at his home in Stellenbosch on Friday night, according to Stellenbosch University, which along with many prominent South Africans paid tribute on…

30 Jun 2014 9AM 5 min

Neotel, Western Cape plan mass broadband roll out

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…

23 Jun 2014 10AM 7 min

Thailand Immigration

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…

23 Jun 2014 10AM 12 min

Farmers to give half their farms to farmworkers

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…

23 Jun 2014 10AM 8 min

Dr Fowzia Siddiqui

Dr Fowzia Siddiqui brought an audience at Masjidur Rawbie in Portlands Mitchells Plain to tears last night in her appeal for US authorities to release her sister, Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Dr Siddiqui is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence at a U.S. federal prison at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth,…

20 Jun 2014 11AM 15 min

Syria relief project

From our previous interview on the scale of refugees in Syria, we turn to what local humanitarians are doing to assist Syrian refugees. As we have been reporting lately, a delegation of humanitarians, from a dual initiative by the Darul Islam Relief Fund and Women in Support of Humanity are…

20 Jun 2014 10AM 7 min

World Refugee Day

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…

20 Jun 2014 10AM 13 min

Julius Malema accused ANC of murder

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…

20 Jun 2014 10AM 14 min

Jordan releases anti-ISIL Salafi leader

Jordanian authorities have released Salafi leader Assem Barqawi, better known as Abu Mohammad al-Maqdesi, after having served a five-year prison sentence on allegations of jeopardising state security and recruiting jihadists to fight in Afghanistan. His release came as a surprise to some after the escalating war in Syria has presented…

19 Jun 2014 11AM 18 min

Corruption Watch

Corruption Watch will participate in a global campaign, “Unmask the Corrupt’ launched today 19 June by Transparency International (TI). The campaign’s aim is to end the impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of corruption. Online from Corruption Watch is executive director David Lewis

19 Jun 2014 10AM 9 min

Fraud claims in Afghan elections

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah yesterday demanded election organisers stop counting ballots because of widespread fraud, potentially derailing what is seen as a make-or-break vote before most foreign troops leave. Millions of Afghans turned out on Saturday for a second-round run-off to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai, a…

19 Jun 2014 10AM 14 min

General Household Survey

South Africans are constantly complaining about the access to basic services but the latest General Household survey by Stats SA says that life here is not that bad. The question is…what is the quality of these services? To give us a break down is the statistician general

19 Jun 2014 10AM 12 min

Iraqi Ambassador on ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has taken over from the al-Qa'ida organisation founded by Osama bin Laden as the most powerful and effective extreme group in the world. Isis now controls or can operate with impunity in a great stretch of territory in western Iraq and…

18 Jun 2014 11AM 27 min

Dr Fouzia Siddiqui SA tour

Dr Fouzia Siddiqui, the sister of famed political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, will be visiting the mother city this week to raise awareness on the detention and torture of her sister at the hands of US authorities. The visit is part of a countrywide tour of South Africa. to tell…

18 Jun 2014 10AM 7 min

Post SONA Analysis

The county's fragile economy took centre stage last night as President Jacob Zuma delivered his seventh State of the Nation Address, promising "far-reaching interventions" following damaging labour unrest and economic downgrades in recent weeks. Analysts have had mixed reactions to President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address, which many…

18 Jun 2014 10AM 14 min

High praise for state-of-nation address from President

The ruling party had high praise for President Jacob Zuma's state-of-nation address last night, but opposition leaders described it as "mediocre" and "muted". In the wake of the country's credit ratings downgrade, Zuma somberly acknowledged that economic growth has lagged far behind government's target and that many South Africans are…

18 Jun 2014 10AM 5 min