Drivetime

SONA pre analysis

Analysts say President Jacob Zuma’s will have to deliver a strong message on government’s plan to boost the economy, considering the recent outlook downgrade by credit ratings agency Fitch. In February, Zuma spoke mostly of government’s past successes, repeating the familiar refrain that the country has “a good story to…

17 Jun 2014 11AM 15 min

SACCI on SONA

Expectations are high for President Jacob Zuma as he focuses on the economic situation of the country when he opens parliament at 7pm tonight. Zuma has a difficult task now that South Africa may be dipping into another recession with economic growth having contracted in the first quarter and international…

17 Jun 2014 10AM 10 min

SONA scene setter

The media are getting ready at Parliament for President Jacob Zuma's seventh state-of-the-nation address. Zuma will delivery his address at 7pm tonight, following the usual pomp and ceremony. Online from Parliament’s precinct is our reporter Ra’eesah Isaacs / Andriques Petersen

17 Jun 2014 10AM 3 min

SONA scene setter Cont.

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…

16 Jun 2014 10PM 3 min

Transitional Justice In Africa Fellowship

Last week we spoke to Ms Friederike Bubenzer, from the Institute of International Justice and Reconciliation who hosts the Transitional Justice in Africa Fellowship Programme. The programme has been designed to attract and bring together scholars and practitioners in the field of transitional justice to compare, reflect and write on…

16 Jun 2014 10AM 9 min

Youth Day with Shaka Sisulu

As we celebrate Youth Day and what it means, DriveTime Producer, Zahrah Isaacs, caught up with Walter Sisulu this morning about what youth day means to someone coming from a political background…

16 Jun 2014 10AM 9 min

Sudan Leaders agree to form new government

South Sudan's president and rebel chief have met in Addis Ababa in a bid to end six months of civil war, agreeing to forge a transitional government within a 60-day deadline, Ethiopia's prime minster says. President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met on Tuesday on the sidelines of…

13 Jun 2014 10AM 15 min

Platinum Strike: Agreement Reached

The five-month platinum strike could end on Friday if workers accept a new offer which would see basic pay increase by R1,000 a month for the lowest paid. The strongest sign of a deal is that this is the first time in two months that leaders of the Association of…

13 Jun 2014 10AM 6 min

Trojan Horse

The British government stepped up its anti-Muslim campaign this week by moving to put five schools in Birmingham, England’s second largest city, into “special measures”. The decision was taken by the official schools inspectorate Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills). It came comes after a campaign…

12 Jun 2014 11AM 18 min

Welcome To The World Cup

The World Cup 2014 is upon us! Get ready for thrills, spills, colour, noise and some of the most tired football cliches known to man. What comes to mind when you hear the word Brazil? Is it soccer? the beaches of Rio? The beautiful women? While these are all common…

12 Jun 2014 10AM 6 min

ISIL: Rising power in Iraq and Syria

The city of Tikrit, hometown of late president Saddam Hussein, fell to the ISIL yesterday afternoon in less than 48 hours after the capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city. Tikrit, within Salahuddin province, is only 140 km away from capital Baghdad. Meanwhile, violence continued in other cities as eleven people…

12 Jun 2014 10AM 15 min

Up in the Arms Deal

A "one-sided approach" at the arms deal commission is leaving reams of contestable evidence unchecked and unchallenged, arms deal "critics" say. The commission is divided into two "phases": phase one consists of evidence mainly given by government officials, including the defence department and former ministers. Phase two consists mainly of…

12 Jun 2014 10AM 11 min

CAIR to Counter D.C. Anti-Islam Bus Ads

Bus ads linking Islam with Nazism have been circulating through Washington, DC - sparking a furious debate about the role of free speech. The ads, which are featured on twenty Metro buses, feature a photo of Adolf Hitler in conversation with "his staunch ally" Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti…

11 Jun 2014 11AM 12 min

Freedom From Violence

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) and The Hague Institute for Global Justice (THIGJ) are pleased to announce the convening of an annual Transitional Justice in Africa Fellowship Programme. The programme is being held in Johannesburg, Cape Town and The Hague from the 7th to the 27th of June…

11 Jun 2014 10AM 7 min

New Immigration Laws: The Real Cost

New immigration laws could cost South Africa R6.8 billion a year in loss of tourism, one organisation says. Several court cases are already pending as a result of the new regulations which came into effect on May 26. Western Cape Economic Opportunities MEC Alan Winde said the regulations presented “an…

11 Jun 2014 10AM 10 min

Bill to force-feed Palestinian prisoners

The Israeli prime minister is pushing for the approval of a bill that will allow doctors to force-feed up to 120 Palestinian prisoners. Inmates are hunger striking in protest of their indefinite detention and say they are ready to die for their cause. Although the bill is opposed by the…

10 Jun 2014 10AM 21 min

Black For Rohingya

According to the UN the Rohingya in Myanmar are the world’s most persecuted ethnic minority. The eruption of violence in 2012 is symptomatic of a long and oppressive history of discrimination for which the Buddhist-majority government is to blame. The Rohingya are labeled ‘illegal immigrants’ from Bangladesh thus rendering them…

10 Jun 2014 10AM 11 min

Unpacking The NPA

In the short, troubled and tumultuous history of the National Prosecuting Authority, chaos has reigned. Formed only in 1998, it has seen one head resign after being cleared of being an Apartheid spy, the next being fired after trying to charge the National Police Commissioner, a third suffering the humiliation…

10 Jun 2014 10AM 18 min

Karachi Airport Raid

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for an assault on Karachi airport that has killed 29 people, and given warning that more attacks are on the way. Besides the dead, at least two dozen people were wounded and flights were suspended as a result of Monday's attack on Jinnah International…

9 Jun 2014 11AM 8 min

Photographers fought apartheid with cameras

A new documentary film chronicling local photographer’s lives during apartheid has raised questions about press freedom and preserving a visual archive of the struggle for liberation.Behind the Lens, directed by Liz Fish, premieres this weekend at the Encounters documentary film festival. During its 52 minutes, the film tells of how…

9 Jun 2014 10AM 5 min