Drivetime

Situation in Syria

Despite a United Nations Security Council Resolution unanimously passed on February 22, demanding that all parties in Syria cease the indiscriminate use of barrel bombs and other weapons in populated areas, the Syrian government continues to indiscriminately strike civilians and civilian objects in Aleppo with unguided, high-explosive barrel bombs. That's…

5 May 2014 10AM 16 min

Whats Trending with Bonga D

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…

25 Apr 2014 11AM 9 min

Muslim Youth Movement

The Muslim Youth Movement will be hosting an Election Debate on 28 April in Crosby, Johannesburg on Monday. The Election Debate forms part of the build up to the Elections as politicians are making promises and conducting door to door campaigns. What will be on the agenda on this debate?…

25 Apr 2014 10AM 4 min

A high level Palestinian delegation arriving in South Africa

A high level Palestinian delegation is arriving in South Africa on Sunday, on an official state visit to the country. A week of activities have been planned, as part of South Africa’s 20 year democracy celebrations. To tell us more, we have one of the coordinators, Kashif Wickham

25 Apr 2014 10AM 7 min

SANHA’s complaint against Channel Islam International (Cii)

A settlement was reached on SANHA’s complaint against Channel Islam International (Cii) this week. Efforts going back several years of personal interventions by Ulama, correspondences and informal discussions yielded no results, and a  broadcast on the 4 November 2013  was the last straw that culminated in a complaint to the…

25 Apr 2014 10AM 7 min

Economic Freedom Fighters pressed charges

On 25 April 2014 the Economic Freedom Fighters pressed charges against Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille in the Equality Court for gross human rights violations against black women on The EFF says the South African State, as a member of the AU, did not honour the terms of the said…

25 Apr 2014 10AM 8 min

What's Trending with Bonga Dlulane

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…

24 Apr 2014 11AM 9 min

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In an exclusive interview, Chilean novelist Isabel Allende remembers the life and legacy of late writer Gabriel García Márquez. She reads from his landmark novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and talks about how García Márquez influenced generations of thinkers and writers in Latin America and across the world.

24 Apr 2014 11AM 17 min

Debate at the Nurul Islam Hall in Lenasia

There was vociferous debate at the Nurul Islam Hall in Lenasia last night as seven political parties went head to head on the state of the country. The election debate called “War of the Words” was moderated by Radio Islam’s programme manager Maulana Sulaiman Ravat.  And Maulana Sulaiman, I’m told,…

24 Apr 2014 10AM 7 min

The Listen, Live and Learn (LLL)

The Listen, Live and Learn (LLL) Programme at Stellenbosch University (SU), which started as the first of its kind in South Africa in 2008, manages to prepare students as agents of change in society where they help to build and support thriving communities. LLL houses are living spaces where senior…

24 Apr 2014 10AM 10 min

Build up coverage

Each week we will be looking a different angle in our build up coverage of the upcoming elections. In our election special segment today we look at South Africa as a young democracy, political communication and the importance of the ballot. Are political parties effectively communicating their messages to the…

24 Apr 2014 10AM 13 min

Walkout with police minister Nathi Mthetwa

Roving reporter Andriques Che Peteren is back in the studio today after attending a walkout with police minister Nathi Mthetwa at election hotspots in the province. To find out what transpired there Andriques is here to give a report

24 Apr 2014 10AM 9 min

What's trending with Bonga Dlulane

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 Apr 2014 11AM 9 min

Ebrahim Rasool

Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is currently in South Africa on tour to try and convince most in the country to vote. Cape Town - The ANC in the Western Cape may have suffered due to internal divisions that tore the party apart a decade ago, but is now showing signs of…

23 Apr 2014 11AM 16 min

Hugo Chavez legacy

Prof. Edgardo Lander Of Universidad Central De Venezuela argues that a major success of President Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution was that social policies led to a very significant reduction of poverty and inequality making Venezuela the least unequal country in Latin America. More importantly there was a significant transformation of…

23 Apr 2014 10AM 11 min

Economic Equality Charter

Today the Economic Equality Charter held a with a number of community and civil society organizations and structures. According to the organisers the march was because their voices are not being heard and because our living circumstances and living conditions, plight, has been neatly tucked away from the eyes of…

23 Apr 2014 10AM 4 min

What's trending with Bonga Dlulane

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…

22 Apr 2014 11AM 9 min

General Sisi planning to run in the next elections

General Sisi planning to run in the next elections following Muhammed Morsi ousting. With the Muslim Brotherhood out of the way, Sisi is tipped to be the next president of the conflict ridden Egypt. London based journalist Alastair writes whether the European Council is legitimising Sisi's coup as they are…

22 Apr 2014 11AM 19 min

GlobalGirl Media

GlobalGirl Media, a digital media co-­‐operative of young female journalists aged between 17 and 25, on will from (15 – 30 April 2014) will take to the streets of Johannesburg to ask the free-­‐born generation how they feel about the elections, the various political parties, and the experience of voting…

22 Apr 2014 11AM 7 min

Lack of tarabiya in the Muslim community epi1

The Madina Institute will begin the first lectures of it's series on the lack of tarabiya in the Muslim community. Voc journalist Raeesah Isaacs spoke to the Institutes Ghaafith Mahmood Ghatieb.

22 Apr 2014 10AM 8 min