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Turkish Elections

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June. With almost all ballots counted, the AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%. The pro-Kurdish HDP crossed the 10% threshold needed to claim…

1 Nov 2015 10PM 19 min

Face to Face – Faiz Jacobs

Today, we are Face to Face with Faiz Jacobs... Faiz Jacobs was elected to the ANC Provincial Executive at the eighth elective provincial conference in June this year…

30 Oct 2015 11AM 20 min

Secret to peace in Palestine - Daoud Kuttab

Much has been said about the intention by Israel to divide Masjidul Aqsa to accommodate both Muslim and Jewish worshippers. Saudi Arabia and Jordan has however warned that this move could spark a religious war. With much speculation on the way forward, our next guest has suggested the secret to…

29 Oct 2015 11AM 19 min

Egyptian Parliamentary Elections 2015

Egyptians returned to polling places to vote Tuesday in run-off elections for more than 200 parliamentary seats where no clear winner emerged in first-round elections last week. Only about 26 percent of eligible voters turned out last week for round one of Egypt's first parliamentary elections in three years. Guest:…

28 Oct 2015 11AM 23 min

UK Academics join BDS Movement

Hundreds of university professors in the United Kingdom say they will halt all cooperation with Israeli schools in an effort to draw attention to Israel's violations of international law. In a statement released on Tuesday, 343 UK academics announced that they would no longer accept invitations to visit Israeli academic…

28 Oct 2015 10AM 8 min

Genocide in Myanmar

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered what amounts to "strong evidence" of a genocide coordinated by the Myanmar government against the Rohingya people, according to an assessment by Yale University Law School. The Lowenstein Clinic spent eight months assessing evidence from Myanmar, including documents and testimony provided by Al Jazeera…

28 Oct 2015 10AM 16 min

Islamists, secularists and old regime elites in Tunisia

This article analyses the confrontations and compromises for domination of the political arena and its rules that are going on in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution between the Islamists of Ennahda party and the networks of so-called secularists and old regime elites – in particular, Nidaa Tounes. On the contrary…

27 Oct 2015 11AM 18 min

Ahmed Timol Inquest Papers Released

The 44th anniversary of Ahmed Timol’s death in detention too place earlier today. The commemorative event saw the inquest documents into his death, officially being made available to the public. The event took place at Johannesburg Central Police Station, in the very building from where supposedly, “he plunged ten storeys…

27 Oct 2015 10AM 7 min

Afghan-Pakistan Earthquake

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and has been felt in a large area from northern India to Pakistan with scores of people killed across the region. The US Geological Survey put the epicentre of Monday's quake near Jarm in Afghanistan's northeast, 250km from the capital Kabul…

27 Oct 2015 10AM 5 min

Million Rand Ultimate 5 Challenge

Guest - Irfaan Abrahams

26 Oct 2015 11AM 9 min

Human Rights Watch visit to Tripoli's al-Hadba prison

In a private meeting with Human Rights Watch researchers at Tripoli's al-Hadba prison, the jailed son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Al Saadi Gaddafi. During the visit, Gaddafi told researchers of how he had been held in solitary confinement and suffered due process violations during pretrial detention. The meeting…

26 Oct 2015 11AM 20 min

Economic Implecations of 0% fee increase

While students across the country celebrated the announcement by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, that there would be 0% fee ioncrease for 2016, questions have been rasied as to how government would make up the balance of the funds required. To try and make sense of this, we are joined…

26 Oct 2015 11AM 11 min

Economic Implications of 0% fee increase

While students across the country celebrated the announcement by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, that there would be 0% fee increase for 2016, questions have been raised as to how government would make up the balance of the funds required. Guest: Dawie Roodt Position: Director and Chief Economist at Efficient…

26 Oct 2015 10AM 11 min

Feed Back from World Halaal Tourism Summit

VOC News Editor, Tasneem Adams, last week attended the World Halaal Tourism Summit in Abu Dhabi. The aim of the summit was to promote the Halaal Tourism industry globally.

25 Oct 2015 6PM 9 min

Student Protests

Guest: Azhar Vadi

23 Oct 2015 11AM 10 min

Media Analysis

Guest: Tonya Khoury

23 Oct 2015 11AM 9 min

Daily Vox Weekly Report

Now to catch up with the news of the week with the Daily Vox, we are joined by... Guest: Faranaaz Parker

23 Oct 2015 11AM 8 min

CT Station Shooting

SAMNET has expressed concern that the latest shooting at the Cape Town Station last week, in which 2 men dressed in full hijaab and niqaab, fired on civilians. According to SAMNET, the incident may have been part of a false flag operation to indicate a presence of ISIS in SA.

20 Oct 2015 10AM 7 min

Al Quds TV to launch SA Partnership

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 Oct 2015 10AM 26 min

Countrywide No Fee Protest - Pontsho Pilane

The No Fee increase student protests has spread across the country. The University of Cape Town suspended lectures today, after students barricaded the entrances to the university. This along with Rhodes University and University of Pretoria also raising their voices about the proposed fee increases.

19 Oct 2015 11AM 4 min