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Seekers Hub SA tour

A group of scholars from the global Islamic online portal called Seekers Hub are in South Africa for what has been dubbed the Spread Light Tour. Part of the tour is Shaykh Yaghya Rhodus from the US, Sisi Nader Khan from Canada and Shaykh Faraz Rabbani from Canada. VOC news…

24 Jul 2015 10AM 7 min

Freedom In Our Lifetime

Freebook Friday is back after a break during Ramadan. In today’s book banter, Zahrah Isaacs finds out more about a book called Freedom in our Lifetime…

24 Jul 2015 10AM 19 min

Protest outside Saudi Embassy

Human rights activists staged a picket outside the Saudi Embassy in Pretoria earlier today against the Saudi bombardment of Yemen. Our reporter Umarah Hartley has been following this story and spoke to one of the organisers Khalifa Makgotlho

24 Jul 2015 6AM 6 min

Asylum Seekers in SA

A report on corruption levels in South Africa’s asylum-seeking system, called Queue Here for Corruption, has found that almost one-third of refugees have experienced corruption at a refugee reception office. But it doesn’t begin there: the report finds that refugees are at the mercy of corrupt officials from the second they…

23 Jul 2015 1AM 16 min

Event: #GazaHealthAttack: Findings of an Independant Fact-Finding Mission

Tonight, Open Shuhada Street South Africa, the UCT Palestine Solidarity Forum and SA Jews for a Free Palestine will be hosting Dr. Louis Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds will be reporting on the findings of an independent fact-finding mission report on the events of Operation Protective Edge. He is one eight renowned international medical experts…

22 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Sibiya to learn his fate today

Gauteng Hawks head Shadrack Sibiya is expected to find out today whether he's guilty or not of involvement in the so-called Zimbabwean renditions case and whether he can now return to work. He has been on suspension since January. Sibiya is accused of planning and executing the operation which led to the…

22 Jul 2015 10PM 6 min

SA one of 8 corruption hotspots in Africa

South Africa is one of eight countries named as the worst in Africa for corruption. ENSafrica found in a survey that incidents of bribery have increased‚ but so has general awareness of anti-bribery compliance among African organizations. Corruption hot spots are Angola‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Ghana‚ Kenya‚ Mozambique‚…

22 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Burundi Elections

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 Jul 2015 6PM 20 min

DA heads to Nkandla

Since the Nklanda report was released, questions were asked, debates were had and even more confusion arose. At the centre of it all is police minister Nathi Nhleko who keeps insisting that the millions spent on President Zuma's home is infact, 'security upgrades'. The Democratic Alliance and media alike headed…

22 Jul 2015 5AM 14 min

Media denied entry to Nkandla

The SA National Editors' Forum has expressed its shock over the refusal to allow the media to accompany a parliamentary committee visiting President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home on Wednesday. In a letter to Cedric Frolick, chairperson of the Nkandla ad hoc committee, Sanef said it believed it had a duty to…

21 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Zuma financial reports

Keeping our focus on Zuma and Nkandla, yesterday we spoke to Advocate Paul Hoffman about how the President and his family have not filed financial reports for years. Have a listen…

21 Jul 2015 10PM 9 min

Burundi elections

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…

21 Jul 2015 10AM 20 min

Media conference on Naeem Jeenah being denied a visa

Last week we reported and spoke to Naeem Jeenah about him being denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK. Today, Afro-Middle East Center (AMEC) which Jeenah is the Director of, held a media briefing to object to the treatment of Jeenah and asking to have this decision…

20 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Zuma has not filed financial reports in years

According to several media sources, President Zuma and his immediate family, including his 4 wives have not filed financial reports for years! This obviously constitutes a breach of law. Online to discuss is…

20 Jul 2015 10PM 8 min

Explosion hits Turkish town near Syrian border

An explosion took the lives of at least 10 people and injured 43 more earlier today in the Suruç (across the border with Kobani) district of Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. The explosion took place at the garden of Amara Culture Center of the district.  According to various sources, the…

20 Jul 2015 10AM 20 min

Trial of ex-Chad leader starts today

Hissene Habre, the former leader of Chad, is about to face trial in Senegal over the alleged political killings of thousands of people during his time in power. The trial which started today, will be the first of an African leader on the African continent for crimes against humanity. It…

20 Jul 2015 10AM 7 min

Panayioutou back in court

Christopher Panayiotou is back in court today to appeal a decision by the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court to deny him bail. A new development in this case is that he's hired two top SA attorneys for this and it has even come to light that he is willing to pay…

20 Jul 2015 10AM 5 min

The Libyan Political Dialogue: An Incomplete Consensus

The preliminary political agreement that emerged from UN-led talks between Libyan rival factions at a signing ceremony in the Moroccan coastal resort town of Skhirat last week was a critical first step toward ending the Libyan civil war. Yet one side’s refusal to come on board without further amendments to…

19 Jul 2015 10PM 17 min

MSF Yemen briefing in JHB

Doctors Withouth Borders (MSF SA) held a closed media briefing in Johannesburg yesterday that focused on the crisis in Yemen. Their Emergency Coordinator, Karlien Kliejer recently returned from the war striken country, adressed the crowd while Afro-Middle East Centre's Naeem Jeenah provided a contextual analysis of the regional political and…

17 Jul 2015 10AM 8 min

China arrests: 5 South Africans return to SA today

Today marks exactly one week since a total 10 South Africans were arrested in China. This morning, five South African families are expected to be reunited loved ones when they return to SA, but Gift of the Givers head Imtiaz Sooliman has asked that the situation be handled sensitively. Online…

17 Jul 2015 10AM 5 min