Drivetime

Mauritius has a new MP

Congratulatations are in order for the people of Mauritius on the peaceful transition of power that resulted from the successful elections held and Mauritius new Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth assumed office at the weekend. VOC's Nishta Sookdiyal spoke to Krishna Athal about this new change

19 Dec 2014 9AM 7 min

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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…

17 Dec 2014 10AM 4 min

Palestinians sceptical of UN statehood vote

An Arab-backed draft resolution on ending Israel's occupation of lands captured in 1967 is to be submitted later Wednesday to the U.N. Security Council for a vote. However, Riad Malki said the actual vote might be put off, suggesting a compromise is in the works to avoid a clash in…

17 Dec 2014 10AM 20 min

Ellen Tshabalala finally resigns

The charade is finally over. SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala, lied about her qualifications and then tried to have the courts stop a Parliamentary committee investigating the matter, today threw in the towel. Tshabalala stated on her CV that she had a BComm degree from Unisa and a post-graduate degree in…

17 Dec 2014 9AM 10 min

EFF People's Assembly concludes

The EFF's first People's Assemble concluded yesterday and boy what an eventful three days it was. From delegates walking out to burning berets, the party definitely experienced bit of disruption somewhat like the type they cause in Parliament. Nonethelss, Richard Poplak, who seems to be obsessing over the EFF's antics,…

17 Dec 2014 9AM 12 min

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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 Dec 2014 10AM 6 min

Muslim Views Dec edition

Well, as always do our monthly profile of Muslim views, a paper that covers the most pertinent issues in the Muslim community. Uncle Farid..i believe this is the moulood edition…

16 Dec 2014 10AM 8 min

Sydney hostage situation

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 Dec 2014 10AM 14 min

Pakistan school attack

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 Dec 2014 9AM 10 min

Reconciliation in Islam

To kick off the show, we are going to be looking at reconciliation in Islam. This morning on the breakfast show, we heard one analyst speaking about South Africa being plagued by cases of racism and profiling, despite the country being 20 years as a democracy. Why is the concept…

16 Dec 2014 9AM 9 min

Beauty pageants

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…

15 Dec 2014 5PM 9 min

Whats Trending

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…

15 Dec 2014 10AM 5 min

SA alleged involvement in CIA ops

Former president Thabo Mbeki and his then security-cluster ministers could be hauled before the International Criminal Court over claims South Africa facilitated CIA "black operations''. The move comes less than a week after the release of the US Senate intelligence committee report into the CIA's clandestine operations involving torture and…

15 Dec 2014 10AM 6 min

EFF conference

The Economic Freedom Fighters elected its top six officials, with Julius Malema as president and his long time ally Floyd Shivambu as deputy president. Former SABC chief executive, Dali Mpofu, was elected new chairperson while EFF MP Godrich Gardee was elected secretary general. Former ANC Youth League spokesperson Magdalene Moonsamy…

15 Dec 2014 9AM 8 min

China bans beards, hijab and niqab

The capital of China's restive western region of Xinjiang has introduced a law banning veiled robes in public as part of measures taken by Beijing to curb "Muslim extremism", authorities have announced.The law in the predominantly Muslim region comes as Beijing intensifies a campaign against religious "extremism" that it blames…

15 Dec 2014 9AM 9 min

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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…

12 Dec 2014 10AM 7 min

Palestinian & Israeli officials dispute autopsy of dead minister

Jordanian and Palestinian doctors said Ziad Abu Ein had died from "being struck, inhaling tear gas and a delay in providing medical attention." But an Israeli medical source familiar with the autopsy results claimed the minister died from a heart attack. To help us understand and shed light on the…

12 Dec 2014 9AM 10 min

Korkie memorial

The Free State government has described slain school teacher Pierre Korkie as a brilliant thinker, committed to developing his pupils in South Africa and abroad at his memorial service, which took place in Bloemfontein earlier today. VOC reporter, Nishta Sookdiyal spoke to Daan Norde who was in attendance

12 Dec 2014 9AM 2 min

Iraqi Embassy Symposium

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…

11 Dec 2014 9PM 9 min

Power war room

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…

11 Dec 2014 5PM 8 min