Drivetime

Tshabala Inquiry kicks off

SABC board chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala faces charges of misconduct at a hearing in Cape Town on Tuesday. Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, headed by MP Joyce Moloi-Moropa, started to hear Tshabalala’s defence months after a newspaper investigation found no evidence of her having the academic qualifications listed on her curriculum…

14 Oct 2014 10AM 5 min

35th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference

The 35th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference has started in Cape Town yesterday. The three-day event, which will feature over 60 international delegates, is taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). VOC reporter, Andriques Petersen attended the conference today

14 Oct 2014 10AM 4 min

Diana Buttu

Earlier today, Drivetime Producer, Zahrah Isaacs spoke to Palestinian peace activist, Diana Buttu about her attendance and contribution to the 35th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference. Heres is what she had to say…

13 Oct 2014 11AM 16 min

KHRAG

Kurdish human rights activists held a demonstration in Cape Town today to try to mobilise South African and international support to stop the self-styled Islamic State (IS) from carrying out what they say is a genocide threat against Kurds in Syria. The Kurdish Human Rights Action Group said its members…

13 Oct 2014 10AM 7 min

Donors pledge $5.4 bn for Gaza reconstruction

Global donors have pledged a sum of $5.4bn in aid to reconstruct the Gaza Strip amid warnings that the Palestinian territory remains a "tinderbox" following the summer war between Hamas and Israel. The pledged amount surpasses the $4bn which Palestinians had asked for during the conference to reconstruct the enclave,…

13 Oct 2014 10AM 5 min

Pistorius Trial: The Final Days

Oscar Pistorius’s legal team started with arguments today in mitigation of sentence for the double amputee, who was found guilty of culpable homicide last month. The athlete was acquitted of murder, with Judge Thokozile Masipa saying he did not intend to kill his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

13 Oct 2014 10AM 8 min

35th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference kicks off

The 35th Annual Crime Stoppers International Conference has started in Cape Town today. The three-day event, which will feature over 60 international delegates, is taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The president of Crime Stoppers International (CSI), Alexander MacDonald, says their mission is to mobilise the…

13 Oct 2014 10AM 5 min

Behind the door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story

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…

10 Oct 2014 10AM 17 min

35th Annual Crime stoppers Conference

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…

10 Oct 2014 10AM 6 min

Kenyan president appears before the ICC

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he faces charges of crimes against humanity. He is the first serving head of state to come before the court in The Hague. He was called to appear at the ICC "status conference" when the prosecution said…

9 Oct 2014 11AM 18 min

Scores dead in blasts in Sanaa and east Yemen

At least 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck a demonstration in the heart of the Yemeni capital. The attack ripped through Sanaa's Tahrir Square, a central plaza currently held by Zaidi Shia rebels. The rally had been called by the Houthis to protest against the president's choice…

9 Oct 2014 10AM 11 min

Dewani case continues

In a bizarre twist in the trial of honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani, it emerged on Thursday morning that the yellow gloves worn by the man who drove the vehicle in which Anni Hindocha was killed, tested positive for gunshot residue - even though he claims he did not fire…

9 Oct 2014 10AM 15 min

Ukraine and Russia: Elections ahead

Kiev and NATO have urged Moscow to do more to help establish a genuine ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where fighting is still raging around Donetsk airport and shelling and shooting continue to kill and injure civilians.Ukraine’s pro-western government says scores of its soldiers have been killed since the signing of…

8 Oct 2014 11AM 17 min

Seriti Commission heats up

The Seriti Commission of inquiry is heating up faster than a gas to a flame. As Terry Crawford-Browne, whom we had on Drivetime yesterday, takes to the stand again today, claims of Winnie Mandela being the one to leak documents, Joe Modise allegedly being poisoned and even Chris Hani being…

8 Oct 2014 10AM 8 min

First Ebola Transmission Out of Africa

A nurse in Spain who treated two Ebola victims has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first known person to have contracted the disease outside of Africa. The 40-year-old nurse, her husband, another health worker and a Spaniard who travelled to Nigeria are in isolation in hospital, Madrid health…

8 Oct 2014 10AM 5 min

JubJub murder conviction overturned

Murder and attempted murder convictions against Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were overturned by the High Court in Johannesburg today. The murder convictions were replaced with convictions of culpable homicide and the 20-year sentences for murder were replaced by prison terms of eight years, with two of those…

7 Oct 2014 10PM 11 min

2,330-year-old skeleton sheds light on human origin

A team of international researchers, including University of Cape Town (UCT) Emeritus Professor Andrew Smith and Professor Alan Morris, has unearthed remains of a skeleton from which they have extracted mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that can provide clues to early modern human prehistory in Southern Africa. The 2,330-year-old male skeleton was…

7 Oct 2014 10AM 7 min

4th Annual Tutu International Peace Lecture

Mary Robinson, Ireland’s first female president, and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will deliver the fourth annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture at the University of the Western Cape Great Hall tonight. The Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture is an annual event presented by the Desmond & Leah…

7 Oct 2014 10AM 10 min

EFF controversy...again!

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have staged another dramatic walkout in Parliament on the instruction of party leader Julius Malema, this time from the Powers and Privileges Committee hearing in which 20 of its Members of Parliament (MPs) have appeared for heckling President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on 21 August…