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Nigeria Chaos

We now play a package by Real News Network called the Roots of the Nigerian chaos. Nigeria has become SA biggest economy surpassing South Africa but that has been marred by the kidnapping of over 230 girls by Boko Haram

16 May 2014 11AM 11 min

Huge underground coal mine explosion

Anger is mounting in Turkey after more than 280 miners were killed in a huge underground coal mine explosion in the country's west. Rescuers at the Soma mine have so far recovered 282 bodies, but scores more men are believed to be trapped underground after the pit caved in on…

16 May 2014 10AM 21 min

Mamphela Ramphele's political life has ended

Mamphela Ramphele's political life has ended before even she entered parliament. AgangSA leaders announced yesterday she is taking a break politics as her party only managed to get two seats in parliament. In her statement Ramphele admitted that her party's performance in the general elections last week was “disappointing”, but…

16 May 2014 10AM 12 min

Zochrot – Hebrew for "Remembering"

Maps, leaflets and posters explain the work of Zochrot – Hebrew for "Remembering". The organisation's mission is to educate Israeli Jews about a history that has been obscured by enmity, propaganda and denial for much of the last 66 years. Next week, Zochrot, whose activists include Jews and Palestinians, will connect the…

15 May 2014 11AM 19 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…

15 May 2014 10AM 4 min

Muslim Views

It's time for us to take a look at what's in this month's issue of Muslim Views. Online is editor Farid Sayed to give us the latest

15 May 2014 10AM 13 min

An Analysis of Free Basic Services

Socio Economic Rights Institute has released their May 2014 report. One section of the report is called Targeting the Poor? An Analysis of Free Basic Services (FBS) and Municipal Indigent Policies in South Africa. This report identifies and analyses problems with the implementation of municipal indigent policies and the provision…

15 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Dr Muzaffar Iqbal

The Awqaf Foundation of South Africa is hosting a very special guest in the country this week - Muzaffar Iqbal,  the founder-president of Center For Islamic Sciences in Canada. Dr Iqbal is the editor of the Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an, the first english-language reference work on the Qur’an based…

14 May 2014 11AM 21 min

Whats Trending with Bonga Dlulane

Whats Trending sees VOC Drivetime producer Bonga Dlulane giving us a daily update about what is happening in the world of twitter. To tell us what social media is talking about Bonga Dlulane is here…

14 May 2014 10AM 8 min

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday for his conviction on two counts of bribery in the Holyland corruption case. In March, Olmert was found guilty of accepting bribes when he served as mayor of Jerusalem, in exchange for helping the developers of…

14 May 2014 10AM 14 min

SA Media Bias

Twenty years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections, which brought Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) to power.Today, under President Jacob Zuma, the ANC has just won its fifth consecutive term - but it did so with a reduced margin. The party has blamed a lot of its…

14 May 2014 10AM 10 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…

13 May 2014 11AM 9 min

Exchange for Bokom Haram detained members

The group behind the kidnapping of over 230 school girls has reportedly requested a trade of with the Nigerian government. In video released the group says it will release the girls in exchange for Bokom Haram detained members. Oxford based Dr Anthony Akinola says one legacy of disunity bequeathed to…

13 May 2014 11AM 20 min

"The old will die and the young will forget"- David Ben-Gurion

One of the most widely repeated quotes attributed to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, in which he dismisses Palestinian preexistence in what became Israel: “The old will die and the young will forget”. Three generations of refugees later, the Palestinians have not forgotten. Media Review Network has released a…

13 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Panel Discussion on SA land

Urban land is of symbolic significance in South Africa because it is land that people of colour were historically denied access to. But the historically privileged still own, occupy and enjoy the best urban land. The question is, why hasn’t our government been able to unlock well-located land in urban…

13 May 2014 10AM 21 min

A student team from the UCT

A student team from the University of Cape Town won People’s Choice Award at the Global Social Venture Competition with their low-cost fire detection device for shacks. The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC), which is held annually at the University of California, Berkeley in the US  is the world’s pre-eminent…

12 May 2014 11AM 5 min

South Africa's fifth democratic elections

South Africa's fifth democratic elections are done and dusted. Even though parties such as the DA and EFF campaigned relentlessly an ANC victory was predicted by many as a given. In her opinion piece on Al-Jazeera Athambile Masola columist, teacher and a PhD candidate at Wits University and Mandela-Rhodes Scholar…

12 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Democracy Now

New details have emerged about the FBI’s efforts to turn Muslim Americans living abroad into government informants. An exposé in Mother Jones magazine chronicles the story of an American named named Naji Mansour who was living in Kenya. After he refused to become an informant, he saw his life, and…

12 May 2014 10AM 22 min

Lindiwe Mazibuko

Lindiwe Mazibuko on Saturday dropped a huge bomb by announcing she is quitting active politics and her 3 year position as DA parliamentary leader to go study in Harvard. Fresh from the election campaign trail Mazibuko surprised many including leader Helen Zille with her announcement. The news have been met…

12 May 2014 10AM 13 min

President Jacob Zuma should underscore his commitment to media freedom

With elections behind him, South African President Jacob Zuma should underscore his commitment to media freedom by calling for a thorough legal review of legislation that could restrict reporters' access to sensitive public information. The International Press Institute (IPI) said as the ANC led government comfortably retained power with a…

9 May 2014 11AM 15 min