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Burning Issue

The content echoes the name of the show – a platform that creates discussion around issues of religion, legal, consumer related, news and human interest stories. Hosted by seasoned photo-journalist and writer Yazeed Kamaldien who has a passion for community news, the 2 hour discussion show is interactive with the lines open for people to voice their opinions while the experts answer the questions.
Weekly English South Africa News
112 Episodes
72 – 92

Gang violence escalates on the Cape Flats

Welcome to Burning Issue. Now tonight we touch on a very emotional topic – that of gang violence, an issue we know strikes at the heart of our community and something we speak about very often. It’s been a deadly month in some of Cape Town's gang-riddled communities, with scores…
24 Jul 2018 1 hr 04 min

Is mob justice being normalised in our communities?

Cape Town was rocked by yet another child murder this past weekend– that of 6 year old Stacey Adams from Eastridge. Stacey was buried this afternoon by Islamic rites. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave, next to a wendy house where she had lived with her 24…
3 Jul 2018 35 min

Is mob justice being normalised in our communities?

Cape Town was rocked by yet another child murder this past weekend– that of 6 year old Stacey Adams from Eastridge. Stacey was buried this afternoon by Islamic rites. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave, next to a wendy house where she had lived with her 24…
3 Jul 2018 40 min

Bo Kaap rises: How the community is reclaiming its streets

Now Ramadan was certainly a decisive time for Bo Kaap and many communities across the Cape Flats, as we saw an uprising from ordinary citizens against government on key issues such as housing and service delivery. In Bo Kaap specifically, the spotlight was placed firmly on the issue of gentrification,…
20 Jun 2018 1 hr 14 min

Siqalo and Mitchels Plain...a rebellion of the poor

The recent violent protests over the demand for electricity and water in the Siqalo informal settlement outside Mitchells Plain have put the spotlight on the housing backlog in the community. But it has also raised the importance of addressing housing and land issues in the Greater Mitchells Plain area –…
15 May 2018 1 hr 16 min

The challenges of the D6 project

Still keeping with the issue of land reform, tonight we pick up on the challenges of restitution post 1994 by looking at the contentious District Six project. District Six has existed as a white elephant for some time now. From the highway going in and out of the city, commuters…
2 May 2018 44 min

Can land reform re-write the wrongs of the past?

Land issues are being debated intensely and as we know, Expropriation of land without compensation is the government’s new agenda. There are a number of interesting new developments: a pending Restitution Amendment Act at present invalidated by the Constitutional Court; the High-Level Panel report to parliament; a new Communal Tenure…
23 Apr 2018 53 min

Does halal certification discriminate against other religious groups?

Now something that got quite a few of our listeners riled up last week was this issue of Christian consumers complaining over the so-called religious tax on halal certified products. Last week, we reported that the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic…
9 Apr 2018 53 min

Are our police failing domestic violence victims?

Last week the Mitchells Plain Impact Association took to the streets of Cape Town demanding better police services. Among the protesters were victims and survivors of domestic violence. Dozens of residents, mainly women and children, marched from Tafelsig to Mitchells Plain Police Station with placards and posters demanding better services…
26 Mar 2018 43 min

Who is monitoring and testing mechanically deboned meat (MDM) imported to SA?

Now one of the biggest stories this past week has been the listeriosis outbreak and the recall of processed meat products from Enterprise and Rainbow chicken plants. Of course last Sunday the health minister announced that months of scientific medical research had traced the source of listeriosis to processed meat…
12 Mar 2018 35 min

Imam Fasiegh Adams responds

Following VOC’s coverage of recent concerns within the local umrah industry, we were alerted to two families, the Anthony’s and the Patel’s, who were left stranded only days before they were scheduled to perform the spiritual journey. While the Anthony’s have requested that their story not be told at this…
6 Mar 2018 43 min

Should government halt the VAT hike?

The 2018 Budget Speech and Minister Malusi Gigaba’s announcement of a one percentage point hike in VAT, a decision that has been fiercely criticised. So our burning question tonight is: Should government halt the VAT hike?
26 Feb 2018 40 min

Water Crisis

The content echoes the name of the show – a platform that creates discussion around issues of religion, legal, consumer related, news and human interest stories. Hosted by seasoned photo-journalist and writer Yazeed Kamaldien who has a passion for community news, the 2 hour discussion show is interactive with the…
12 Feb 2018 48 min

Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital: the SA response

Over the past few days, we have been closely watching developments in the Middle East following US president Donald Trump’s announcement that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Protests have erupted across the occupied Palestinian territories with thousands of…
12 Dec 2017 51 min

Burning Issue

The content echoes the name of the show – a platform that creates discussion around issues of religion, legal, consumer related, news and human interest stories. Hosted by seasoned photo-journalist and writer Yazeed Kamaldien who has a passion for community news, the 2 hour discussion show is interactive with the…
20 Nov 2017 44 min

Why a whole-of-society approach is needed to safeguard EMS workers?

There have been more than 30 attacks on Emergency Medical Service personnel in the Western Cape alone this year‚ with the latest one proving fatal to a patient. An injured eight-year-old boy died on Wednesday afternoon after an attack on the ambulance he was in. Emergency Medical Services personnel helped…
14 Nov 2017 39 min

Hajj 2017

Welcome to Burning Issue this evening, where we keep the pulse on issues relevant to our community. In tonight’s show, we bring you a hajj special, where we look back at this year’s hajj. Of course, 2500 South Africans performed hajj this year, amid the 2 million pilgrims from around…
26 Sep 2017 41 min
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