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Zondo Commission of Inquiry calling out the big guns - Bheki Cele in the hot seat

The Zondo commission's investigators want to analyse the bank accounts of police minister Bheki Cele and companies linked to him. Four companies linked to Cele have been flagged, three of which he is still active director. The commission has sent subpoenas to major banks to have a look at Cele's…

20 Oct 2020 10AM 8 min

District Six: Back in time to 1964

District Six is a former inner city residential area in Cape Town. Over 60,000 of its inhabitants were forcibly removed during the 1970s by the apartheid regime. On October 2, 1964 a department committee set up by the minister of community development met to investigate the possible replanning and development…

19 Oct 2020 11AM 15 min

France rallies after teachers beheading

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France on Sunday in solidarity with a secondary school teacher who was beheaded outside his school in an attack that shocked the country. Samuel Paty was killed on Friday, after he discussed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed with students…

19 Oct 2020 10AM 9 min

Alternative economic plan launched

A new report has been launched to help stimulate a changed economy and renewal of South Africa's growth trajectory. The proposed alternative economic strategy for SA by Dr Nthabiseng Moleko and Prof Mark Swilling, could see GDP doubling in 10 years. So how will this proposal restructure and rebuild the…

19 Oct 2020 10AM 16 min

Media Hit Parade

We are back with our Weekly Media Hit Parade where we look at the stories hitting the numbers. On line is Acumen Media director Tonya Khoury.

16 Oct 2020 11AM 12 min

Book Review: Prisoner 913 by Rianne de Villiers

Today's book bring to life the untold story behind the release of Nelson Mandela, as revealed in previously top- secret records. Kobie Coetsee, minister of justice at the time, kept an archive on “Prisoner 913”, on which the authors draw to retell the story. This is history as it actually…

16 Oct 2020 11AM 19 min

World Food Day: NGOs call for government to uphold right to food

As the world commemorate World Food Day today, South Africans will protest to demand their right to food as enshrined in the Constitution. Levels of hunger and malnutrition got worse under the Covid-19 lockdown, which saw about 47% of house hold running out of money to buy food. So has…

16 Oct 2020 10AM 7 min

Weekly Middle East Report with Middle East Monitor

In this week's Middle East Report in partnership with our London based Middle East Monitor, we look at the following: -Hollywood actor, Mark Ruffalo calls out Israeli apartheid -Israel approves first occupied West Bank settler homes since Gulf normalisation deals. -Algeria: protests as police find bodies of three women in…

15 Oct 2020 11AM 19 min

How the Camissa Museum aims to decolonise Cape identities

The recent event in Senekal in the Free State have thrust the related issues of farm murders, racial tension, violent crime, and the response of political leaders to these issues on the national agenda. This drama is playing out while the country is still reeling from continuing incidents of gender…

15 Oct 2020 10AM 15 min

Is there an inherent culture of violence in SA?

The recent event in Senekal in the Free State have thrust the related issues of farm murders, racial tension, violent crime, and the response of political leaders to these issues on the national agenda. This drama is playing out while the country is still reeling from continuing incidents of gender…

15 Oct 2020 10AM 11 min

Ramaphosa's new economic recovery plan unpacked

President Cyril Ramaphosa has today released a formal economic response plan to the Covid-19 pandemic. The plan seeks to chart a growth path for South Africa's battered economy. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the economic damage as well as the health costs caused by coronavirus has left African…

15 Oct 2020 10AM 11 min

Saudi Arabia dealt a blow in its failed UNHCR entry bid

Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Human Rights groups hailed the snub to Riyadh, which deals a blow to the Kingdom's attempt to improve its image in the international community. China and Russia were elected to the three year…

14 Oct 2020 11AM 11 min

Weekly Africa Report

In this week's Africa report, we look at the following: -French MPs vote to return artefacts plundered by colonial forces to Benin and Senegal. -Protesters in Nigeria call for reform across entire police system following allegations of police brutality. -Youth in Namibia protest against Gender Based Violence. On line is…

14 Oct 2020 10AM 11 min

How Covid-19 exposes the economic gap between cities & rural areas

New evidence has revealed how COVID-19 has widened the gap between cities and rural areas. According to the authors, the crisis has also enlarged the chasm between suburbs, townships and informal settlements within cities. More than a third of all shack dwellers (36%) lost their jobs between February and April,…

14 Oct 2020 10AM 11 min

Battle of the sexes: DA releases candidates for elective conference

The DA has announced its candidates for the elective congress at the end of October. John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli are the only candidates for the party's leadership. At its recent policy conference, the party resolved to oppose policy that uses race and gender as criterion. This aims to set…

14 Oct 2020 10AM 8 min

Palestinian prisoners have begun an open-ended hunger strike

A Palestinian man on hunger strike for nearly 80 days since his arrest by Israel in late July is “on the verge of death”, according to rights groups. Maher al-Akhras, 49 was arrested near Nablus and placed in administrative detention, a policy Israel uses to hold suspected fighters without charge…

13 Oct 2020 11AM 18 min

Weekly Economic Report

In this week's world economic report, we look at the following: -Cabinet economic recovery plan underpinned by the unbundling of Eskom and the preparation for the nuclear build program. -Investors advised to sell the dollar as chances for decisive win by Democratic Joe Biden at next month's US election progresses…

13 Oct 2020 10AM 12 min

Moving beyond the racial tensions in Senekal

The violent protests that took place in Senekal following the arrest of suspects in Brendin Horner's murder shows that the country has not yet escaped the divisions and mistrust of our past. In his weekly address, the president said Senekal shows how easily racial hatred can be stoked. So how…

13 Oct 2020 10AM 12 min

Why is there a war of words between MKMVA and Fikile Mbalula?

Umkhonto We Siswe Military Veterans have slammed minister Fikile Mbalula for labelling some of the association members as thugs. In a series of tweets, the transport minister claimed some of the association members were “thugs calling themselves military veterans”. There are reports of ANC factions positioning for the takeover of…

13 Oct 2020 10AM 13 min

Study reveals SA stress levels increased by 56% since the start of pandemic

A recent national survey has found that South Africa's stress levels have shot up by 56 % since the start of pandemic. The results have been made public in October, which is recognised as Mental Health Awareness Month. More than 1,200 South Africans adults were polled across the country to…

13 Oct 2020 4AM 7 min