Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Sarah Hoffman

More than 200 high-profile women, including Thandiwe Newton and Emma Watson, have signed an open letter asking for concrete action to be taken to tackle abuse on social media platforms.

The letter was published at the UN Generation Equality Forum and was addressed to the chief executives of Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter, and asked them to "urgently prioritise the safety of women" on their platforms.

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Guest: Dr Ronald  Whelan | Chief Commercial Officer at Discovery Health

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Guest: Babalo Ndenze | Parliamentary Correspondent at EWN

A day after the Constitutional Court dismissed the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's bid to uphold her report on the Bosasa donation to the CR17 presidential election campaign, we speak to EWN's Babalo Ndenze about the DA's attempts to have her removed from office.

Following the party's request, a panel of independent experts in February recommended an inquiry into misconduct and incompetence, two of the three constitutional grounds, alongside incapacity, for her removal from office by parliament.

The parliamentary Section 194 inquiry committee has been established and parties have nominated their representatives. All that’s left is for the committee to set a date for its first meeting

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Guest: Lisa Meyer

Salt River based organisation, Kitchen Republik, is a social upliftment project for new chefs that got underway at the end of November 2019.

After a short pause in operations at the start of lockdown last year, they got going in earnest again about a year ago and have had some 20 chefs pass through since then.

It aims to provide them with a platform to develop brand awareness  and gain knowledge so that they can go out and start their own businesses.

In the process, the chefs have access to an online meal delivery service, are provided with kitchen space, connected with clients,  and given ingredients, with Kitchen Republik taking on all the financial risks.  

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Guest: Dr James Grant, a practicing advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

New24 is reporting that former President Jacob Zuma is expected to file an urgent application for the recission of the Constitutional Court ruling that he be imprisoned for 15 months for contempt of court.

His legal team will reportedly make the application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in what is seen as a final attempt to avert going to prison.

Zuma is due to hand himself over to start his sentence on Sunday.

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Guest: Damon Galgut, Author of The Promise

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Guest: Sam Sole | Senior Investigative Journalist at amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism

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Guest: Alan Winde | Premier at Western Cape Government

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Guest: Ian Neilson | Mayco member for finance at Mayco member for finance

COCT new rates comes into effect today, will their be reliff for the City's poorer residents in the form of a rates rebate? We ask the Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Alderman Ian Neilson.

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Guest: Ed Stoddard | Journalist at Business Maverick

International mining group Rio Tinto has halted operations after the assassination of their general manager Nico Swart in May. The mining company has cancelled customer contracts at Richards Bay Minerals which will end up costing the KZN economy billions in revenue & thousands of job losses. All because SAPS cant do their job

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