Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Tim Lewis

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Guest: Craig Ray | Sports Editor  at Daily Maverick

The British and Irish Lions are due to arrive in South Africa this weekend for their highly anticipated tour, at a time when the country is in the middle of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The team will land in Johannesburg, the current epicentre of the virus.

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Guest: Prof Jeremy Seekings

 

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Guest: Kay Smith

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Guest: Susan  Comrie | Investigator  at amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism

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Guest: David Schneider

 

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Guest: Dr Guy Lamb 

Controversial planned changes to South Africa's gun ownership laws will see it become illegal to own a illegal to own one for self-defence.

The proposals in the Firearms Control Amendment Bill 2021 has sparked outrage among gun owners and had opposition political parties, and civic organisations up in arms.

Writing in Maverick Citizen this week,  Dr Guy Lamb, a criminologist at Stellenbosch University's Department of Political Science says however that it's not certain that owning a firearm in South Africa will make you safer.

He says that to date, no comprehensive, reliable or peer-reviewed studies on the relationship between firearm ownership and crime deterrence have been undertaken in the country

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Guest: Layton Beard | Spokesperson at Automobile Association 

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Guest: David Baldacci

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