Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Adriaan Basson

 

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Parkscape chair Nicky Schmidt talks to Jeremy van Wyk on Capetalk's Afternoon Drive and explains that while Tokai falls under the Table Mountain National Park it is a highly utilised recreational area and so in part, forms a microcosm of the greater macrocosm of the park.

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Guest: Malusi Booi | Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements at City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town has reportedly obtained an urgent interdict in the Western Cape High Court against the invasion of land in District 6.

The area has been earmarked for beneficiaries who were forcibly removed during the apartheid era.

Law enforcement officials can now remove people found to be in contravention of the order and any incomplete and unoccupied structures.

We speak to Malusi Booi, mayoral committee member for human settlements in the City of Cape Town.

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Guest: Peter Gastrow | Senior Advisor at Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GI TOC)

Peter Gastrow, senior advisor at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime, writing in the Daily Maverick this weekend, said recent events have put the spotlight on a surge in extortion rackets in the city.

This came to head with the arrest of Nazif Modack in connection with the murder of Anti-Gang Unit section commander Charl Kinnear, the attempted murder of criminal lawyer William Booth and counts of extortion, kidnapping and intimidation.

Gastrow says the notorious ‘Modack group's’ entry into the nightlife security market in 2018 was a direct challenge to the Lifman group, named after Mark Lifman, a leading underworld figure who is currently out on bail on a charge of murder.

The rivalry between the two groups is unlikely, he says, to end despite Modack's arrest in April.

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Guest: Don Pinnock

Cabinet has as endorsed a report calling for an end to lion farming, captive lion hunting, cub-petting and the commercial farming of rhinos.

Environment minister, Barbara Creecy's 'new deal' for wildlife in South Africa has been has been described as a move to reposition the country as a global leader in conservation.

The 580-page report was the result of nearly two years of discussions and research by a 25-member panel assembled by the minister a few years ago to examine these issues and other critical conservation topics

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Guest: Dr Peter Johnston | Scientist at UCT's Climate Systems Analysis Group

We may be well over a month into autumn, but the weather has been unseasonably hot in Cape Town over the past few days.

To find out what the rain levels for April look like, and when it might get to more 'normal' temperatures for May

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Cape Town actress, singer, television presenter, Joylene Martin, will be sharing her favourite feel-good songs from the 80s and 90s on #AnHourWith on Cape Talk on Sunday morning.

She's best known for hosting the Coca-Cola Mega Millions game show on SABC1, as Candy in the e.tv sitcom Scoop Schoombie, and her role in the Afrikaans telenovela, Arendsvlei.

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Guest: Wendy Oldfield | Artist And Musician 

Our guest today is local pop icon, Wendy Oldfield, who released her 7th studio album, "Salt", today and kicked off a national tour with a new band last night at  Café Roux in Noordhoek.

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Guest: Kazem Rahimi

A new study, published in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, suggests that many more people could benefit from taking medication to lower blood pressure.

It found that each 5 mmHg (or 5 millimetres of mercury) reduction in systolic blood pressure, lowered the relative risk of cardiovascular events by around 10%.

This is the case even in people with normal blood pressure and for those who have never had a heart attack or stroke.

The authors say the findings have important implications for global clinical guidelines that typically limit blood pressure-lowering treatment to individuals with high blood pressure.

We speak to the lead author of the study, Kazem Rahimi, a professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Population Health, at the University of Oxford.

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Guest: Prof Susan Booysen | School Of Governance at Wits

Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa wrapped up his two days of testimony at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.

During his testimony, in his capacity as president of the ANC, he said it was important to remember that state capture undermined the integrity and capability of public institutions and damaged the effectiveness of the party.

We speak to political analyst, Susan Booysen, a professor at Wits University and author of "Precarious Power", a book about the ANC.

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