Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Xanthea Limberg | Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste Services at City Of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town is offering members of the public an opportunity to comments on the proposed revised approach to domestic metering.

This new method encourages residents to manage their own water usage and will see the roll-out of the latest conventional metering technology. 

The public participation period ends on 3 May 2021.

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Guest: Brendan Adams

Cape Town singer and songwriter, Brendan Adams, met and fell in love with the woman who was to become his wife while on a working holiday in Europe.

He has since relocated to her home in Austria where he is continuing his music career, recently releasing his new single, Two Leaves. 

Brendan's previous collaborations include working with 10-time Grammy winner Alvaro Alencar and South African icon and Grammy-winner, Jonathan Butler. 

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Guest: Alison Tilley | Coordinator at Judges Matter

Candidates to become judges in the Western Cape have been facing tough questions on final day of the Judicial Services Commission interviews.

Controversially, Western Cape judge president John Hlophe is taking part in the proceedings.

There have been calls for the JSC to suspend Hlope who, earlier this month, was found guilty of gross misconduct by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal.

Someone who has been watching proceedings all day is attorney Alison Tilley, who is the coordinator of the Judges Matter campaign.

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Guest: Gemma Ritchie

An article by the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism in the Daily Maverick today suggests that the South African Red Cross is at war with itself.

It says that 100 years after its formation, acrimonious disputes among past and present directors have disrupted the organisation, despite repeated attempts to root out corruption and mismanagement.  This has resulted in the collapse of key projects, the sacking of senior executives, and the withdrawal of millions of rands in donor money.

To find out more, we're joined by one of authors of the article, journalist and amaBhungane fellow, Gemma Ritchie.

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Guest:Neels van Jaarsveld

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Guest: Philip De Wet- Associate editor ,Mail &Guardian

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Guest: David Bellairs | Director at The Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust

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Guest: Natasha Dietrich

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Guest: Dr Andrew Marquard

US president, Joe Biden, speaking yesterday at an online summit of world leaders, pledged to cut his country's carbon emissions in half by the end of this decade and aim for net zero emissions by 2050.

Biden has said that tackling climate crisis will be one of the highest priorities of his presidency.

He signed an executive order recommitting the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement just hours after he was sworn into office in January.

Stopping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius – the aim of the agreement – will require an immediate global effort to reduce emissions.

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