Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Hank Lith

Just a few minutes’ walk away from the hustle and bustle of the Cavendish Shopping Centre area, there is a little know oasis of calm that few Capetonians seem to have visited, the Arderne Gardens.

Home to the biggest collection of exotic trees in South Africa, six of which are the very special so-called Champion trees, it was established some 175 years ago by a British timber merchant, Ralph Henry Arderne

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Guest: Andre Morgenthal | Communications Manager at Wines Of South Africa

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Guest: Trueman Goba

A plan to use the services of 24 Cuban engineers to help address the country’s water infrastructure issues and to share expertise has been criticised by political parties and engineers alike. The Department of Water and Sanitation says the agreement will see them assigned to the area of infrastructure maintenance and operation skills throughout the water value chain from source to tap. The budget for the project, for the current financial year alone, reportedly stands at almost 65 million rand. Opposition parties and local engineers have questioned the move, asking why South Africans are not being used instead. 

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Guest: ANC veteran and businessman, Tokyo Sexwale, has been addressing the media this afternoon following his claims  that billions of rand had been stolen from the Heritage Fund. Sexwale had said the money was meant to help poor students with free education and fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and had come through the South Africa Reserve Bank

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Guest: Ryan Christian

We speak to Ryan Christian, fundraising manager of the Masiphumelele Rugby Football Club, which is holding its inauguaral dinner this coming Friday.

They're raising funds to install proper lighting at the rugby field for the community as they can't train at night. 

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Guest: Wayne Sussman | Elections Analyst at Daily Maverick

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Guest: Pierre de Vos- University of Cape Town constitutional law expert

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Guest: Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan

India has recorded the world's highest number of daily Covid-19 cases recording almost 315,000 new ones in the last 24 hours.

With close to 16 million confirmed cases, it is second only to the United States.

In addition, India in the past day has also recording the highest number of deaths as it deals with a second wave of the virus that has overwhelmed its health care system.

 A number of people have died while waiting for oxygen with a number of hospitals in the capital Delhi running out entirely on today.

To find out more, we cross to the city to Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan, an epidemilogist and economist, who is also a senior research scholar at Princeton University.

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Guest: Rebecca Davis | Journalist and Author at Daily Maverick

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Guest: Nicholas Wolpe | Founder And Chief Executive at Liliesleaf Tust

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