Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Professor Jacquelien Goldin

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Guest: Fatima Hassan Director of The Health Justice Initiative

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Guest: Karyn Maughan Legal Journalist

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Guest: Prof Steven Friedman | Researcher Professor at the Faculty of Humanities   at University Of Johanesburg

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Guest: GroundUp journalist James Stent joins John to bring an alternate perspective to the issue of the precautionary suspension of the CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Zolani Matthews. 

Cape Talk listeners have brought questions and opinions on the matter, and James Stent joins the debate. 

Matthews was appointed CEO in February, following years of leadership instability at the entity. He is chairperson of the Ports Regulator and was previously a councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

The suspension was explained by PRASA as being on justified by an "alleged sensitive matter" of a security breach and other contractual obligations associated with Matthews' employment contract.

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Guest: Jeff WicksNews24 Investigative Journalist

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Guest: Helen Zille joins John to discuss the unexpected results that arose out of the country's 6th municipal elections , the unprecedented coalition negotiations that these imposed on South African politics and her impression of the “extraordinary results” that define where we stand today and ultimately what the municipal elections say about the larger political arena going forward. 

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Guest: Anant Singh

It all began with Charlie Chaplin, flickering in black and white on a makeshift screen in their modest home in Springfield, which later led to the neighbourhood children happily handing over their coins to 10-year-old Anant Singh and his younger brother Sanjeev. At age 13, deeply affected by the passing of his father, Anant found solace and escape in the moving image to which his father had introduced him. 

The combination of a deep and abiding passion for film and an entrepreneurial spirit were the sparks that lit the flame for Anant as he rewound 16mm reels in a film rental store in Durban, first for R1 a day and then for R25 a week.  

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The British newspaper, the Daily Mail, ran a story yesterday saying that British-based fans of Marks & Spencers will now be able to rent items of clothing from the store for as little as £13 or R270. The clothing will be offered via the website, Hirestreet, as the chain becomes first British high-street brand to make fashion available for hire. Well, a little scouting around and we found that you can do the same thing in Cape Town. To find out more, we're joined by Natasha Liesner, co-founder of StyleRotate, an online fashion rental platform.

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Guest: Carmen Mannarino

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