Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Sasha Planting | Associate Editor  at Daily Maverick

Sasha Planting talks to John about the problem of cable theft on South African roads and the urgent need for security measures. It costs about R1-million a kilometre to replace that cable. That means R5.5-million in cable-related expenses a day. High-tech security would be cheap at the price. This year, Transnet Freight Rail cancelled 1,190 trains as a direct result of security-related incidents. There has been a spike in incidents on the coal line, the manganese line and on the Central Corridor that connects these lines. These lost volumes can never be recouped. These lines are cash cows; they are what is holding the already lossmaking company back from the brink

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Guest: Dr Saadiq Kariem Chief Director General, Specialist & Emergency Services in the Western Cape Department of Health to discuss the success of the National Vooma Vaccination Weekend project. 

 The project involves a series of outreaches in which leadership from across the political spectrum, civil society, traditional leaders, labour and business will mobilise communities to stay safe by being vaccinated

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Guest: Mike Rossouw | Independent energy advisor 

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Guest: Gemma Griffiths

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Guest: Martin Ewi | International Crimes Senior Researcher  at Institute For Security Studies

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Guest: Mark Gleeson | Soccer Journalist And Commentator

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Guest: Kim Engelbrecht

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Guest: Renowned author of historical and political studies, Hermann Giliomee reflects on the complex legacy left by FW De Klerk in South African history. 

Hermann Giliomee is an author of historical and political studies, former Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town (1983–2002), President of the South African Institute of Race Relations (1995–1997) and Extraordinary Professor of History at the Stellenbosch University

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Guest: Ron Derby | Editor at Business Times

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Guest: Stephen Marquard brings attention to the fact that the number of academic misconduct cases referred to the University Student Disciplinary Tribunal (USDT) has increased drastically from previous years, and elaborates on the reasons why.

Stephen is the acting deputy director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at UCT

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