Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Helene-Mari Van Der Westhuizen

The often-repeated preventive COVID-19 measures are: wash your hands, wear your mask and keep a distance from other people. The United Kingdom’s public health campaign summarises this with the rhyming: hands, face, space. 

But as our understanding of how COVID-19 spreads has become more nuanced, a fourth crucially important measure has been added: fresh air.

Oxford she is doing a DPhil in Primary Health Care under the supervision of Prof Chris Butler, Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Prof Rodney Ehrlich and Prof Trish Greenhalgh with funding from the Rhodes scholarship.

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Guest: Helmoed Heitman | Military and Defence Analyst  

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is pushing ahead with its training of soldiers and officers in Cuba despite criticism in South Africa the same training opportunities are in abundance locally.

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Guest: Karyn Maughan Legal Journalist

Legal Journalist Karyn Maughan will discuss the implications of Jacob Zuma having placed on medical parole because of his ill health.  He was taken to hospital for medical observation on Friday, days before he was due to appear in court for a corruption trial. Officials did not go into details on the condition of the 79-year-old, who is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt prison in KwaZulu-Natal province. 

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John Maytham interviews legal journalist Karyn Maughan.

 

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Guest: Dr Marcus Byrne | Entomologist at Wits

An experiment has shown that elevated atmospheric CO2 levels cause dung beetles to either die or shrink in size and it is puzzling scientists. The discovery started as a simple idea while the researchers happened to be observing an experiment where cacti were being grown under different atmospheric levels of CO2

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John Maytham discusses the event with Iain Banner, the executive chairman of E-Movement, the Cape Town E-Prix’s promoter.

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Guest: Wayne Sussman | Elections Analyst at Daily Maverick

The Con Court has ordered that Elections must go ahead between 27 October and 1 November. The countdown has begun! Elections Analyst at Daily Maverick Journalist Wayne Sussman will discuss the implications of the decision as we move ahead. 

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Guest: Catherine Green

John will discuss the book Vaxxers with Author Dr Catherine Green. They have revealed the inside story of making the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine and the science and hard work behind it.

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Guest: Ernst Roets | National Spokesperson at Afriforum Youth

Jacob Zuma has been placed on medical parole because of his ill health.  He was taken to hospital for medical observation on Friday, days before he was due to appear in court for a corruption trial. Officials did not go into details on the condition of the 79-year-old, who is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt prison in KwaZulu-Natal province. On behalf of Afriforum, The Organisation’s  Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets, offers an analysis of the decision.

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Guest: Juliet McGuire

 

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