Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Don Pinnock

Faith Muthambi’s appointment to lead The National Assembly Portfolio Committee on Environment has been met with great criticism.

A parliamentary portfolio committee functions to apply critical public oversight of government delivery of strategic objectives and planned delivery thereof.

Her appointment as Head of the Environment Committee has been met with drastic criticism and doubt as to whether the problems of the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse can hope to be addressed with any success.

The Daily Maverick’s acclaimed journalist Don Pinnock will critique her appointment.

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Guest: Paul Slabolepszy

Paul Slabolepszy is heralded as an icon of South Africa’s dramatic arts and he will be discussing his exciting recent project. The film ‘Mr. Johnson’is about to have its international premiere at the Garden Route International Film. The film is directed by the acclaimed Director, William Collison, and he stars opposite the talented Jana Cilliers. This year’s GRIFF will go virtual.

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Guest: Marleen Potgieter

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Guest: Nicholas Wolpe

Heritage month begins as one of South Africa's foremost national heritage sites has announced the decision to close its doors indefinitely. It has stood to exhibit extraordinary artifacts that tell the story of the journey to democracy in South Africa as well as to stand testament to it. Liliesleaf is an 18,000sqm property in Rivonia, Sandton.  

It served as the secret for the ANC, SACP, Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Congress Alliance, between 1961 and 1963. It was a police raid of Liliesleaf on July 11, 1963, that set the infamous Rivonia Trial in motion. Trust founder and chief executive Nicholas Wolpe, a descendant of one of the Rivonia accused, has been struggling to secure operational funding since 2009. He deems the closure and the lack of support to be a dismal injustice. He said the coronavirus pandemic further exacerbated the financial woes of the liberation farm and other cultural and heritage sites in the sector.

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Guest: Carole Hooven

John will discuss the latest book by acclaimed  author, Carole Hooven. Through riveting personal stories and the latest research as a Harvard evolutionary biologist, Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behavior of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.

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Guest: Duncan  McLeod | Founder and Editor at Techcentral

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Guest: Alan Winde | Premier at Western Cape Government

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Guest: Prof Charlie Shackleton

Charlie Shackleton's article, 'The Daily Household gardeners in South Africa: A survivalist life with little protection' draws attention to the reality of the gardener as one of the largest parts of the country's informal sector and therefore a role that is not afforded the protection of labour legislation and the corresponding rights. 

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Guest: Daneel Knoetze

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Guest: Rebecca Davis | Journalist and Author at Daily Maverick

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